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At the Festival: Friday
Highlights for Friday at the Newport Beach Film Festival: * Pilot Picks The Secret Disco Revolution Documentary by Jamie Kastner about the music-and-dance scene of the 1970s. 5:45 p.m.; Island Cinema 7. Dusty's Trail: Summit of Borneo Newport...Tags: Movies, Festive Events, Michael Gladis, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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People behind films are stars in their own right
Doug Penikas received his acceptance to the Newport Beach Film Festival in the most unceremonious of ways — an email that landed in his junk folder. "I didn't believe it," he said. "I thought it was a hoax. Especially when I couldn't tell anyone...
Tags: Movies, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Pacific Rim (movie)
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Hope fills the air at Walk MS event
Bill Bisch was in the midst of throwing a football during a family Thanksgiving game when his legs gave out and he fell face down. The 57-year-old San Juan Capistrano resident was quickly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). "MS changed my life...
Tags: First Aid, Nursing, Israel, University of California, Irvine, Yosemite National Park
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Reel Critics: A rugged and inspiring 'Trail'
I was privileged to attend the private screening of a captivating new documentary. Catherine Jayasuriya is a very sharp local mom on a major mission. She is the driving force behind "Dusty's Trail," which is vying for a spot in the Newport Beach Film...Tags: Gael Garcia Bernal, Elections, Chile, Argo (movie), Movies
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The Crowd: A new focus at the Center Club
The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus is credited with the expression, "The only thing permanent is change." The electronic age has ushered in a dramatic evolution in human behavior. Our devices that are computer-driven are in fact dictating how we...
Tags: Museums, Executive Branch, Government, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Apodaca: A documentary for Dusty
Imagine for a moment that you can't walk or reach out to embrace your loved ones, and that every breath you take, each beat of your heart, requires a herculean effort from your weakening body. That is life for my neighbor Dusty Brandom and millions of...
Tags: Malaysia, Movies, Barack Obama, White House, Symptoms
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You don't have to be hip for this club, just connected
One of the more traumatic moments of my life was the night I was ruled too unhip to enter a club. No, it wasn't Studio 54 with its infamous velvet rope — it was a far less prestigious nightclub in England that, nevertheless, scanned me for an...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Arts and Culture, Arts, Small Businesses
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The Habit set to open in Irvine
Good news for Irvine residents who may have developed something of a Habit habit at one of the burger grill's eight other Orange County locations: There's one opening Dec. 12 in Heritage Plaza at 14474 Culver Drive, a news release said. But first, on... -
Irvine's Habit Burger raises more than $4K for nonprofits
Irvine's new Habit Burger Grill helped raise more than $4,000 for three area nonprofits at fundraisers Sunday and Monday, a news release said. The Habit helped raise $1,341 for the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. of Orange County and Inland Empire, $1,991 for...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Super Bowl tickets to be auctioned
CureDuchenne, a Newport Beach-based nonprofit that funds research into a form of muscular dystrophy, is auctioning off two tickets to Super Bowl XLVII, courtesy of Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews. The package, which is valued at $5,000,...Tags: Football, Super Bowl XLVII, Clay Matthews, Auction Service, Scott Niedermayer
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The Crowd: Funds and awareness for rare diseases
The ballroom at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort was filled with some 500 guests from all over the nation. They had come for the inaugural Champions of Hope Gala benefiting the Global Genes/ RARE Project, a nonprofit advocating research and treatment for...
Tags: Health Organizations, National Institutes of Health, Entertainment, Cystic Fibrosis, Genzyme General
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Saving lives one step at a time
For years people around the country have been climbing mountains for CureDuchenne. As they raise money and awareness, they also get younger. Most recently, 8-year-old Tyler Armstrong climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and helped raise about $40,000 for the Newport...
Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Charity, Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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