James F. Mills's Blog (21)

She Won’t be Back: Audience members are prime suspects in this murder mystery

Dinner theater is a rarity on the Los Angeles theatre scene. But just 30 minutes south of the City of Angels, dinner theatre is thriving in Long Beach.

Act Out Mystery Theater is hosting a new play that’s outrageous, campy fun. Adding to the fun, it’s audience participation dinner t… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on January 30, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Tuesdays with Marianne

Marianne Williamson has returned to her roots. After a decade of living in Detroit, the spiritual guru is back in Los Angeles, doing weekly talks, just like she did when she was first getting started in the mid 80s.

Each Tuesday, Williamson hosts a spiritual talk at the Showcase Theater on La Br… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on January 23, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Legally delightful: Legally Blonde The Muscial at the Pantages Theatre

Legally Blonde: The Musical is one of the best times I’ve had at the theater in ages. Fluffy and frilly, it’s good old fashioned fun.

Adapted from the 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon as seemingly vapid Valley girl, Elle Woods, who gets into Harvard Law School just to… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on August 18, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Fiddling up a delight: Fiddler on the Roof at Pantages Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof is back to fiddle some more, to remind us how much times have changed and how some things never change.

The touring production is playing at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood through Sunday, August 9, then moves the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Cost… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on July 28, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Reports from a darkened theatre: more Outfest

Outfest 2009 is now history. As always, it was a great time to catch up with movie-going friends and see gay themed movies.Outfest always manages to put together a great event. And it’s consistently the best run film festival I attend.

But by the end of its 10 day run, it’s a relie… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on July 26, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Glee: 19 things you don't know about the new Fox musical series

Glee, the edgy comedy about a struggling glee club set to debut in September on Fox, was the subject of a panel discussion at Outfest. In May, the series pilot aired after the penultimate episode of American Idol to rave reviews and good ratings.

Glee cast members… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on July 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Gay director Don Roos says gay actors shouldn't come out publicly

Openly gay film writer/director Don Roos does not believe gay actors should not come out of the closet publicly. “I don’t think actors should be out at the level of press, radio, TV and film,” he said on Sunday, July 19.

Writer/director Don Roos, left, being interviewed by direct… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on July 20, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Reports from a darkened theater: Outfest's opening weekend

Outfest, LA’s much anticipated annual film festival, has returned, offering a respite from LA’s hot July weather for some fun in the dark. Judging by the opening weekend’s offerings the 10-day long event will be up to previous year’s standards.

Outfest at the Director's Guild of… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on July 14, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Mom Prom: mothers and kids get their groove on

In the midst of prom season, a different kind of prom was held in Long Beach, California on April 26 – a MOM PROM.

As the name implies, it was a formal prom for mothers who were escorted by their children. But the children weren’t high schoolers. The children were mainly toddlers and elementary-school aged. A few wh… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on April 29, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Geek Heaven: 28 Things You Never Knew About The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory, the hit CBS science geek comedy, was fêted on April 16 as part of the annual PaleyFest, honoring the best in television. The cast and creative team gathered at the Cinerama Done in Hollywood for a panel discussion about the series and its growing popularity.

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Added by James F. Mills on April 23, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Wisteria Lane Tidbits: 2 Dozen Things You Didn't Know About Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives, the hit ABC comic soap opera, was fêted as part of the PaleyFest 2009, the annual festival honoring the best of television. The cast and creative team gathered at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood on April 18 to talk about the 5-year-old show.

Left to ri… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on April 22, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

A dozen things you never knew about Dr. Horrible

Internet sensation Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was feted on April 14 as part of Paley Fest 2009. It’s the first web-based series ever honored at the festival that was designed to honor television.

Neil Patrick Harris stars as Dr. Horrib… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on April 16, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

9 x 2 Things You Didn't Know About 90210

90210, the new incarnation of the famed 1990s teenage soap opera Beverly Hills 90210, was honored on Saturday, April 11 as part of PaleyFest 2009. Cast and crew gathered at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills for an advance screening of an upcoming episode.

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Added by James F. Mills on April 12, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Still Restless, but not so Young: Soap honored on its 35th Anniversary

FLASHBACK: In honor of its 36th anniversary on March 26, here's a look back at the special celebration held in 2008 honoring The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on March 20, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

A Dozen “Ugly” Things You Didn’t Know about “Ugly Betty”

FLASHBACK: Here's a look at one of the shows featured at the 2007 Paley Festival The cast of ABC’s hit comedic soap Ugly Betty were honored at a panel discussion on March 12 (2007) at the Museum of Television and Radio’s annual William S. Paley Television Festival.

Here are some… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on March 15, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

PaleyFest 09 coming to town

One of the delights of spring in Hollywood is the Paley Festival of Television, which honors various television shows. The festival gathers cast and crew from the shows to talk about how the series

came to be, what goes on behind the scenes, storyline choices, things to… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on March 15, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Family reunion at the Paley Festival

FLASHBACK: Here's a look back at one of the shows featured at the 2007 Paley Festival It was a family reunion as the cast of ABC’s hit show Brothers & Sisters gathered for a panel discussion honoring the family drama on March 5 (2007). It was part of the… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on March 14, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

What's up, Chuck?

FLASHBACK: Here's a look back at one of the shows featured at the 2008 Paley Festival The spy thriller comedy Chuck was honored on March 18 (2008) as part of the 25th annual Paley Fest hosted by the Paley Center for Media (formerly known as the Museum of TV and Radio).

Cast an… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on March 14, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

The Real World meets the reel world

While I was looking forward to seeing the movie Pedro, the closing movie at Fusion, Outfest’s LGBT People of Color Film Festival, I will admit I had low expectations for it.

I figured this movie version of the life of Pedro Zamora couldn’t possibly begin to match the moving drama of the… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on March 10, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Angels We Have Heard on High: Jason and deMarco come to DVD

Jason and deMarco fans are excited about the DVD release of We’re All Angels, the documentary about the gay Christian pop duo who are a couple in real life. The DVD hit stores on January 20 and a special DVD release party is scheduled for Tuesday, January 2… Continue

Added by James F. Mills on January 23, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment