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New CSU Board of Trustees Appointments (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Mar 2016
(Source. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona). Governor Jerry Brown has announced the appointment of new members of the CSU Board of Trustees ... Jane Carney of Riverside, Jean Picket Firstenber of Los Angeles, Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana of Los Angeles and Lateefah Simon of Oakland ... Original Document ... (noodl....

’31 Days of Oscar’: TCM devotes February to Steve McQueen, Liza Minnelli, more

Edit Zap2it 06 Feb 2016
Hollywood’s Academy Awards get only one night annually, but every year on Turner Classic Movies, Oscar has 31 days ... ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ (1962; Sunday, Feb. 7) ... 9) ... 10) ... Around that is some terrific acting … not only by McQueen as the admirably cool title character, but also by Robert Vaughn as an oily politician, Robert Duvall as a helpful cabbie and Simon Oakland as Bullitt’s results-oriented boss ... 12) ... 13) ... ....

How Murder Inc fuelled the gangster movie paradise

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 09 Sep 2015
This is the story of the canary who sang but couldn't fly. That line is from Murder, Inc, a 1960 movie about the Brooklyn gangsters Louis "Lepke" Buchalter​ and Abe Reles​. The latter was played by Peter Falk in one of his first movies – and it made his career ... Henry Morgan plays Burton Turkus, as he goes after Reles and Lepke with the help of an honest cop, William Tobin (Simon Oakland), who is fictional ... ....

'Psycho' is coming back to theaters in September

Edit The Examiner 02 Sep 2015
It looks like "Psycho" will be coming back to theaters. Thanks to Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies, and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, the 1960 Hitchcock film will be in select theaters nationwide ... The times are 2 p.m. and 7 p.m ... The other cast members were Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, and Simon Oakland....

Anti-vaccine activists waging 'primordial, cosmic war' despite measles backlash

Edit The Guardian 06 Feb 2015
A measles poster is seen at Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles. Photograph. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters. Nicky Woolf in New York ... Related ... Jennifer and Dave Simon, of Oakland, California, gave an interview to CNN after they learned that their infant daughter – too young to be vaccinated – had been exposed to measles by an older child whose parents had chosen not to vaccinate. “Their choice endangered my child,” Jennifer Simon said ... Related ... ....

‘If I Get Measles, I’m Coming to Your House’ (Video)

Edit The Wrap 29 Jan 2015
ABC’s “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg didn’t bite her tongue when talking about parents who don’t vaccinate their children Friday. “Save your emails and your tweets, because I don’t care ... See video ... The panel — fellow co-host Rosie O’Donnell, guests Mario Cantone and “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi — were discussing mother Jennifer Simon from Oakland ... Also read....

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days

Edit The Daily Beast 13 Dec 2014
The scriptwriter on Hitchcock's last, unfinished film, David Freeman had a front row seat as the aging, pain-wracked director raged against the dying of the light. It's hard to imagine that in his lifetime Alfred Hitchcock was often dismissed as a commercial director instead of one of the great filmmakers of his time ... — Alex Belth ... H ... H ... In Psycho a psychiatrist (the young Simon Oakland) tells us in clinical terms what we've seen....

'The Sand Pebbles (1966)' Movie Review: Love unspoken

Edit The Examiner 27 Feb 2014
The U.S.S San Pablo patrols the Yangtze River in 1926. New to the ship is Engineer Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) and he likes to work his own engines. He and the head coolie don't see eye to eye. Holman goes to Captain Collins (Richard Crenna) to let him know that the engines need some work done on them ... One night when they had leave Po Han got himself involved in a boxing match with Stawski (Simon Oakland) ... The two just didn't hit it off ... ....
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