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.

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. 

‘THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW’ SEASON 5 PREMIERES MONDAY, OCT. 16. “The Kelly Clarkson Show” Will Call NBC Studios at 30 Rock, Home.

 By Laura Medina

“The Kelly Clarkson Show” will premiere its fifth season with all-new episodes beginning Monday, Oct. 16.

The critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning daytime tentpole is the uplifting destination for music, humor, heart and connection, hosted by Grammy Award-winning artist and America’s original idol, Kelly Clarkson. “The Kelly Clarkson Show” will begin filming from NBC Studios in New York on Oct. 10 in its new state-of-the-art facility. The show joins a host of other iconic NBC productions at 30 Rock, including “Today,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “Saturday Night Live.”

NBCUniversal confirmed in May it would be making a significant investment in moving physical production for “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to New York. It includes the cost of a new state-of-the-art studio, technical facility, support team space and green rooms for guests. The show will tape in newly refreshed Studio 6A, which boasts a relaxed intimate vibe, a prominent platform for Clarkson’s house band, Y’All (led by music director Jason Halbert) and 200 seats to welcome fans to participate in a live in-studio experience. Studio 6A is the former home for previous “Late Night” series hosted by David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon. 

“I’m so excited to start our fifth season at the iconic 30 Rock,” Clarkson said. “There is such a unique energy and creative spirit that comes with filming in New York City. Y’all ready?”

Tracie Wilson, Executive Vice President, Syndication Studios and E! News, NBCUniversal Entertainment, said: “We launched the past two season premieres in New York with great success. When the opportunity to bring the show under the same roof as “Today,” Seth, Jimmy and “SNL” presented itself, we felt it was the perfect way to re-energize the show going into the fifth season.”

 

Added Alex Duda, showrunner and executive producer: “We can’t wait to welcome a vibrant audience to join us in studio. There will be lots of surprises and plenty of giveaways. Kellyoke fans can expect to see Kelly and her band perform impromptu duets with our 30 Rock neighbors and talent from Broadway, plus more ‘Songs & Stories’ episodes with artists such as P!NK, Garth Brooks and Chris Martin. We’ll also do our signature ‘Good Neighbor’ segment, highlighting everyday people doing extraordinary things in their communities.”  

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16

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**Season 5 Premiere** / Kellyoke: I Won’t Give Up/Doorman Hour/ Andy Cohen/ Seth Meyers/ Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager/ “Hoda the Door” Game Hosted by Jane Krakowski/ Salute to Doormen/ WIL: Doorman Story

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 

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Kellyoke: Stronger (Duet with Billy Porter)/ Billy Porter/ Eric Nam/ Behind the Scenes: Nick Offerman Helps with Rehearsal Day on Set/ Teen Raises Money for Band Equipment/ Billy Porter Performs ‘Children’/ WIL: Trap Violinist

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 

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Kellyoke: New Attitude/ Paul Shaffer/ Arnold Schwarzenegger/ Sesame Street: Elmo and Oscar the Grouch/ Honorary Page Lawrence Zarian/ Bargains and Deals with Lawrence Zarian (MorningSave)/ Enhyphen Performs ‘Bite Me’/ WIL: Youngest Mariachi Kid

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19

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Kellyoke: Crimson and Clover/ Songs and Stories with Alanis Morissette/ WIL: Alanis Morissette

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 

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Kellyoke: 1985/ Bowen Yang/ Good Neighbor of the Year: Hawthorne Hill (Des Moines)/ Travel Mom Emily Kaufman/ WIL: Aliah Sheffield 

 

Episodic stills and show information can be accessed here:

NBCU Media Village

Photo credit: Weiss Eubanks/ NBCUniversal

 

To join our live studio audience, visit: https://1iota.com/show/1606/the-kelly-clarkson-show

 

Where to watch: www.kellyclarksonshow.com

 

Brie Larson's Elizabeth Zott is a Feminist in Her Own Cooking Show, Apple TV+'s "Lessons in Chemistry."

 By Laura Medina

Millennials and Zoomers, especially Millennial and Zoomer young ladies best be watching Brie Larson's fifties feminist drama, "Lessons in Chemistry," https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/08/apple-tv-shares-first-look-at-lessons-in-chemistry-new-drama-series-starring-and-executive-produced-by-academy-award-winner-brie-larson/ 

Brie Larson plays the series' protagonist Elizabeth Zott, a woman chemist who's just as sharp and brilliant as her male counterparts, but trapped and punished in a white, male, chauvinistic society of the Eisenhower Fifties society.

Talk to your grandmother or great-grandmother about being brave, tough, and smart rising up in a white, male chauvinistic world, that the author of "Lessons in Chemistry" and the tv series' executive producer and lead star, Brie Larson are worried of that society returning.

A woman chemist who was downgraded to a lab technician assistant in a research center, Elizabeth Zott always had it to be a darn good cook through her love for molecular science.

But stuff happens, once she discovered true love with her equal, Elizabeth was found pregnant once her love was accidentally killed.  Remember this is the Fifties, being a single, unwed mom was enough for poor Elizabeth Zott to get fired from her research assistant job.

But,  you all know what they say about silver linings.

Once fired from her lowly lab assistant job, Elizabeth became an unexpected star when hired to host a tv cooking show.  Think of Julia Childs with a ph-level chemist brain.

Soon, Elizabeth is fighting the patriarchy while subversively teaching mollycuddled housewives about chemistry and feminism through cooking.

Watch Brie Larson slay chauvinism and racism in Apple TV +'s "Lessons in Chemistry."

Makeup Meets Coffee Is An Hot Trend With Kindness, Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty Pop-Up Cafe & Polite Society's La La Land Kind Cafe Takeover.

 By Laura Medina

Two days after Polite Society Cosmetics' sweet weekend takeover of La La Kind Cafe on Santa Monica's Montana Ave., Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty did a cafe pop-up in the middle of the Westfield Century City Mall.

When you purchase a mere one item or more from Rare Beauty at Century City Mall's Sephora, they'll give you a sticker to present at Rare Beauty Cafe where you can come in, be gifted with a Rare Beauty backpack then be treated to whatever and how many you like lattes and coffee, iced or hot, with whole milk or oat milk.

It was opened from 12 noon to 3pm.

During those three hours, when staffers notice someone lounging alone, they're more than happy to offer comfort and joy, by giving guests company so no one will feel isolated.

This Tuesday was World Mental Health Day.

This was also the reason for the preceding Polite Society's La La Land Kind Cafe over the weekend.

In the weekend preceding World Mental Health Day, Polite Society Cosmetics are all about skin-kind ingredients.  Therefore, it makes sense a skin-kind makeup company would take over a cafe, that's all about promoting kindness and inclusivity through coffee and snacks.

Polite Society turned La La Land Kind Cafe into a makeup wonderland.

Just for strutting in because you're wondering what's going on, Polite Society automatically gifts you with free full-sized lip gloss and a travel-sized mascara.

Obviously, Polite Society sold the whole line, with rare, limited-edition sweatshirts and a collectible holiday eyeshadow, along with limited edition lattes.

These past days were a makeup dream, promoting kindness and inclusivity.

Holiday-ing in LA? Go to GOODEE, at Culver City's Platform, for Holiday Gifts.

 By Laura Medina

https://www.goodeeworld.com/

Home decor pop-up shop, GOODEE, will in Culver City's Platform, for the holidays/

Why not jaunt over to LA's hidden gem, Culver City, "hipster city" of talented young people working at HBO Max and Apple +.

Family Style Festival, Where Fashion Meets Food & Polite Society Makeup Takeover La La Kind Cafe, Where Kind, Clean Makeup Meets Kind, Clean Coffee, Real LA Style Meets Food, Not Oxymoron.

 By Laura Medina

A shallow, superficial East Coaster, who believes all of LA is Hollywood and mistakes West Hollywood for Hollywood, said fashion meets food, is an oxymoron in LA, is too shallow and superficial to scratch the surface then makes all the prejudiced mistakes that gets her booted out of the Golden State of California.

                                                     https://www.familystylefest.com/

There's a strong link between stylish and comfortable urban and street wear and Gen-X, Millennial, and Zoomer chefs, mostly male.

Urban wear, The Hundreds proved that by displaying, the founder Ben Hundreds' love of both street wear and street food by throwing his Family Style Festival.

Just like it says, it's family friendly for Millennial and Zoomer young families and their toddler kids.

Proving they're Millennials.and Gen-Xers, a stsall dedicated to fifty years of hip hop sold both grilled meat balls and stuffed Italian rice balls.

If people weren't lining up for designer, rare limited edition street wear, they finished off the day munching on gourmet street food after shopping for fashion.

Ben Hundreds' Family Style Festival proves that fashion meets food in not an oxymoron in real Los Angeles.

His festival proves that Angelenos aren't bleached anorexic stereotypes.

During the same weekend and the same day as Ben Hundreds' Food Meets Fashion, Family Style Festival, Jerrod Blandino's latest makeup brand, clean makeup Polite Society, took over La La Kind Cafe in Santa Monica.

Both the makeup brand and the cafe practice and preach kindness.

Can't think of a better collaboration than a kind makeup brand hooking up with a kind cafe since they both practice inclusivity and diversity while preaching health.

Actually, it's kind of a dream, where you can shop for both your makeup and your drink and snack.

It was a wonderland of a pop-up.

Neil Frances' Listening Party is a Warm Up for KCRW's School Night Showcase.

 By Laura Medina

In other people's ears and eyes, dance duo, Neil Frances may be hot and new.

Since they're ready to launch, in KCRW's eyes and ears, it's time to make room for the emerging talent coming up.

Neil Frances' listening party inside Avalon Theater's inner club, Bardot was a dream of a club.

But they're mere warm up to three concert sets by three rising talents: Double Wish, Joshy Soul, and St. Panther.

Joshy Soul, a Prince-influenced, got the crowd on their feet to his Prince-soul/funk.

KCRW has an on-going series of Monday night's School Nights showcasing Hollywood's freshest talent.

Keep eyes and ears and minds open, you'll never know who you'll catch.

This Millennial is Changing TV Thru His Love for Reality TV Thru His App, "ItsBrandonTV.com" All by Brandon Stewart.

 By Laura Medina

This former "American Idol" contestant is taking charge, of nothing only his career," but for his love of reality shows on his very own app-only tv network, Itsbrandontv.com https://www.itsbrandontv.com/?fbclid=IwAR3_9k02U9r9a-8yjBz559JfvvNYdSywLmuTxhP0vMmpvZMcd--SEadSdf4

It's not just about Brandon but he's rescuing vintage and beloved reality stars back to life.

As soon as "Dance Mom, " Abby Lee Miller was released from prison, he started "Mad House," where rising dancers live and train under Abby's roof.  Let the drama and trauma ensue.

This isn't the only show on his app.

https://itsbrandontv.live/show?showID=4

Since reality tv is basically trying to be relatable, Brandon took that empathy and sympathy into reality tv show, "Getaway, Los Angeles," where transplants, such as himself, are learning the ropes in their respective industry and in their personal lives.  Brandon proves that you and they aren't alone.

https://itsbrandontv.live/show?showID=11

Building upon his experience in "American Idol," and his fifteen years training in opera, Brandon took it upon himself to create his own singing competition show, "Shine," where he shines the spotlight on rising singers, like himself, to "shine."

You located his "ItsBrandonTV.com" app on Roku, Google Play, and Apple's App Store, https://itsbrandontv.live/