CHVRCHES puts on a PDA-inducing performance at the Palladium

CHVRCHES puts on a PDA-inducing performance at the Palladium
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
September 21, 2014


Depending on who is playing, a concert can be a difficult place to bring your struggling relationship.

Friday night at the Hollywood Palladium, I saw first-hand the ramifications of this as a couple next to me went through a wide range of emotions during CHRVCHES‘ fantastic 13-song set. This show served one of the last two shows on their tour in support of their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe.

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A Return to the Old School for Vaughn in The Internship

Wednesday night, I had the opportunity to see a screening of a film a few weeks before it hits theaters. The staff at the AMC Theater in Las Vegas’ City Center informed us we were among the first people to see The Internship, starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, in theaters.

Here’s my review.

A Return to the Old School for Vaughn in The Internship

Mark E. Ortega

Freelance

May 23, 2013

It had looked for awhile like Vince Vaughn’s career was going the way of Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy. While those two are still big names, they haven’t been involved in a hit film in a lead role since the early 2000s.

After revitalizing his career with a run of films that included Old School (2003), Dodgeball (2004), and Wedding Crashers (2005), Vaughn’s career took a bit of a downturn. It seems as, while audiences that were fans of those films grew up, Vaughn didn’t.

The Internship, which hits theaters June 7, stars Vaughn and Wedding Crashers co-star Owen Wilson in a respectable return to what made Vaughn one of the more sought after comedic actors for a short stretch.