Pup Rescue at

Hollywood Forever

At Hollywood Forever Cemetery, security had their hands full chasing a stray dog that somehow found its way onto cemetery property. To beat the heat, the poor pooch jumped into the lily pond and refused to come out.

They were finally able to coax the pup to the edge of the pond, and with a little charm, was able to rescue him.

However, not before the dog had his say about it and took a nip at the hand that rescued him. All in a days work at Hollywood Forever.

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OUTFEST 2008

The 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

July 9-21, 2008

Opening Night: Breakfast With Scott (2007) 

 The oldest continuous film festival in Los Angeles, Outfest 2008 features 212 films and videos from 25 countries in 7 different venues over 13 days.

FESTIVAL OVERVIEW

The festival boasts 116 separate public programs – 8 galas, 65 features, 12 short film programs, 16 panels and special events, 8 platinum programs and a 2-day music festival, Boom!

On Wednesday July 9, Outfest honors Donna Deitch with the 12th Annual Outfest Achievement Award preceding the Opening Night Gala film BREAKFAST WITH SCOTT.

On Monday July 14 the Legacy Project Gala unspools the restoration premiere of WORD IS OUT the second film to be fully restored as part of The Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation.

LEGACY PROJECT: Word is Out (1978)

Now in it’s second year don’t miss Boom! The two-day Outfest Music Festival with a diverse line-up of musicians from rock to hip hop to electro with an emphasis on indie artists who appeal to a LGBTQ audience.

Outfest 2008 also includes over 30 parties and receptions most of which are open to the general public or to festival badge and ticket holders.

 FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS, SHOW TIMES AND OTHER INFORMATION, VISIT OUTFEST 2008’s WEBSITE

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CELEBRITY REAL ESTATE

Wolf’s Lair comes with a lot of lore

(Michael McCreary / Los Angeles Times) 

Los Angeles Times HOT PROPERTY

July 5, 2008

One of Los Angeles’ true trophy properties is for sale: The so-called Wolf’s Lair is a castle that sits atop a hill overlooking downtown, Griffith Park and the Hollywood sign; on a clear day, it even has views of Santa Catalina Island. Asking price: $7.5 million, but that includes the 1920s speakeasy and all the history that comes with it.

The owners are former View co-host Debbie Matenopoulos and her husband, Lionsgate Entertainment’s Jay Faires.

(Michael McCreary / Los Angeles Times)

But the real celebrity here is the house. It sits on 3 walled and gated acres. There are eight bedrooms, six bathrooms and a heart-shaped, black-bottom pool. The guesthouse was designed by architect John Lautner.

Wolf’s Lair was built by Hollywoodland developer L. Milton Wolf. One story connected to the house is that Wolf, said to be a womanizer of young starlets, built a secret apartment under the gatehouse in which to do his entertaining while his unsuspecting wife slept in the castle a few hundred feet away.

The exterior of the gatehouse still looks like a Norman-style castle; the interiors have been reworked.

(Michael McCreary / Los Angeles Times)

Matenopoulos did a brief stint hosting Good Day Live, a nationally syndicated show. She is one of three hosts on E! Entertainment’s weeknight celebrity gossip series The Daily 10.

Faires is president of music at Lionsgate and founder of Mammoth Records.

The listing agents are Laura and Brian Moore of Keller Williams Realty, Los Feliz.

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