COSTA MESA, Calif., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating the diversity of food in Orange County, a new annual food, music and wine festival will be introduced to Orange County the first

NEWPORT BEACH, Callif., July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Steve Churm, CEO of Newport Beach-based Churm Media and publisher of five city-regional media brands, was honored last night by the O.C. Press Club at its annual gala at the Hyatt Regency Irvine.

Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures says Josh Schwartz is writing and will direct a feature based on Jay McInerney's novel Bright Lights, Big City. The announcement was made Wednesday by Mary Parent, chairman of the Worldwide Motion Picture Group, MGM. City is about a young magazine editor from Kansas who struggles with love and success in the wilds of the New York City.

British actress Mischa Barton will star in A Beautiful Life, a dramatic pilot to be offered by the CW network, an industry source says. The Hollywood Reporter said Thursday the 23-year-old actress will play a veteran supermodel named Sonja in the show about the lives of several models sharing a New York residence. Barton is no stranger to the fashion industry, having worked as a model for Calvin Klein, Monsoon Accessorize, Dooney & Bourke and others. Barton gained fame on the defunct FOX teen drama The O.C.

MySpace, the world's premiere social network, and TheWB.com, today announced a content partnership to bring the new original digital series "Sorority Forever" - created by director/producer McG ("Terminator Salvation,""The O.C.,""Charlie's Angels,""We Are Marshall") and the producers of the hit Internet series "Prom Queen" - from TheWB.com (www.thewb.com) to MySpaceTV (http://www.myspacetv.com).