2013 Rotator Archive Stories

What is the statute of limitations on "Planet of the Apes?" It's been 45 years since Charlton Heston rode his horse down the beach on that strange planet and discovered that he actually was ... no, wait, I can't do it. I can't ruin it for someone who hasn't seen the movie. If you believe that movies are forever, and that new gene

Maroon 5 headlines the 2013 Honda Civic Tour. Photo by Kelly A. Swift, For the Register Due to popular demand the

Apparently, there is an unwritten law in Hollywood that every new generation must have its own version of “The Great Gatsby.” This generation gets its own “Gatsby” this weekend when Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) unveils his lavish 3D productio

Emblem3, the Huntington Beach-based band that made a splash on "The X Factor" last fall, wil

Jason Balsamo and April Chapman are beaming as they pose for a photo on the steps of the courthouse on the back lot at Universal Studios Hollywood. They're wearing matching "Back to the Future" T-shirts, which should explain why April later says that her heart was beating so fast she almost felt faint. That building, you'll recall, is th

Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing is wonderful," but "Star Trek Into Darkness" proves her wrong. Director J.J. Abrams' second adventure with the crew of the Starship Enterprise revolves around a bad guy who looks like a normal Starfleet agent but is superhuman in his powers and subhuman, or at least monstrous, in his willingness t

Black Sabbath confirms a 20-city North American tour. Photo by Tim Whitby, Getty Images What initially looke

How many surfers in San Clemente would like to have 180 surfboards in their garage? Resident Maurice Agnello has that many in a warehouse where he sells used boards at what often is one-fourth the price of what they would cost new. Agnello, 41, started his business, UsedSurf, in 2005 using his long experience as a surfer and surfboard ai

From left: Matt Skiba, Derek Grant and Dan Andriano. Photo courtesy of Epitaph Records. Alkaline Trio lyr

Photos from the weekend at Pechanga's Silk the Club April 12 and 13. Silk has a $20 cover. For VIP tables, contact Eric at 951-595-9476. The guest list is free before 10 p.m., just RSVP by 5 p.m. the day of the event via the Silk Facebook page, or e-mail your full name to 

Who needs to go to Sea World when you have a show like this right in your back yard? Huntington Beach surfer and stand-up paddler Mona Webster was about to take a wave in Newport Beach on her stand-up paddle board Friday – which also happened to be her 49th birthday – when she spotted the three big, beau

Get in the mix at St. Regis Monarch Beach as the newly revamped Lobby Lounge introduces monthly Master Mixology lessons. Hosted by a different premium liquor company each month, you’ll hone skills and learn to craft cocktails like a pro. A $25 ticket includes the mixology lesson, live music, two cocktails, and light bites from Michael Mina

Back in 2007, Tim Lukei and his friends would glide along the calm waters in Newport Beach on stand-up paddleboards and passersby would bombard them with questions. “Is that hard? How do you do that? Do you give lessons?” It wasn't hard. To show them, Lukei, of Irvine, would let people give it a try, sometimes making $10 off

If you're looking to get out of town while at the same time do some good and catch some waves, there's a surf-yoga-volunteer trip coming up in Nicaragua that still has some spots available. The event is put on by SYRV, and this year Aileen Pham, owner of RA Yoga in Costa Mesa, is hosting the yoga portion of the trip. Yoga classes are held daily

Punch up those eyes with a carefully selected pair of falsies, a.k.a. false eyelashes. We say “carefully selected,” because the world of false lashes is no stranger to over-the-top drama. And while most of us can appreciate a healthy sense of dramatics on the runway – disproportionately sized feathered or blinged-out lashes, fo

Photos from the weekend at Pechanga's Silk the Club April 5 and 6. Silk has a $20 cover. For VIP tables, contact Eric at 951-595-9476. The guest list is free before 10 p.m., just RSVP by 5 p.m. the day of the event via the Silk Facebook page, or e-mail your full name to 

How much to see the Kid? Twice the number of fingers he has in the air. Photo: Getty Images I've pointed this

Orange County surfwear industry insider Paul Naude and private equity firm Sycamore Partners are one step closer to taking over Billabong International Ltd. The Gold Coast, Australia-based company announced Tuesday that it had entered exclusive discussions with Naude and Sycamore, which offered a takeover bid that amounts t

NEWPORT BEACH – As concerns about rising sea levels for beachside cities increase, Newport Beach officials are looking at a myriad of options to save valuable beachfront property in and around Newport Harbor. So far, most of the talk has focused on an estimated $50 million to $60 million plan to increase the heights of the harbor's

Surfers from San Clemente, Capistrano Beach, Dana Point, Fullerton, Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach put on a show Saturday and Sunday in Oceanside, a final tuneup for the West Coast Championships set for April 27-28 at San Onofre's Church Beach. A solid swell kept surfers on their toes at the ninth stop on this season's Western Surfing A

Appropriate new friends and atmosphere for re-creating the Do Lab in your backyard. Photo: Getty Images

NEWPORT BEACH – The waves were perfect, the sun was firing, and the community came out to the sand at 54th Street to support the Newport Harbor High School Surf Classic, which raised about $7,500 for the school's surf team. The contest drew surfers from elementary-school age to masters 40 and older to compete in an event that over1

Orange County's Courtney Conlogue claimed her second Women's World Tour victory Friday, winning a big surf contest in New Zealand over Hawaii's Coco Ho. The waves were two-to-three-feet at Taranki's Fitzroy Beach for the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival, the fourth stop of seven on the women's ASP World Tour. "I put in a lot of hard wor

From left: Ian Bailey, Mike Wilson and Vince Phung perform every Monday in April at Detroit Bar. In just n