Colossal Win For Mayweather Jr. & Broncos
The Denver Broncos and Arizona Cardinals sent million-dollar touch downs to Las Vegas Sports books included a $600,000 hit from boxing Champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. Denver Broncos are 4-1-0, 2nd AFC...
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Old Globe Theatre Presents World Premiere Of Steve Martin Musical
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Wayne Alan Wilcox as Jimmy Ray Dobbs and Carmen Cusack as Alice Murphy ~ Photo by Joan Marcus. Life is a journey and every journey has a story to tell. The...
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St. Joseph Players Present Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs”
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic St. Joseph Players of Yucca Valley are presenting Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical nostalgic comedy “Brighton Beach Memoirs”. It’s one of Neil’s personal...
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Ernest Thompson’s “On Golden Pond” Charms Again At Canoga Park’s West Valley...
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic It’s always a pleasure to see an old friend. “On Golden Pond”, written by Ernest Thompson is a heart-warming comedy and certainly qualifies as an old...
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Geffen Playhouse Offers Intellectual Comedy Satire Play
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Sometime the only way to communicate controversial or ambiguous ideas is to employ the theatrical conventions of comedy and satire as the messenger of...
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McFlying out the door? ‘Back to the Future’-style hoverboard comes to life
The hoverboard from an imagined 2015 which featured prominently in the ’80s hit flick ‘Back to the Future II’ has become a reality thanks to an architect hoping to protect buildings from earthquakes...
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Shooting at Canadian Parliament: Area in lockdown, manhunt underway
A manhunt is on for one or more armed assailants after several rounds of gunfire tore through Parliament Hill, as well as National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada. The city of Ottawa is on lockdown as...
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North Coast Rep Theatre Has A Triumph With “Freud’s Last Session”
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic At last, a thinking person’s play about the vexing concepts and issues concerning the philosophy of science versus the philosophy of faith in today’s society. It...
View ArticleAnti-Facebook social site Ello gets millions in funding, promises to stay...
Ello, the new social-media site that exploded last month, has raised $5.5 million through investors and says a charter that was recently signed by the company’s executives will see to it that users...
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Palm Canyon Theatre Stages Mel Brooks “Young Frankenstein”
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic If Neil Simon is the playwright with the greatest number of smash comedy plays on Broadway (over 30) Mel Brooks is surely the nuttiest, wackiest, and supremely...
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Cv Rep Launches 2014/2015 Season With Poignant Drama “The Chosen”
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic The desert’s most intimate and quality Equity theatre CV REP, launched its 6th season with the insightful, drama “The Chosen” adapted by Aaron Posner and the late...
View ArticleEurope may become irrelevant due to short-sighted policies – Gorbachev
Western policies toward Russia championed by Washington have led to the current crisis, and if the confrontation continues, Europe will be weakened and become irrelevant, former Soviet leader Mikhail...
View ArticleISIS chief ‘critically wounded’ in US air strike on extremist leaders’ convoy...
The leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has reportedly been “critically” injured in a US-led airstrike in Iraq that targeted a convoy of military vehicles allegedly carrying a group of...
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First Comet-Landing in history as Rosetta’s Philae touches down
The fantastic decade-long mission of the ESA’s Rosetta robotic space probe, chasing Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, reached its final goal on Wednesday, as the Philae robotic lander detached from its...
View ArticleNew plastic surgery hit: ‘Vacation breasts’
The plastic surgeon known for developing the 24-hour “insta breast” procedure is working on a new kind of saline injection that would allow for “vacation breasts,” or a temporary impression of larger...
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THREE MOVIE REVIEWS: GONE GIRL – ST.VINCENT – CITIZENFOUR NOW PLAYING
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic I got a call this week from my oldest friend who lives in my old hometown of Chicago (brrrhh). “I thought you were both a theatre critic and a film critic. Why...
View ArticleQuake Alert! California company readies earthquake warning app
It may only provide a tiny heads up, but even a few seconds could be crucial when it comes to earthquakes. The new QuakeAlert app can give users a warning about impending tremors which could save...
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Newly Minted Neil Simon Classic “The Odd Couple” On Stage At Ipac
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic “The Odd Couple” is one of Neil Simon’s most successful plays, and believe me he’s had a slew of them. He holds the record as Broadway’s most successful playwright...
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5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE IN PALM SPRINGS
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic “Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche”, written by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood, and cleverly directed by Michael Shaw is a difficult property to label. Is it a drama?...
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British Farce Becomes Mark Taper Forum Revival
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic If you’re old enough to remember the old “Carry On” series of British movie farces of the 1960’s and 70’s (more than 30 plus films) and the more recent nuttiness...
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