At the reopening of Mickey’s Toontown , a crowd gathered around the man of the hour — but it wasn’t Mickey Mouse . When I saw the coveralls-clad cat grinning and waving to his newfound fans, I’ll admit I was puzzled. Isn’t this a bad guy? I wondered to myself. Why is everyone so happy to see him in Toontown? “It’s Pete!” kids and adults alike called out. “Hi, Pete!” I love a good Disney villain, probably in part because I share a surname with Cinderella’s evil stepmother, Lady Tremaine. But even with my predisposition to like a bad guy, I couldn’t work out why Pete, the big mean cat always scheming and menacing Mickey and friends, had a place in the happiest land in the “happiest place on earth.” He was the first villain Disney Animation ever portrayed. The last I saw him, a thuggish, leering Pete was smoking a cigar and trying to kidnap Minnie Mouse. It turns out I haven’t been watching enough “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” Because while Pete has almost a century of … [Read more...] about How Disney’s oldest bad guy is now Toontown’s most popular character
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Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Martinez: 7-Day Forecast
0 Weather A wind advisory takes effect and there may be a few thunderstorms, too. Here's how much rain Martinez could see. Maggie Fusek and Lucas Combos , Patch Staff Posted Reply MARTINEZ, CA — Spring may have arrived, but blustery and soggy weather will be in place over Martinez and the East Bay into Wednesday, with temperatures likely to run unseasonably cool for most of the week ahead. After a sunny start to the week, the National Weather Service expects rain to roll in by Monday evening and intensify Tuesday before showers taper off mid-week. Mostly sunny days will be back in the forecast from Thursday onward. "Another storm system will move into the San Francisco Bay Area beginning late Monday night with the greatest wind and rain impacts anticipated on Tuesday," NWS Bay Area forecasters wrote Monday. "At this time, rain impacts are forecast to be less than previous storms, yet saturated soils will result in … [Read more...] about Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Martinez: 7-Day Forecast
Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Lamorinda: 7-Day Forecast
0 Weather A wind advisory takes effect and there may be a few thunderstorms, too. Here's how much rain Lamorinda could see. Maggie Fusek and Lucas Combos , Patch Staff Posted Reply LAMORINDA, CA — Spring may have arrived, but blustery and soggy weather will be in place over Lamorinda and the East Bay into Wednesday, with temperatures likely to run unseasonably cool for most of the week ahead. After a sunny start to the week, the National Weather Service expects rain to roll in by Monday evening and intensify Tuesday before showers taper off mid-week. Mostly sunny days will be back in the forecast from Thursday onward. "Another storm system will move into the San Francisco Bay Area beginning late Monday night with the greatest wind and rain impacts anticipated on Tuesday," NWS Bay Area forecasters wrote Monday. "At this time, rain impacts are forecast to be less than previous storms, yet saturated soils will result … [Read more...] about Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Lamorinda: 7-Day Forecast
Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Walnut Creek: 7-Day Forecast
0 Weather A wind advisory takes effect and there may be a few thunderstorms, too. Here's how much rain Walnut Creek could see. Maggie Fusek and Lucas Combos , Patch Staff Posted Reply WALNUT CREEK, CA — Spring may have arrived, but blustery and soggy weather will be in place over Walnut Creek and the East Bay into Wednesday, with temperatures likely to run unseasonably cool for most of the week ahead. After a sunny start to the week, the National Weather Service expects rain to roll in by Monday evening and intensify Tuesday before showers taper off mid-week. Mostly sunny days will be back in the forecast from Thursday onward. "Another storm system will move into the San Francisco Bay Area beginning late Monday night with the greatest wind and rain impacts anticipated on Tuesday," NWS Bay Area forecasters wrote Monday. "At this time, rain impacts are forecast to be less than previous storms, yet saturated soils … [Read more...] about Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Walnut Creek: 7-Day Forecast
Musical Series ‘Up Here’ Proves We Don’t Need a New York ‘La La Land’
New York has played a main character in a number of wonderful TV shows, from Sex and the City and Broad City to Seinfeld and Friends . In fact, rarely ever does a show set in New York ignore the sweeping skylines, the bumbling subways, and the ever-juicy gossip whispered in crowded, dimly lit bars—each an alluring draw to almost every NYC-based show. Still, we may have found the series that elects to completely ignore such a captivating setting: Up Here , a dismally boring musical romantic comedy that takes place in late 1990s New York. Hulu has brought La La Land to the Big Apple with their new series, but instead of changing the main setting ( Up Here could really take place in Los Angeles, for all we know), the show strips itself of all charm and creativity. Remember when we all had “City of Stars” and “Someone in the Crowd” stuck in our heads in late 2016? Good luck trying to remember a single tune from Up Here . Even the intro music, … [Read more...] about Musical Series ‘Up Here’ Proves We Don’t Need a New York ‘La La Land’
The Best and Worst of the 2020 Grammy Awards
The 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday were going to take place in the shadow of a scandal : the removal of the Recording Academy chief Deborah Dugan 10 days before the event and the stinging allegations of misconduct at the nonprofit that oversees the awards that she outlined in a complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Instead, they took place in the aftermath of tragedy: the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash at 41. The host Alicia Keys was tasked with responding to the basketball star’s death on air; she chose to make a statement about “respect” after what she called “a hell of a week,” too. Here are the show’s highlights and lowlights as we saw them. Best Coronation: Billie Eilish It’s been a long time since a phenomenon as talented, authentic, complex and delightfully of the moment as Billie Eilish took over the Grammys. She turned five of her six nominations into wins, victorious in all four major categories … [Read more...] about The Best and Worst of the 2020 Grammy Awards