Bosse Gets B.O.L.D. for Beverly Hills Business
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WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • WeHo mourns loss of ‘King of Sunny with the Sunset temps in the Strip’ • pg. 3 low 70s Volume 27 No. 19 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Beverly Hills and Wilshire Communities May 11, 2017 90 years of Lights, Camera, Action! n Bosse gets B.O.L.D. for TCL Chinese Theatre celebrates 90 years on n Hollywood Boulevard BeverlyMayor wants to Hillsimprove nightlife business culture Beverly Hills Chamber of Ninety years is an impressive Commerce. She said she has heard feat by any standard. But 90 years Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse “again and again” that “we need to as a landmark venue in the heart is developing a B.O.L.D. initiative be fresh and competitive.” of Tinseltown and the most to energize the business community Bosse was mayor in 2014 when famous movie palace in the world and improve the nightlife culture of the city celebrated its 100th birth- is call for celebration. On May 18, the TCL Chinese the 100-plus-year-old community. day. She said she remembers that Theatre will celebrate its 90th “B.O.L.D.” stands for Businesses they celebrated the past but also Open Later Days. It is aimed at anniversary on Hollywood recognized that the city needs to organizing with business owners to Boulevard. In 1927, the theater find ways to remain healthy for the keep their stores open later in the opened and became a major desti- courtesy of the TCL Chinese Theatre next 100 years. She said to do that, evening to generate economic nation by playing host to more Burt Reynolds makes his mark at the Chinese Theatre in 1981. More they know that people want to go blockbuster movie premieres than activity. Beverly Hills stores tradi- than 300 stars have stylized a slab of concrete in the forecourt. tionally close earlier than in nearby out and have an “experience.” any other location in the world as neighborhoods, such as on the “Beverly Hills has always been a film became the preeminent form Sunset Strip or in Santa Monica. world-famous city, and we never of entertainment in the country . Since Bosse was elected to the want to rest on our laurels,” she Hollywood and the entertain- city council in 2011, she has been said. “We want to be a forward- ment industry have seen tremen- the liaison for the Beverly Hills thinking destination.” dous change since 1927, and the Rodeo Drive Committee and the See B.O.L.D. page 25 Chinese Theatre continues to thrive as a tourist attraction by preserving its historic allure and its storied hand prints in the fore- court. But many Angelenos, natu- rally dissuaded by tourist magnets and commercialization, might not know how the theater maintains its hold as an industry leader, and that the biggest IMAX theater in the world is in their backyard. courtesy of Bison Archives In the 1920s, Sid Grauman was Grauman’s Chinese Theatre opened in 1927. known as a master showman. He tures and vaudeville acts. After Angeles. He built the Million started his career in theatrical losing two theaters in the Great Dollar Theatre in Downtown Los exhibition in San Francisco and San Francisco Earthquake in managed theaters for motion pic- 1906, Grauman relocated to Los See Chinese Theatre page 26 photo by Edwin Folven To the dismay of local residents, the Hollywood Sign remains a top tourist destination and a magnet for traffic congestion. Our beloved1932-2017 Madeleine musings and she had us hanging on her every word. Garcetti broaches gondola When we took over the reins of Our readers anxiously awaited the Park Labrea News in 1990, we every Thursday for their copy of inherited an old typewriter, the Park Labrea News and to the Hollywood Sign archives, some used furniture and Beverly Press to arrive on their own driveways. a gem – Madeleine Shaner, our doorsteps to see what Mad had to “Could we come up from theatre critic. She was well-known say. She mused about her upbring- ing in Bolton, England, where she Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Universal Studios? Could we even in the drama circles and her hus- lived for a time with two aunts revived an old idea in the ongoing have a gondola that goes up there or band John is an award-winning who dressed her in fancy attire, struggle for the city to manage something that brought people playwright and screenwriter. each color-coordinated outfit tourist traffic around the there [that] would earn money that Madeleine graced the pages of the more elaborate than the last. Hollywood Sign: a gondola that can we could put back into traffic miti- newspapers with her deft prose, We learned what a fabulous transport tourists and residents gation and improving the park?” writing reviews of plays per- approached me about writing a hostess she was, putting on toward one of the city’s most The idea has yet to formally formed mostly at 99-seat theatres. column, I immediately said yes extravagant dinner parties and her famous landmarks. reach City Hall, but Garcetti press She created her own theatre and we settled on “Mad famous Passover Seders. I “I think we need to have access secretary George Kivork said the awards, the Maddy’s, which she Musings,” a fitting title for her remember how she would whet to the Hollywood sign, both for res- mayor “is open to exploring ideas bestowed on writers, actors, direc- weekly reflections. She wrote the appetites of party-goers by that ease congestion.” tors, even lighting and costume about her family, namely Other idents and people who come here,” putting an onion in the oven to fill “He encourages creative thinking personnel each year. Half (OH), Older Son (OS) and Garcetti told ABC 7 last weekend. the house with the splendid when looking at ways to give Madeleine’s insights on the the- Younger Son (YS) as she referred “We’ve got to figure out a better aroma, so that if her brisket was way that doesn’t just choke all of Angelenos and tourists better atre world were just one of her to John, son Michael and son many literary contributions to the Danny. We got a glimpse into the streets with a thousand tour access to the Hollywood Sign and See Mad page 25 buses. People can’t get out of their See Gondola page 25 arts community. 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JoinAfter guides Hours from the Petersen HerCircle XFriends Theatre Company presents Gardner St. (323)936-6191, Automotive Museum at the inaugural the production “Fefu and Her lapl.org/branches/fairfax. “Museum After Hours” event on Friends” running from Saturday, Friday, May 12 from 6 to 10 p.m. May 13 through Sunday, May 28 at Tours of the museum’s vault will be Hollyhock House in the Barnsdall Art held at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. and will Park. The play is set in 1935 and fol- SeniorUCLA endocrinologist Health Dr. Masha focus on Italian design and innova- lows a group of women who gather to Livhits will discuss thyroid hormones tion. Guests will also enjoy music by plan a philanthropic fundraiser. It and regulating calcium levels on DJ Sam Kofa and complimentary explores how subtle pressures can Wednesday, May 17 from 1:30 to 3 cocktails. Admission is $12; $10 for force women to conform to ideals of p.m. at Belmont Village Westwood. museum members. 6060 Wilshire meekness and femininity. Showtimes 10475 Wilshire Blvd. Admission is Blvd. (323)930-2277, petersen.org. are 8 p.m., May 13-15, May 20-22 free. (800)516-5323, mednet.ucla.edu. and May 26-28. Tickets are $60. 4800 Hollywood Blvd. circlextheatre.org. Paul Simon Exhibit Skirball Cultural Center is holding a Dance at The Wallis free late-night Dance lovers will enjoy “Matthew event focusing on Beverly Hills Bourne’s Early Adventures” running the exhibit “Paul Blood Drive from Wednesday, May 17 through Simon: Words & Blood donors are sought for the Sunday, May 21 Music” on Friday, Beverly Hills Chamber of at the Wallis May 12 from 6 to Commerce’s blood drive on Monday, Annenberg Center 10 p.m. Museum May 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The for the Performing director Robert photo ©2016 Joan Marcus drive is being held in partnership with Arts. The show Kirschner will Mark Ballas stars as Frankie Valli in “Jersey Boys” running from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 9400 S. features three works – “Watch lead a guided tour of the exhibition at Thursday, May 18 through Saturday, June 24 at the Center Theatre Santa Monica Blvd., Second Floor. with Mother,” 7 p.m. A special screening of “Under Group/Ahmanson Theatre. “Jersey Boys” is the story of Frankie Valli and (310)423–5346 or (310)423-3530, members.beverlyhillschamber.com.