When aspiring actor Yaniv Rokah got a part-time job as a barista in a coffee shop in Santa Monica he very quickly struck an unlikely friendship with Mimi a short sprightly octogenarian who worked at the Laundromat on the other side of Montana Avenue. Rokah became fascinated with this extraordinary colorful old lady who it turns … Continue reading
If you are in London and want to do something to mark World AIDS Day on December 1st that will benefit the community (and you too) then you should make a bee-line for Naked Boys Reading latest performance. It will be held at the Miranda Bar @ Ace Hotel in Shireditch, and all the proceeds … Continue reading
56 year old Grayson Perry CBE RA is a Turner Award winning artist who in 2008 was ranked number 32 in The Telegraph’s list of the “100 most powerful people in British culture“. Perry has also carved himself out quite career on British TV as a commentator on not only the society’s class divides but also … Continue reading
It is the day after Thanksgiving so as good Americans we must do one of two things. Go shopping on Black Friday and spend a lot of money we really do not have on buying things we really do not need to save a few dollars and maybe get killed in the mad crush in … Continue reading
Once you’ve met and married your Prince Charming all that is left to do is to find your fairytale castle to live happily ever after. And that is exactly what singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright and his German-born arts administrator Jörn Weisbrodt husband have just done. Perched high on a steep hillside near the mouth of Laurel Canyon … Continue reading