By Cindy Ortiz BURBANK – Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will host a lecture on women’s medical needs and health issues. Dr. David Ahdoot and Dr. Cheryl Twu, the lecture speakers, will also talk about the latest technology in robotic surgery used for women’s pelvic areas. Ahdoot and Twu strongly believe that women need to [...]

A Graduation Letter to Mary, Clare, and Kristin

Last week my niece Mary graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder. In the coming weeks my goddaughter Clare graduates from Georgetown and, Kristin, from USC. Julie Andrews spoke at Mary’s graduation and she was, well, Julie Andrews — warm, funny, smart, and compassionate. Later that day, I sat in my hotel room trying to [...]

Evil

Evil exists. It’s as real as goodness. It’s as common as Starbucks. Actually more so. Sometimes you have to drive several blocks to find another Starbucks location, you don’t have to go that far to find evil. Evil is as close as your own neighborhood, or closer. Evil can live right next door to you. [...]

What Do You Expect?

By Rev. Pam It has been said that we don’t get what we want, we get what we expect! If we ask for a lot, but actually expect a little, we’ll get the little. Our progress is based on our idea of increase. You can change your idea (thinking) about it, and quickly prove to [...]

Comedy Giant Mel Brooks Is an “American Master” on PBS

Back in the ’50s, I actually had a job offer from Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, and I could have worked with the comedy icons who were pioneers during the creative beginnings of live television. But I didn’t do it, mainly because I just moved to Hollywood, and I didn’t want to go to [...]

Women of Achievement Celebrated

“I love my mother’s spirit,” beamed Holly Robinson Peete, actress, author, and HollyRod Foundation philanthropist, about her mom, the influential showbiz dealmaker-manager Dolores Robinson, as both accepted the Mother and Daughter of the Year Award from the Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies. Making the presentation for the organization, affectionately known as the ABCs, [...]

The Flying Goddess Inspired!

By Marina Anderson Sometimes all it takes is a smile or someone offering to open a door when I’m doing a balancing act with an armful of packages or even offering to extend a deadline on something forgotten about to make my day … to feel better about … everything. If you keep yourself open [...]

LONDON’S CHARMING CHESTERFIELD HOTEL

JACKIE: We want to Talk about a hotel that comes from an amazing family of great lodgings and is hands-on owned by an amazing family of hoteliers. I’ve experienced several Red Carnation Hotels, and now I have another one beckoning. David will spin yet another tale of his spring trip. DAVID: Leaving Paris is like [...]

What Is “Passive” Bullying?

By Sifu Nancy Tei To witness bullying and ignore it is to passively accept it. Unfortunately, surveys show that most students fail to help victims because they either lack the courage (“I thought I should help but didn’t”) or the stewardship (“I didn’t help because it was none of my business”). “My child does not [...]

The Great Gatsby – Not Great!

Everyone has surely read or seen film adaptations from what is considered to be one of our great American authors, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. His vision began in 1923 and was completed and published in 1925 as a literary portrait of America’s Jazz Age. Often referred to as his greatest work, Fitzgerald’s novel [...]