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Annual Gentlemen’s Haberdashery at Balboa Bay Resort October 2 Celebrates Fashion and Purpose

One of Orange County’s longest running charitable fundraisers is The Gentlemen’s Haberdashery, held every year for more than four decades at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach. This year’s philanthropy event (the 43rd) is themed “Connecting Generations of Hope” and will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2 from 11 Read More

Marshall Goldman Brings Exotic Car Dreams to Newport Beach

What’s your dream car? Maybe it’s a Porsche 911 Carrera. Perhaps a Bentley Continental GTC V8. Or is a Ferrari 296 GTB more your speed? Those are just three of the enviable automobiles on display at the Marshall Goldman dealership in Newport Beach. Marshall Goldman is the leading dealer and Read More

Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene passes away at 73

Graham Greene, the Canadian First Nations actor whose career opened doors for Indigenous performers in Hollywood, died Monday in a Toronto hospital after a long illness. He was 73, according to Deadline. “He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed,” said his longtime Read More

New Italian Eatery Piatti Laguna Beach Serves Timeless Italian Fare

  Several restaurants have come and gone at 222 Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach, including Taverna, Ocean at Main, Suenos and Cabana. Fortunately, a new Italian eatery opened in that spot earlier this summer that looks to have staying power—and a terrific menu. Piatti Laguna Beach is the newest location Read More

Lil Jon makes fitness competition debut at Muscle Beach

Okay! Rapper Lil Jon made his fitness competition debut at the world-famous Muscle Beach championship. “Lil’ Jon trades the mic for muscle in his first-ever fitness competition at the 2025 Muscle Beach Championship,” a media release explained. The Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Jonathan H. Smith appeared in the men’s physique Read More

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson talks being ‘pigeonholed’ in Hollywood

It’s proving to be an emotional year at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, and for the first time in his professional acting career, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has arrived on the Lido. Johnson’s upcoming film “The Smashing Machine” will have its world premiere Monday night in Venice. The wrestler-turned-actor and Read More

Fifth Harmony reunites during Jonas Brothers concert

The girl group reunited after seven years during the Jonas Brothers concert in Dallas last night. They surprised fans by performing together for the first time since going on an indefinite hiatus in 2018. In the meantime, each member pursued solo projects Normani, Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane, and Lauren Jauregui surprised fans by appearing Read More

Are polygraph tests accurate? What science says

(NEXSTAR) — A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, more specifically, on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector tests” — into question. Even though some police departments and counterintelligence units use them, generally, results of such tests Read More