Travel & Experiences
It looks like an illusion of grandeur on a hilltop overlooking Hollywood.
Feb. 9, 2003
Entertainment & Arts
‘Walt Disney once said you’re not a success in Hollywood until you owe $1 million. ‘ --Milt Larsen, owner of the Variety Arts Center If Milt Larsen had his way, more people would recognize the Walt Disney in him.
March 15, 1988
There are those who say vaudeville died in the mid-1930s; others, such as magician Harry Blackstone Jr., believe that it was murdered.
July 2, 1995
Politics
Businessman says that if the Legislature doesn’t OK measure protecting financial information by next week, he will put a similar initiative on the ballot.
Aug. 15, 2003
Opinion
Clippety cloppety!
Aug. 25, 2013
For many a blue moon, sorcerers have gathered nightly in a tall Victorian home overlooking Hollywood to ply the occult arts.
May 7, 1993
For three years, Milt Larsen has been eyeing the noose while the parlous economic fate of his Variety Arts Center has been on trial.
Oct. 16, 1986
Movies
What a grand force of nature is Stellan Skarsgard, who came to international acclaim as the husband in “Breaking the Waves.”
March 7, 1997
Sports
Bobby Schwartz of Costa Mesa won the four-lap scratch main event in the weekly speedway program Friday at the Orange County Fairgrounds.
June 29, 1991
Why does a theater critic go to a magic show? First, because magic is pure theater--pure illusion.
Nov. 28, 1985