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Free Streaming Service Mansa Isn’t Just Reclaiming Black Voices. It’s Amplifying Them.

Mansa, a black content streaming service, has just launched. After raising $8 million this ad-supported streaming service is ready for its debut. Founded by a group of actors and filmmakers, their aim is to promote black culture globally. Furthermore – they give black creators a worldwide platform to promote their content. As their website explains, […]

No Plans for the Holidays? Check Out These 8 Options – Open Christmas Day!

Los Angeles treasure Sparks wrote the original anti-Christmas carol with “Thank God It’s Not Christmas” as part of their solid 1974 record Kimono My House. During the chorus, Russell Mael gratefully imparts, “Thank God it’s not Christmas when there is only you and nothing else to do.” But there are much worse places to be […]

The Most Hotly Anticipated Films and Events at This Year’s Palm Springs Film Festival

It’s that time again. The annual Palm Springs Film Festival is upon us! With its promotion of multicultural exchange in the Coachella Valley, the festival will screen 134 films from 64 countries. Of these films, 27 are premieres never before viewed by the public. The festivities open on Thursday, January 5, running through January 16. […]

Christmas in LA? You Won’t Believe These Iconic Holiday Scenes Were Filmed in Los Angeles

When you think of famous holiday movie settings depicting Christmas in LA, your mind likely drifts to Nakatomi Plaza. Pop culture has celebrated Die Hard as LA’s unofficial Christmas movie in recent years. And we’ll take it because we recognize that sunshine, temperate weather and palm trees aren’t very Christmas-y traditionally. Here, we have different […]