Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Erin Fetherson & Friends Give an Healthy Holiday with Chop & Drop Butternut Soup.


 By Laura Medina


During West Edge’s Interior Design Fair, former model and now, fashion and decor designer and mom, Erin Fetherson and friends demonstrated the latest in stove tops by whipping up healthy holiday, easy soup, Butternut Soup.

The secret ingredient? An immersion stick blender that whips everything in the pot.

Chop and drop diced butternut squash, onions, garlic, and simmer in vegetable broth, then blend with blender, to dump into mugs and bowls for the whole family or yourself.

Healthy Holiday.

Billy Porter Explains the Difference Between Seriousness and Being Fabulous at LA’s Vulture Culture Festival.

                               By Laura Medina

Before accepting his Honorary Award by New York Magazine’s Vulture Culture Festival, in Hollywood, Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winner and Broadway veteran and former R n B singer…and survivor, Billy Porter sat to lecture the fans, the wannabes, and the jealous, the difference between seriousness and being fabulous.

Him being awarded, such as receiving Vulture Culture’s Honorary Award, that’s what he calls being fabulous.

The long, torturous, and twisting road, that still wind, after winning Emmys, Tony, and Grammy, Billy calls this being serious.

He also describes what is drive and ambition. As Carnegie Mellon junior, he used his Spring Break to get on Star Search in 1992.

That’s part of seriousness.

Let’s face it, he loves Broadway and New York.

Seriousness, according to Billy, was putting up playing degrading, humiliated comedic song and dance “coon” roles on Broadway.

He even lied to himself in then straight R n B industry, just to make it as a singer, even though he hated the toxic masculinity and the vixens attracted to it. 

He back to stage.

Billy calls that torturous journey, “seriousness.”

Winning a Tony for Kinky Boots, as an openly gay man, that’s fabulous, according to him.

Having Ryan Murphy especially writing a role, based and tailored on me, when Billy auditioned for another role, that’s fabulous.

Him playing Pray Tell on FX’s Pose, won him numerous Emmys, again fabulous.

After being awarded Vulture Culture’s Honorary Award, Billy is still serious, waiting for an Oscar, in order to be a fabulous EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony winner.

That’s fabulous. 


Christmas in the City, Target’s Wonderland Weekend Brought Wonka Wonder.



 By Laura Medina


Target proves that chic and hip can be family friendly, especially among Millennial and Gen-Z families.

As soon as “Wonka” movie opens, Target launches its candy-inspired playground, at LA Live on Friday and Saturday, for all.

Resourcefully, they used and give their own brand of candies as Christmas trick o’ treats. Toy trains dumping cookies. Families twisting knobs for candies.

It was a real life Wonka factory for a mere weekend then it disappears.

As a Christmas Treat, John Cryer’s “ExTended Family” Will Air Pilot on December 23rd With Holiday Sport Spirit.


  By Laura Medina 

It’s the norm that parents divorce, move on then remarry.

John Cryer’s new and latest TV series, “ExTended Family” is all about the new norm.

Set in Boston, John plays Jim, a divorced Celtic fan dad whose publicist ex-wife Julia  played by Abigail Spencer, who moved onto being engaged to the Celtics’ owner, Trey, played Donald Faison. 

The tween kids, Jimmy Jr. and Gracie,  just have to accept the changes and learn to enjoy the ride.

That’s explanatory premise of the premiere episode that will air on December 23rd.

It opens with Julia and Trey shocking Gracie that they’re engaged.

Now that Gracie is engaged to Celtic’s president, her ex, Jim enjoys the swag in the VIP Lounge at every game while their son, Jimmy Jr. thinks this is cool.

Just in time for Christmas, Trey pulled Jim into being an impromptu therapist for a nervous new Celtics’ recruit, who was planning to be a priest.

Jim better pull a Christmas miracle, if he wants his Christmas wish.

After its December 23rd premiere, John Cryer’s “ExTended Family” will move to its real time slot on Tuesday nights, at 8:30 pm, on NBC.

A new, real family sitcom for today’s family dynamics. 



                                              

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

A “Love Witch” Takes Charge

 By Laura Medina 


A feminist romantic twist of taking charge of your life and having a say in whom you want, The Love Witch had it being passive girl who decided to use love and sex magic to get the love she desires.

Keep your eyes on “The Love Witch” director, screenwriter, producer, and costume designer, Anna Biller.

She’s casting spells for an upcoming movie.


Yes, NY’s Richie Rich was in Los Angeles Fashion Week Returned During Weekend.

 By Laura Medina 


Angelenos were glad and relieved the chic chaos that’s Los Angeles Fashion Week returned.

New York Fashion Week main stay, Richie Rich, ignited opening night with the original Voguers vogue-ing the catwalk in contemporary club wear as day wear.

It was day glo go-go.

Friday, October 27, 2023

In-N-Out’s Lynsi Snyder Set The World on Fire at In-N-Out’s 75th Anniversary Festival.

 By Laura Medina 


As soon as she inherited the family company then named one of America’s youngest American female billionaire when she became In-N-Out’s president, the reclusive former kidnap victim, Lynsi Snyder is stepping out of the shadows and setting her leadership on her own terms.

This Inland Empire California Girl has the money and power to set the new direction for her family company.



Yes, the In-N-Out heiress has her own heavy metal band, .38 Special.

Lynsi is the anti-Paris Hilton. Less sex appeal, more attitude.

She’s bold enough to throw her Coachella, a carnival and festival celebrating her grandparents founding the simply ans speedy of America’s first drive-thru burger stand 75 years ago.

Anti-Beverly Hills and Hollywood, yet so Californian, Lynsi’s In-N-Out 75th Anniversary Festival was a car show and drag racing with a carnival all afternoon.

Of course, an army is In-N-Out food trucks.

There’s an In-N-Out Car Museum. Towards the exit, there’s a rock n’ roll lounge with guitars and photos of Lynsi and her rock singer husband.

This tells you about the concert.

Lynsi’s very own band, .38 Special, opened the three-set concert by her fire-eating.

Yep, she’s a dare devil fire eater, fire dancer, and flaming aerialist.









Her set was a pyrotechnic fire fest.

After swallowing flames, this was a mere warm up to her spinning 35 feet up, mid-air, in a flaming cube swing. She’s an aerialist.

That didn’t end there. The main highlight of this “lit” set was her fire-dancing. More like, her and her fire dancing troupe, sword fighting, ala “Game of Thrones,” with swords on fire. Yes, Lynsi can sword fight with flaming swords.

Things cool down when Lynsi’s band cover Def Leppsrd’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” when Lynsi switched to becoming a video vixen dancer pouring soda (she’s being resourceful) all over herself.

Once rinsed off, she played bass then switched over to be a backup singer towards the end.

Rock stars, who are mere fans followed from there.

311 did the second set.

Then, ZZ Top finished this fierce festival.

They’re In-N-Out fans by the way.

Lynsi Snyder set the world on fire on her own terns.