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Why Manda Mosher’s ‘Cold Cold Love’ Warms Our Hearts
Manda Mosher is a trend setter when it comes to music and the empowering impact it can make. Manda is a singer, songwriter and one half of the Americana duo CALICO The Band. You’d think she came straight out of Nashville but Manda and the band’s roots are strictly Southern California. In fact, CALICO stands for “California Country” and the music is fresh, vibrant, and real. It’s no surprise that one of Manda’s songs was chosen for Magnolia Pictures ‘Please Stand By,’ a film starring Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve and Patton Oswald. It’s rare to find a film like Please Stand By, a coming-of-age story about a creative…
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Charlize Theron in Tully will pull at your heartstrings – out in theaters May 4th.
Two weeks ago I was invited to a “Moms Night Out” party hosted by Refinery 29 and Focus Features and early screening of Tully – a new comedy from Academy Award®-nominated director Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”) and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”). Marlo (Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron) by Focus Features. Charlize plays a mother of three including a newborn and is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis). This is the premise of the movie but oh boy, is it a…
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It’s Red Dot Auction Season! Fundraiser Supports Chuck Jones Center for Creativity’s Programs
It’s Red Dot Auction Season! WoodSnap Debuts Photographs at Charity Auction Fundraiser Supports Chuck Jones Center for Creativity’s Programs Orange County business, WoodSnap, is joining with Chuck Jones Center for Creativity this year to present the eighth annual Red Dot Auction, the Center’s spring fundraiser. Twenty-five of their photographers will, along with WoodSnap, donate their work printed on the company’s signature birch wood, to create the WoodSnap section at the Red Dot Auction. “WoodSnap was built on inspiring creative minds to print their favorite photos on wood. We love supporting the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity as they are masters at teaching both young and young of heart…
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40/Forty: Celebrating Women
Dandelion Moms art contributor, Erna van Dyk has been busy! By Lilli LaBuen Gillen Years ago, Erna bravely uprooted her life as she knew it in South Africa and moved to Orange County in Southern California to support her husband’s goals. Always the optimist, she successfully built a new life, raising her son in a new country, making new friends, and switching careers from graphic design and marketing to doing what she loves: teaching art and helping others build a strong foundation in painting and multimedia. Many locals know her as an amazing and dedicated art teacher. Raising a family, teaching art, building a business of her own, life…
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In the Spotlight: Girl Boss Michelle Nutz of ALKALI Beauty Products
Michelle has been my hairdresser since way back in the day! My husband likes to joke and says he is the reason we met which is sort of true. He came back after getting his haircut at a salon across from our apartment and told me about a cool young woman who just arrived from South Africa. He thought we’d get along. Well, I guess he was right since I have been seeing Michelle since the late 90’s and only once veered off to go to a woman who would dye my hair brown since I knew she wouldn’t! True story. I had to come back with my head hung…
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DreamWorks The Boss Baby: Back in Business Premieres on Netflix Friday, April 6th.
This post is sponsored by DreamWorks Animation The first time I saw a preview of The Boss Baby movie was at Comic Con 2016 and I was roaring at the short clip they showed us! As parents, we know that truly the kids rule the roost sometimes so the idea of a Boss baby was hysterical! And to have it voiced by one of my favorite actors of all time – Alec Baldwin was just too much! And now we get more of this wild and crazy crew as DreamWorks Animation Television and Netflix’s new series The Boss Baby: Back in Business picks up where the 2018 Oscar®-nominated movie…
