The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Hulu Survivor Tina Marie Risico brings audiences into the nine days she spent with serial killer Chris Wilder after he kidnapped her and used her as a ploy to lure other victims. Wilder got away with a […]
BINGEABLE: <i>The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror</i>
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BINGEABLE: Sugar
Sugar What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Created by writer Mark Protosevich (The Cell, I Am Legend), this neo noir mystery follows LA private detective John Sugar (Colin Farrell), who’s hired to find Olivia Siegel (Sydney Chandler), granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell). As Sugar continues […]
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Furiosa is a spectacle worthy of an epic franchise
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande George Miller (all the Mad Max movies, The Witches of Eastwick, Happy Feet) directs this new installment in the Mad […]
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Righetti film students win two awards at regional showcase
During the Central Coast Film Society’s 2024 Student Film and Digital Media Competition in mid-May, six film students from Ernest Righetti High School in Orcutt were honored with two of the competition’s top three awards, according to the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District. Righetti senior Rafael Atilano-Bautista won Best Screenplay for the film […]
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Let’s Crave It Crepes food truck opens new brick-and-mortar shop in Arroyo Grande
Planet of the crepes Find out more about Let’s Crave It Crepes at facebook.com/letscraveitcrepes. The local brand’s first brick-and-mortar restaurant opened at 1474 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, in May. There’s a new spot in Arroyo Grande where loved ones can bond over a shared dessert one minute and sever their ties during a cutthroat […]
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Using an electric vehicle will make driving cheaper for everyone
I seriously doubt that Ron Fink has ever had an honest discussion with an electric vehicle (EV) owner (“Who will pay?” April 25). I am an EV owner and would like to respond to his claims with facts. Ron claims that EVs catch fire spontaneously or after a crash, that the electric grid will be […]
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The county should save this one little piece of Orcutt’s past
In 1969, my class from Santa Barbara Christian School walked the beach after the Santa Barbara oil spill. I was 6 or 7. I remember seeing all the tar and the large oil-stained dead fish and tried to pry an eye out of one of them because I thought it would be cool to have. […]
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Odor eater
Can we odor abate outdoor anything? Like sewage plants with open-air treatment ponds, for instance—Nipomo, I’m talking to you. Who doesn’t love the smell of poo on the fresh morning air? We arguably should be doing something about that smell—but can we really? “In the north, we have many complaints of odors particularly with … […]
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Gallery at Monarch Dunes hosts Second Quarter Art Display
Twenty-two original artworks from a pool of 15 participating artists will be on display as part of the Second Quarter Art Display, a reception held at the Gallery at Monarch Dunes in Nipomo on Saturday, May 25, from 1 to 3 p.m. The show’s featured artists are residents of Trilogy at Monarch Dunes and their […]
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Back to Black chronicles Amy Winehouse’s rise to fame
Back to Black What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey, A Million Little Pieces, Nowhere Boy) directs Matt Greenhalgh’s script chronicling British R&B singer Amy Winehouse’s (Marisa Abela) […]
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Lompoc Pops Orchestra presents The Popson Broadway
Tickets are currently available in advance for the Lompoc Pops Orchestra’s next concert program, The Pops on Broadway, scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 23, at 4 p.m., at Lompoc’s First United Methodist Church. The orchestra will play various show tunes from popular musicals during the performance. The show is part of the ensemble’s […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: WALL-E
WALL-E What’s it rated? G When? 2008 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on Saturday, May 25 (1:30, 4;15, 7, and 9:30 p.m.), Sunday, May 26 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.), and Monday, May 27 (7:15 p.m.) WALL-E appeared on-screen in 2008, and I remember it as a time where everyone […]