Breaking Ice Breaks Thru Modern China’s Millennials.

“Breaking Ice” is modern China’s Millennial existential movie.

It shows you not all Chinese are monolithic stereotypes and different regions represents different Chinese, thru job opportunities and fashion.

It also proves not all Asians are monolithic.

The Chinese border on North Korea, is China’s Wyoming, Communist Industrial zone that’s still remote frontier for other Chinese, gawking at North Koreans in North Korean theme amusement park towns.

A Singapore, China’s Manhattan, stockbroker hides out from the urban grind and his disappointed mom, while the rustic, rural folks admire and wish to steal his classic, cashmere navy blue overcoat.

This is where a failed figure skater turned local tour guide and her high school drop-out, clad in plaid flannel, team up with this burnt out stockbroker.

Letting loose in China’s idea of a country frontier is what “Breaking Ice” is all about.

 

Heather Anne Lomax, an Quiet Americana Set.

 By Laura Medina 

If you want to chill during the holidays, this scribe did at Heather Lomax’s Americana Country Rock set.

It was all love and kindness among this select subcategory of 

Country-Western fans.

Rhinestone replaced tinsels.

Heart fest songs frown the holiday noise.

What a chill way to enjoy the holidays.

Griity in Pink Holiday Party at Peppermint Club

 By Laura Medina

It was a Girl Power Holiday party.

Thrown by Gritty In Pink, their holiday party shone the spotlight on background singers rising and outgrowing their spot.

A Mariah Carey background singer sang her boss’ “All I Want for Christmas.”

She received what she wished. She’s the star.

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.