by Vejune J. Baltrusaitis At the risk of sounding snobbish or cliché (or both), when you grow up in LA, you can get jaded when in the presence of celebrities. That is, until you find yourself in the presence of certain celebrities. Once Sally Field came into a place I worked and I hid behind the bakery counter trying to catch my breath because I was so star struck. Last night’s event with writer/director Nora Ephron provided a similar experience where I kept reminding myself…

Just Asking By Cathy Alter “Do you plan on having children?” asked the woman who was seated directly across from me. Oh boy, I thought, here we go again. The above question was not asked by my noisy mother-in-law, a potential (and lawbreaking) employer, or during my annual exam with my OB/GYN. It’s just one of the typical questions I get when I open up the floor to questions after reading from my memoir, Up for Renewal. I suppose when you write a book that…

A mesmerizing film that will stay with you long after you have left the theatre, Beasts of the Southern Wild is an intimate story set in a world on the edge of disaster.