Archive for September 2012
Korea comes to LA sharing a little part of its traditions
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The Korean Cultural Center LA and Korea Tourism Organization LA are proud to present the US premiere of “2012 Korea in Motion – Dance Musical ’Sachoom’” at the Ford Amphitheatre on September 8, 2012 at 8pm. “Sachoom” is the popular Korean dance phenomenon that has been captivating audiences since its debut in 2004 with its nonverbal, ALL DANCE approach to telling the coming of age story of three brothers, Jun, Sun and Bin. The ALL AGES show is the follow-up to last year’s electrifying KCCLA production, “Rhythm and Passion of Korea,” which was nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for its airing on KCET.
Since the first stage performance opened in 2004, “Sachoom” has had over 1,900 performances to date throughout Asia, Russia and England. It continues to gain tremendous popularity as it makes its way to new regions. The musical was also the first Korean production to perform at the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (August 3-25, 2008) and garnered various international award nominations.
“Sachoom” will feature 14 of Korea’s top up-and-coming dancers performing elaborate choreographed numbers over a pulsating soundtrack. The entire stage will be filled with movement as the story comes to life in this dance spectacular. The production will undoubtedly capture the hearts of Americans from all cultural backgrounds as it makes its way for the first time to the great melting pot of the West: Los Angeles. Integration of popular dance genres, including hip-hop, jazz, contemporary dance, break dancing and dynamic music, will allow audiences from all generations and cultural backgrounds to connect with the engaging yet simple storyline. Vibrant visuals and uplifting musical numbers seamlessly transcend language.
Batman Live is stunning in his first appearance in Los Angeles
By GalaTView.com
Photos By: Alfonso De Elias.
For the first time in DC Comics’ history, Batman – the world’s most popular DC Super Hero – is now an all-new, live-action arena adventure. BATMAN LIVE – World Arena Tour is a 15 million dollar stage production with an engrossing and original story featuring a cast of 42 actors and circus trained acrobats, a 3D Gotham landscape, a symphonic score recorded by a 92-piece symphony orchestra, custom-built and state-of-the-art stage, a 100-foot bat-shaped LED wall, big flight sequences, illusions, pyrotechnics and the impressive BATMOBILE designed especially for the show by legendary race car driver Professor Gordon Murray. It’s a colorful, loud, funny and theatrical show with different characters involved such as The Cat Woman which first trapeze fight scene was dire, the joker all of them full of magic tricks, stunts, lighting and sound effects. So it’s great enough to entertain anyone who attends.
Usher brights with his own light
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Just a week after announcing the dates for a 21-stop European Euphoria Tour, Usher announced on Thursday (September 27) that he will be postponing those dates until fall 2013. Usher has yet to speak publicly about his new role as judge in “The Voice.”
Katie Holmes is back in the news
Katie Holmes’ first big, real-life romance was with Joshua Jackson who revealed he recently received an out-of-the-blue call from his Dawson’s Creek costar Holmes, now 33 and divorced from Cruise, 50. May be reborn love in both?
Sarah Michelle Gellar in her new role: to be a mother
Sarah Michelle and Freddie Prinze, Jr. are thrilled to announce that they welcomed a baby son into the world this past week. The Ringer actress and her husband, who celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary September 1, are apparently still deeply in love with one another.
Jennifer Lawrence sings in a musical scene
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Lawrence was so nervous about how she’d sound in her lip-synced through a musical scene in upcoming movie House At The End Of The Street because she feared her singing voice was not good enough. The Hunger Games star plays a young singer named Elissa Cassidy in the new horror film, and the script calls for her character to play the guitar and croon.
Yoko Ono was awarded
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Yoko Ono awarded the Russian punk band Pussy Riot this year’s LennonOno grant for peace. The artist – the widow of Beatles musician John Lennon – will screen the words ”Imagine Peace” intermittently throughout the day on three huge screens around the iconic square, the message, which sums up the lyrics of John’s 1971 song ‘Imagine’, will be translated into 24 languages. The LennonOno Grant for Peace is given every two years to honour Yoko Ono’s late husband John Lennon’s dedication to peace and human rights.
Lindsay Lohan is in troubles again
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A minor traffic incident in NYC ended with Lindsay Lohan arrested and charged with a hit-and-run on a pedestrian shortly after midnight. She also says that no one exited her car to check for damages, and believes she is the victim of a set up.
Tony Bennett and Marc Anthony will be in a Duet "For Once In My Life"
Legendary performer and 17-Time GRAMMY winner Tony Bennett, will release his latest CD, TONY BENNETT: VIVA DUETS, worldwide on Monday, October 22nd on Columbia Records. VIVA DUETS, is the singer’s third duets-themed project, following the platinum selling and critically praised DUETS and DUETS II CDs. Featuring many top names in the Latin recording industry, VIVA DUETS finds Bennett performing his greatest hits with a celebrated roster of artists including Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera, Ricardo Arjona, Chayanne, Franco De Vita, Gloria Estefan, Vicente Fernandez, Juan Luis Guerra, Dani Martin Romeo Santos, Thalia, and Vicentico. A truly international endeavor, VIVA DUETS features bi-lingual performances with artists representing nine countries and three continents.
Walking Dead 2 is coming at home
Interviews Video By Alfonso De Elias
Season Two lead cinematographer Rohn Schmidt’s gritty, hopelessly dour mise en scene is perfectly depicted on Anchor Bay’s Blu-ray transfer. The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray arrives courtesy of AMC and Anchor Bay Entertainment. The show is presented in 1.78:1 widescreen, mixed in 7.1 Dolby TrueHD. The season’s 13 episodes are spread among four discs. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV.
Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying world. He was a small town cop who had only fired his weapon a couple times but never at anyone and had only ever seen one dead body. Separated from his family, he must sort through the death and horror to try and find his wife and son. In a world ruled by the dead, people are forced to finally begin living.
Shot on Super 16, The Walking Dead is a textured, gritty looking series, often painted with morose, bleak visuals and a stark, apocalyptic palette reminiscent of other zombie films. The Blu-ray presentation outdoes the already staggering HD broadcast by delivering a cleaner, crisper presentation.
It’s probably not a series for the ages, but any genre programming that can both appeal to its base market and still drum up intrigue in other demographics has to have something going on under its hood. Most images are defined by pale colors that yield a gray, bleak, hopeless sort of visual structure that reinforces the themes of despair and death and emphasizes the general end-of-days misery. The zombie apocalypse is not just about mindless nonstop zombie smashing for people with ADHD. It’s more about the loss of humanity and how people interact with each other so this Blu-ray-DVD has English and French languages with English subtitles.
