Songs That Made Me Want to Work in Music
I've always known that I've wanted to work in the music industry -- my childhood was filled with mirror-dancing to Debbie Gibson and Tiffany with visions of future stardom and stadium tours. My...
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Dog Days of Summer: Teen Wolf Showrunner Jeff Davis Talks Season 4
MTV's Teen Wolf, developed by openly gay writer/producer Jeff Davis, has been a bona fide hit for the network since it debuted in 2011. Season 4 debuted last week to the series' strongest audience...
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Producer Gary Janetti Talks New PBS Sitcom Vicious and LGBT Issues (AUDIO)
This week I talked with writer/producer Gary Janetti (Will & Grace, Family Guy) about his fabulous new PBS sitcom Vicious. Legendary openly gay actors Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Ian McKellen play...
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From Eagles to Jersey Boys: Interviews with Irving Azoff and Bob Gaudio, Plus...
Eagles Soar Past $145 Million Worldwide photo credit: James Glader Having been in existence for almost five decades, the iconic American band the Eagles continue to surprise and mesmerize, selling out...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Get to Know The Vamps (Before Everyone and Their...
Earlier this month, I attended my 20th year high school reunion and it was a nostalgic blast. It was great to reconnect with so many people, retrace steps on memory lane together, and to catch up on...
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The Leftovers Recap: 'They're Not Our Dogs'
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 1, Episode 1 of HBO's The Leftovers, titled "Pilot." Apologies for taking my sweet time to write about The Leftovers, but it took me a bit to form an...
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Uncle Si Finds Independence Day That Song Makes You Proud To Be An American
Uncle Si from the A&E show, Duck Dynasty has been sharing a a YouTube video on his Facebook Page from a four sister act, Redhead Express. Kendra, LaRae, Alisa, and Meghan are all sisters and every...
View Article5 Most Awkward Fourth of July Films
It's that time of year when we Americans do some hardcore self-loving. Parades, barbeques, state fairs, fireworks, drunkenly screaming, "Don't tread on me!" -- we'll do anything and everything we can...
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The Hopping Vampires Will Getcha: Rigor Mortis Director Juno Mak - The CFQ...
Even in the anything-to-get-your-adrenaline-pumping world of Hong Kong cinema, Rigor Mortis stands out. The story of a famous actor, Chin Siu-Ho (played by actual famous actor Chin Siu-Ho -- your heard...
View ArticleReThink Review: Life Itself -- On Roger Ebert and Why I Review Movies
For most movie critics living today, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Roger Ebert is their patron saint. While I rarely read his reviews, I know that he's influenced me more than I even know, starting...
View ArticleDon't Act Your Age - Harry, Tonto, Paul and You
At age 44, the maverick satirical filmmaker Paul Mazursky wrote and directed Harry & Tonto, chronicled an old man's unexpected late life struggle against society's selfish coercive pressures to...
View Article"Begin Again" Is a Movie To Be Seen Again and Again
Movie Review Jackie K Cooper "Begin Again" (The Weinstein Company) When you see as many movies each year as I do you begin to become a bit jaded. This can cause you to lose your perspective and your...
View ArticleRichard Kind in 'Travesties' at Bay Street Theater: Poetry and Politics on...
Leafing through his well-worn script after a recent performance, Richard Kind enumerated the challenges of his role as Henry Carr in Travesties, a play replete with double entendres in every language...
View ArticleThe Last Snowpiercer Review You Will Ever Need to Read
Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi allegory Snowpiercer is one weird and hilarious trip. At turns campy and amateurish (with issues of ADR synching and logical consistency throughout), at other turns brilliant and...
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So U and More: Conversations with Neal Schon, Judas Priest's Rob Halford and...
A Conversation with Neal Schon Mike Ragogna: Neal, what is it creatively that satisfies you, playing solo or with Journey? Neal Schon: Well, Journey is more about well-crafted songs and well recorded...
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Disney hopes that "7D" 's stellar voice cast will make animation fans Happy,...
So when Disney Television Animation decided to build a show around the Seven Dwarfs, how did they give this new animated series its own identity? Make sure that people wouldn't confuse this program...
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The MovieFilm Commentary Track: Planet of the Apes (1968)
It's an off-week for the MovieFilm Podcast, but Brian Hall and I are here to inaugurate a brand-new feature for the show: the MovieFilm Commentary Track! Yes, due to popular demand, at periodic...
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Pretty Little Liars 504: "Thrown From the Ride"
For the fifth season of Pretty Little Liars tvtag is pairing up with Jaymie Bailey, founder of All Things PLL, to discuss the latest episode, "Thrown From the Ride." Caution: Spoilers Ahead. I don't...
View ArticleWhy Won't Danielle Schreiber Allow Jason Patric To Have Contact With Her Son...
For the past year, actor Jason Patric has conducted a media campaign seeking publicity for his quest to gain parental rights over a child conceived in vitro with his donated sperm. Patric portrays...
View Article'The Gay-friendliest Writer in Television' Comes Out in His 50s
I'm gay. There, I said it, and it only took five decades. When I told my son Caleb, who's in college, 10 months ago, he asked, "It took you this long to figure it out?" "No," I said. "It took me this...
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