At last summer’s Orange County Fair, more than 50,000 ears of corn were shucked by County Fair Corn Stars. At Segerstrom Center for the Arts, nearly 50,000 theatergoers are getting “Shucked” this fall. “Shucked” is the Tony Winning musical comedy that was planted on Broadway in 2023 and is now Read More
Luna is an outgoing immigrant from the Philippines. The more cautious Jane has recently arrived from South Korea. They meet in a grocery store on Thanksgiving Day, 1973. Alone in a country they don’t know, they join forces to celebrate Thanksgiving together. Longing for connection, Luna invites Jane to her Read More
The October 28 Newport Beach City Council meeting was packed with community members, most there to voice their opinions on the proposed Snug Harbor Surf Park that would be constructed on a section of the Newport Beach Golf Course. According to a Staff Report, Back Bay Barrells, LLC wants to Read More
Surrounded by loved ones and community members, beloved children’s book author, former educator, and hospice resident Joan Pizzo read her story “Amy Avocet: the Back Bay Ballerina” a final time at The Heavenly Home, Orange County’s only nonprofit hospice residence. The emotional event celebrated Joan as “The Back Bay Queen” Read More
Analysis of internet search data has revealed the “most mispronounced” word in California isn’t a word, but a name. And it’s not just any name; it’s that of a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. Unscramblerer.com, a word unscrambling website, researched Google Trends to discover the “most mispronounced words” from each state Read More
A sequel series based on the NBC sitcom is in the works nearly four decades after it originally premiered.
A sequel series based on the NBC sitcom is in the works nearly four decades after it originally premiered.
Elon Musk may have stepped out of the political arena, but he continues to attract criticism — even on the social media website he owns. An observation from the acclaimed writer Joyce Carol Oates seems to have gotten under Musk’s skin, leading to a response from the world’s richest person. Read More
Before she was the best-selling female artist of all time, Mariah Carey was a young singer in New York just looking for her big break. That came when both legendary producer Arthur Baker and record executive Tommy Mottola were both handed her demo tape in 1988 at a Christmas party Read More
Sally Kirkland, a one-time model who became a regular on stage, film and TV, best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna,” has died. She was 84.
