Authenticity. That’s what Noah Villanueva decided to go for as he thought about how to present himself in his effort to be named Artist of the Year for Film and TV. He said as much as he sat before a panel of judges a second year in a row. Villanueva, 18, was a semifinalist in…
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Her name is Isabella Kim. But that’s not what actor Eric Petersen jotted down in his notes as he watched Kim perform two monologues for the group judging Artist of the Year for Theater. Petersen, who has appeared in numerous TV series, scribbled the name of a three-time Academy Award winner — along with multiple…
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Last year, she was named a finalist. This year, Piper Rovsek moved past everyone else to become the Judy Morr Artist of the Year for Dance. For Melanie Kay Rosa, artistic director and chair of the dance department at Fullerton College, Rovsek “moved like nobody else.” Meet the other Artists of the Year Theater: Isabella…
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They are dancers and thespians. They sing and play instruments. They draw, paint, sculpt — by hand and by using digital devices. They shoot photographs. They design sets and sound and lighting. They are filmmakers — writers, directors, editors, cinematographers. Meet the Artists of the Year Dance: Piper Rovsek, Newport Beach Theater: Isabella Kim, Fullerton…
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In 1984, volunteers stood outside supermarkets in Orange County, clipboards in hand, helping fellow Vietnamese Americans register to vote. Van Tran, then a freshman at UC Irvine, was one of them. President Ronald Reagan was up for reelection, and the county’s Republican Party had launched an outreach effort targeting the growing Vietnamese population in Garden…
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HONOLULU — The Long Beach State and Hawaii men’s volleyball teams squared off for another Big West Tournament title on Saturday, but it might not be the last time they meet this spring. Second-seeded Hawaii got the better of top-seeded LBSU on Saturday night, handing the nation’s top-ranked team a 25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22 defeat…
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“I don’t know what heaven feels like, but if I had to guess, I’d say it feels like Stagecoach on Saturday night,” Jelly Roll shared midway through his headlining set at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Saturday, April 26 — a fitting description for a night that felt larger than life. Just one year…
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LOS ANGELES — Not all left-handed swings are created equal. The energy created simply in anticipation of a Shohei Ohtani at-bat is enough to prove how much the Dodgers’ left-side production matters. Yet, heading into Saturday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, it had been the Dodgers’ left-handed hitters who had been creating wild swings of inconsistency…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now OJAI — University tennis player Rishvanth Krishna earned the nickname “King Slayer” last season, in part, due to a near-upset at The Ojai tournament. As a freshman, Krishna held match point against eventual champion and No. 1 seeded Niels Hoffmann of Corona del…
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Red-hot Journalism is the 3-1 morning line favorite for the 151st Kentucky Derby with a favorable No. 8 post position that has tied for the second-most victories in horse racing’s marquee event. Sovereignty is the 5-1 second choice of 20 horses and will start from the No. 18 post outside Sandman, who…
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