Los Angeles: Ladies Lotto at Bar Marmont on July 19th

It's summer time which means less clothing and more activity, which means you know exactly what you need... a little boost in the health and fitness game.

So Los Angeles - join us on Monday July 19, 2010 at Bar Marmont!

Ladies Lotto presents THE ERIN LANAHAN METHOD "A WOMEN'S HEALTH AND FITNESS DISCUSSION"

Monday July 19, 2010 / 7pm
Bar Marmont / 8221 W Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA

Featuring Special Guest Motivational Speaker, Holistic Nutrition Expert and Fitness Trainer: ERIN LANAHAN

Hosted by: DJ Cat NYC and LOVEMADE

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Complimentary Raffle Prizes including a session from E.L.M. Sampler Package!!! Choose a one hour session, $150 value, of Personal Training, Grocery Store Tour, Health and Nutrition Coaching, or Myofascial Release and Stretching.

Other Raffle Prizes include facials, make-up consultation, and a tarot reading.

7pm-730pm Sign In/Raffle Registration and Greeting
730-830 Presentation
830-9pm QandA/Discussion
9-10:00pm raffle/networking
10pm dancing

Location: Bar Marmont (Private Room) 8221 W Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA

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HerStory: Mary Pickford

Born Gladys Louise Smith, Mary Pickford was more than a pretty face; this lady had moxie. After much disappointment while acting with her family she gave herself one last chance to make it in the business and landed a role in a Broadway play where she acted alongside legendary director, Cecil B. DeMille. Early on Pickford began making moves unheard of in the film industry. She demanded a salary twice that of other actors and made herself in demand by landing as many roles as possible. While actresses competed for roles and clawed their way to the top, Pickford was responsible for helping to forward the careers of several prominent actresses including Dorothy and Lillian Gish.

Mary Pickford was the hardest working woman in showbiz in the early 1900's and rivaled only by her friend, Charlie Chaplin in popularity. Her beauty and creativity was matched only by her business savvy. Long before stars were collecting points and garnering salaries in the millions, Pickford had the good sense to ask for raises based on the profitability of her films. In 1916 Pickford staged a major coup by demanding and receiving full authority over all films she starred in, and a salary of $10,000 per week from Adolph Zukor of Famous Players In Famous Plays (Paramount). In 1919, Pickford, Chaplin, D.W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks launched United Artists. The newly formed studio championed an independent spirit that was unknown in the film industry.

Pickford's life wasn't without controversy and great adventures. She was married three times and counted screen legend Douglas Fairbanks as one of her husbands. She was badly trampled by rabid fans while on her honeymoon with Fairbanks and visits to her Beverly Hills mansion were coveted by foreign dignitaries visiting the White House. Mary Pickford was also one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the creators of the Academy Awards. She won an Oscar for the film Coquette and was given a lifetime achievement award in 1976 by the Academy. Actresses turned producers and directors such as Drew Barrymore (Flower Films) and Penny Marshall (Awakenings) continue to carry the torch Mary Pickford lit almost 100 years ago.

Click here to read more about Mary Pickford.

Dollar Dance

Come cool off with us this Saturday at The Standard Hollywood poolside, as Ghostly's Michna and SV4 hit the turntables, along with special guest TK Disko who is featured as this months Ghostly Podcast DJ.

Saturday May 9th
The Standard Hollywood
3-9 / RSVP@GHOSTLY.COM / FREE!!

Podcast Details: Dollar Dance

Travis TK Disko is a mainstay in the San Francisco music scene. Armed with a slightly different, completely funky and totally eclectic far-out sound, his song selection is all over the map, but the flow from underground disco to electro, deep house to synth-pop, italo, acid then back, is rugged yet smooth and makes sense in a way you wouldn't think possible.


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Vanity Fair's Cover Blown

Vanity Fair blew its load on this cover for its recent Hollywood Issue. The cover, VF's most expensive, features Hollywood's brightest starlets of tomorrow draped in Dior and Cartier. How glamorous! Only question we have is - where are the ladies of color? Ok they threw in America Ferrera (quite possibly because her name is America, an ode to assimilation, idk). Is this too critical? Surely the future of Hollywood is not just a white light but a shimmering rainbow?? Last time we checked it was 2008.