Passion Party: MOORE GOES GUNNING FOR SONY
PORCINE provocateur Michael Moore is howling that the Oscars are fixed. Moore - whose popular anti-gun movie "Bowling for Columbine" has been nominated in the Best Documentary category - is lashing out at Sony Pictures Classics for allegedly rigging the contest so he's destined to lose.The wide-bottomed windbag claims Sony, which is distributing rival documentary prize contender "Winged Migration," a boring French bird flick, is...
Passion Party: Countdown to fun Wine Lovers weekend
Wondering how to celebrate Valentine?s Day? Worried only couples will be around? Wine Lovers solves either dilemma by hosting a Singles Red Hot Passion Party on Saturday. For $5 per person, enjoy an evening filed with love, rose petals and chocolates. The wine and appetizer bar also will feature Yogi Mango, a band inspired by the sounds and good times that Mardi Gras is known for.The cozy Ventura haven offers two suggestions if you plan on stopping by: wear red if you?re single; and...
Passion Party: Madonna's a maybe for Hollywood AIDS benefit
Madonna may actually show up at the latest benefit she is chairing: ``I've ordered the limousine,'' says a spokesman for Hollywood Helps, which will raise cash for AIDS patients' bills with the premiere of It Had to Be You Oct. 24 at Beverly Hills' Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Believe it when you see her. Attire is ``wedding dress'' or ``romantic comedy'' for this Renee Taylor-Joe Bologna...
Passion Party: Billy Joe Murphy
Billy Joe Murphy has the perfect style for downtown club Divano. With his lush, rhythmic guitar playing and ethereal voice, his music seems both as light and as heavy as smoke while he's playing a mix of originals and lovely covers such as 'Kashmir' and 'Wild Horses.' His weekly gigs at Divano, the bar above the restaurant Prima, draw an interesting clientele. There are the folks, like local musician Troy Pierce, who go up there just...