Earth, Wind and Fire’s Keyboardist Larry Dunn to perform
at the Catalina Club, Tuesday night, Oct. 1 with Jon Barnes and
Jazz Singer Theresa King.
Jon Barnes, who played with Arturo Sandoval and Kool and the Gang’s former lead Singer Skip Martin at the club and on tour in Europe returns Tuesday night for a one night blast of Jazz music
Hollywood, CA – Jazz Giant Jon Barnes teams up with Earth, Wind and Fire’s Keyboardist Larry Dunn Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, Catalina Jazz Club. Tickets are $25. Barnes will also take the stage with smooth Jazz Singer Theresa King for a one night performance at the legendary music venue.
Barnes recently performed at the Catalina Jazz Club (Aug. 2-3) with Arturo Sandoval and Skip Martin (Kool and The Gang former lead singer).The jazz trio performed at the daCarbo Jazz Festival this summer The European tour was also filmed as a possible upcoming documentary.
Jon Barnes with Arturo Sandoval (right) at the Catalina Club.
“I’m excited and living a dream to have the chance to play with such talented jazz and hit music masters as Sandoval, Martin and Theresa. And now from Kool and the Gang fame, I’m teaming up with the legendary Earth, Wind and Fire’s keyboard man Larry Dunn, so it don’t get any better,” he said.
Barnes recently produced and performed music on the new album, the first in 12 years by Earth, Wind and Fire entitled, “Now, Then and Forever.”
The Izzy Show is a monthly live staged event. The show takes its cues from the best: Chappelle Show, The Chris Rock Show, You Can’t Do That On Television, and All That. The Izzy Show cast of multi-talented teens will perform sketches and stand-up that pokes fun at pop-culture, the news, and teen interests from their unique POV.
“The Izzy Show” starring Izzy with his cast-mates of multi-talented teens take a comedic jab at news, pop-culture and teen angst from their unique p-o-v.
This monthly showcase takes it’s cues from the best:
Chappelle’s Show, The Chris Rock Show,
You Can’t Do That On Television and All That,
while bringing a fresh and innovative perspective to
a tried and true formula.“The Izzy Show” will feature: Pre-taped film spoofs
CONFIRMED teen celebrities to attend: Zachary Alexander Rice (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Parenthood, Raising Hope), Julianna Rose (Pretty Little Liars, Squeeze in Disney’s Handy Manny, Sings in the Glee 3D Movie, Disney’s Prom), Jennessa Rose (Ponyo directed by the world famous Hayao Miyazaki, Charlotte’s Web, Glee 3D Movie, Crazy Stupid Love, Yogi Bear, Little Miss Sunshine), Madison Curtis (The Young & The Restless, KARtv, BrainSurge), Zach Callison (Disney’s Sofia the First), Brandon Tyler Russell (Smitty, The Class, The Beast), Brendon Eggerston (Just Go With It, The Mentalist, 18 Year Old Virgin), Meeghan Henrey (Corey In The House, Lincoln Heights), Camryn Molnar (Pictureka, BrainSurge, and Say Uncle), Presley Cash (The Megan Mullally Show, BrainSurge, Taylor Swift video “MEAN”), Justin Tucci (Big Love, iCarly, The Goat with Val Kilmar), Abigail Hardgrove (World War Z, Butterfly Circus ID, General Hospital), Malyssa Theresa Martinez (California Dream Project with Will.I.Am, Hairspray The Musical), Sam Lant (Modern Family, Disney XD’s “Zeke and Luther,” Victorious), Abi Ann Hoffman (Beyond the Mat, Leaving Hollywood, One Summer, Wish Wizard), Melissa Stomber (16-Love, Sara Rose, Susan’s Remembrance), Preston Strother (Criminal Minds, Oliver’s Ghost), Taylor Hay, (Blind, Wish Wizard, The Blue Rose, Robbie), Jolie Vanier (The Joey & Elise Show), Austin Anderson (Victorious, The Joey & Elise Show), Isabella Rae Thomas (Brother & Sisters, A Better Life), Laci Kay (The Ben & Ari Show, BrainSurge, The Fresh Beat Band), Felix Ryan-Power Rangers, Noah Dahl-Bad Teacher/Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Madison Leslie-Kill Katie Malone, Taylor Renolds-The Contract, Garrett Palmer-WALL-E, Malik Procter-Albert! Or my Life in the Ocean, Heaven Marie-Pardon, Jacob Nathaniel-I.E.P, Renee-A Mother’s Choice, Chelsea Cook-Spin the Bottle: The Kiss of Death, Parker Contreras-Alice in Wonderland, Mozaic-Recording Group, Taylor Wane-Little Nicky, Alexis Paine, Emma Rose and the Band-Recording Group, Tess Christainsen-The Prom Before the Storm, Keaton Simons-Recording Artist, Sky High soundtrack, Bella King-Red Riding Hood, Ben Lee Foster-Peep Game, Alex Ann Hopkins-The Box, Sydney Dodick, Victoria Grace-Tracks.
Sunday, February 19th 3:00pm-3:30pm:
3:45pm-4:45pm: Red Carpet, “The Izzy Show” Cast & Teen Celebrity Arrivals
5:00pm-7:00pm: Showtime
Generous portion of the ticket sales will go to support The Saban Free Clinicwhich provides free healthcare services to people unable to afford health care coverage.
ABC TV’s “General Hospital” Lisa LoCicero (center) with cancer survivors, Greg Yau, Roland Ludlow (far right) Sun Born Natural Products Co.
The American Cancer Society’s Third Annual Relay for Life, Hollywood helped cancer survivors team up with their families and celebrities to honor those with cancer over the weekend Sun Born Natural Products Co. President Roland Ludlow and Herbal Balm Chi Creator Grandmaster Greg Yau donate Herbal Chi Balm to the second annual American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life this over the weekend, (July 30-31, 2011.). This year’s Relay for Life Team Captain is Cancer Survivor Tom Wilson:
Greg Yau, Actress Catlina Rodriguez, Roland Ludlow at Relay for Life event.
Cancer surivors dressed in purple T-shirts, Hollywood celebs, and Councilman Tom Labonge joined the non stop walking around the clock to battle cancer. The American Cancer Society’s two day event in Hollywood ended Sunday.
Aida Mayo, Greg Yau, Lorielle New, Roland Ludlow, Marina Anderson
Team members, armed with tents and sleeping bags, and gather at HelenBernsteinHigh School football field over the weekend for the overnight campout against cancer. Celebrities lines up for photo shoots with cancer survivors and several hung medals of honor over the knecks of long time cancer survivors.
After soliciting pledges from friends, family, neighbors and colleagues, everyone took turns walking or running around the track and shared their experiences of courage, hope, and inspiration with each other.
Cancer survivors walk around the track in Hollywood at Relay for Life event.
“Because cancer never sleeps, relays are overnight events to pay homage to all the courageous people affected by cancer,” team organizers said.
“The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Lifeis a life-changing, family-oriented community event that celebrates the lives of those who have battled cancer, remembers loved ones lost, and empowers individuals and communities to fight back against a disease that affects so many,” said Eric Beikmann, American Cancer Society, Los Angeles office. Sun Born Natural Products Company armed with scores of Herbal Chi Balm passed out the samples to celebs, cancer survivors and participants at the crowded event.
The Herbal Chi Balm is a specialized natural product used for relief of pain from physical exertion, minor injury, and used for sports training during warm up and cool down after exercise. The Balm formula contains 100 percent pure organic unrefined Shea Butter, and lavender oil along with 20 hot and cold Chinese herbs. For full story, schedules and details of event visit:http://www.mayocommunications.com/2011-NEWS%20RELEASES/NR-404.htm
Green Lantern grossed $21.6 million at the box office opening night (Friday): According to early figures online, the comic book-superhero was less than anticipated, but had a lot of competition. By comparison, Thor, the last comic superhero movie hit near $26 million on its opening night in May.
Blake Lively at Green Lantern Premiere
The media, especially the LA Times reviews (three articles on Friday) were brutal. Those reviews and a few others will not help the weekend gross receipts expected to be around $55 million.
It is a fun movie, not dark like some DC Comic Book films have been in the past. In fact you can take your children to this one. It has more going on than Spiderman, at least in what I experienced.
I predict when it goes global and plays in Europe and Japan, it will prove the media was wrong, again about this movie that cost around $200 million to make with Martin Campbell at the helm. I think the PG-13 film will do well, and I give it two thumbs up.
Mr. Popper’s Penguinswas not even a closesecond with around $6.4 million. That’s about what Jim Carrey’s comedy movie made three years ago with Yes Man. And it also tells you about the economy and how people are waiting for it to come to DVD, or just can’t afford to go to the movies all of the time. If you missed the premiere in Hollywood, enjoy these images below. You will not find them anywhere else.
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Actress Marina Anderson
“I tried it on my sore neck and back, and the pain went away, leaving me with a relaxed, warm, calm feeling in my muscles. I’m going to use it next time I get a massage too!” said Anderson.
The Herbal Chi Balm formula contains 100 percent pure organic unrefined Shea Butter, and lavender oil along with 20 hot and cold Chinese herbs. “I tried it on my sore neck and back, and not only did it help the pain go away, but it left me with a relaxed, warm, calm feeling in my muscles,” said Marina Anderson. “I’m going to use it next time I get a massage too!”
REMEMBERING JACK KYSER, MY FRIEND, THE MEDIA’S FRIENDAND ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH FOR SO MANY YEARS…
Los Angeles, CA – I received a call early today (Monday, Dec. 06, 2010), from a mutual long time friend, Wally Baker, who called me about the Legendary Chief Economist Jack Kyser. Wally had to tell me twice that Jack had passed away over the weekend.
Jack Kyser understood the media, he was always available, he never missed deadlines, and the media loved him because he would put complicated economic news and statistics in layman’s terms.
“For more than 10 years we proudly worked with Kyser while he worked at LAEDC coordinating all the media relations and media placement. He was great friend and he will be dearly missed by all.” George Mc Quade, vice president, MAYO Communications.
Jack had missed a luncheon appointment, no phones were returned and newspapers were piling up outside his home, so Wally called 9-11, and firefighters went through a window and found him tucked in bed.
It was also my last photo of Jack Kyser (left). Also picture Nancy Sidhu and my self George Mc Quade.
Jack Kyser, the former chief economist at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. and an oft-quoted expert on the financial health of theSoCal Economy.
For two decades Kyser, the chief economist at LAEDC was the go-to-expert on business, economy and anything that might have an economic impact. I will never forget two times that Jack really suprised us.
The most recent is when LA Opinion called and asked if Jack Kyser could provide the economic impact of motorists stuck on the freeway for four hours (710 Freeway) during a bomb scare. Yes, he did.
And three weeks before going to war in Iraq (the first war in 2003) Jack Kyser called me, and he was all excited about his new economic forecast and wanted to give me the highlights to pitch to the media. He was really good at summarizing 85 study pages into headlines, too. I had to break the news to him that unless it had anything to do with the “war” it would be hard to pique the media’s interest. We brainstormed for 10 minutes more, then a light went off in my head.
I said, “Jack, can you do an economic impact of going to war?” He replied, “Yes, you want me to include that in the forecast?” And when he did, I changed the entire campaign theme and coined the phrase, “2003-2004 LAEDC Economic Warcast.” The campaign resulted in another set of record media placement results.
During the 10 day lockout LAEDC and Jack Kyser, and MAYO Communications were the only ones talking to the media, providing economic impacts on the state and US of the busiest ports in the nation closed for a 10-Lockout or labor dispute. Kyser came up with $2 billion statewide, and $5 billion nationwide. The LAEDC story carried in every newspaper in the country over 19 days.
And in late Summer of 2008, The media bombarded us with calls regarding the economic impact of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Strike. Roll forward three months = 85 million media impressions, dozens of interviews daily and Jack Kyser came up with a newsworthy figure of $2 billion economic impact.
In December, 2009 Jack Kyser was the last to use the “R” word , but when he did everyone knew we were in a recession, especially from the data he pruned and how he read everything showing the economic indicators.
For some 20 years as chief economist with the LAEDC, he was the go-to person for the media, business movers and shakers and elected officials who needed information and or real analysis of the local economy. Kyser appeared to often have a crystal ball on the economy, where no one else came close. Even the Wall Street Journal said Jack Kyser was, “one of the most accurate economists.”
Aida Mayo (left) with her sister at a Beverly Hills
Charity event for breast cancer awareness.
Aida Mayo, the president of MAYO Communications loved him, because Jack Kyser would call us and diguise his voice speaking Spanish when she answered the phone. Not everyone knew he spoke Spanish, either.
“Jack Kyser would always joke on the phone pretending to be someone else speaking in Spanish when I answered the phone, because I’m from Argentina, but I would always catch him red handed, because I knew his voice. Kyser was always the voice of SoCal’s economy, too, and we will all miss him a lot,” Aida Mayo, president, MAYO Communications, Los Angeles, CA. Memorial services are pending for Jack Kyser.
Comment from the Chair Maura O’ Connor, of LAEDC Board of Directors.
The members of the LAEDC mourn the passing of our founding economist and our good friend. His passing is a loss personally, for the LAEDC, and for Southern California.
He was a great teacher of practical economics. He called trends long before others saw them coming, as the “guru of the Southern California economy”.
Jack cared deeply about Southern California. He was our champion: a strong advocate for doing economically rational things to promote the region’s businesses and jobs.
While at the LAEDC, he helped us understand the local economy. As importantly, he helped us promote the LAEDC’s ultimate goal: to make sure everyone who wants or needs a job can get one.
Jack was kind as well as intelligent: a gentleman who treated everyone he met as important.
We miss him.Best regards,
Maura O’Connor
Chairman, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Los Angeles Business Journal – Howard Fine – Dec 6, 2010
Jack Kyser, former chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., in a 2009 photo. By Howard Fine Jack Kyser, the longtime “guru” of …
Also, some words about Jack Kyser. Available at KPCC.org and podcast (Business Update with Mark Lacter). Transcript is after jump. Steve Julian: On Tuesdays …
LOS ANGELES — Jack Kyser, the well-respected Los Angeles economists who spoke as an expert on Southern California’s economy to media around the world, …
AP By ANDREW DALTON AP Economist Jack Kyser was the go-to expert on the business of Southern California for reporters who knew he would give them the …
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“For over 30 years, Jack Kyser served as the chief economist for Los Angeles County, shaping economic policy and spurring development and job creation,” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in a statement.
This morning’s chat with KPCC’s Steve Julian looks at how the California economy, eighth largest in the world if it were its own country, remains potent, …
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Via the City Maven: “Longtime Southern California economist Jack Kyser has died at the age of 76. His passing was confirmed by the head of the Los Angeles …
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Hollywood, CA – “She was a tough lady, but will always be remembered as one who was very protective of her clients as we should be,” said EPPS President Henri Bollinger, who had talked to the slain longtime Publicist Ronni Chasen the day before she was gunned down in Beverly Hill, Ca.
The Publicist was driving home on Sunset Blvd. from an after-party and the premiere of Cher’s new movie “Burlesque.” Detectives said they believed it was a deliberate hit, when they discovered the publicist in her black Mercedes sedan, which was wrapped around a light pole. Chasen had suffered five gunshot wounds to the chest according to police.
“I was so traumatized that I realized that I was still only worried about an answer on a project, when a friend called and told me of her tragedy,” said Bollinger.
“It was then I realize that we need to live for the day, and you can not always be concerned over what you believe is important or a benefit to me. It took the better part of the day to reconcile,” he said.
Bollinger offered a moment of silence at the LA Times Entertainment Editors media workshop, immediately following his remarks at the ICG Local 600 Union Auditorium, Hollywood, CA. (Nov. 18, 2010).
Lisa Fung, LAT
The consensus in contacting editors or pitching a story and the best advice comes from Panelist Lisa Fung, Online Arts and Entertainment Editor, LA Times.
“Just forget that you have a phone, so email me your pitch and I will get back to you as soon as possible that’s the best way for me to get back to you. I just received 80 emails sitting here.”
Fung says social media brings tons of traffic to the LA Times website and blogs.
The last time I checked LAT Twitter had 93,000+ followers, too.
Online Arts and Entertainment Editor Lisa Fung says the best way to pitch everyone is by email. During the meeting she noted that 80 emails had just come in, and she was deleting many in her inbox while
listening to other panelists.
She currently oversees round-the-clock multimedia coverage of all arts and entertainment, including Calendar. The Envelope, Company, Town and more than a dozen latimes.com blogs. To Reach her email: Lisa.Fung@latimes.com.
One of the pet peaves of editors is sending multiple email pitches, which could be the kiss of death. Randall Roberts reminded everyone about the email overload.
Randall Roberts, pop music editor, LA Times said,” he relies on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc where there are a lot of thoughtful people who share stories, trends and ideas.”
Randall Roberts, LA Times
Roberts also echoed earlier comments that social media drives traffic, and influences his decisions on story assignments. Often Robert says, he gets a lot of people who care about what he writes, and trend stories often pop up on Twitter and Facebook.
Roberts currently oversees all of the rock, pop, hip hop, electronic, world music, soundtrack and country coverage – basically everything except jazz and classical.
Before coming to the LA Times, Roberts served as music editor at LA Weekly. To reach him email is best at:Randal.Roberts@latimes.com.
Joy Press, Pop Culture & Deputy Television editor also told Entertainment Publicists to “keep your pitches short as “we are working on both print and Online versions of the Times.”
Pop Culture & Deputy Television Editor Joy Press also prefers email pitches from publicists. Press says they are always looking for good trend stories.
Press, before arriving at the Times, she was the culture editor at Salon.com, where she oversaw the entertainment, books and lifestyle sections and blogs.
She has written widely about TV, movies, music and all facets of popular culture.
Elena Howe, The Envelope Editor says she does not Tweet and does Faceboook “only with friends,” however she says “it will be her new goal to do it by the end of next year.”
Howe also says The Envelope does not take client photos or handouts, but rather relies heavily
on the wire image news services.
Howe chronicles the highs and lows of the Hollywood award season as the editor of The Envelope.
Elena Howe,
The Envelope Editor
She was previously an assistant editor for SoCal Living at the Times and has previously served as LIfestyle and news editor at several California publications. (Elena.Howe@latimes.com)
Howe also prefers email pitches on all stories.
The Envelope offers complete coverage of the Academy Awards, Oscar nominations, Golden Globes, Grammys, Emmys, red carpet fashion, news, celebrity gossip and more.
Sally Hofsmeiseter was the editor last year when The LA Times had The Envelope Launch kick-off party, October 2009.
The Winter and Summer EPPS mixer events are free to anyone interested.
Nikki Pesusich,
CFO, Coterie Public Relations
@EPPS LAT media workshop
Anyone reading this blog can contact us to learn more about EPPS and how to join, or be our guest at the next media workshop.
Nikki Pesusich, CFO, Coterie Public Relations @EPPS LAT media workshop, who won the EPPS door prize 2010 O’Dwyer PR directory (top 2,000 PR firms in USA) @ www.odwyerpr.com, Manhattan, NY.
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