Hold on a sec, precious!Oprah Winfrey - the undisputed Queen of the talk-show fest - is going to pack it in after opening up her yap non-stop (without gargling or gagging once) for the past twenty-four years.The popular day-time hostess swears that her proposed exit from mainstream TV's evil clutches next year is a voluntary one - calculated to ensure that she alights gracefully from her powerful mid-day perch on network heaven - while she is a... Read Full Story
Hold on a sec, precious!Oprah Winfrey - the undisputed Queen of the talk-show fest - is going to pack it in after opening up her yap non-stop (without gargling or gagging once) for the past twenty-four years.The popular day-time hostess swears that her proposed exit from mainstream TV's evil clutches next year is a voluntary one - calculated to ensure that she alights gracefully from her powerful mid-day perch on network heaven - while she is at th... Read Full Story
Just the other day, I posted a notice on Werner Herzog's new release "The Bad Lieutenant", which opened in wide release in the United States to rave reviews this past week.Within hours - there was surge of hits on my personal web site (http://www.julianayrs.com/) - from far-flung locales overseas such as Germany, the Netherlands, and England as die-hard fan base scoured the web site for all the delicious tidbits of news to gobble up!A few weeks ago the same p... Read Full Story
The "Hurt Locker" is an intense gritty drama that tosses the spotlight on elite bomb specialists and the dramatic conditions they toil through daily on the war-torn battlefields of Iraq.For me, the screening last night under the auspices of the Los Angeles Times "Envelope" series was a sort-of two-part adventure in respect to the well-crafted (but flawed) project that was handily-directed by capable Kathryn Bigelow (financed by foreign investors ov... Read Full Story
The "Hurt Locker" is an intense gritty drama that tosses the spotlight on elite bomb specialists and the dramatic conditions they toil through daily on the war-torn battlefields of Iraq.For me, the screening last night under the auspices of the Los Angeles Times "Envelope" series was a sort-of two-part adventure in respect to the well-crafted (but flawed) project that was handily-directed by capable Kathryn Bigelow (financed by foreign investors overseas).Several mont... Read Full Story
The festive tradition of the candle-lighting ceremony (a highlight of the year in tony Beverly Hills) - and a round of upbeat yuletide soirees to put holidays shoppers in a fanciful good-hearted yuletide mood - kick off this weekend in the upscale enclave amidst a lot of spirited local enthusiasm and media hoopla.Last year's blow-out opening ceremonies - hosted by Nicole Richie and toy-boy pal Joel Madden (Ambassador to UNICEF & lead singer for the pop band Good Chalo... Read Full Story
The festive tradition of the candle-lighting ceremony (a highlight of the year in tony Beverly Hills) - and a round of upbeat yuletide soirees to put holidays shoppers in a fanciful good-hearted yuletide mood - kick off this weekend in the upscale enclave amidst a lot of spirited local enthusiasm and media hoopla.Last year's blow-out opening ceremonies - hosted by Nicole Richie and toy-boy pal Joel Madden (Ambassador to UNICEF & lead singer for the pop band Good C... Read Full Story
At a Q & A session several months ago, director Werner Herzog - hyped-up over his last release (Encounters at the end of the World) - focused for a second or two on his "then" next project which was about to be wrapped that week (July 2009)."I call it the 'Bad-Ass' Lieutenant'," he chuckled to a rapt audience comprised mostly of twenty-something film buffs, there to take in two top-notch films lensed by Herzog, and to honor a man thick in every aspect... Read Full Story
At a Q & A session several months ago, director Werner Herzog - hyped-up over his last release (Encounters at the end of the World) - focused for a second or two on his "then" next project which was about to be wrapped that week (July 2009)."I call it the 'Bad-Ass' Lieutenant'," he chuckled to a rapt audience comprised mostly of twenty-something film buffs, there to take in two top-notch films lensed by Herzog, and to honor a man thick in every aspect... Read Full Story