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It’s funny how love is described as the language of the heart because — as a language — it can sometimes leave its practitioners at a total loss for words.… Continue

Dressed on stage in a long gown and nightcap, Ebenezer Scrooge turns to the Ghost of Christmas Present and does a double take when he sees the specter’s graying hair and wizened face. “Excuse me, spirit, but you seem to have aged 30 years,” the miserly entrepreneur remarks, drawing appreciative laughter and applause from an audience apparently in the know.

It’s an inside joke to be sure, but very appropriate to those who came to… Continue

The costumed ghoul who's having pea-green makeup applied to her face has - fittingly enough - just gulped down a can of Monster energy drink and now has 160 milligrams of caffeine coursing through her veins.

The chemical jolt has her pumped for the evening's activities. She's dying to get to work. We're packed into one of the makeup rooms at the Queen Mary in Long Beach where… Continue