Mandalit del Barco

The Doors' Keyboard Counterpoint Goes Silent: Remembering Ray Manzarek

Mandalit del Barco — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:15:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVCCMG-JoQ

Nostalgia For Sale As Captain Kangaroo's Pals Are Auctioned Off

Mandalit del Barco — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:06:00 +0000

The classic children's show Captain Kangaroo aired on TV for nearly 30 years, starting in 1955. After its creator and star, Bob Keeshan, died in 2004, his estate donated a few of his beloved hand puppets to the Smithsonian.

But if you're like me and grew up in the 1960s and '70s, you have hazy memories of Captain Kangaroo telling stories, drawing pictures and palling around with a whole cast of sidekicks, including the bespectacled Mr. Bunny Rabbit, a dancing bear, farmhand Mr.

Draco Rosa: A Pop Survivor Returns From The Brink, With Friends

Mandalit del Barco — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:03:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHRjWauwpvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3UVw3a7qIQ

A Tip Of The Mouse Ears To Annette Funicello, 1942-2013

Mandalit del Barco — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:59:00 +0000

Now it's time to say goodbye to former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello.

Angry Birds TV, Coming To A Mobile Screen Near You

Mandalit del Barco — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:20:16 +0000

People of all ages have been passing the time playing Angry Birds on their mobile devices. Now Rovio, the company that created the best-selling app, is offering fans a new cartoon series based on the game, which has so far been downloaded 1.7 billion times.

The concept behind Angry Birds is extremely simple: There are these colorful cartoon birds that are angry because some green pigs are after their eggs. Players of the digital game use slingshots to catapult the birds — who don't fly — to destroy structures hiding the pigs.

"At its heart, it's just fun to play.

Will 'Oz The Great And Powerful' Live Up To Emerald Status

Mandalit del Barco — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:48:00 +0000

The newest movie version of The Wizard of Oz, opens this weekend. Oz the Great and Powerful stars James Franco as the wizard. The movie goes beyond the Technicolor wonder of the famous MGM film to a full-blown 2013 treatment with 3D and surround sound.

'Argo,' 'Life Of Pi' Win Top Oscars

Mandalit del Barco — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:11:00 +0000

The movies Argo and Life of Pi and actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence were among the winners at Sunday's Academy Awards. But no one movie swept the show.

The Story Of 'No' Is The Story Of Modern Chile

Mandalit del Barco — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:31:00 +0000

The film No revisits the moment in Chile's history when 56 percent of the country voted to oust a dictator from power. It's the tale of the ad campaign that helped persuade Chileans to cast their ballots against Gen. Augusto Pinochet in a national referendum.

"This is an epic story, the story of a triumph," says Director Pablo Larrain. "It's how they defeat a dictator — probably one of the biggest bastards that we ever had in humankind."

A CIA-backed coup d'etat got Pinochet into power in 1973.

Why Al Walser Got A Grammy Nomination And Justin Bieber Didn't

Mandalit del Barco — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:29:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80DSWGcFIg

South L.A. Teens Doubt New Laws Will Change Gun Culture

Mandalit del Barco — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:05:00 +0000

On 53rd Street and Vermont Avenue in South Los Angeles, violent members of at least six gangs run the streets. A landmark church is boarded up and tagged. There are liquor stores and abandoned lots. On Tuesday night, there was a drive-by shooting two blocks away, and folks are expecting retaliation. This is an area where murders, robberies and rapes are common — and so are guns.

"There's too many guns out there," says Randolph Wright, 18. "I can tell you right now, every hood has an AK[-47].

Porn Industry Turned Off By L.A. Mandate For Condoms On Set

Mandalit del Barco — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:19:00 +0000

In November, more than 1.5 million Los Angeles County voters passed the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act.

In Pursuit of Recognition: An Undocumented Immigrant's Resilient Fight

Mandalit del Barco — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:04:00 +0000

Unlike many undocumented immigrants, Sofia Campos is not afraid to give her real name.

"It's deliberate, and it's liberating," she says. "It's kind of a shock to hear somebody say, 'I am undocumented' or wear the 'I am undocumented' T-shirt, just in your face."

The 22-year-old is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and heads United We Dream — a national network of youth-led immigrant organizations.

A&M Records: Independent, With Major Appeal

Mandalit del Barco — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:17:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16B5Xm8_IKw

California Keeps Death Penalty, Amends 3-Strikes Law

Mandalit del Barco — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:05:00 +0000

Several thousand prisoners in California may be eligible to apply for sentence reductions, after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative Tuesday that alters the state's controversial three-strikes law.

But voters also rejected a proposition that would abolish the death penalty in the state.

The Straight-To-DVD World Of 'Mockbusters'

Mandalit del Barco — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:32:00 +0000

Dreamworks' animated movie Puss in Boots was a big deal. It won an Oscar, and its swashbuckling, sloe-eyed kitty was voiced by Antonio Banderas.

The meticulous computer-generated animation took four years and something like $130 million to make. But another cartoon, Puss In Boots: A Furry Tail, was hand-drawn in six months for less than $1 million. It went straight to DVD — one of the many low-budget productions riding the coattails of Hollywood blockbusters.

Animator Darrell Van Citters once worked at Disney and Warner Bros.

L.A. Marijuana Dispensary Ban Suspended For Now

Mandalit del Barco — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:48:00 +0000

Thursday was supposed to mark the end of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, after the city council approved a ban on them this summer. But patients and advocates have managed to halt the ban, and some dispensary operators are suing the city.

For years, Los Angeles has been a mecca for medical marijuana dispensaries. Anyone with a doctor's recommendation could stop in at chic storefronts offering cannabis-laced desserts or at the more underground clinics, labeled only with a green cross.

Juanes: A Superstar Slows Down, Shifts Gears

Mandalit del Barco — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:29:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR9L9Dc1i8k

Sherman Hemsley, TV's George Jefferson, Dies

Mandalit del Barco — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:27:00 +0000

Transcript

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

George Jefferson was an upwardly mobile black businessman with a longsuffering wife, equal parts pride and frustration when it came to his family and neighbors. Actor Sherman Hemsley brought that vivid character to life on television in the 1970s and '80s. He was 74 when he died yesterday at his home in El Paso, Texas.

'Dark Knight' Events Canceled, Theaters Add Guards

Mandalit del Barco — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:50:00 +0000

In the aftermath of the mass shooting in a Colorado theater, the hoopla surrounding a blockbuster movie opening was toned down, and theaters around the country began beefing up security.

Warner Bros., the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises, canceled Friday night's red-carpet premiere in Paris. It also called off a press conference with the director and the stars.

The studio issued a statement extending sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims of the shooting in Aurora, Colo.

Seinfeld Hits The Web, Still Talking About Nothing

Mandalit del Barco — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Jerry Seinfeld's new series is called Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and the promos promise exactly that. The comic toodles around in his vintage wheels, drinking java with his pals Alec Baldwin, Michael Richards and Larry David, and discussing (among other things) the effrontery of ordering herbal tea when invited out for coffee.

But the next act from the man behind the most popular sitcom on television won't be on television.