Interview with Andrew Jacobs, star of 'Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones'

Since 2007 the Paranormal Activity movies have had a four year long stretch that has been wildly successful in gaining a huge fan base with its thrilling "found footage style" horror film series. Starring in the newest continuation "Paranormal Activity- The Marked Ones" is Andrew Jacobs playing the role of the main character Jesse, a recent graduate living at home with a tight-knit family in inner city Los Angeles.  "I don't think it was (aimed) just at Los Angeles," Jacobs commented when asked about the films demographic  "I think it was supposed to just be about two friends and having it start off with that romantic comedy feel....you know with getting girls and parties. It was supposed to show the pattern of events between two friends. With the story line you could be anywhere...

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Sherlock Lives!

Sherlock Lives, no folks, he is not dead. We have waited two years to find out whether Sherlock was dead or alive. The loyal Sherlock fans had to wait two years, and two years is a long time. I don’t think anyone should have to wait that long for a TV show, especially a show like Sherlock which left us with quite the cliffhanger.  Nevertheless, Sherlock has risen from the dead, and has made it back just in time to stop a terrorist attack. The season premiere picks up two years after Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) faked his own death, leaving his dear friend Watson to believe he was really gone for good. Holmes’ brother Mycroft urges Sherlock to head back to London because a terror attack is about to take place in London.  The title of the new 90-minute episode is “The Empty Hearse.”...

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The Uninvited Wedding Guest

When I was fourteen years old, I picked up the hobby of photography and began putting my profession portfolio together in hopes to start a career later on. I was quickly able to bring attention to my art and gain clients. In the summer of 2008, one of my cousins asked if I would be the photographer at her wedding. The ceremony would be held at the old Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood. Growing up in Los Angeles, I hadn't thought to look up the history of the place, as I assumed it to be just another novelty of the movie tourism appeal. Little did I know that I was walking into a location well known to still be the home of two of the previous owners, and possibly others.  Opened in 1945 by the first owner, John Hampton, he lived in the attached upper floor apartment...

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The Weeping Woman

Los Angeles, California, the heart of several of America's most chilling legends and ghost stories. Among the most popular, the Latin folk lore of "La Llorona", literally translated in English as "The Weeping Woman". Legend has it she was once a beautiful woman named Maria who was quite fond of her own beauty and believed that as a result she could have any man she chose. Maria found a handsome "Ranchero" (or Rancher) named Marcos whom she married (though the names differ depending on culture groups). Their two children, she later blamed unfairly for her husband’s infidelity.  Some say it was in a fit of rage and despair that she drowned her babies in a nearby river, while others say she was not sane and did so only to spite Marcos. Though she took her own life in immediate regret,...

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