The Academy Awards are tomorrow, and Hollywood Boulevard is shut down for blocks. Appropriately, the awards are run like a big budget movie set, controlled for light, sound, and weather. Los Angelinos get miffed because Hollywood traffic is rerouted all week. It’s difficult to imagine the budget for this event - it must [...]
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Academy Award Nominated Editors
February 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Things To Do In Los Angeles
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) hosted their 9th annual “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” series, where all five of the Academy Award Nominated Editors meet on stage at the Egyptian Theater to discuss their craft. What an absolute treat. Editing is alchemy. And almost by definition, the best editing is invisible. Or to put it differently, [...]
Let’s Get Back to Work
February 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Things To Do In Los Angeles
Today I marched in front of SAG headquarters to support the Let’s Get Back to Work rally. Basically, it was a rally of crew people who would prefer that SAG not strike. Or at least, that the SAG leadership maybe pick up the pace a tad and resolve some of the inner [...]
Los Angeles Taco Trucks
January 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Things To Do In Los Angeles
Once upon a time, Los Angeles Taco Trucks [*] were simply “Roach Coaches” that unironically played La Cucaracha (”The Cockroach”) when pulling up to the sidewalk.
Then at some point, maybe 2005, Taco Trucks entered the ambit of the hipster palette. This was the year great taco blogs emerged like LATaco.com and The Great Taco Hunt. [...]
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