HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION CREATES DIGITAL TEAM TO REACH GOLDEN GLOBES FANS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 14, 2010 – The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced today that the organization has created a new digital team to expand its presence in the social media and digital realm, and to revamp its website.  HFPA Digital will leverage social media technologies to bring HFPA’s news and info – winners, interviews, photos and videos – to its fans in real time.

Fans can now follow the HFPA via the following:

• Twitter:  @GoldenGlobes
• Facebook:  facebook.com/GoldenGlobes
• YouTube:  youtube.com/GoldenGlobes
• HFPA Website:  GoldenGlobes.org.

Utilizing the broad experience and reach of the HFPA membership, the digital team will supply unique content to all of the HFPA’s social media channels.  Golden Globes fans will now be able to interact with the HFPA members, celebrities, and entertainment industry notables though these digital outlets, as well as get a behind-the-scenes and front-row look at HFPA events.  The digital team will also utilize the organization’s archival footage and images to give users a historical look at the organization’s rich past.

HFPA Digital will launch at the nomination announcements for the 68^th Annual Golden Globe Awards with a live stream of the announcements. In the coming weeks, coverage will also include breaking news of confirmed presenters, exclusive nominee reactions and how nominees and presenters alike are preparing for the show.  The digital team will also be on hand at the 68^th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony to gather behind-the-scenes footage and interact with at-home fans to enhance the viewing experience.  The show will once again be broadcast live coast to coast and will be held January 16, 2011.

About the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:

Founded in the 1940s during World War II, the HFPA was originally comprised of a handful of LA based overseas journalists who sought to bridge the international community with Hollywood, and to provide distraction from the hardships of war through film.  Sixty-six years later, members of the HFPA represent 55 countries with a combined readership of 250 million in some of the world’s most respected publications.  Each year, the organization holds the third most watched awards show on television, the Golden Globe Awards, which have enabled the organization to donate more than $10.5 million to entertainment related charities and scholarship programs. For more information, please visit www.goldenglobes.org, and follow us on Twitter (@goldenglobes) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/goldenglobes) for exclusive celebrity videos and up to the minute Golden Globes news!

Katy Perry and Russell Brand at The Tempest - Movie World Premiere - Los Angeles

By "Hollywood" Holland Baxley

Reporting from Los Angeles, California

It was another night on Hollywood Blvd. where a red carpet movie premiere is never uncommon. On this particular night it was the world premiere of the upcoming film "The Tempest" based on Shakespeare's original play write featuring Russell Brand. I got some killer celebrity interviews on the red carpet with Ed Magik TV.

The top interviewee of the night was Russell Brand. A lot of the times when I meet celebrities in person, they tend to be complete opposites of the characters they play on the big screen. This was not the case with Russell Brand as he is equally hilarious in person!

Russell Brand

It may not be too hard to spot Russell riding his bike around town as we discovered that he still does not have a drivers license!  Although Russell claims that he is just a normal guy, as he states that he and his wife Katy Perry plan to do "just normal stuff" over the holidays.

What do you think Russell Brand means by "normal stuff"? I haven't got a clue!

See video below.





Katy Perry and Russell Brand at The Tempest - Movie Premiere - Los Angeles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg3kWJrtk-M

Photo credit: Ed Magik

Gerren Taylor Super Model Interview at Johnny Blade Celebrity Launch Pa...

Gerren Taylor is a Super Model, Businesswoman, Motivational Speaker,  and Reality TV Star from  all three seasons of BET's Baldwin Hills.

Native to Los Angeles, California, Gerren Taylor makes an appearance on the red carpet at Johnny Blade Celebrity Launch Party in Hollywood,California.

In the video below, standing very tall and beautiful in front of the camera for Ed Magik TV, Gerren comments positively about her haters to Ed Magik.  She also talks about her current activities in modeling, business, and public speaking.

Without a doubt, Gerren Taylor is on her way to becoming not only a Super Model, but a Super Star!

About Baldwin Hills:
"Baldwin Hills is an American reality television series featuring African-American teenagers from the Baldwin Hills district in Los Angeles, California. The series aired on BET from July 2007 to March 2009." - cited from wikipedia.org

Project Hemoglobin-S presents a Showcase Benefit

Project Hemoglobin-S presents a Showcase Benefit

"The Burgundy Artist Showcase for Sickle Cell Awareness and Empowerment"

  

Wednesday, December 22 at 8:00 PM

FanJam Emma Media and Project Hemoglobin-S, continues its 2010 fall fundraising season with a concert benefit - "The Burgundy Artist Showcase".  Experience the musical styling’s of emerging R&B, Jazz, Pop, and Hip Hop Artists in Los Angeles with special musical guests, Celebrity Host, spoken word, and special guest speaker Roger Brown, Director Of Development and Public Affairs at the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation Of California.  Other organizations invited include Black American Response to the African Community, The African American Unity Center, National Association for Sickle Cell Disease Inc., Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation and many others!

"The Burgundy Artist Showcase" will take place at The Mint on Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM.  Located at 6010 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035, The Mint, established in 1937, is a local landmark. Many music greats have not only played here, but broke here. Stevie Wonder, Willie Dixon, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles and more have graced their seasoned stage. More recent prominent artists include Ben Harper, Macy Gray, and The Wallflowers.

In addition to live entertainment, the Burgundy Artist Showcase will also include a red carpet event, celebrity host, 50/50 raffle, silent auction featuring items by celebrity eyewear designer Stevie Boi, food and bar.  Reservations for dinner can be made in advanced with The Mint.

All tickets for The Burgundy Artist Showcase are $10.00.  Seating is limited and tickets may be purchased in advance at www.projecthemoglobin-s.org, or by phone at (310) 703-4237.

Project Hemoglobin S is a platform for Sickle Cell Patients their family and friends to use their voices to share with the world their collective individual experiences of stress, anxiety, depression, and quests for normalcy while uniting in the fight for a cure.  The Project Hemoglobin S campaign and Documentary’s mission is to raise awareness, erase the stigma, and erase the pain of Sickle Cell Disease by finding a cure. We are united to empower, educate, and inspire.

Holy ‘Naconess’, Masters of the ‘Guacarock’,MexicanRock Legends Botellita de Jerez Return to L.A.+SD

{Presented by Mucho Music & Track 78}
Holy ‘naconess’, masters of the ‘Guacarock’,Mexican rock legends BOTELLITA DE JEREZ arrive in concert + present an unique film screening of their comedy film “Naco es Chido”

Los Angeles & San Diego
-- Defying all musical genres is festive and irrevent musical fusion, celebrating the culture of the ‘nacos’ and integrating sketches and ‘albures’ in its lyrics
-- December 10, 2010 @ Brick By Brick
-- December 12, 2010 @ The Echoplex  

Vesper Public Relations. Los Angeles. Thursday December 2, 2010. - Holy ‘naconess’, masters of the ‘Guacarock’, Mexican rock legends Botellita de Jerez return to Southern California performing two special shows. December 10th in San Diego @ Brick By Brick

• December 12^th in Los Angeles @ The Echoplex were there will also be a special screening of the group’s film “Naco Es Chido”.

Film Trailer “Naco Es Chido”http://www.nacoeschido.com

Botellita de Jerez was foundedby Francisco “Mastuerzo” Barrios (drums), Sergio “Uyuyuy” Arau (guitar), andArmando “Cucurrucucu” Vega-Gil (bass) in the eighties, with an irreverent attitude and unique barrio-meets-rock music. One of the first Rock en Español bands to be signed to a major record label, Botellita de Jerezdefies all musical genres is festive and irrevent musical fusion, celebrating the culture of the ‘nacos’ and integrating sketches and ‘albures’ in its lyrics and concerts. A style, a simple and direct form of rock, that was combined with lyrics with a good dose of satire that portrayed the routine character of the urban life in Mexico City and elements of their popular culture.

The nameBotellita de Jerez derives from a Mexican saying to defend oneself from a mean statement from someone. You say ‘Botellita de Jerez todo lo que me digas, sera alreves” …loosely translated English idiom ‘I’m rubber, your ‘glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you”. Meaning you revert the insult to other.

Their popular call out to musical arms .. “Todo Lo Naco Es Chido” translates to all naco is cool, re-vindication the popular culture of the lower socio-economic classes. Botellita de Jerez pioneered trends of the contemporary art of Mexico and United States, by incorporating motifs from the popular use as the lucha libre, popular dances and slang.

About the film “Naco Es Chido”:

The film “Naco es Chido” is the brainchild of Sergio and Yareli Arau, a mockumentary on the epic return of Botellita de Jerez.  Directed by Sergio Arau,the film tells the story of Botellita de Jerez, who disappeared along with their new record after a fist fight. 20 years later, the infamous missing recordings are found in a junk yard, prompting an investigation in search of the band’s founders. What happens when the plot that caused the group’s disintegration threatens to take them down again?

Botellita de Jerez’s guitarist Sergio Arau is a multi-talented artist - a cartoonist, painter, musician, and filmmaker, who directed the movie A Day Without A Mexican and won an MTV award for Best Rock Video for directing Cafe Tacuba’s “Alarma de Tos” video, a song composed by him. He is the son of Mexican filmmaker and actor Alfonso Arau, of Three Amigos and Like Water for Chocolate fame.

About Mucho Music:

Mucho Music(www.muchomusic.net) held every {Wednesday} at La Cita Bar in Downtown Los Angeles, is the most recognized hip - grass roots celebration of Latin alternative music in the city, becoming a home destination and safe haven for some of the most celebrated, new and established faces in the Latin/Bilingual alternative movement. (www.muchomusic.net).

Through a light hearted-fun filled celebration of Latin Pop a night at Mucho Wednesdays’ bridges the gap between classic nostalgic Pop to the very latest sounds emanating from most interesting Latin recording artists, locally, nationally and internationally, thanks to its resident DJs’ Frank Leopold, Noir, Pitxu, and Pajaro, with their latest handpicked selections or own personal remixes.  Now in its third year, the infectious sounds of the MUCHO brand and its resident DJs has expanded to include Mucho nights in San Francisco and Mucho San Diego.

• Friday December 10th (San Diego)

Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Avenue. San Diego,

CA 92110-3801 

(619) 275 5483

Doors open at 8 pm/ Showtime 10:00 p.m.

• Sunday December 12th (Los Angeles)

 Botellita de Jerez: Immediately following film screening.

 EXCLUSIVE - Los Angeles / Film premiere of "Naco Es Chido"

followed by a live performance by the films protagonists, legendary Mexican rock band

 Botellita De Jerez + The Mucho Wednesdays DJs

 doors are at 7:00p.m.

 Film screening begins at 8:00 p.m. at The Echoplex in Echo Park

1154 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

(213) 413-8200/ attheecho.com

Visit Botellita de Jerez

http://www.botellitadejerez.com

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nacoeschido.com%2F&h=29de8

https://twitter.com/botellitadjerez

Visit Mucho Wednesdays

http://www.muchomusic.net/

Hollywood Christmas Parade Benefiting Toys for Tots

Hollywood Christmas Parade Benefiting Toys for Tots

Tons of celebrities show up in relatively briskly cold weather.  In the video clip below, our host Holland Baxley interviews the following celebrities, plus appearances by Larry King (CNN's Larry King Live) and of course, Santa!

Jason Earles (Probably best known as "Jackson" from Hannah Montana)
Ashley Argota ("Lulu from Nickelodeon's True Jackson VP)
Jimmy Bennett ("JJ Powell" from ABC's No Ordinary Family)
Danny Trejo (film actor: Runaway Train, Desperado, From Dusk Til' Dawn, Heat, Predators)
Bailee Madison (film actor: Bridge to Terabithia, Phoebe in Wonderland)
Kaitlyn Maher (Top ten finalist from America's Got Talent)
Molly Quinn (dancer and actor, "Alexis Castle" from Castle)
Lou Gossett, Jr. (actor)
Melody Thomas Scott ("Nikki Newman from The Young and the Restless)
Boo boo Stewart (actor)
Fivel Stewart (singer)
Michael Moloney (Extreme Makeover Home Edition)
Maria Canals-Barrera ("Theresa Russo" from Wizards of Waverly Place)
Kate Linder (Esther Valentine from The Young and the Restless)
Chris Harrison (Host of The Bachelor)
Jake T. Austin (Wizards of Waverly Place)
Molly Burnett (Melanie Layton from Days of Our Lives)
Mark Hapka (Nathan Horton from Days of Our Lives)
Kristy Frank (Singer)
Courtney Galiano
Rick Schwartz (San Diego Zoo)
Rip Taylor (Jackass the movie, and The Bonnie Hunt Show)

Willis Burks - African American Actor Passes on at 75

By The Hollywood Sentinel

Former Starpower Management client Willis Burks II passed on this month. He was 75. Born October 25th, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama, Willis Burks was a strong personality, with a warm smile and a booming voice.
Having lived in New York as well as Chicago, he met talent manager Bruce Edwin in 2007 at the Santa Monica Film Festival where they hit it off, with common roots in Chicago. Willis Burks later went on to appear opposite Michael Douglas in the feature film King of California, among more. His other notable roles included the Chronicles of Riddick, Trigger Happy, and Sunday, as well as a vast array of theatre.
Bruce Edwin of Starpower Management states, "Willis and our firm parted ways later on, but on good terms. I remember one day he took me to this arts and film festival. I think I was the only white guy there (laughs), but I felt at home with Willis by my side. He told me some wild stories that day. He was a good natured brother. He loved the fast, big cities including Chicago and Los Angeles, and he had no patience for anything slow, including drivers. He was a fine actor, and he will be missed. My heart goes out to his loved ones."
Services to be held at 11 am on Saturday December 4, 2010 at The
Greater New Macedonia Baptist Church, 2901 31st Street,
Birmingham, Alabama, 35211.
There will be a memorial services for Willis Burks II on December 11th, at 3 pm in Hollywood, California, for friends, fans, and loved ones. Contact Starpower Management at 310-226-7176 for location.
Bruce Edwin is editor of The Hollywood Sentinel and President of Starpower Management, the celebrity model and talent firm. He currently represents Motown legend Don Mancha among many others. Contact Bruce at TheHollywoodSentinel.com