On June 13, 2009, the Chicken Dinner Restaurant at Knotts Berry Farm celebrates it’s 75 anniversary. And they’re holding a ceremony to honor America’s theme park pioneers - Walter and Cordelia Knott.

That’s right - Dinseyland may be one of the world’s best theme parks today, with the ability to fill up all of the Anaheim motels […]

Posted on June 8th, 2009 by Thomas
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Eminem’s latest memories of Los Angeles aren’t at all good. While Eminem was doing grip n’grins at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, his hotel room was getting ripped off. Seems along with some other stuff worth thousands of dollars, he also lost a $60k diamond necklace and his personal laptop. 
It’s not clear which of the Los […]

Posted on June 4th, 2009 by Thomas
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Steps away from the Sunset Strip, a collection of 14 bungalows sit at the edge of a stunning garden. Each bungalow has a name, and each name is backed up with oodles of history and legend.
The Charlie Residences (thecharliehotel.com) were built in 1924 on the the Charlie Chaplin estate, and each bungalow is the former home of famous stars from […]

Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by Thomas
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Here we go again. The City of Long Beach is at the recieving end of yet another rescue plan for the RMS Queen Mary. This time, the rescue squad is led by Robert Sides III, 26 year old President and Chief Executive of ‘Queen’s Project.’
Queen’s Project, unlike it’s predecessor ‘Save the Queen’ who wanted to turn […]

Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Thomas
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As the mellow spring heats up and tumbles and rumbles towards the smoking sizzling summer, California has a lot to offer to visitors, from the golden San Diego beaches to the cool ruggedness of the Sierra Nevada, the festive atmosphere in the Desert, the tranquility of the Sacramento Delta and the culinary and spiritual pursuits in […]

Posted on April 18th, 2009 by Thomas
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Times are tough. The unemployment rate in California has shot up above 10.5%, hundreds of thousands are being laid off and furloughed, businesses are going bankrupt, consumer spending is down in the dumps, no one’s buying homes or cars, and President Obama says it’s time to stop spending and start saving.
But does that in any […]

Posted on April 4th, 2009 by Thomas
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The 81st Annual Academy Awards have made all the major announcements, and the Oscars have been awarded. Slumdog Millionare swept the area with 8 Oscars. Sean Penn earned the best actor award for his role in ‘Milk’.
Kate Winslet was the best actress for ‘The Reader’, Heath Ledger won the Oscar for best supporting actor for “The Dark Knight”, […]

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Thomas
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is suing Arizona based company Experience 6 for advertising a $175,000 package to the 81st annual Academy Awards, which includes Oscar tickets.
Tickets to the Oscars canot be purchased, sold or transferred. The AMPAS lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Central District of California, says that “In […]

Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Thomas
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As part of its continuing initiative to reduce CO2 emissions, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA has announced that it has begun using compressed natural gas to fuel its guest trams and recycled cooking oil to power its Disneyland Railroad steam trains and Mark Twain riverboat.
Not that Disneyland needs any props, but with changes like these, […]

Posted on February 1st, 2009 by Thomas
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Couple of days back, I wrote about Britney Spears’ autobiography and how she’s turning over a new leaf. But then… Oops! She did it Again. Brit-Brit shifts base from the Montage to the Peninsula hotel, and lands up in the middle of a tipping scandal.
Sometimes I feel sorry for her. I mean, everyone is just waiting for […]

Posted on January 23rd, 2009 by Thomas
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