Category Archives: Video

Video on and about Hollywood, celebrities, tourists, weirdness, fun, new star installations on the Boulevard, and other high strangeness.

William Friedkin Off The Cuff

Posted on February 7, 2015 by admin

Get the Popcorn and Settle in for an Evening with the Always Entertaining Bill Friedkin Whenever Director Bill Friedkin drops in to Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood to sign some of his books the fun and banter will certainly liven … Continue reading →

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Early Paramount Studios

Posted on November 25, 2013 by admin

Hollywood’s Legendary Paramount Studios 3 Historians Detail the Complex Beginnings of a Major Force in Film-Making From the Earliest Days of the Silents.  The Actors, Owners, Producers, Directors, and Distributors Who Made History. And, as Michael Christaldi, one of the … Continue reading →

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West Hollywood Nightclub Days

Posted on November 11, 2013 by admin

 1950s Memories of Celebrities, Mickey Cohen, Jack Ruby, Jimmy Fratiano, JFK, Wiseguys, Movie Stars and Charlie Sample Johnny “X” (last name withheld because ‘you never know who’s left out there’) interviewed by reporter Captain Jack in a wide-ranging discussion of … Continue reading →

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Television Story Titans

Posted on October 24, 2013 by admin

Richard Kramer and Peter Mehlman in Epic Discussion of Books, TV, Writing, Story-telling, Acting, and Screenwriting. A lively audience packed into Book Soup in Hollywood recently to meet and listen to two of Hollywood’s big names in television comedy. Richard … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Hosts “Public Enemy” Author

Posted on October 13, 2013 by admin

Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn Talk About Their Lives As American Dissidents As the famous documentary states, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” but it was videotaped for the world to watch on youtube, right from Skylight Books in Hollywood.  … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Television Writer Nick Antosca

Posted on September 13, 2013 by admin

Book Soup Hosts Reading From “The Girlfriend Game” Author and Hollywood television writer Nick Antosca gave a reading from his new book “The Girlfriend Game” at Book Soup on Thursday, September 12, 2013.  Nick told What Up Hollywood that this … Continue reading →

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Mae Murray

Posted on August 30, 2013 by admin

A Heartbreak With A Smile Michael Ankerich, author and biographer of books and articles on the Silent Film Era, was in Hollywood recently to talk about his new book “Mae Murray – the Girl With the Bee-Stung Lips”.   Mr. Ankerich … Continue reading →

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Last Supper in Hollywood – 2013

Posted on August 30, 2013 by admin

The Annual Event at El Coyote Restaurant in Hollywood. The Place that was the Beginning of the Journey for Sharon Tate and Friends; the saga of the Manson Family; Class War, Cultural Rejection and the Mythology of Hollywood.   Check … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Hollywood

Posted on July 29, 2013 by admin

Los Feliz Area Home To Many Early Hollywood Film Studios Writer and historian Don Seligman has a new book out that shines a bright light on the beginnings of “Hollywood” in the early 1900s in the Los Feliz – East … Continue reading →

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Ed Hardy Chats About His Life in Tattoos

Posted on June 30, 2013 by admin

He Built An Empire Putting Ink on Skin From the Long Beach Pike to International Fame, Ed Hardy Made His Dreams Come True World famous Ink Man Ed Hardy showed off his new book at the Sunset Strip’s iconic Book … Continue reading →

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