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Co-organized by the Hammer Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Masters of American Comics opens November 20 - A Must-See!

Become a Hammer member! Join by November 17 to receive an invitation to the Hammer Members Reception, 8:30pm to 11pm, Friday, November 18. Sign-up or upgrade to the Supporter level ($300) or above, and receive invitations to the Director's Reception at the Hammer and the exhibition preview at MOCA:
6:30pm to 8:30pm, Friday, November 18, Hammer Museum
6:30pm to 8:30pm, Saturday, November 19, MOCA
Call 310.443.7050 for more information or >>click here to sign up now.
All Hammer Members are invited to a Members Preview Day on Saturday, November 19, 11am-7pm and are always receive priority seating at Hammer public programs. During the run of Masters of American Comics, Hammer Members also receive free and unlimited admission for two at MOCA Grand Avenue and a 10% discount at the MOCA store with a valid Hammer Membership card.
Exhibition:
Sunday, Nov 20

Masters of American Comics is the first extensive exhibition of its kind presenting over 900 drawings, proofs, printed newspaper pages, comic books, and graphic novels by 15 of the most influential 20th-century American comic artists. The exhibition features the work of Winsor McCay, Lyonel Feininger, George Herriman, E.C. Segar, Frank King, Chester Gould, Milton Caniff, Charles Schulz, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Gary Panter, and Chris Ware.

HAMMER MUSEUM
10899 Wilshire Blvd at Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90024
310.443.7000
Gallery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 11am-7pm; Sunday 11am-5pm; Thursday 11am-9pm. Closed Mondays.Admission: $5 Adults; $3 Seniors (65+) and UCLA Alumni Association Members with ID; Free for Museum members, students with ID, UCLA faculty and staff, and visitors 17 and under accompanied by an adult; Free on Thursdays for all visitors. Public programs are free of charge. Gallery talks are free with museum admissions. Hammer members receive priority seating. For more information about Hammer Membership, email http://rd.bcentral.com/?ID=3462048&s=56048687.

"ONE BRIGHT SHINING MOMENT
The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern"
Opens Friday, November 18
Laemmle's Music Hall - Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills CA.

McGovern In-Person Friday & Saturday evening shows, Sunday first two shows.

Featuring: Warren Beatty, Gloria Steinem, Gore Vidal, Ron Kovic, Dick Gregory, and Howard Zinn, Narrated By Amy Goodman ; Music By Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Donovan, Leon Russell, and Elvis Costello. Winner 2005 Sarasota Film Festival "Best Documentary Feature".

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF
PLAYWRIGHT RICK CLEVELAND’S "MY BUDDY BILL"

Emmy-Winning Playwright and Writer of Television’s “Six Feet Under” and “The West Wing” Lampoons His Friendship with Former President Bill Clinton in One Man Show.

The production inaugurates the brand spanking new 117-seat Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse. But this is a Limited Engagement; Five Weeks Only: runs from November 12 through December 18. For more information, go to www.geffenplayhouse.com (cool website, I might add). And... don't forget to look into the other stellar production taking place at the Geffen, in their main space -- "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" starring John Goodman.

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TV shows on DVD, once the Next Big Thing, is now the New Big Thing. It's here, Big Time. As the folks at Home Media Retailing say, "it’s not just a business, but a true pop cultural phenomenon". This explosion in content and awareness is one reason HMR's third annual TV DVD confab promises to be the best yet. Dates: November 7 & 8, 2005, at the Marriott Marina del Rey hotel. Highly recommended event -- great networking, panels, and awards celebration. (TRR rating: ***** ). Below: the organizers' event summary. ---D.R.(Editor)

The number of TV DVD packages being pumped into the market is staggering — shipments are running 50 percent ahead of last year — and so are sales, which are growing at an annual rate of 30 percent. On virtually every street date hot theatrical features have to contend with as many as a dozen, or more, just-as-hot TV DVD releases. And several articles in the national press recently have surmised that TV DVD is changing the way Americans watch television.

For the third consecutive year, Home Media Retailing is presenting a fall summit for television and DVD executives exclusively devoted to this lucrative business, which according to recent estimates, accounts for 24 percent of the entire DVD market.

The industry’s top professionals will discuss key issues, trends and developments, including promoting series jointly on DVD and on the air, packaging efficiencies in the face of a growing retail shelf space crunch, viral and fan-based marketing and product proliferation.

Also on tap will be exclusive market research presentations, informative and educational seminars and workshops, a TV producers’ panel, a special celebrity keynoter, a cocktail party and the Second Annual TV DVD Awards.

Advance registrations are $345 for members of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and subscribers to The Hollywood Reporter, and $395 for nonmembers. Registrations include admission to all programs as well as lunch, breaks and cocktail party. The event is open to the trade only. For registration and other information, please visit www.dvdconferences.com .

This W Hotel event is open to the public. Tell all of your stylish friends!

Madonna, Gwyneth and Cameron love him. And why wouldn't they? His long-legged, low-slung pants make them look flawless. Now you have the chance to dress like an A-lister. Celebrated New York designer Alvin Valley brings his Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 collections to the W Hotel on Wednesday, Nov. 2 for one blissful day of shopping. Enjoy discounts on Alvin’s figure-flattering trousers, sumptuous eveningwear and sleek business attire. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, Alvin has partnered with LA fashionista Tori Spelling and will donate a portion of the proceeds from the trunk show to Tori’s charity, Much Love Animal Rescue. Looking fabulous never felt so good.

WHAT: W Hotel Los Angeles Presents Alvin Valley Trunk Show (open to the public)
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 3-7pm
WHERE: W Hotel, 930 Hilgard Ave. (Studio 4), Westwood (L.A.), CA 90024
No RSVP necessary.