All that jazz? ‘La La Land’ week hits town
Crew leader John Cordova and maintenance worker Dennis Hrboka finish installing the last of the 12 vintage street lamps along the Hermosa Pier in celebration of “La La Land” week. Photo Late Tuesday morning, a Hermosa Beach city work truck rumbled out onto the municipal pier. The two-man crew was not checking out a weak guardrail, though, or cleaning up a stain on the concrete: they were installing props from an Oscar-winning movie. One dozen vintage lamps will be lit on the Hermosa Pier through Sunday evening, as part of Hermosa’s “La La Land” celebration honoring the town’s prominent place in the 2016 movie. “La La Land” was nominated for best picture and won the Academy Award for Best original song for “City of Stars,” which heartthrob Ryan Gosling sang as he walked along the city’s pier. Gosling’s character, a stubborn jazz-lover named Sebastian, is drawn to Hermosa because of the Lighthouse Cafe, the city’s legendary jazz club, where several scenes from the movie were also filmed. To honor the city’s place in jazz history, the Lighthouse will be providing jazz musicians on the pier Wednesday through Friday from 6 p.m to 7 p.m. Then on Saturday, the city will host a…
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