The Los Angeles Ballet's "The Nutcracker" Is Fun And Festive
Comments (0) | a+e, Alex Theatre, Allynne Noelle, artist, Artistic, artistic director, arts and entertainment, Baby Mouse, ballerina, Ballet, Ben Pilat, Catherine Kanner, Chelsea Paige Johnston, child dancers, Chloé Sherman, choreography, Christmas, Christopher Revels, Clara, Colleen Neary, columbine doll, Cossack doll, costumes, costuming, dance, dancer, David Block, dolby theatre, Dustin True, Dylan Burford, Fritz, Glendale, Harlequin, Harlequin doll, Helen Carefoot, Helen Z. Carefoot, Her Prince, holiday, holiday season, holidays, hollywood, Hudson Treadwell, Journalism, Kayla Solomon, lighting, Los Angeles, los angeles ballet, Marie, Mikael Melbye, Mouse King, Music, Nutcracker, Penny Jacobus, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, redondo beach, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Reobert Mulvey, Royce Hall, set, sets, spanish, Spanish dancer, Spanish dancers, Staulbaum, Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Theater and Dance, Theatre + Dance, Thordal Christensen, tradition, UCLA, Ulrik Birkkjaer, Ulrik Birkkjær, Uncle Drosselmeyer, Zheng Hua Li
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

Reed Hutchinson

The Los Angeles Ballet puts on a lively rendition of Tchaikovsky's famous ballet.



Read more...

'Sons Of Anarchy' Series Finale Recap
Comments (1) | 580 East, 580 West, Abel, August Marks, Bobby, bread, California, car, Charles Barosky, Charming, Chibs, Chibs Telford, Cigarettes, Come Join the Murder, Connor, criminal, criminals, crow, cut, death, district attorney, Drea De Matteo, drinking, Drive, east, entertainment news, Episode, Film and TV, freeway, FX, gangster, gangsters, Gemma Teller-Morrow, goodbye, Grim Bastards, hair, Helen Carefoot, Helen Z. Carefoot, highway, homeless lady, I-580, Irish Kings, Jax Teller, Jimmy Smits, John Teller, Katey Sagal, killer, Kurt Sutter, leather, Milo, montage, Montez, motorcycle, motorcycle club, motorcycle gang, Mr. Mayhem, Nero, Norco, northern california, Oakland, Opie, Oregon, Papa’s Goods, Paris Barclay, patch, patch in, President, prospect, Quinn, Rat Boy, recap, recording, recording device, Review, Sam Crow, SAMCRO, screenwriter, series, series finale, show runne, smoking, Sons Of Anarchy, suicide, T.O, The Mayans, The Niners, The White Buffalo, tommy, Tommy Flanagan, TV, tv review, tv series, vice president, Wendy, West
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

(FX)

FX's biker drama wraps as Jax Teller takes his final ride and secures the future of both his family and club. 



Read more...

'Sons of Anarchy': What To Expect Going Into The Series Finale
Comments (0) | #finalride, Barosky, California, Charlie Hunnam, Charming, Charming Calif., Dayton Callie, Donna Winston, drama, Drea De Matteo, Ed Sheeran, Emilio Rivera, entertainment, Film and TV, Final Ride, finale, FX, gang, Gemma Teller-Morrow, Hamlet, Hayley McFarland, Helen Carefoot, Helen Z. Carefoot, IRA, Irish, Jax Teller, Jimmy Smits, John Teller, Juice Ortiz, Katey Sagal, key, Kim Coates, Kurt Sutter, Marilyn Manson, Michael Chiklis, Mo McRae, mother-son drama, motorcycle, motorcycle club, motorcyle gang, Nero, Opie Winston, outlaw, Papa's Goods, penultimate, penultimate episode, preview, Red Rose, Review, Ryan Hurst, SAMCRO, series, series finale, Sons Of Anarchy, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original, Sons Of Anarchy series finale, Tara Teller, television, television preview, the shield, Theo Rossi, Tommy Flanagan, truck stop, trucker, Tully, TV, Unser, Walton Goggins, What to expect for Sons of Anarchy
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

(Twitter/ @SonsofAnarchy)

After last night's jaw-dropping episode, what's next for this biker drama? 



Read more...

Why Is Weight Loss Anyone Else's Business?
Comments (0) | a+c, body image, competition, compliment, expectations, Health, self-esteem, weight, weight loss
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

(Dave Williams/Flickr Creative Commons)

After you shrink your waistline, are your friends only waiting for you to gain it back?



Read more...

'Pippin' Offers High Flying Thrills At The Hollywood Pantages
Comments (0) | acrobatics, acrobats, Andrea Martin, award, award winning, Berthe, Broadway, Broadway musical, Chet Walker, Circus, classic, dance, Diane Paulus, discovery, Dominique Lemieux, Gypsy Snider, Helen Carefoot, Helen Z. Carefoot, Hollywood Pantages Theatre, John Rubenstein, Journey, Kristine Reese, life, live theatre, musical, musical theatre, Pantages Theatre, Pippin, Prince, Review, Roger O. Hirson, Sabrina Harper, Sasha Allen, Scott Pask, song, Stephen Schwartz, The Voice, Theater and Dance, Theatre, Tony, Tony Award, “Corner of the Sky, ” Los Angeles, ” “Glory, ” “Love Song, ” “Magic To Do, ” “Morning Glow, ” “No Time At All
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

Jaw dropping acrobatics help make this revival an entertaining update on a well loved classic.



Read more...

Red Bull Settles Class Action Suit Over False Advertising

Comments (0) | advertising, beverage, claim, class action suit, company, consumer, customer, Energy Drink, gives you wings, Helen Carefoot, Law suit, Morelli Alters Ratner LLP, Nation and World, news, Red Bull, soda
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

(@mashable/Twitter)

Customers who bought drinks between 2002 and 2014 can receieve $10 or $15 of merchandise from the company.



Read more...

Archaeologists Unearth Nazi Gas Chambers At Former Concentration Camp
Comments (0) | Archaeology, archeology, concentration camp, gas chamber, Helen Carefoot, Holocaust, International, Nation and World, nazi, news, Poland, research, world
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

Prisoners at the concentration camp in Sachsenhausen, Germany in 1938 (Marion Doss/Flickr Creative Commons).

This discovery provides additional insight into the Holocaust.



Read more...

Harry Potter UK Studio Tour Adds Dark Arts Section
Comments (0) | Alan Rickman, costume, Daniel Radcliffe, dark arts, David Thewlis, England, entertainment, Entertainment News, entertainment news, fan, fan experience, film tour, films, Harry Potter, Helen Carefoot, J.K. Rowling, Leavesden studios, magic, movie fan, movie tour, movies, prop, Sarah Roots, set, Slytherin, studio tour, travel, united kingdom
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

The outside of the Warner Bros. Harry Potter studio tour in the United Kingdom (@desireegrace/Twitter).

Warner Bros. will add a new wing to U.K. studio tour dedicated to Dark Arts



Read more...

Eating Disorders: A Growing Problem On College Campuses
Comments (1) | a+c, Anorexia, anorexia nervosa, arts and culture, body image, campus, college, college campuses, Confidence, disordered eating, Eating Disorder, Health, Health, Helen Carefoot, image, media pressure, men, model, models, pressure, self esteem, Southern California, therapy, treatment, USC, women
Helen Carefoot
Web Producer

Eating disorders are a growing problem on college campuses (Rega Photography/Flickr Creative Commons).

Eating disorders have been gaining media attention everywhere, but does the setting of a college campus exacerbate an already growing issue?



Read more...

4 New Ice Cream Shops To Try In L.A.
Comments (1) | artisan, Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, breakfast of champions, bryan petroff, churro con leche, college, cool, cool off, dessert, Douglas Quint, Downtown, flavor, Food, Food, french pot process, frozen, frozen treat, gelateria uli, gelato, Gobbler, Heat, Helen Carefoot, ice cream, ice cream parlor, ice cream shop, ice cream truck, josh loeb, Local, Los Angeles, los angeles food, mcconnell’s, mcconnell’s fine ice creams, milkshake, neon tommy, new york, pastry, Salty Pimp, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, shiho yoshikawa, small batch, sorbet, spring arcade, spring arcade building, sweet, Sweet Rose Creamery, sweet treat, tang-creamsicle, toppings, treat, uli nasibova, USC, usc food
Helen Carefoot
Staff Reporter

McConnell's has something for every ice cream lover (@Mccsicecream/Twitter).

Beat this week's heat with ice cream from one of Los Angeles' best new ice cream shops.



Read more...

LA Times Festival Of Books: 'Are We Really What We Eat'

Comments (0) | A E, american eating, appreciation, arts and culture, author, award winning, book, bookfest, bro cooking, chef, chickens, clean, clean eating, cook, critic, criticism, cuisine, culture, Dana Goodyear, discussion, dish, Easy Cooking With Great Chefs, ethnicity, exclusive, experience, farm, Festival of Books, festival of books 2014, Food, Food, food culture, food desert, food truck, gardening, globalization, globalization of food, goats, gourmet, Gustavo Arellano, Helen Carefoot, high end, hipsters, Identity, immigrant, inclusive, Jonathan Gold, LA Times, Local, los angeles times, macho cooking, Mexican Food, Native, native cuisine, neighborhood, notable, novel, organic, panel, pigs, pop up restaurant, Pulitzer, Pulitzer Prize, responsible, responsible eating, Roy Choi, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable food, thai food, upcoming book, west adams
Helen Carefoot
Staff Writer

Panelists during the Book Festival's "Are We Really What We Eat" panel (Helen Carefoot/Neon Tommy).

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books panel discussed sustainability, adventurous eating and the rise of mainstream food culture.



Read more...

5 Recipes For An Elegant Easter Brunch
Comments (0) | a+e, arts and culture, blueberries, blueberry, blueberry and cream cheese danish, blueberry danish, breakfast, brunch, college, college journalism, crab, crab eggs benedict, cream cheese, danish, easter, easter 2014, easter brunch menu, eggs benedict, elegant easter brunch, elegant easter brunch menu, festive, festive food, festivities, Food, Food, fruit, fruit and yogurt parfaits, Helen Carefoot, holiday, holiday food, hollandaise, hollandaise sauce, journalist, lunch, mimosa, mini, mini quiche, neon tommy, orange, parfaits, quiche, recipe, recipes, ricotta, rosemary, rosemary and tomato mini quiche, sophisticated, strawberries, strawberry, tomato, USC, virgin orange strawberry mimosa, yogurt
Helen Carefoot
Staff Writer

Recipes for your sophisticated Easter brunch (Crash My Party/Pinterest).

Elegant brunch recipes to dress up your table.



Read more...

Festive Saint Patrick's Day Desserts
Comments (93) | baileys irish cream, baileys irish cream cookies, baking, brownie layers, brownies, Butter, cake, celebration, chocolate topping, cookies, cooking, culture, dessert, eggs, feast of saint patrick, festive, festive food, filling, flour, Food, Food, green, Helen Carefoot, holiday, holiday food, ice cream, ingredients, Ireland, Irish, irish apple cake, leprechaun, luck o’ the irish brownies, milkshake, mint, mint oreo ice cream shakes, Oreo, party, party ideas, recipes, saint patrick, saint patricks day, saint patrick’s day, shakes, Shamrock, shamrock pudding shots, shortbread, st. patrick, st. patricks day, sugar, toffee shortbread, yellow
Helen Carefoot
Staff Writer

Festive recipes to celebrate Saint Patricks Day (Megan McGarry/Pinterest).

Celebrate the Emerald Isle's favorite holiday with these six Saint Patrick's Day themed desserts.



Read more...

Oscars 2014: Best Red Carpet Dress Trends
Comments (40) | Academy Awards, Amy Adams, Anjelica Huston, Anna Kendrick, Anne Hathaway, Audrey Hepburn, best dressed, best trends, Beyonce, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, dresses, Freida Pinto, Gowns, Grace Kelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Keira Knightley, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marilyn Monroe, Marion Cotillard, Michelle Williams, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Oscars, Oscars 2014, Penelope Cruz, Rachel McAdams, red carpet, Sandra Bullock, shows, Sienna Miller, Style, style, Taraji P. Henson, Viola Davis, Vivien Leigh
Helen Carefoot
Staff Reporter

A look back at some of the best trends to grace the Oscar's red carpet (Tumblr/alice-fernandez).

Here are the best trends celebs have donned on the red carpet in Oscars history.



Read more...

THEATER TALK: Dream Casting NBC's 'Peter Pan'
Comments (2) | Arts+Culture, Broadway, CAST, dream cast, live musical, musical, NBC, performance, Peter Pan, telecast, Theater and Dance
Helen Carefoot
Staff Writer

Lorraine Marples/Flickr Creative Commons

Our picks for the upcoming live telecast.



Read more...

A Chocolate Free Valentine's Day
Comments (0) | affogato, Arts+Culture, chocolate, date recipes, dessert, Food, Food, holiday recipes, holiday treats, no chocolate, panna cotta, peanut butter, peanut butter fudge, pistachio, recipes, Romantic, sweets, treats, valentine's day
Helen Carefoot
Staff Reporter

Use a piping bag when you frost for picture perfect cupcakes (Shalbs / Flickr Creative Commons).

Nix the chocolate and serve up these romantic sweets instead.



Read more...

Hershey's Releases Chocolate Spreads
Comments (0) | chocolate, competition, delicious, dessert, Food, Food, hazelnut, hershey's, hersheys chocolate, Jif, Nutella, snack, spread, sweets
Helen Carefoot
Staff Reporter

Hershey's releases new line of chocolate spreads to compete with similar products.

Will Hershey's product be able to compete with similar Nutella and Jif products?



Read more...

 

Buzz

 
ntrandomness