Former Irvine Mayor Beth Krom announced her bid for Congress against incumbent Congressman John Campbell on March 9. Although the Republican congressman has been challenged before by Democratic candidates like Steve Young, who ran for two terms unsuccessfully against the better-known Campbell, none of them have ever been able to have a fighting chance due to lack of funds or lack of reputation.
I am not a University of Southern California hater. I repeat, I could care less about that campus, the school or the people that go into it and come out of it. It is far from my house and has no bearing on my life. I know it is popular to hate on that school and its people, but hating on something that I don't care about is really not my deal.
Even after his 33 studio albums, Bob Dylan still has not lost his ability to create albums that can entice the listener track after track. Dylan originally returned to the studio to record a single ballad for the film "My Own Love Song," yet the session proved to be so productive that the band recorded nine additional songs, which now comprise his new studio album "Together Through Life."
Subscribers to Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) found in January that their subscriptions were canceled. Meanwhile, on the other side of the print industry, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, after publishing since 1863, closed its doors and went online.
Over the course of last week, the 10th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival showcased over 400 films from 45 different countries at Edwards Island Cinemas in Fashion Island and Lido Theater in Newport Peninsula.
Stephen Tucker, conductor and music professor, moved his hands majestically to lead the body of musicians in the concert "Distant Worlds" last Friday at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, putting on another wonderful performance by the UC Irvine Symphony Orchestra.
The thing about Hugh Jackman and this movie is that he's rightly People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" as he jumps off a waterfall naked. From a woman's standpoint, it is almost worth the 12-dollar ticket and popcorn just seeing his untanned tushy running across a farmyard.
A couple of weeks ago, sex specialist Dr. Laura Berman told millions of mothers across the nation on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to buy vibrators for their 14 to 16 year-old daughters. Vibrators? Seriously? Why are we trying to make kids grow up so fast? What happened to the days when all you had to worry about in high school was being in the house before the streetlights came on? Or who you were "going out" with that week, even though you actually didn't go anywhere and when you did, you were hopefully supervised or had strict restrictions? What is even more shocking is that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Plan B, also known as the morning after pill, for 17-year-olds without parental permission or a prescription.
