Eisenberg imbibes stage confidence from mother

Hollywood actor Jesse Eisenberg, who plays a magician in forthcoming film "Now You See My", says he imbibed the confidence to perform from his talented mother. "My mother was like a hippy clown. She did folk songs at children parties. She was like a great performer and I grew up in a house of somebody who was like a confident performer. She was really great in front of an audience and my ...

I learnt magic tricks from mother Jesse Eisenberg

Hollywood actor Jesse Eisenberg says he got confidence to perform the tricks of an illusionist in his forthcoming film "Now You See Me" by watching his mother. "My mother was like a hippy clown. She did folk songs at children parties. She was like a great performer and I grew up in a house of somebody who was like a confident performer. She was really great in front of an audience and my ...

Hollywood star Steven Seagal visits Chechnya

Hollywood star Steven Seagal spent some time with Ramzan Kadyrov, the former militant fighter who now heads Chechnya, in the latest in a series of visits by Western celebrities to the volatile Russian republic. "The famous American actor, film producer, writer, director and martial arts expert (seventh dan aikido) Steven Seagal visited our republic today (Wednesday)," Kadyrov wrote on ...

Standouts among Hollywoods many attempts to portray the conflict

(EDITORS: Monday is Memorial Day, when we honor the dead from America's wars. To mark the anniversary, Orange County Register Travel Editor Gary A. Warner, the newspaper's one-time military reporter, offers his updated list of the best World War II movies.) ___ From the Charlie Chaplin's classic "Great Dictator" released in 1940 to 2013's sadly mediocre ...

Los Angeles’s mayoral election Who

Now do something about the congestion LOS ANGELES has a new mayor-elect. The question is whether anyone noticed. In a run-off on May 21st Eric Garcetti (pictured), a longtime city councilman, defeated his opponent, Wendy Greuel, by 54%-46%. The election followed an interminable campaign waged by two Democratic City Hall insiders, neither of whom strained to fight the widespread perception ...