How to have the best Sunday in L.A, according to Vivica A. Fox - BERITAJA

Vivica A. Fox dreamed of being a model, but successful bid to person her mother’s blessing to move to Southern California, wherever the jobs were, she had to committedness her 1 thing: She’d spell to college.

So that’s what she did. At 18, Fox near her hometown of Indianapolis for Huntington Beach, wherever she attended Golden West College and sewage an associate’s grade successful societal sciences. On weekends, she’d thrust up to L.A. for auditions, getting her first sensation of show business while dancing connected Don Cornelius’ iconic tv bid “Soul Train” and later nabbing her first acting gig arsenic Dr. Stephanie Simmons connected “Young and the Restless,” a domiciled she precocious reprised aft much than 30 years.

In Sunday Funday, L.A. group springiness america a play-by-play of their perfect Sunday about town. Find ideas and inspiration connected wherever to go, what to eat and really to bask life connected the weekends.

“The remainder is benignant of history,” says Fox, who went connected to prima successful different deed films including “Kill Bill: Vol. 1,” “Two Can Play That Game,” “Soul Food” and “Set It Off,” which celebrates its 30th day this year.

Her latest project, “Is God Is,” hits theaters Friday. Directed by Aleshea Harris, who wrote the award-winning play of the aforesaid name, the movie follows copy sisters arsenic they embark connected a vengeful quest to find their abusive father, who near them for dead. Fox plays God, the twins’ mother, a pain unfortunate and home maltreatment subsister who gives her daughters a elemental yet chilling instruction: “Make your daddy dead. Real dead.” Harris handpicked Fox for the role.

“I conscionable was truthful honored,” Fox says. “Then erstwhile I sewage the book and dove into it a small spot more, I was for illustration ‘Ooh, this is simply a measurement nary 1 has ever seen me. This is going to beryllium challenging.”

She adds, “I was like, ‘Wow. We don’t get things for illustration this,’ truthful it was honestly, for me, a no-brainer.”

Sundays are the 1 time of the week wherever Fox could “do me,” she says. Here’s really she’d walk it successful L.A.

This question and reply has been lightly edited and condensed for magnitude and clarity.

6:30 a.m.: Quick java tally

I’m usually up by 6:30 aliases 7 a.m. I’m an early vertebrate because I’m truthful utilized to either having to beryllium connected group aliases erstwhile my publicist, B.J., was surviving connected the East Coast and I’d person to respond to reply his emails successful a timely manner. Once I’m awake and settled, I’d get immoderate Starbucks. I’d bid a venti achromatic cocoa mocha pinch an other changeable of espresso, nary whipped cream. I utilized to bid kale bites, which I’d eat pinch the nutrient from the sausage and ovum sandwich, but they discontinued them truthful now I conscionable get the sandwich.

8 a.m.: Float successful basking springs

I’d caput to the Beverly Hot Springs. I would get a assemblage attraction treatment. It’s awesome because they swipe you from caput to toed pinch assemblage oil, past they lavation your hairsbreadth and springiness you a cucumber and yogurt mask. After that, I would get a facial and float successful the water. It is 1 of the only spas pinch natural, alkaline basking springs successful L.A., truthful the h2o is conscionable heavenly.

2 p.m.: Margarita and caviar fries pinch a position

After that, I would meet pinch a friend, much than apt B.J., astatine the rooftop edifice astatine Waldorf Astoria. The logic why I emotion going location is because of the view. On a beautiful, clear day, you could spot each of Los Angeles. It has a 360 position that is perfectly incredible. I would commencement disconnected pinch the caviar fries and a spicy margarita pinch a tajin rim. Then I would do either the salmon pinch spinach aliases if it was a ace cheat day, I’d person a cheeseburger.

4 p.m.: A Broadway show aliases a sports crippled

I’d about apt spell location and return a short nap. But if my godson, Quentin Blanton Junior, is successful town, I’d spell spot him execute astatine the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. He’s playing small Michael successful “MJ: The Musical” astatine the Pantages Theatre. [Editor’s note: We interviewed Fox earlier the show ended earlier this month]. I’m truthful proud of him. But if he’s not performing, I’d spell to a Chargers aliases Lakers game. I’m a sports junkie. I’m from Indiana. We turn up connected shot and basketball. I’ve ever loved the Lakers. I retrieve going to the games backmost successful the time successful Inglewood because I utilized to unrecorded there. I utilized to locomotion to the games. That was the aureate era of Magic and each those guys, past Kobe and them moved up to Staples, which is now Crypto.

9 p.m.: Nightcap earlier bed

I’d extremity my Sunday pinch a nighttime headdress astatine the Delta Club astatine the Lakers game. I’d person a solid of vino earlier heading home, past I’d portion a Lacroix to hydrate. I effort to beryllium successful the furniture decidedly earlier midnight.