Matthew McConaughey Meets Fans in Los Angeles During the Book Launching of Just Because

On Sept 16, Academy Award winning actor and number one New York Times bestselling author of “Greenlights”, Matthew McConaughey had a book launching and photo op event at Barnes & Noble The Grove in Los Angeles. “Just Because” is the debut picture book of McConaughey. The book is an illustration of vignettes of young adults. […]

No Filter with Paulina Porizkova at Happy Women Dinners Event in Beverly Hills

I recently had the pleasure of attending the book signing event of Czech-born supermodel Paulina Porizkova on March 26th. Growing up in the ’80s, I always admire her beauty. According to Wikipedia, in 1984, she became the first Central European woman to be on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The fashion magazine […]

MONIQUE LHUILLIER Dreaming of Fashion and Glamour Book Signing in South Coast Plaza

The much anticipated book of the season is finally out “Monique Lhuillier: Dreaming of Fashion and Glamour“. I’ve been waiting ever since Monique posted on her Instagram account the printing of her book in Italy and finally the public book signing which happened on Wednesday, November 10 at her flagship store in South Coast Plaza. […]

Gwyneth Paltrow promotes her cookbook – The Clean Plate: Eat, Reset, Heal

The Clean Plate: Eat, Reset, Heal is Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook which she celebrated with fans at The Grove in Los Angeles on January 14. Although it was a rainy day, a lot of fans showed up to Barnes and Noble and it was a great turn out. As Paltrow entered the podium, she was […]

Candace Cameron Bure Signs New Book in Mission Viejo

Candace Cameron Bure has recently been making a splash on the media circuit promoting her new children’s book “Candace Center Stage“. This is her sixth book and she mentioned at the event that this is a twenty year dream come true for her. This is not the first time I met Candace. We met during […]

An Evening with America Ferrera at Live Talks LA

I have always been fascinated with cultures from different countries. Culture is a  beautiful thing- it makes us unique, different, interesting and is definitely a gift. Being a Filipino living in the United States, I’ve always embraced my own culture and the American culture. The first time I came to America was in 1979 during […]

Superstar tennis player Maria Sharapova launches book in Los Angeles

On September 15, I had the opportunity to meet tennis superstar Maria Sharapova. The professional tennis player and five-time Grand Slam winner launched her book entitled Unstoppable: My Life So Far at the Barnes and Noble The Grove in Los Angeles. Rockin’ a blue long sleeve pin-striped shirt and light brown baggy pants, she looked […]

Jack Ketsoyan and Kevin Dickson talk about their book Blind Item

Jack Ketsoyan is one Hollywood’s veteran publicists. I first connected with Jack on Instagram as a fan and we have been communicating ever since. We met at his first book launching in Barnes and Noble in Santa Monica. Jack is down to earth, personable and the anti-diva of publicists. In fact, he was the first […]

How do you define Kindness?

How do you define kindness? It’s a simple word but it could have different meanings for different individual cultures and different human life experiences. For me, kindness is showing concern for others. As a mother of three boys, I always remind my kids to be kind to others. For example, if you say hi to […]

AOL Co-Founder Steve Case Talks About his New Book The Third Wave

It was 1998. The internet dot com industry was in high gear. Almost every phrase had a dot com at the end. In fact, it was a pop culture craze similar to what we see with hashtags today. My generation, Gen X-ers are all psyched to join a startup company, hoping it would go public. […]