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- The Rock

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Oz: The Great and Powerful

Today I am going to watch once again, Oz: The Great and Powerful, and this time with my friends: Karmela and her Boyfriend Mark at the El Capitan Theatre at the 1:15 showing!

   Mark came by around 11:30 and we arrived in Hollywood around 12. I am so glad that it wasn’t raining in Hollywood. We all decided to eat at McDonald’s for lunch. While we were in line, I had good conversations with the people there.

  THEN

  Before the film started, we all saw NEW Theatrical Trailers for films like Iron Man 3 and Disney Pixar’s Monsters University. Exactly right after those two trailers was Disney Mysteries of Magic Live. This is exactly my seventh time watching a film at the El Capitan and my first time watching a Magic Show. The magician was so good and very believable.

  AFTER

  After the film, we all took Exclusive Display of Costumes from the film such as: Theodora when she turns into her true form, Evanora and especially Glinda the Good Witch of the South. We also took pictures of props from the film. As well as James Franco's Star.

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Oz The Great and Powerful: Advance Screening

  Tonight I am going to see Oz: The Great and Powerful (Advance Screening) in 3D at The Grove with my loving parents and my Cousin Kristin. Instead of leaving the house two hours before the film starts, I decided to go there pretty early. Eight hours to be exact.

First, I woke up at 8:30 in the morning and decided to cook myself some breakfast. My mom told me it’s still way too early if I leave around 10, so I left the house at 10:45 and catch the bus at 11. When I reached the bus stop on Colorado and Eagle Rock Blvd, the 780 Bus had Oz: The Great and Powerful as its banner on the side and I'm like this is going to be fun!

  The 780 Bus took me from Eagle Rock and Colorado all the way to Fairfax and 3rd. No transfers of any kind. I arrived at Fairfax and 3rd around 12:05. I actually said to myself, ‘I did it. I actually did it’! When I walked inside The Grove, I saw in the middle of it, a film crew was setup. I found out that they were filming the news program Extra with hosts: Mario Lopez, Maria Menounos and Renee Bargh.

  Mario Lopez interviewed Sam Lowe from The Bachelor talking about what to expect. Will he propose to either substitute teacher Lindsay Yenter or graphic designer Catherine Guidi? Next, Mario and Maria took multiple takes of mentioning about upcoming topics, etc.

  Third, I ate lunch at the Farmer’s Market in front of The Grove where I ordered a Hamburger and Chili Cheese Fries. Fourth, I went back to inside The Grove and Renee Bargh was about to finish interviewing with Zach Braff. He so happens to appear in Oz: The Great and Powerful as Frank (Oscar's circus assistant) and the Voice of Finley the Flying Monkey.

  Then, Renee interviewed David Otunga from the WWE. He was talking about his film The Call, his sonand talking about the date of his marriage to Jennifer Hudson. When the interview was done, he was free to take pictures with. He saw me taking pictures and he asked his agent to call me up to get a picture with him.

4 HOURS LATER

My folks and Cousin Kristin came. We watched the film around 7:30. I enjoyed it so much as well as my cousin and my loving parents

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Disneyland & Disney’s California Adventure

I’ve always wanted to go back to Disneyland and I’m going to again today!!!

  I’m going to Disneyland with my Cousin Kristin, Auntie Aida, Nephew Ethan, Nephew Dresden, Niece Peighton, Uncle Norbert and Auntie Elen. Neal (the father of Dresden and Peighton) took us there. It has been about eleven years since my Cousin Kristin went to Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure.

  As we got inside the park, we read a plaque that says “Here you live today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy”. First, we all decided that we should go on Kristin’s favorite. The ride was called Snow White’s Spooky Adventures.

While we were in line, we all saw Captain Hook and The Evil Queen. When we were about to get on the ride, it broke down. They have told us to come back in at least 30 Minutes!

  Second, we went to Storybook Land Canal Boats! Kristin saw so many small buildings along the ride representing the homes of lots characters from Disney Animated Films such as: The gold-spired castle from Cinderella, The Sultan's palace from Aladdin, the dwarfs' cottage and mine from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Toad Hall from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as well as Prince Eric's seaside castle from The Little Mermaid.

  After, we went on It’s a Small World. It was awesome because they kept the Christmas theme and it was so magical. Then, we went back at to see if they fixed Snow White’s Spooky Adventures. It was fixed! It was pretty fun and spooky! Afterwards, we went on

Peter Pan’s Flight and Pinocchio's Daring Journey!!! We all had fun flying and daring!!!

  Once that was done, we went decided to have lunch at Hungry Bear Restaurant! If you know me, I ordered Burgers and so did everyone else. Everyone got the Classic Cheeseburger while I tried the Pioneer Chili Cheeseburger.

  When lunch was over, my Cousin Kristin and I decided to walk around and find what we saw. We watched a Mary Poppins performance in front of the castle of Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)! We also saw the wishing well that Snow White wished upon in the film as well as took pictures of statues of her and the Seven Dwarfs.

  Then, we went sort of inside the castle! It was amazing!!! When we got back inside Fantasyland, we took pictures with Rapunzel and Eugene from the film Tangled.

    We also got front and close up to see the early parade special!

We took pictures with three Disney Princesses: Cinderella, Snow White and Aurora!

10 MINUTES LATER

Nephew Ethan shows up and we are ready to go to Disney’s California Adventure!!!  

Upon entering Cars Land, it’s definitely 100% felt like I was in the Cars film when Lightning McQueen got stuck in Radiator Springs. Everything was there!!! I surely enjoyed Radiator Springs Racers!!!! It was SUPER DOOPER FUN!!! We also went on Soarin' Over California.

We all went back to Disneyland to ride Pirates at the Caribbean and Star Tours!!!      The End

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Lythgoe Family Productions: A Snow White Christmas

“Those who have never been to a panto will have a

glorious introduction to the forum.” – LA Times 

Tonight, my Cousin Kristin and I are going to watch A Snow White Christmas in a Panto style at the Pasadena Playhouse! It was directed by Bonnie Lythgoe. A Panto is known for its interactive style and the humor appeals to fairytale fans of all ages. 

Starring: Ariana Grande as Snow White, Neil Patrick Harris as “The Magic Mirror”, Charlene Tilton as “The Wicked Queen”, Curt Hansen as Prince Harry, Jonathan Meza as Muddles and David Figlioli as Herman the Huntsman!

THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT FUN!!!

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Donny & Marie: Christmas in Los Angeles @ Pantages Theatre

Tonight, I am going to watch a performance by Donny and Marie at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood with my folks and my Cousin Kristin from KOST 103.5!

  As we arrived in front of the theatre, we saw many people taking pictures of celebrities walking down the red carpet! Celebrities such as La Toya Jackson, Ronn Moss with Devin DeVasquez, Jai Rodriguez, Mary Hart and Joey Fatone. We also took pictures of cardboard cut outs of Donny and Marie!

  The concert was amazing from start to finish! They sang a variety of Christmas songs and have great Osmond Family stories including a Tribute to Andy Williams (Donny singing “Moon River”) plus to the people they know alive and passed! Full of Surprises for the young and the old!

  They also performed Broadway numbers such as “The Hills Are Alive”, “Getting to Know You” and “Beauty and the Beast”. I even wrote to Santa as a donation to Livewire Youth Music Project charity. One letter equals one dollar donation!  I also got high-five twice from Donny before the end of the show!!! It was truly an amazing experience!

  I will certainly never forget this moment!!! Opening Night!!!! I can't believe it!!!! Thank You!!!!

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Stevie Wonder KOST Kafe

Today I am going to watch with my friend Karmela, Stevie Wonder, perform in the Soul By Ludacris Headphones Studios in Burbank. We got there pretty early! No pictures were allowed during the performance so we took quick shots before the performance/interview started! It was so much fun! Mark and Kristin were interviewing him. So much noise filled up the room when he walked in!

  He sang Christmas songs (“The Christmas Song” and “Little Drummer Boy”), talked about his 17th Annual “House Full of Toys” Show on December 15 at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE and sang "Higher Ground" as the Grand Finale! I am so glad I experienced watching the Great Stevie Wonder perform!

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Skyfall: Advance Screening

My folks, grandma and I are going to watch Skyfall tonight at AMC 16 Burbank! I am so glad it wasn't a long line because if it was we would not be able to go in. I enjoyed the film so much that it happened to be my favorite James Bond film! So many secrets were revealed!

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Wreck-It Ralph: Advance Screening

Tonight I just watched a Screening of the film Wreck-It Ralph with my Friends: Bryce, his Younger Brother Clayton and Emily at the AMC Century 15 in Santa Monica once again!

It features the voices of John C. Reilly as Wreck-It Ralph, Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz, Jack McBrayer as Fix-It Felix Jr., Jane Lynch as Sgt. Tamora Jean Calhoun and Alan Tudyk as King Candy.

  I really enjoyed it as well as my friends! We (Clayton and I) took pictures in front of the cardboard posters they displayed in the hallway downstairs! It was so awesome!

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Smallville: 11th Year Anniversary

Tuesday, October 16, 2001 is when Smallville Premiered on the WB.

Starring: Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor, Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang

and Tom Welling as Clark Kent. My Favorite TV Show!

We all remember when a young boy named Kal-El crash landed his spaceship on Smallville on October of 1989: The Day of the First Meteor Shower!

The Iconic Car Crash and the Beginning of the Friendship

between Clark Kent and Lex Luthor

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The X Factor: Season 2 Update

I rather watch Demi, Simon and Britney judge their own acts instead of LA Reid because I really "dislike Beiber"! So I will have to wait til the Live Showing and hope he's not there!

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Finding Nemo 3D: World Premiere

Tonight I am going to see the World Premiere of Finding Nemo 3D with my folks, Cousin Kris, Ima and my Friend Bryce with his younger Brother Clayton all at the El Capitan. 

We arrived at the parking lot around 5:53 PM! As soon as I powerwalked up the escalators, I was thinking it be a long line already. I called Bryce and I asked where he is at. He was already here. I told him I’m going to get tickets and come back for him at the end of the line.

  I received the tickets and I am glad they didn’t get confused on my name! I was so super excited and my heart was pounding so hard LOL! We all actually walked the Blue Carpet down to the theatre! We also took quick shots of us in front of the banners they set up for this Live Event! The ushers were so very kind lending us our 3D Glasses!

  Next, we all (Cousin Kristin, Bryce, Clayton and I) took pictures in front of the statue of Dory and Marlin looking straight at Bruce wearing 3D Glasses! It was really well made!

I love how they don't care about taking pics of these awesome stuff to display! 

This is my fourth Premiere Event I attended and the 2nd Disney 3D Premiere Event!

Then, we all got settled down at our seats. Since the film won’t begin at 7, we decided to take pictures of the aquarium tank they set up for the audience to look at. Love it.

We saw fishes like Clownfish (Nemo and Marlin), Blue Tang (Dory), Yellow Tang (Bubbles), Longnose Butterflyfish (Tad) and Pacific Cleaner Shrimp (Jacques). This was So Cool!

  Then, Clayton and I saw former member *NSYNC Joey Fatone! He was super nice! We (Clayton, Kristin and I) took individual pictures with him and told us to enjoy the film.

This was so awesome! Clayton and I were so scared to ask at first LOL! My heart was pounding so fast! He was kind enough to have pictures with us! LOL! So Cool!

My dad also pointed out the Japanese actor from the TV Series Heroes and from the film Get Smart (2008) Masi Oka! He looked very serious when we asked for a photo LOL!

Before any great Disney Pixar Film begins, they start off with a Disney Pixar Animated Short! This time they showed Partysaurus Rex. The third short in the Toy Story Toons series.

  After the film ended, Bryce and Clayton were ready to get picked up by their dad. Also I spotted the wonderful beautiful Keke Palmer! She was so kind enough to take pics with us!

  Tonight was so Epic and I will never forget it!!!

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Karen's Keepsakes at Fresno

Today my folks and I went around and have pictures with a mural of famous figures of the music and the entertainment business such as: Raquel Welch as Loana the Fair One in One Million Years B.C., Brandon Routh as Superman in Superman Returns

Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix

the main cast of the film Wizard of Oz, Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood in Singing in the Rain,

Michael Jackson

Johnny Depp

John Lennon

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Our Lady Guadalupe Celebration

This morning I am going to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with my folks, Uncle Norbert and Auntie Ellen. We and many thousand others are going to watch a ceremony for Our Lady Guadalupe.

It was a very hot day and I almost dosed off many times, but I really enjoyed the many cultures dancing their way down the arena as well as when we all joined with celebrities, sports players and pastors praying the Hail Mary as one family!

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Kollaboration Los Angeles

Tonight is my loving Sis, Mary Ellen, and I are going to have fun at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood! We are going to watch an audition performance by Kollaboration Los Angeles!

The contestants included: St. Andrew, Brooke Taylor, Upward I Look, Jeremy Crooks, Nate Tao, Ms. Laney, Katlin Obien, as well as Dave & the Cousins! It was hosted by PK, Guest Comedian Jimmy Ouyang and Guest Performance by David Choi!

We had so much fun that my Sis and I got a picture with one of the judges! He starred in the 1991 film Hook and provided the voice of Prince Zuko from the Nickelodeon Cartoon Series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dante Basco!

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LA Philharmonic & Barry Manilow

Tonight, my family and I are going to the Hollywood Bowl once again, but this time we are watching a performance by the wonderful talented of the Los Angeles Philharmonic & Mr. Barry Manilow on the 4th of July!

We enjoyed it so well that Barry Manilow ended with an Epic Fireworks Spectacular!

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Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup 2012 Champions

New Jersey Devils 1 - Los Angeles Kings 6!!!!

OUR LOS ANGELES KINGS WIN THE 2012 STANLEY CUP FINALS!!!

Games: Los Angeles Kings 4 - New Jersey Devils 2