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Popular stars Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo appear in a movie about a couple teenage siblings who want to find their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers (Bening and Moore) have built for them. Once the donor (Ruffalo) is found, the household will never be the [...]

Written By Chris MacDonald, HB Ambassador/The Local News Columnist
On Saturday December 19th, I went to Coffee Talk at Huntington Surf And Sport and chatted to PT (Peter Townend) of HB, who’s an internationally-known Surf Legend/World Champion Surfer in 1976 and a Movie Director. He was discussing a variety of fascinating things with friends, including inside [...]

Santa Barbara, CA —Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be seen on the big screen this holiday  in a comedy movie about love, divorce and everything in between. Much of the story is set in beloved  Santa Barbara. “It’s Complicated” is about Jane, the mother of three grown kids, who owns a thriving [...]

The photo above is  from 2009 Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios
Universal Studios Hollywood each year puts on one of the top Halloween haunt shows that mixes Hollywood film trickery with imagineering and the art of persuasion. By creating just the right environment of lighting, sound and props, guests’ minds can play tricks. Suspending belief, [...]

The Wizard of Oz Outdoor Movie Showing in Culver City, California
Culver City, Calif.–In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the movie, The Wizard of Oz, Culver City is hosting a free outdoor movie showing in the courtyard of City Hall. While the movie takes place in Kansas, it was actually filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios [...]

The movie, “California Company Town” will be shown starting Friday, July 24, in some theaters. A city featured is shown in the photo above, Scotia, California. The independent film surveys deserted towns and cities on the West Coast such as Scotia, a redwood coast community that once served as a thriving lumber town complete with [...]

We spend so much time writing about the real hotels for dogs, that we had to laugh at this movie that’s been released by Dreamworks. For those wanting a free night out in L.A. CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood is hosting a showing of this film.  Get off your duff and go to Universal CityWalk’s [...]

Don’t get tired of the Michael Jackson news story just yet.The tributes and information surrounding his death may continue for weeks, months, or like the fan base of Elvis, years perhaps.
While the BBC reported close to 1,000 complaints from viewers who sought news other than the Michael Jackson tribute stories and mystery surrounding his sudden [...]

SAW based Halloween Horror Nights announced at Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando. Look for one terrifying treat!

Casting Call for kids to appear in movie with Ben Stiller