Local News Featured Academy of American Dance’s ‘The Nutcracker’ returns for 20th year Sierra Lopez Daily Journal staff Dec 2, 2022 For the last 20 years, the Academy of American Dance has brought a family-friendly rendition of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” to Redw…
Arts & Entertainment Featured DJ Q&A Susan Cohn Daily Journal Senior Correspondent Nov 18, 2022 THE CHALLENGES OF BECOMING A BELOVED CHARACTER: ACTOR COLLIN BAJA TALKS ABOUT HIS TRANSFORMATION INTO SVEN, THE SUPERSTAR REINDEER, IN “DISNEY…
Arts & Entertainment Featured Palo Alto Players stages ‘Beauty and the Beast’ By Judy Richter Daily Journal correspondent Nov 11, 2022 Palo Alto Players’ production of “Beauty and the Beast” has everything needed for an enjoyable musical theater experience, thanks to noteworth…
Guest Perspectives From youth to leaders By Jon Froomin Jul 25, 2022 In the July 20 edition of the Daily Journal, Veer Bhalla had a letter published that discussed the values of the Boy Scouts. As an Eagle Scout…
Arts & Entertainment Ray Liotta, 'Goodfellas' and 'Field of Dreams' star, dies By LINDSEY BAHR and MARTIN ADAMES Associated Press May 26, 2022 Ray Liotta, the blue-eyed actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in "Goodfellas" and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field o…
+3 Arts & Entertainment This movie has it all: A review of 'Everything, Everywhere All at Once’ By Jerry Lee Updated Mar 23, 2022 Like podcasts, Wordle (I start with S-T-E-R-N) and murder mystery comedies, a prodigious trend in pop culture lately has been the concept of t…
Entertainment ‘Great Expectations’ hits stage in San Jose By Judy Richter Daily Journal correspondentUpdated Nov 30, 2021 Charles Dickens’ 19th century English novel “Great Expectations” has been adapted for the stage by Neil Bartlett.
Arts & Entertainment 'Arrested Development' actor Jessica Walter dies at 80 By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer Mar 25, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jessica Walter, whose roles as a scheming matriarch in TV's "Arrested Development" and a stalker in "Play Misty for Me" wer…
Arts & Entertainment Oscar winner, 'Sound of Music' star Christopher Plummer dies By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Feb 5, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film "The Sound of Music" and at 82 b…
+2 Arts & Entertainment Susan's City Scene By Susan Cohn Daily Journal Senior CorrespondentUpdated Sep 24, 2020 GET THEE TO THE STAGE! ACTOR AND SAN MATEO NATIVE MICHAEL TRUCCO TALKS ABOUT PADRE PRIDE, FIRST AUDITIONS AND A WORLD PREMIERE MOVIE. It was t…