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Simin Hashemizadeh Story by Suzanne Takowsky Photography by Nicolas Nami and Koji Design and Layout by Jennifer Wise It’s amazing how time flies, and things change. Some things change that is—and some never do. Almost 15 years ago I published my first magazine, Women On Top—a magazine that spoke to women about their lives, successes, the lessons [...]
The Rising Star of… Robert Mammana By Suzanne Takowsky From Washington, DC. and premed, to Los Angeles, California and a movie career—Robert Mammana’s career has been one hell of a ride, and as they say… all roads lead to Hollywood once the acting bug hits. Born in Washington, DC., Mammana’s father, a well-known cardio-vascular surgeon moved his family around with each [...]
Coming back from two months in Hawaii— to be more accurate my musical retreat with Jazz cafes, ukulele jamming sessionswith virtuoso Taimane Gardner, OngKing’s local artists’ performances, I couldn’t help, but look for a similar experience in L.A. A place that instead of being crowded with superficiality—people like myself can go to, surrender to the music and dance the night away. The same [...]
City elections ended with a wonderful outcome for the Fur Free West Hollywood Campaign. Candidate John D’Amico, who duringhis City Council campaign spoke out for a fur free city was the highest vote earner (top three are elected to sit on the Council) beating two incumbents and ousting a third. The message: If you want humane laws elect humane lawmakers —just what the [...]
The Kimpton Hotel Palomar’s EarthCare Charity Event, displayed works from artists made from recycled and found object art materials. The packed venue held its wine and art exhibit starting on April 15th thru April 22nd and each guest felt like a star. But certainly, the big name on the guest list was Planet Earth itself and the hotel leads the way as [...]
Celebrity Models and a Fetish for Fashion by Paige Donner Titillatingly brilliant. That was Louis Vuitton’s Paris runway show this catwalk season during the F/W ‘11/’12 women’s Pret a Porter week. Couturier terrible (as in nicely naughty) Marc Jacobs used the theme of a classic Parisian hotel, with its elegantly discreet history of “crimes and scandals,” to inspire him for his Grand Oeuvre [...]
Oscar Nominated Teacher J. Todd Harris Shares Real World Lessons at LA Film School By Cassandra M. Bellantoni The LA Film School offers award-winning instructors that produce top notch graduates to work in the film industry. A recent addition to the list of stellar instructors is the Oscar-nominated Executive Producer, J. Todd Harris, who brings [...]
Tower Hematology Oncology Medical Group is in the running for a Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award in the Community Contribution category! We’re up against NSBN, LLP and Sprinkles Cupcakes and need your votes to win! Please visit www.BeverlyHillsChamber.com/BusinessExcellence and click on the “Cast your vote today!” link to place your vote. It [...]
Event Date and Time Saturday, April 30, 2011 9AM Event Location El Rodeo School, Beverly Hills Google Map Link View Map (opens in a new window) Online Chair Contact Karin Pinter, karin@nvisionmediagroup.com Event Schedule 8:30am Survivor CELEBRATION Breakfast 9:00am Opening Ceremonies 9:30am Survivor Lap 9:45-11:00am DJ Eric & Friends 11:00-2:00pm AMP Radio broadcast 2:00-6:30pm Live [...]
Exploring local wine and cheese while traveling is a delicious way to learn about the place and the people. When I have that rare time off, I enjoy visiting a selection of different wineries and purchasing a few bottles at each one. This way, when I’m back from my holiday, I can share my taste memories with my friends and family. It’s kind of like showing photographs from a trip. I’ve [...]
