Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture

Archive for September 28th, 2008

Hollywood threw up the street barriers and rolled out the thick red carpet at Mann’s Chinese for a handful of power-players in Tinseltown who purred up to the curb in long sleek limos to take in the premiere of the Warner Brothers release 10,000 B.C.
The Hollywood strip was a biz of a zoo – what [...]

Today when I cruised around the West Hollywood Book Fair, I ran smack dab into the booth for the David Geffen Playhouse.
One of the organizers for “Family Fun Day” – which I penned a post on this past week – excitedly informed me the casual get-together for kids and parents ended up being an overwhelming [...]

August Rush is an enchanting upbeat tale about a young boy who is separated from his parents at birth and his arduous search to be reunited with them.
The opening scene is a stunner.
The young lad stands in a cornfield captivated by the sighs and whispers of the wind as it rustles gloriously through the reeds [...]

Josh Groban…song stylings need more passion!

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: September 28, 2008

In the “overrated” section of the LA TIMES which appears in the weekend edition of the daily paper, writers were inclined to rate Josh Groban’s rendition of a handful of theme songs he warbled on the 60th Annual Emmy Awards show, as somewhat “cheesy”.
Not terribly off the mark.
To many, he is a bit of a [...]