Kirschner and environment win Battle Of The Best Eco LA -Chefs By Karen Ostlund HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 4/25/09 — Chef Andrew Kirschner from Wilshire Restaurant in Santa Monica took home Grand Prize and $15,000 at Gen Art’s & Soyjoy culinary combat on “Earth Day” at Boulevard 3. One member of the audience commented “It [...]

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By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 4/25/09 — The William Morris-Endeavor merger, producing the new company named WME Entertainment, will be announced on Monday, according to an individual close to the situation, reported The Wrap. WMA, from Al Jolson to the Rolling Stones — and every movie star in between — has been a [...]

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Baron-Cohen to Helm Thriller ‘Novella’ By Darrah Le Montre HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 4/25/09 — Ash Baron-Cohen, writer-director of three festival-winning features will direct a “Basic Instinct-like thriller” starring Lenny Kravitz. The Bob Yari film, “Novella,” is set in a literary college with Kravitz playing the leading role as a professor. Regarding relative film newcomer [...]

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Band Promotes Latest CD and World Tour on the Streets of Tinseltown By Gayl Murphy HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 4/24/09 — Depeche Mode literally hit the streets of Hollywood Thursday night on the corner of Hollywood and Vine. The stage was so big that it shut down Hollywood Blvd. in several directions including Selma Ave., [...]

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Top-rated Leno in hospital for undisclosed illness By Jeffrey Jolson BURBANK, CA (Hollywood Today) 4/23/09 – Jay Leno, 59, cancelled some of his final tapings of “The Tonight Show” and checked into a Burbank hospital with an undisclosed illness, his publicist confirmed. His PR rep Dick Guttman said he left his NBC office about noon [...]

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President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists. High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the [...]

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