Photo LA 2012 is Out of This World

Erotic photographer and Taschen author, Ed Fox at Photo  L.A.

Erotic photographer and Taschen author, Ed Fox at Photo L.A.

Phtoo LA Reception

Photo L.A. opening night reception at the Santa Monica Civic

Photo L.A.

Photo L.A. opening night reception at the Santa Monica Civic

2012_01_12 Photo L.A. opening night reception at the Santa Monica Civic.

Photo L.A. opening night reception at the Santa Monica Civic

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Photo L.A. opening night reception at the Santa Monica Civic. Jackie Fox original bass player for The Runaways, Police bass player Andy Summer, Lauren Rocket

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Daniel Rolnik from Argot Ochre.com with John Van Hamersveld attend Photo L.A.

Photos by Brad Elterman/BuzzFoto.com

BuzzFoto is happy to be back in L.A. now after a cold week in New York. This evening BuzzFoto’s Brad Elterman attended the opening of Photo LA at the Santa Monica Civic. There was great photography everywhere and also numerous photographers with their digital cameras all looking for that one captivating photograph for their publication or blog. Brad ran into rocker and favorite muse Lauren Rocket and Andy Summers from The Police. Moments later he could see out of the corner of his eye Jackie Fox, the original bass player of The Runaways. You couldn’

No Slump Yet: ‘Contraband’ And ‘Beauty & Beast 3D’ Overperform For Big MLK Holiday

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FRIDAY 11:30 PM, 2ND UPDATE: Bigger numbers are starting to come in for this Martin Luther King 4-day holiday weekend which is looking like the 2nd best ever with $165M overall moviegoing, or +9% over last year. The most important news is that there’s no sign of a 2012 box office slump — yet. Hollywood is very encouraged by these North American grosses so far. Both Universal’s Contraband and Warner Bros’ Joyful Noise earned ‘A-’ CinemaScores from audiences which is one reason both films are far exceeding Hollywood predictions for their openings. One note for you snarksters: Paramount’s The Devil Inside, which took big top honors last weekend, fell -84% from last Friday to this Friday and maybe -78% week to week because of word-of-mouth related to that ’F’ CinemaScore. As one rival studio exec told me tonight: “The drop could better depending on the late night moron crowd.”
1. Contraband (Universal) NEW [2,863 Theaters]
Friday $9M, 3-Day Weekend $25M, 4-Day Holiday $30M
2. Beauty And The Beast 3D (Disney) NEW [2,625 Theaters]
Friday $5.5M, 3-Day Weekend $18.5M, 4-Day Holiday $25.6M
3. Joyful Noise (Warner Bros) NEW [2,863 Theaters]
Friday $3.8M, 3-Day Weekend $12.3M, 4-Day Holiday $14.8M
4. Mission: Impossible 4 (Paramount) Week 5 [3,346 Theaters]
Friday $3.5M, 3-Day Weekend $12.1M, 4-Day Holiday $14.6M, Est Cume $189.9M
5. The Devil Inside (Paramount) Week 2 [2,551 Theaters]
Friday $2.6M (-84%), 3-Day Weekend $7.5M, 4-Day Holiday $8.7M, Est Cume $47.1M
6. Sherlock Holmes 2 (Warner Bros) Week 5 [3,155 Theater]
Friday $2.5M, 3-Day Weekend $8.8M, 4-Day Holiday $10.6M, Est Cume $172.2M
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