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• ARTS •<br />
FORGET THE FLASH<br />
SONGWRITING SUBSTANCE FROM<br />
RICK SHEA AND AUSTINITE TERRY<br />
KLEIN AT COFFEE GALLERY BACK-<br />
STAGE SATURDAY<br />
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FUNNY AND LIVE!<br />
With 130 years of stunning floats and magical marching bands<br />
in its storied history, the Rose Parade has built up plenty of<br />
hallowed traditions. Among them was the colorful commentary<br />
of the hosting duo Bob Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards, who<br />
were the main human faces of the parade from 1982 to 2016 in the<br />
parade’s main televised coverage on KTLA Channel 5. .<br />
But last year saw some major changes, as Eubanks and Edwards<br />
retired from their duties and passed their microphones to the new<br />
hosting duo of veteran TV personalities Leeza Gibbons and Mark<br />
Steines.<br />
But while that dynamic duo was taking over the serious side<br />
of commentary about the parade, new Tournament of Roses CEO<br />
FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS<br />
FEAST FOR THE<br />
SENSES<br />
SIP & SAVOR ADDS A NEW LEVEL OF<br />
SENSORY FUN TO THE PRE-ROSE<br />
PARADE FESTIVITIES FRIDAY<br />
THROUGH SUNDAY<br />
‘SNL’ STARS WILL FERRELL, MOLLY SHANNON AND TIM MEADOWS RETEAM FOR<br />
FUNNY OR DIE’S ONLINE ROSE PARADE COMMENTARY PARODY<br />
BY CARL KOZLOWSKI<br />
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Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon<br />
David Eads was shaking things up by hiring former “Saturday Night<br />
Live” stars Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon and Tim Meadows to provide<br />
an outrageously comic perspective on this year’s parade via the<br />
mega-website Amazon Prime.<br />
Ferrell and Shannon portrayed the fictional hosting duo of Cord<br />
Hosenbeck and Tish Cattigan, who purportedly had provided coverage<br />
of the parade for 25 years on lesser LA stations. Meadows played<br />
himself as their exasperated field reporter, and the resulting live<br />
stream proved so popular and buzzworthy that the trio of comedic<br />
superstars are returning for more laughs this year by streaming<br />
their coverage on Funny Or Die (funnyordie.com) and Twitch<br />
(twitch.com) from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday.<br />
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‘VICE’ IS NO VIRTURE<br />
COMEDY FILMMAKER ADAM MCKAY<br />
STUMBLES WITH SATIRICAL DICK<br />
CHENEY BIOPIC<br />
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GET YOUR OWN...<br />
BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER<br />
CULTURAL<br />
CELEBRATION<br />
Commemorate<br />
Kwanzaa,<br />
presented by<br />
Thanayi Karenga,<br />
daughter of<br />
the founder of<br />
the holiday,<br />
from 11 a.m. to<br />
1 p.m. today,<br />
Thursday, Dec.<br />
27, at Pasadena<br />
Public Library’s La Pintoresca Branch, 1355<br />
N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, featuring music,<br />
stories and refreshments by the Pasadena<br />
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,<br />
and a guest appearance by the 2019 Tournament<br />
of Roses Royal Court. Call (626) 744-7268 or<br />
visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net.<br />
HIT FLICK<br />
pasadenaseniorcenter.org.<br />
R&B AND ROCK<br />
kingsrowpub.com.<br />
BRUSH WITH<br />
BRILLIANCE<br />
Free films screen<br />
at 1 p.m. on select<br />
Fridays at the<br />
Pasadena Senior<br />
Center, 85 E.<br />
Holly St., Pasadena.<br />
Friday’s<br />
film is “Crazy<br />
Rich Asians”<br />
(2018). Call (626)<br />
795-4331 or visit<br />
Jessica Ash<br />
performs Top 40,<br />
R&B and rock<br />
covers at 8:30<br />
p.m. Sunday<br />
at Kings Row<br />
Gastropub, 20 E.<br />
Colorado Blvd.,<br />
Pasadena. No<br />
cover. Call (626)<br />
793-3010 or visit<br />
Free films<br />
screen at 1 p.m.<br />
Wednesdays<br />
at Pasadena<br />
Public Library’s<br />
Central Branch,<br />
285 E. Walnut<br />
St., Pasadena.<br />
Wednesday’s<br />
film is “Hawking”<br />
(2014). Call (626)<br />
744-4066 or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net<br />
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