Homage to an Oscar Winner: Oakland

Homage to an Oscar Winner: Oakland

Oakland’s Fentons Creamery in Pixar film ‘Up’
Recent Oscar Winner, “Animated Feature” used the product placement to support their story line, and included scenes in “Up” to add more local flavor to the vision of life and personal goals for a young scout, Russel, and a retired zoo worker Mr. Frederickson. I was taken with the movie when [...]

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Golden Gate Girl
Review of The Men Who Stare at Goats

Review of The Men Who Stare at Goats

I can’t decide if I think that the humor in The Men Who Stare at Goatsis stupid-funny or smart-funny. I don’t like to be duped by the topic (military research into paranormal combat/peace techniques and Iraq) so I’m going to go with stupid-funny. The biggest laughs it earned from me were the ones that had [...]

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Critiquette
Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Competition

Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Competition

 
My friend, Tripp Weathers who also grew up in Shelby, N.C. wrote, directed and produced a commercial for Doritos. His sister, Anney Weathers is my sister’s best friend and was always at my house, and is like my second “little sister”. Take a look and feel free to skip the intro. We’re hoping it will make the Top [...]

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News & Current Events
Screening of the Movie, “Trade” & Reception at Cafe Milano – Benefiting Innocents at Risk

Screening of the Movie, “Trade” & Reception at Cafe Milano – Benefiting Innocents at Risk

 
 

Innocents at Risk is a child-advocacy non-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established to fight the trafficking and exploitation of women and children through awareness programs aimed at educating the public of these crimes. Innocents at Risk partners with NGO’s and has The United States Department of State, which has endorsed the organization’s efforts on behalf of [...]

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Charity