I finished my book So L.A. – A Hollywood Memoir a couple of weeks ago. I felt accomplished, relieved, happy, excited to share, and anxious all at once! The anxiety comes from two places: one is knowing that my work has only just begun… now comes all the publicity-pushing which, like most authors, I hate having to do. The second reason for feeling a bit of unease is, since it’s my life story, wondering how the people I’ve told stories about will feel – everyone from my mom to

When I posted this shot of Orson Welles (best guess: from the set of Chimes at Midnight) on Facebook last week, I got a ton of likes, loves and wows. What is it about Orson that endures? Is it because he wrote and directed Citizen Kane? It’s been lauded as the best movie of all time… but a lot of people (especially those of the Netflix generation) have never even seen it. Is it his hilarious outtakes for food and drink commercials? peas, please what wine? I recently watched t