Earlier this week, the world witnessed the funeral of Marie Colvin, an American reporter who was recently slain in Syria. With bold headlines, high definition footage and live streaming, it often feels like we are just a click away from war. Yet, behind every article, photo and blog are the...

Roger Kumble's new comedy Girls Talk, at the Lee Strasberg Theatre in West Hollywood, has everyone talking. Kumble (Cruel Intentions, Furry Vengeance) is not your typical playwright of female satire, in fact, he stated, "I didn't want to write about men in Hollywood and I wanted to challenge myself. I...

In the wake of the tsunami in Japan, we are seeing organizations and governments leaping into action to help. In an almost turn-key fashion, planes are shipping over supplies, organizations and celebrities are raising funds, and people are adding their names to volunteer lists. The formula for response makes it...

For most, Valentine's Day is a day of chocolate and love, but for Oakland's new Victorian Rat Gallery, it was all about art. Local artist Brianna Brandow celebrated the day of love with her one-of-a-kind showing of paintings and collages about love. The converted garage, now art gallery...

Art Bridges the Great Nor Cal So Cal Divide

Everyone seems to have their mind made up about Californians--you're either from the North or the South. Just like New England clam chowder (the red or the white), Northern and Southern California can easily feel like two completely different...

We have all heard the concept of paying it forward, right? Or that one person can make a difference? I was recently informed this holiday season that James Caan, well-known UK business tycoon, is doing just that and is ditching his lavish 50th birthday celebrations in favor of undertaking aid...

What do you get when you combine a group of powerful women, circus performers, pajamas and Heather Hope-Allison's vision? You get, The Buzz Girls 3rd Anniversary Pajama Party at the new supperclub in Hollywood!

The Buzz...

Any working actor will tell you that the job begins in the audition. It's true. Enter the room like you have the job, and you're much more likely to nail it. And so it was for the job of challenging the latest deceptive ad campaign from Big Oil.

Like most...

"I'm Gonna Make A Change, For Once In My Life," these are the opening lyrics to one of Michael Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs, "Man in the Mirror" released in 1988, but they are also the words that filled Royce Hall at UCLA last week during the closing performance at...

More than one hundred cyclists from all over the U.S. will soon set out on a 320-mile, 5-day ride in Northern California to raise awareness of the climate crisis and clean energy.

Brita Climate Ride California is nearly ready to roll this September 21-25, 2010 from Fortuna, CA...

In 2005, I had the honor and priveledge of riding my bicycle nearly 4,500 miles across the continential United States with Habitat Bicycle Challenge. Together with 25 other University students, we rode our bicycles for 63 days from coast-to-coast, raising money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity. The...

EVOLUTIONARY LEADERS UNITE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL CONCERNS IN LOS ANGELES.

A CALL TO ACTION - EVOLUTIONARY LEADERS Address Global Concerns
August 31, 2010
Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Campus -Royce Hall
7:30pm-9:30pm

A rare gathering of some of the greatest thought leaders of our...

This weekend at the X Games in downtown Los Angeles, ESPN is putting forward their Most Valuable Player...the Environment. This year's special move is an innovative and interactive effort to encourage spectators to recycle beverage containers. The event features Global Inheritance's TRASHed Recycling Store where anyone can exchange...

This past Saturday, surf icons, art collectors, environmentalists and children gathered together at The CAMP in Costa Mesa on Saturday night for the opening reception of "Ithaka's: The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard," an exhibit which features wall sculptures that once glided along cresting waves.

Ithaka's brightly colored recreated surfboards hanging...

"What have you accomplished" whispers the little voice in my head. Constant questions about my life and my purpose run through my head and I wonder, dear reader, if you have ever had the feeling that you weren't in control of your life? Or that the voices in your head...

In our current climate, we often rely on the computer, television and new media sources for the latest news and opinions about global issues.

Last week, however, I turned to one of the longest standing forms of information and storytelling to get some...

Sometimes the screen really is a reflection of real life. This time, the reflection was of Q'orianka Kilcher who plays the Hawaiian Princess Kaiulani in Marc Forby's new film "Princess Kaiulani." It is the story of a young woman who takes a stand to protect the rights of the Hawaiian...

This weekend, La Mission, starring Benjamin Bratt, Erika Alexander and Jeremy Ray Valdez, directed and written by Peter Bratt, opens in theaters across the country. The film takes us to the heart of the Mission District in San Francisco as we follow the story of Che, his son Jesse, the...

Since the release of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, ecological messages have been pushed left and right on the silver screen. From eco-documentaries to end of the world disaster movies starring blue avatars, it appears that Mother Nature is taking the spotlight. But it also looks like a new generation...