‘Party of the Century’ Raises $2.1 Million; Rose Bowl and Levy Restaurants #Fumble
Posted by Life on the Scene in Celebrity, Charity, Fundraisers, Sports on August 15, 2022
The Rose Bowl and it’s Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation were finally able to host their Party of the Century gala over the weekend at the iconic Rose Bowl stadium. The 1,200 person fundraising gala was held on the turf and featured a roaring 20’s theme with guests decked out in their finest gowns and suits in homage to the era complete with a speakeasy requiring a secret password to enter.
During Saturday’s program the Rose Bowl Institute announced their new ROSI Awards, naming hometown hero Jackie Robinson as the “Sportsperson of the Century” and selecting seven time Olympic medal gymnast Simone Biles as “Sportsperson of the Year” who accepted the award via video.
As guests filtered onto the turf among the dazzling chandeliers, fine china and giant Rose Bowl background photo ops, they were none the wiser of the chaos going on behind the scenes. The head chef for Levy Resturants preparing the plated dinner for the evening took over direction for the hundred plus temporary staff hired for the evening as the on site event supervisors quickly became lost in managing their event. One Rose Bowl Levy staff member proclaimed there were no tray jacks available to place the large trays of hot dinners on, moments before another staffer showed up with a dozen tray jacks. The other event supervisor, a blonde very new to the organization, asked hospitality staff for the “foldy thingies that you put food on”.
Temporary staff arrived in staggered schedules in a way that ended up leaving many of them without lunch and only offered water for the rest of the day. Some of the staffing companies didn’t provide any meal at all for the staff who were asked to arrive in long pants, long sleeved shirts and some required to wear suit jackets while setting up the event in 95 degree weather. Rose Bowl stadium staff worked in shorts and t-shirts until just before the Party of the Century started.
The Levy Restaurants Rose Bowl stadium staff attempted to prevent temporary staff from accepting the leftover hot meals the chef offered to them and refused to give them a break. Temporary staff took their health and hunger into their own hands and accepted the hot meal offered and took brief breaks to enjoy a quick meal after working in the hot sun for more than 5 hours. Many also took up the offers of the glamorous guests to join them on the dance floor when the music began. After all, it was the only break offered to them as the Rose Bowl staff didn’t check them on them throughout the evening. The hospitality staff took back the reins as they danced and sang through the remainder of their shifts with many compliments from the guests despite the very poor management from the Levy Rose Bowl supervisors.
Coldplay donated a VIP concert package to the evening that sold at auction for more than $23,000 for an upcoming concert at the Rose Bowl in 2023 as part of their ‘Music Of The Spheres Tour’ which is a tour aimed at touring in a sustainable and low-carbon as possible way, guided by three key principles:
- Reduce our consumption, recycle extensively and cut our CO2 emissions by 50%
- Support new green technologies and develop new sustainable, super-low carbon touring methods
- Make the tour as environmentally beneficial as possible by funding a portfolio of nature- and technology-based projects and by drawing down significantly more CO2 than the tour produces
During the height of the COVID pandemic, the Rose Bowl stadium offered community lunches to those in the surrounding areas so it was with great disappointment to see the Rose Bowl and Levy Restaurant staff all but congratulating each other when they confirmed that they had thrown the leftover food and beverages in the garbage. Levy Restaurants required temporary staff to throw away everything. None of the thousands of cans or bottles used that evening were recycled, even though the hospitality staff requested recycling. Doesn’t the City of Pasadena require recycling Mayor Gordo? Christ Martin, you may want to carefully reconsider your tour rider for the Rose Bowl if you’re trying to host a sustainable tour.
Rose Bowl staff lied directly to the temporary staff and claimed all floral arrangements on the tables were for the gala guests to take home, when the stadium was already 98% emptied of gala guests. A short time later Rose Bowl and Levy staff were seen leaving with the floral arrangements while most were thrown in the garbage.
The iconic Rose Bowl Stadium? It’s more like a football fumble. The evening was sponsored by Western Asset
Upcycling during COVID_19 quarantine
Posted by Life on the Scene in Family, Pets, Recycling on April 4, 2020
I’ve been working from home since March 12, 2020 due to the coronavirus. I’m finally getting into project mode! Several months ago I purchased the pillow stuffing (or fluff, as I like to call it) to fix up a pet bed that had seen better days. The blue flannel pet bed has been a favorite among our furry family for several years. It had become quite flat, with a seam coming loose at one end.
For months, I’ve been looking at the bag of fluff and the deflated pet bed that had seen better days
Today, I finally got around to fixing it up! I sat outside in the sunshine and stuffed it full of new pillow stuffing. I don’t own a sewing machine so I just hand-stitched the opening.
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deflated pet bed -
pet bed looking very small when rolled up -
working in the back yard -
all fluffed up again -
barely able to get the straps around it now when rolled up
It’s now full and fluffy again ready to provide a cozy sleeping spot for our cats and dogs for a few more years.
I’m including a couple of before and after photos. Maybe I’ll get around to putting new buttons on that work blouse that’s also been waiting for a touch up? What projects are you working on now that you’re home?
Lorde Returns With Single “Green Light”
Posted by Life on the Scene in Celebrity, Concert, Music, Videos on March 2, 2017
With her signature, quirky dance moves, Lorde has returned with the single “Green Light”, the first release from her highly anticipated sophomore album, Melodrama. It’s fun, upbeat and definitely danceable. Check out the video below, directed by Grant Singer, which was filmed during Grammy week in Los Angeles.
The young Kiwi already has a slew of festivals booked in the coming months including Coachella, the Governor’s Ball in NYC, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Bonnaroo in TN, and the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of solo dates for Lorde. The tickets are sure to be snapped up instantly since it’s been nearly 4 years years since the release of her debut album Pure Heroine. Melodrama is expected to be released this summer.
Follow this link to buy “Green Light” on iTunes or add it to your Spotify playlist. #Greenlight #Lorde
China’s Huading Awards in Los Angeles Draws Johnny Depp, Bryce Dallas Howard
Posted by Life on the Scene in Award Shows, Celebrity, Movie Review, On The Red Carpet on December 14, 2016
Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson, Wiz Khalifa, Bryce Dallas Howard, Hilary Swank and Sylvester Stallone are among the Hollywood stars set to take part in Los Angeles’ latest addition to awards season.
The actors are set to attend China’s Huading Awards, to be held at L.A.’s Ace Hotel on Thursday. But before awards analysts start wondering whether they have to factor an odd-ball variable into their Oscars prediction formulas, it’s worth noting the Chinese award show’s unique history and content.
Mel Gibson
The Huading Awards dishes out honors to talent from all fields of entertainment, from stage theater to film, pop music to TV, and even traditional Chinese opera. The film categories, crucially, hand out honors to movies from the year prior, so titles like The Martian, Fast & Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron are among the nominees in the show’s best global picture category this year (nominations tend to have a populist bent). No word if Robert Downey Jr or any of the other Avengers are slated to attend at press time.
The Huading Awards were founded in 2007 by Chinese entertainment company Tianxia Yingcai Cultural Media. Nominees are selected by committee and the winners are chosen by popular vote over the award show’s website and other Chinese internet portals.
Unlike other awards ceremonies, the location of the Huading Awards is not fixed; previous editions have been held in Macau, Hong Kong and Mainland China. The awards honor stars from around the world and previous winners include Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irons, Quentin Tarantino, Halle Berry and Chris Hemsworth.
Guns N Roses Set To Tour North America In 2017
Posted by Life on the Scene in Celebrity, Music on December 1, 2016
Updated: Early this morning Guns N Roses unleashed the rumored dates we spoke of last week. Here is the latest:
The thirty five additional dates start on May 27th in Dublin, and will see the band visiting most of Europe before heading to Israel and returning to North America in late July. The band had previously announced early 2017 shows in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and southeast Asia.
Tickets for the newly added shows will be going on sale Friday, December 9th for the dates in Canada and Europe, and a day later on Saturday, December 10th for shows in the United States.
Guns N’ Roses Added 2017 Tour Dates:
5/27 – Dublin, IE – Slane Castle
5/30 – Bilbao, ES – San Mames Stadium
6/02 – Lisbon, PT – Passeio Martimo De Alges
6/04 – Madrid, ES – Vincente Calderon Stadium
6/07 – Zurich, CH – Letzigrund
6/10 – Imola, IT – Greenfield
6/13 – Munich, DE – Olympiastadion
6/16 – London, UK – London Stadium
6/20 – Gdansk, PL – Stadion Energy Gdansk
6/22 – Hannover, DE – Messe
6/24 – Werchter, BE – Classic
6/27 – Copenhagen, DK – Telia Parken
6/29 – Stockholm, SE – Friends Arena
7/01 – Hämeenlinna, FI – Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto
7/04 – Prague, CZ – Letnany Airport
7/07 – Paris, FR – Stade de France
7/10 – Vienna, AT – Ernst Happel Stadion
7/12 – Nijmegen, NL – Goffert Park
7/15 – Tel Aviv, IS – Hayarkon Park
7/27 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome At America’s Center
7/30 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
8/02 – Denver, CO – Sports Authority Field at Mile High
8/08 – Miami, FL – Miami Marlins Stadium
8/11 – Winston-Salem, NC – BB&T Field at Wake Forest University
8/13 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
8/16 – Buffalo, NY – New Era Field
8/19 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau
8/21 – Ottawa, ON – TD Place Stadium
8/24 – Winnipeg, MB – Investors Group Field
8/27 – Regina, SK – New Mosaic Stadium at Evraz Place
8/30 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
9/01 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place Stadium
9/03 – George, WA – The Gorge
9/06 – El Paso, TX – Sun Bowl Stadium
9/08 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
Last week Guns N Roses began teasing North American fans again with subtle hints of a potential tour in 2017 as well. Axl, Slash, and Duff are currently down in South and Central America as they wrap this part of their Not In This Lifetime Tour.
Early in 2017 they’ll be heading to Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Southeast Asia, and Dubai and running until March. That leaves their spring and summer 2017 schedules open to pencil in additional North American dates for cities that didn’t get stadium shows in 2016.
Promo videos began running on television stations over the long Thanksgiving weekend along with billboards popping up in places like El Paso, TX, Minneapolis, MN, Vancouver & Montreal, Canada and Lancaster, PA among other places.
Last week this video arrived on their YouTube channel proclaiming Guns N’ Roses – #GnFnR2017 … The Machine Is Back At It! It looks like after a year-long reconciliation on the road, the band are back to their old ways of touring like a machine.
Time to ask Santa for those Ticketmaster gift cards kiddos! Save up those 2017 vacation days because all evidence points to a 2017 North American arena tour for Guns N Roses.
Have you seen a billboard pop up in your city? Send us a photo of it in the comments below. Share your memories of seeing Guns N Roses in the past or your excitement for these potential 2017 shows.
Life On The Scene has enjoyed Slash & Duff in their side projects like Velvet Revolver, Loaded, Camp Freddy and other charitable events over the years so here are a few photos to tide you over.
Johnny Depp and Chester Bennington to Support Rhonda’s Kiss in Los Angeles
Posted by Life on the Scene in Celebrity, Charity, Concert, Medical on November 2, 2016
Image courtesy of Rhonda’s Kiss
On Thursday, November 3rd, the historic El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles will host the 2nd annual Rhonda’s Kiss benefit show. Actor Johnny Depp will be presented with the Healing and Hope Award.
The Hellcat Saints (featuring Jane’s Addictions Dave Navarro, Juliette Lewis and Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray) with special guest singer, Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington will kick off the night followed by headliners Weezer.
Proceeds from Rhonda’s Kiss Los Angeles to benefit the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and further the mission of Rhonda’s Kiss, supporting programs to aid cancer patients in need, and helping those who receive a cancer diagnosis make ends meet during treatment. Rhonda’s Kiss is a 501 (c)(3). To date, the charity has donated more than $750,000 to hospitals to support cancer programs and patients.
The event will also auction off Rhonda’s Kiss honoree, Johnny Depp’s signature Duesenberg Guitar, designed with Johnny’s tattoo art. You can check Rhonda’s Kiss for any last-minute tickets that may open up for the show or if you simply wish to give to a great charity supporting cancer patients in their time of need please click here to support them.
HIM to Headline 20th Anniversary Tuska Festival
Posted by Life on the Scene in Celebrity, Concert, Music on November 2, 2016
HIM by Ville Juurikkala
Iconic Finnish metal band HIM have been announced as a headliner for the 20th anniversary of the Tuska Festival. The festival runs from June 30 – July 2, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. American punk band, now turned thrasher metal, Suicidal Tendencies, along with Mexican American extreme metal band Brujeria have been announced so far.
This will mark the first time that HIM has played the long running Tuska Festival and their first outdoor gig in their hometown of Helsinki. “Early-crow” tickets are now on sale for the festival. You can visit Ticketmaster Finland to grab the 3-day tickets. Additional ticketing options and other artists will be announced soon.
It looks like 2017 will see the return of HIM to the live stage after the band went on a long, well deserved break at the end of 2014. During that break, drummer Gas Lipstick decided to leave HIM and pursue other musical interests. Singer Ville Valo appeared on the track “Knowing Me Knowing You”, an ABBA cover he did with guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite. The rest of HIM have been busy in their on again side project, Daniel Lioneye, and will do a small tour of Germany and England this December in support of their latest release, Volume III.
We here at Life On The Scene eagerly await the return of the Finnish metals gods to the world’s stage! Who’s up for a trip to Helsinki at the end of June 2017? Global HIM fans, check in and tell us where you’re from, where you’ve seen HIM perform or where you’ve traveled to see HIM perform.
Carousel Live Presents Sammy Wilk and the Solutions at the Troubadour
Posted by Life on the Scene in Celebrity, Concert, Music Review on November 1, 2016
Social media star and pop/reggae singer, Sammy Wilk, kicked of the Halloween weekend Friday night at the Troubadour in West Hollywood as part of the Carousel Live series which also included South Korean indie-pop band the Solutions, Sophia Kameron and Found Vegas. The Solutions have been playing clubs around southern California during October promoting their latest release, “Ticket to the Moon”, including gigs at the Wayfarer in Costa Mesa and Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles to the delight of area K-POP fans. The Solutions will wrap up the Carousel Live series later this week on November 3rd at the Roxy opening the show for EDM phenomenon, PROXIMITY. Grab your tickets while you can by visiting ticketfly
Wilk performed songs from his debut album, Ready For War, to an enthusiastic crowd of mostly female teenage fans. The audience also included Wilk’s family, friends like fellow social media stars Nash Grier, Mahogany Lox, DJ Rupp and Jake Miller. Wilk also brought special guests on stage including Mac Marley to perform their song “That’s Wild” along with high school friends and fellow social media sensations, best friends Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky who perform as Jack & Jack to tear it up on their hit, “Throw Signs”. Jack & Jack are currently putting the finishing touches on their own album which is expected to be released in the new year.
Carousel Live is a new live music event brand bringing up & coming Asian and Asian American musical artists to the global stage by pairing them up with more established US-based artists creating a unique entertainment atmosphere that exposes each artists fans to a variety of incredible new music. Keep your finger on the refresh button and watch the social media spaces for Carousel Live to see what’s next on their music discovery platform.
If you attended the show, we’d love to hear your thoughts, see photos or videos from the night in the comments below!
To purchase music from these artists, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/sammy-wilk/id900129226
http://happyrobot.co.kr/release/ticket-to-the-moon/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-jack/id944171951
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/connected-single/id1115233688
#SammyWilk #JackandJack #CarouselLive #theSolutions
Joey Graceffa Launches Children of Eden
Posted by Life on the Scene in Book Reviews, Celebrity on October 6, 2016
YouTube star, actor and New York Times bestselling author Joey Graceffa launched his 2nd book, but first young adult novel, Children of Eden last night at Barnes & Noble at the Grove in Los Angeles. Hundreds of fans lined the sidewalk for several hours waiting to meet the star, pose for a quick photo and pick up their autographed copy of the book.
Joey was joined by his partner, Daniel Preda and actress Denise Richards brought her daughters out to meet the author.
A short film entitled Children of Eden: Chapter One was also released this week on YouTube.
Joey and Daniel are off on a book tour visiting San Francisco tonight, before heading to Houston, Boston, New York City, Uncasville, Chicago, Orlando and Miami. Details on how to take part in the meet & greets or to just buy Children Of Eden can be found on Joey’s website.
Have you had a chance to read Children of Eden yet? Have you participated in a meet & greet with the author? Tell us about it in the comments below. Share this article with friends so they don’t miss these upcoming events with Joey Graceffa. #JoeyGraceffa #ChildrenofEden
Joey will also take part in Entertainment Weekly’s Popfest in Los Angeles over Halloween weekend, October 29th and 30th where he will join a host of digital influencers in a panel discussion and participate in fun and games on stage. Tickets are available to purchase here
Shawn Mendes Releases Illuminate
Posted by Life on the Scene in Celebrity, Music on September 26, 2016
Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes released his second album, Illuminate, last week. The 18-year-old singer stopped by a pop-up store near the Grove in Los Angeles last night to greet fans who purchased a copy of his latest CD. Life On The Scene caught the singer arriving and posting a Snapchat of the long line of mostly young ladies waiting to greet the pop superstar. The Mendes Army has been out in full force as Mendes has been hopping around the country greeting fans in New York City, Los Angeles and his hometown of Toronto.
While in Los Angeles, he will also perform for an intimate crowd at the Grammy Museum, and make the rounds of the local talk shows including Ellen, The Talk and the Late Late Show with James Corden which we can only hope will produce another hilarious Carpool Karaoke. He will also visit KIIS-FM for a morning interview with Ryan Seacrest and an evening visit with Jo Jo Wright.
Mendes will be heading out on a world tour with most dates on sale now. His CD is available now so go visit his website to get the CD and some concert tickets for your local city. You can follow him on Snapchat at shawnmendes1.
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