Posts Tagged ‘Ahmet Zappa’
L.A. Native Ahmet Zappa – King of Disney’s Kingdom Comics
Original post date: 8/31/09 Friend and fellow L.A. Native, Ahmet Zappa (Country School, school of life '92) introduced the concept of Disney's first graphic-novel-to-film division to studio head Bob Eiger and thus "Kingdom Comics" was born ... Friend and fellow L.A. Native, Ahmet Zappa (Country School, school of life '92) introduced the idea of developing a graphic-novel-to-film division to Disney's studio head, Bob Eiger. Eiger, understanding the studio's need for such an entity, allowed [...]
Dr. Romanelli Fraggle Rock Clothing Collaboration & Anita Ko Fraggle Rock Costume Jewelry Collection
It was an L.A. native Smörgåsbord at Kitson Wednesday night. My longtime friend from growing up in L.A., Ashlee Margolis, hosted a fabulous party for our two fellow L.A. Natives Darren Romanelli and Anita Ko who just came out with collaboration lines for the upcoming Jim Henson film "Fraggle Rock", produced by none other than one of my uber favorite L.A. Natives, Ahmet Zappa. I brought along a couple more natives Lauren Brokaw and Tyson Park to see Darren's new line of Fraggle Rock Ts and [...]
Muppets Mania!! Fraggle Rock Collaborations are EVERYWHERE!
L.A. Native Darren Romanelli (Brentwood '94) will debut his latest collaboration line with Fraggle Rock next week along with fellow L.A. Native, Anita Ko, who will reveal her jewelry collaboration with "Fraggle Rock," the upcoming release produced by L.A. Native Ahmet Zappa (school of life '92). Ahmet recently alerted us to a new Fraggle rock promo video on youtube (below). The Muppets will appear Tuesday, November 24, 2009 0n 'Dancing with the Stars' - where L.A. Natives Kelly Osbourne [...]
Jules Urbach (L.A. Native, Harvard-Westlake ’92) unveils Lightstage & Otoy at AMD press conference in Oakland this morning
OTOY outshined AMD at their press conference today, unleashing demos of Crysis running on an iPhone. L.A. Native & founder of Otoy & Lightstage, Jules Urbach (Harvard-Westlake '92) has a new remote compression technology that is putting game consoles and bulky harddrives on the endangered species list. Rod Roddenberry tweets: "At AMDs hardware release press conference on the uss hornet aircraft carrier in Oakland Ca. Also launching is my boy Jules 3D compressing ... What if you [...]
Disney gets into Comics, L.A. Native Ahmet Zappa paves the way
This morning Disney unveiled a surprise $4bn bid for Marvel Entertainment, which would bring Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor into the Mickey Mouse studio, along with 5,000 other characters. This would not Disney's first venture into the comic realm. A few months ago, friend and fellow L.A. Native, Ahmet Zappa (Country School, school of life '92) introduced the idea of developing a graphic-novel-to-film division to Disney's studio head, Bob Eiger. Eiger, [...]
Tastemaker Audrey Bernstein: Breakfast Club & New Tuesday Nite at Cecconi’s
Soho House opened their first restaurant in L.A. last February 2009. The Italian restaurant is the second Cecconi's; there is also one housed in London's SoHo House. The Brit eatery sits in Morton's old spot on Melrose and Robertson, where Vanity Fair use to hold their annual Oscar party. Last night was the opening night of Audrey Bernstein's new Tuesday night party at red-hot, spanking-new night at Cecconi's. Audrey was sweet enough to come by my own birthday party at the L'Ermitage in Beverly [...]
