May 18, 2013

Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic) Announces 2 New Dates in LA and San Diego Jan 18th & 19th

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*Bernie Worrell (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) announces 2 new show dates in California January 18th and 19th: The Mint in Los Angeles and Winston’s in San Diego, CA. Bernie Worrell Orchestra with NVO Fri, January 18, 2013 9:00 PM (Doors open at 08:00 PM) The Mint 6010 West Pivo Blvd Los Angeles, CA [...]




EUR on the Scene: LA’s ‘Taste of Soul’ – All About Love

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*Los Angeles – The 7th Annual Taste of Soul was held on Saturday,October 20,2012.This event is the most anticipated festival to take place in the Fall,and on “The Shaw” as Crenshaw Blvd. is affectionately called. The Taste of Soul is considered the premier,biggest block party in the city.The organizers promised and delivered another day of [...]




Boost Mobile’s NBA D-League National Tryouts Coming to Los Angeles and Chicago Sept. 24

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*Think you have what it takes to play with the pros? Mark September 24th on your calendar because the official NBA D-League National Tryouts are coming to Los Angeles and Chicago! Bring your best game to the court to turn heads from NBA’s D-League player personnel executives, industry scouts and others with the hopes of [...]




Between the Lines: The Farmers Field Project and Returning Pro Football To L.A.

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*The nation’s second largest market is called, among other things, the “City of Dreams.” Whatever you want, whatever you can think of…you can get it here in Los Angeles. Everything except one thing…the National Football League. The “City of the Angels” haven’t had real professional football (which excludes arena football, powder puff ball, semi-pro football [...]




Video: Harmony Love Bailey Interviews Gospel Stars at Verizon’s ‘How Sweet the Sound’ Event

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*The stars of gospel came out by the dozens recently to Staples Center in Los Angeles to support the LA regional stop-off of Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound” choir competition. And of course where there’s stars, there 6-year-old baby girl Harmony Love Bailey doing her patented, charming, disarming interviews with the celebs. As usual she [...]




Video/Photos: Meet Diddy’s New Group iSQUARE

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*iSQUARE is a new LA based pop group from Pentagon/Bad Boy/Interscope Records. First single “Hey Sexy Lady” was recently released and debuted at #29 on the Dance chart. They’ll be releasing their full length album in 2011. Mike J, Destiny, Briddy and 10Beats have fun with their music and encourage their fans to just be [...]




Kanye Blames L.A. for Mom’s Death

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*Someone has to be responsible for the death of Kanye’s mom, Donda, and it wasn’t him. He recently said that if it weren’t for pesky Los Angeles culture, his mother would be living today. Kanye West’s mother tragically died after complications from plastic surgery in 2007. He said if she were in New York, she [...]




Video: Allen and Rondo Lift Celtics Over Lakers in Finals Game 2

Lamar Odom couldn't stop Ray Allen in game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals

*In game 2 of the NBA Finals Ray Allen was the main storyline with Rajan Rondo coming in second. Both Boston Celtics players controlled the game and gave the Eastern Conference champions a 103-94 victory of the Los Angeles Lakers. The best of seven series is now tied at 1 game a piece Allen set [...]




Veronica’s View: Are You Ready When It Rumbles?

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  *I love L.A. The beaches, the nightlife, the culture and the weather are as close to utopia as one can get. But LA is earthquake country and lately there’s been a whole lot of shaking going on in the City of the Angels. On March 16th a magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled us at 4:04 [...]