Sasha Urban editor“I was questioning what suffering was,” Amber Mark said to the crowd at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. “What is life, what is the meaning of life — I could go on and on — but I need to be here for three more hours and smoke a lot of weed to get into it, and this is not a Ted Talk.”It was a heavy introduction for the smooth R&B of “What It Is,” a song from her recently released debut album, “Three Dimensions Deep,” but such is the multiplicity of Mark, whose live set found her exploring a melange of genres and vocal styles.Bathed in blood-red lighting and dancing so energetically that her mic pack came loose, Mark was in full form as she sang about “a feeling so strange / the way time never stays the same.” Her voice was in top gear, not once wavering as she climbed the scale from her signature raspy alto register to a softer, high-pitched falsetto.
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Announces Nominees for 10th Annual Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
06.04.2022 - 18:05 / variety.com
Wilson Chapman editorNewFilmmakers Los Angeles has announced the nominees for the 10th annual Best of NFMLA Awards.NFMLA is a nonprofit organization that supports emerging filmmakers and artists through a monthly series of screenings and events in Los Angeles. The nominees for its Best of NFMLA slate are comprised of films that have screened as part of the NFMLA Monthly Film Festival selection in 2021.
This year, the awards honor 125 nominees across 16 categories, including achievements in features, documentaries, shorts, experimental media and a best new filmmaker award.“We are so proud to be able to highlight the incredible talent of all of our nominees, who have each created such inspiring work,” NFMLA programming director Bojana Sandic said in a statement. $15,000 will be provided to select Best of NFMLA winners, a practice that began last year to celebrate the career of recently passed producer Anthony Rhulen, who launched the indie producing company FilmEngine.“We were able to make these funds available for the first time beginning in 2021 thanks to the Walter and Judy Rhulen Family Foundation, to continue celebrating what was very dear to Anthony, championing new storytellers and independent cinema,” NFMLA executive director and co-founder Larry Laboe said in a statement.
“During last year’s awards, these funds were allocated to support filmmakers such as Alberto Belli and Rami Kodeih. We’re excited to make another investment on behalf of Anthony and the Rhulen family in 2022 to continue supporting diverse voices.”View the full list of nominees at the Best of NFMLA awards below.Feature “Alberto and the Concrete Jungle” “Beans” “Fall Back Down” “Igilbert” “Pacarrete” “White Elephant”Documentary Feature “A La
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Los Angeles On-Location Filming Set First-Quarter Record, FilmLA Says
On-location film and TV production in Greater Los Angeles is off to a “strong start” in 2022, with 9,832 days of on-location shooting setting an all-time first-quarter record according to the latest report from FilmLA, the city and county film permit office. That topped the previous first quarter mark set in 2016 but was down 8.8% from the record-setting 10,780 shoot days racked up in the fourth quarter of 2021.
‘AFV,’ ‘American Idol’ & ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Tie For Sunday’s Top Demo; ‘60 Minutes’ Wins Viewers
CBS shared the primetime throne with ABC on Sunday, with both networks’ slates tying for the night’s highest rating.
The Secret Easter Tradition Of Los Angeles Most Locals Don't Know About! So Pretty! | Perez Hilton And Family
We took the kids to enjoy Easter weekend by exposing them to a little religion and a lot of culture. We went to an annual celebration that’s been going on for nearly 100 years in Los Angeles! We soaked in plenty of history and even enjoyed some yummy food! A major mukbang moment at the end with Momma Perez! Watch!
Israel Film Festival In Los Angeles Sets Opening Film, Will Honor Henry Winkler, Ehud Bleiberg, More
The 35th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles will open next month with the L.A. premiere of Avi Nesher’s Image of Victory, which was nominated for a leading 15 Israeli Academy Ophir Awards last year. The film kicks off the hybrid in-person and online festival that runs May 5-26 and will see Henry Winkler receive the IFF Career Achievement Award and philanthropist David Wiener bestowed with the IFF Humanitarian Award.
Los Angeles Covid Cases Up 78% In Past Four Days As Officials Warn About Holiday Gatherings, Outbreaks
One week after Los Angeles threw off the last of its Covid restrictions, L.A. Officials are warning of the spread of the more contagious BA.2 variant, a rise in cases and looming school and religious holidays.
Los Angeles Covid Cases Rise 33% And School Outbreaks Triple As BA.2 Variant Surges
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer confirmed today what Deadline inferred last week: that the more-infectious BA.2 variant of Covid-19 is “now the predominant variant” in the county.
TWICE announce additional date for encore concert in Los Angeles
TWICE have announced an additional date for their upcoming encore concert in Los Angeles.The group shared earlier today (April 7) that they would be performing for an additional night in Los Angeles for their upcoming encore concert, after reportedly selling out tickets within 15 to 25 minutes of sales going live for what was previously meant to be a one-night-only performance.The second show will also be held at the Banc Of California Stadium, which boasts a rough seat capacity of 22,000, and will take place on May 15. The addition of both encore performances comes after the girl group wrapped up the U.S leg of their ‘III’ world tour last month, which saw all seven shows in L.A, Oakland, Fort Worth and New York sell out.Tickets for the newly-added show will be going on sale on April 11 at 3pm PDT through the Live Nation website.TWICE 4TH WORLD TOUR ‘Ⅲ’ ENCORE / ADDITIONAL SHOW INFO■SHOW INFO-LOS ANGELES 2022.05.15 (SUN) 7:30PM @ BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM■TICKET OPEN-2022.04.11 (MON) 3PM (PDT)-WEBSITE: https://t.co/ugDHoZSOol■MORE INFOhttps://t.co/3u7cpM9Rtr#TWICE_4TH_WORLD_TOUR_ENCORE pic.twitter.com/NfbXWlqFYX— TWICE (@JYPETWICE) April 7, 2022With this, TWICE will also be first K-pop girl group in history to perform in a North American stadium, and are also the second K-pop act to do so overall, following BTS, per Soompi. Last year, TWICE released ‘Formula Of Love: T+O=<3’ alongside the music video for its lead single ‘Scientist’.