Monday, September 5, 2022

Brody Jenner as a Surprise Labor Day Party Guest, Thanks to Flying Embers Drinks.

 By Laura Medina

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There isn't a Labor Day party like a sponsored Labor Day at Aviation Nation Dreamland.  The Dreamland half of the Aviation Nation clothing store used to be Neil Young's  “Crazy Horse Saloon”

Thanks to Flying Embers' Labor Day concert party with Brody Jenner, Dreamland is continuing the musical tradition.

Yes, Dreamland has a fully stocked bar and kitchen, sending out endless rounds of tacos and steady supply of Flying Embers canned cocktails and seltzer, from Ojai, Ventura, just up the Pacific Coast Highway.

Don't feel bad if you all miss out, that Labor Day's concert band, was at the Malibu Chili Cook-Off Carnival earlier, where the majority of guests got their invitations.

You'll never what or/and whom you'll pick up at the Boys and Girls Club Malibu Chili Cook-Off Carnival.

KIND Frozen Treat Bars & Frozen Smoothie Bowls for Breakfast on a Hot Labor Day Weekend? Why Not!

 By Laura Medina



While sweating first thing in the morning, have you ever dreamt of having ice cream for breakfast. but you crave something more nutritious?

With KIND Frozen Treat Bars and KIND Smoothie Bowls, you can keep your cool on nutrition while chilling during a heat wave.

KIND Frozen Treat Bars are the frozen vegan ice cream version of the original KIND bar but frozen as they are healthy and delicious.

KIND Frozen Smoothie Bowls are what they say they are, a bowl for frozen smoothies for anytime during a heat wave.

Now, you can keep your cool with refreshing healthy treats.



Eighties' Baby, Joss Gomez's Spoofing Cop Buddy Comedy Genre in "Team of Two" with Help from Friends, Eric Roberts, Lorenzo Lamas, & "Dr. 90210," Dr. Robert Rey

 By Laura Medina






Asking how Joss Gomez got established actors, Eric Roberts and Lorenzo Lamas and E! "Dr. 90210," Dr. Robert Rey to star in his cop buddy spoof, Joss simply said they're his friends that he built through- out the years, working and co-starring with them.

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Eric Roberts


Lorenzo Lamas stars as Joss' Mexican-American dad while Eric Roberts' wife, Eliza, stars as Joss' Italian-American mom.


Where every time, Joss' character, Marc Valentine, always have a spaghetti dinner with Mexican-American pop and Italian-American mom.

Despite being a "player cop," his dad still talks and treats Detective Marc Valentine in an infantile way, out of fatherly concern, care, and love.


E! Dr. 90210, Dr. Robert Rey showcases his martial art skills as the baddie,  Professor Malevolent.

Joss Gomez produced, directed, and acted in "Team of Two" out of love for the Eighties (his character is an Eighties Michael Jackson and Miami Vice fan) and the buddy cop movies, that came out from that era.  Don't worry, everybody is in on the joke and having fun.

What's really interesting, is that Joss, naturally, casted and developed today's contemporary mixed ethnicity cast and characters, without giving away the ending, leads to a dad and son mentor-relationship.

"Team of Two" is another leap forward in buddy cop comedy.


Monday, August 29, 2022

"Method Costuming" with Arianne Phillips on "Hedwig And The Angry Inch."

 By Laura Medina

What used to be yesterday's gossip is now, today's history.

This is what veteran, highly-esteemed stylist and costume designer, Arianne Phillips did, chatting and discussing her back history on ground-breaking "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."

Sure, it bombed when first released twenty years ago but built a template for today's cross-gender blenders and gender-busters.


Always working and always hustling, Arianne heard about Hedwig while being drawn out by the first "Charlie's Angels."  The constant re-writes of the same ole story and the drama worn her out.  The same one-shoulder top Arianne fitted on Cameron Diaz was the same one she costumed John Cameron Mitchell in "Hedwig."

Knowing it's a low-budget indie, Arianne snuck away her "Charlie's Angels" wardrobe over to Hedwig, where help is needed the most.

Even that wasn't enough to portray Hedwig and her journey.

There was a lot of thrift shopping then chopping.


It helps to be a LA fashionista/hipster insider.  She had Grey Ant to design an haute couture top for the music festival scene.

She worked with Hedwig's hair stylist and makeup artist to design, construct, and maintain the infamous Wig Swing Dress in the trailer park scene.

Arianne sensed Hedwig will be a cultural impact and influence, that it'll be historical.

For the longest time, she shuffled the entire Hedwig wardrobe from house to house.  Until, she discovered a permanent home for it, at the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum.

Just you wait.

The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. Celebrates "This Ain't No Picnic" Festival with a Demarco Big Mac, Reservations Required.

 By Laura Medina

Music nexus, Winston House, throw a "This Ain't No Picnic" pre-party celebrating the Millennial music festival by the same people who throw Coachella.

Albert Hammond, Jr, from "The Strokes" was the guest DJ leading the party.


Winston House is also a restaurant.  It's a place where food, music, and a friendly hospitality intercross. Whenever there's a special celebrating a festival or a genre, Winston House does a one-night only menu celebrating the artist or festival.  This the Demarco Big Mac Burger, in honoring one of "This Ain't No Picnic" performers.

Winston House started out housing and feeding young musicians starting out and starving in the beginning.  In fact, Cole Hutzler from Beauty School Dropout, used to intern at Winston House while working his way up the music/hospitality business. When Beauty School Dropout got their feet wet, Winston House was kind enough to let them do a concert there.

What used to be on the Sunset Strip, has now landed at Winston House.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Surfer Beauty & Makeup with Sun Bum and Tower 28 Beauty, From Beach to Bar to Bash at the Beach.

 By Laura Medina


For surfer girls who surf first thing in the morning so, they'll have the time to scouring vintage and antiques then party life.

What you all need is sun protection and functional sunscreen that's also multipurpose makeup to swipe as eyeshadow, blush, and lip color.

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Since Sun Bum...and Tower 28 Beauty are all above on-the-go sunscreen makeup you can toss in your jeans pockets or bag, this sunscreen scribe shows you can add dimension with just two Sun Bum Tinted Lip Balms using ombre makeup application of first shading for depth and contour with the deeper nude bronze and plum shades of Bonfire and Raisin Hell then spotlight by highlighting the eyelid center orb, the high cheekbones and the cupid bow of the lips with the light, flesh tones of: Sunset Cove and Sand Bar. Use the medium bronze of Nude Beach for all over natural bronzer, in and out of surf.


Tower 28 Beauty is named after a real-life lifeguard stand that sits on the boundary of the more yuppy, posh Santa Monica and the more urban, bohemian, and gritty Venice Beach where the life guards do have to double as cops.

For the founder, Tower 28 represents the real LA women who span up and down LA's coast from the far-reaches of Northern Malibu to deep within Hollywood's canyons.  Whether she lives on the beaches or drives to surf from funky "Bourgeois Bohemian" Silverlake, Tower 28 is the crossroads that represents all sorts of LA women, not just one stereotype of just one neighborhood.

What started as convenient "on the go" multipurpose makeup that goes with all sorts of the LA Woman with sensitive skin, Tower 28 Beauty represents a lifestyle that unifies surfer and beach girls all over the place, anywhere.  From being pocket-friendly in size and budget to using two or three BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Cream Blushes as contours and highlighters.

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Bronzino Illuminating Cream Bronzers can be used as traditional contour and shade and liner for lips and eyes.

Surfer Beauty is practical makeup that you can stash on the go.