Twenty-four top chefs from Central Florida’s finest dining establishments joined together for the 21st Annual Chef’s Gala, benefiting Heart of Florida United Way (HFUW)  last week at Epcot World Showplace.

Just can’t get enough of Iron Man?

Planet Hollywood Orlando at Downtown Disney, is giving fans a rare up-close look at some  of the props from the blockbuster film.

By Peter Covino

Lifestyles Editor

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Warner Bros. Studio has released some of the largest movie collections on DVD in entertainment history.

These one-of-a-kind collections will make a truly memorable gift for mom, or any other special person in you life who truly loves movies.

By Peter Covino

Lifestyles Editor

We ate. We saw. We ate again.

News-Gazette Staff photographer Andrew Sullivan thought it might be fun last week to devote an entire Saturday, we’re talking 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., going to various dining events in the area.

Some ideas are better left on paper.

Peter Covino
Lifestyles Editor

Stardust Memories — you are just that.

Octopussy — It disappeared quicker than you can say, “Bond. James Bond.”

Dr. No — Yes, it  is gone too.

In all some 1,800 streaming titles disappered overnight for Netflix subscribers this week, me included.

By Peter Covino
Lifestyles Editor

In my perfect Central Florida theme park world, Disney and the other theme parks would be under a super-sized glass dome where the temperature in mid-July, would be an ideal 74-degrees or so at 2 p.m.

Even with smart phones, Google Glass and the rest of technology in 2013, that just isn’t going to happen.