I started out doing a story on mun2's upfronts as a segue to a story on how shows make it to TV at all. But then, as many stories do, it led into another direction and ended up in the heart of the Grammy Museum surrounded by Jenni Rivera's belongings,...

"Mom, I think I'm gay... " heart pounding, tears flowing.

"Honey, of course you are. And just know, that if you ever get to Bert Reynolds, he's mine first... " a smile, arms welcoming.

It was the front seat of a blue Oldsmobile Cutlass S on Lemon St. in...

Wood Rules Toyota Pro/Celebrity Grand Prix

These celebrities aren't pretending and this is not make believe. This is 10 laps of 1.97 miles each at 100-mile-per-hour plus speeds. It's fast, and things can go wrong. And while it's all done for charity and in good fun, a competitive mood fills...

The winds in Dingle Bay are whipping about, waking me at the Skellig Hotel in Dingle, Ireland at 5:00 a.m. And I can't help but wonder, is Fungie all right? You see Fungie is the...

Yup, I've done it again. As one of the luckiest men alive I have gotten to do many spectacular things. Most people would call them "once in a lifetime." So I guess I'm a glutton, because I've come back for more.

Ireland is the place to be for St. Patrick's...

One individual event or thing usually doesn't cause a disaster: it usually is a confluence of events that go wrong to bring about a disastrous event. Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth is proof of that. In the ring, Tyson was an undisputed champion, holding the record as the youngest boxer to...

Two Of The Coolest Spots in Los Angeles

In the city that houses Hollywood, cool is a relative term and often changes from minute-to-minute in these days of flying information. This is the town of what's in today is out tomorrow and you're only as good as your last project....

CKB II: Wanna go see Linda Eder tonight?

Jon Patton: Hmm... wait, who is that again?

That was the scene on my iPhone 5 on Thursday, February 14th, Valentine's Day. I was going to see a singer I adore, and over the years been lucky enough to become acquainted with...

Okay, I didn't want to like the recent Broadway-bound production of Jekyll & Hyde as much as I did at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles (Feb. 12-March 3). But the fact is, I loved it.

The reason? For the same reason I've never seen a production of Funny Girl....

As part of my "50 for 50" series on HuffPost

Clean it, fix it, get rid of it. Damn, that Oprah... Years ago on her show she had one of those self-help hours and my late husband, Andrew Howard, took on the mantra she was espousing: Clean it, fix...

I have never seen anything like it. And I've seen a lot in a theatre. But War Horse at the Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. (now through February 3) is something that just has to be experienced to be explained.

The story is from a children's book by...

ABC's The Taste Pits Home Chefs Against Top Chefs

The Taste debuted on ABC Tuesday, January 22 to more than six million viewers as it takes its place as one of the few primetime shows that are cooking competitions on a broadcast network. Part The Voice and part American Idol,...

Say what you will -- the president is a brilliant orator.

He made me cry. Yes, as I sat watching the inauguration on the iPad, CNN wasn't the only thing streaming... tears down my face were also in a constant flow.

Because politics is, in fact, personal. All politics --...

Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan. At 60, she flies across the stage with as much zeal as she did when she first played the role 39 years ago in a 1974 theatre-in-the-round production fresh from retiring from a historic gymnastic career. She won a silver medal on the balance beam...

Oh, what a night.

And what a difference.

Like many, I was torn on what to do for New Year's Eve 2012. How many of you agonize over which friends to be with, house party or restaurant or bar or... well, I do. Because it's New Year's Eve, and holidays...

There have been few times in my life where I have felt my race (Caucasian).

The first was on that fateful day my late husband Andrew Howard called and begged me to come home. I worked for Vesta Williams, at the offices of Jackson Limousine, in South Central Los...

"You decide to get sick on a day where 27 people get slaughtered..." said my fill-in host Christine Craft as she prepped to take my shift on my syndicated radio show.

My first thought? They'll be another, it's not a once-in-a-lifetime event, unfortunately.

You see, I was on air...

I met Jenni Rivera July 27, 2012. I remember it vividly, because I then wrote about it for The HuffingtonPost. 

I didn't know at the time I was meeting the most successful female Latin American star of our time; one poised to cross over to American success like...

The International Motorcycling Show is making its annual stop in Long Beach this weekend, December 7 to 9, and more than 500 bikes and 20 manufacturers will be showing the latest, greatest or most unique things on two, or three, wheels. The show attracts a large cross-section of people,...

I admit it: I only got tickets to see the Donny and Marie Christmas spectacular at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., because my high school best friend Emily Johnson has had a crush on Donny since, well, high school. So for 35 years I've heard her say how...