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Fans of classic movies - especially science fiction, horror and action films - can look behind the scenes of the movie industry as a pair of California entertainment writers make two local appearances next week.
LOS ANGELES - The George Lucas universe returns to theaters on Feb. 10 when "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" opens in 3-D, and it looks like he will be using every Jedi trick to get fans into seats on opening weekend. Some of the special offers and giveaways:
Jack Lee's business card reads "Song Stylings from the Old Millennium," and that describes perfectly the classic tunes he performs: melodies that he says "rocked the airwaves and movies of the '30s and '40s."
What's Up Magazine, now in its 14th year, hosts its 11th annual Awards event at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St.
Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.