Glass Breaks the Ceiling: Minimalism in Our Culture of Repetition
As the holidays near, an endless medley of Christmas music bombards us from all corners of our lives. The sounds of jingling bells fill every shopping mall. Bars and restaurants blast music with heavy...
View ArticleOn the "A" w/Souleo: Talking Next Steps With Bobby Womack and Niecy Nash
Bobby Womack's daughter, GinaRe, is concerned whenever her father hits the stage to perform. During his nearly 50-year legendary career, Womack has battled substance abuse, developed diabetes and...
View ArticleD*ck Dynasty: Phil Robertson's Unenlightened Views and the Scourge of Reality TV
I care less about the predictably unenlightened comments of a reality television star -- and I use "reality" and "star" very charitably -- than I do about the fact we even know who he is and are...
View ArticleA Pregnant Hostage, a Fake Homosexual, and a Man Who Cannot Walk
A few of the French movies I like best, available in the U.S. Not necessarily very recent, but not to be missed nevertheless. Trust me, I am French. - The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011) with Daniel...
View ArticleGiving the Gift of Live Music
It was a cold Monday night -- a school night -- in Western Massachusetts, I was 13 years old, and one of my favorite bands was playing about an hour away. They'd been even closer to home Saturday...
View ArticleRichard Heffner, RIP
©Portrait of Richard Heffner, by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Richard Heffner interviewed everyone from Eleanor Roosevelt to Martin Luther King to William F. Buckley Jr. His massively important, truly...
View ArticleMy Year in Music
Favorite Tracks of 2013: 1. Grizzly Bear -- "Will Calls (Marfa Demo)" 2. Shlohmo -- "Later" 3. Kevin Gates -- "4:30AM" 4. Duke Dumont -- "Need U (100%)" 5. Juicy J -- "Bounce It" 6. SchoolBoy Q --...
View ArticleZaki's Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Read my 2012 review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey here A little over eleven years ago, on the eve of the theatrical release of The Two Towers, the second leg of director Peter Jackson's epic...
View ArticleWe All Lost in the "Duck Dynasty" Controversy
By now you have heard about the "Duck Dynasty" controversy. It is everywhere now. All over social media and on the news. Phil Robertson, the father of the "Duck Dynasty" and patriarch of the Robertson...
View ArticleRocky, the Bull and Dick for the Holidays
Celebrity is a wonderful thing... unless the celebrity you're referring to is Bethany Frankel. Back in the day, i.e. BK (Before Kardashian) "celebrity" meant someone who had become famous as a result...
View ArticleActress Jill Morrison from Package Deal Tells All: Part II
Jill Morrison is has a recurring role in the new comedy Package Deal on CityTV. Jill's breakout role came as the memorable 'She doesn't even go here' girl from Tina Fey's hit movie Mean Girls. Visit...
View Article5 Things to Remember When Discussing This Duck Dynasty Mess
"Just when I thought I was out... They pull me back in." ~ Michael Corleone If you haven't already heard, you will shortly: A&E has suspended some dude (I don't know what his name is, and I really...
View ArticleStop Screaming 'First Amendment'
It's happened again. Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty is the latest in a long line of celebrities to be suspended for controversial comments. In an interview with GQ magazine, Robertson detailed his...
View Article10 TV Shows From the 2000's That Are Way Underrated
It's hard to believe that the 2000's have come and gone. This decade has given us many things to be grateful for. We have the 2000's to thank for Kidz Bop, iPods and most importantly, the Harry Potter...
View ArticleThe Holidays Are Coming up and Celebrities Diet Just Like Us
All year long, certain magazines thrive on celebrity weight loss stories, of which, everyone knows, there is no shortage. Last week, Kim Kardashian appeared on the cover of Us Weekly in a tiny white...
View ArticleCharacter Designer and Paleontologist Talk About Walking With Dinosaurs
Everybody loves dinosaurs. Recent proof of this has been a story on pictures of plastic dinos gone wild that went viral. As kids, we boys have our trucks and cars, our action figures (strictly Star...
View ArticleProducer Christin Mell Brings Gay TV Series Nikki & Nora Online (AUDIO)
This week I talked with Christin Mell, film producer and CEO of tello Films, which focuses on stories for the lesbian community. Christin is proud to be one of the executive producers and the...
View ArticleWe're Right to Criticize Phil Robertson, But Why Are We So Quick to Let A&E...
This Duck Dynasty thing seems to have everyone's undies in a culture war bunch with lots of hand wringing about free speech (find out why this is ridiculous here), the persecution of Christians, and...
View ArticleMy Conversation With Kenny Loggins
Monday night on PBS, I sit down with two-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins, who stops by to talk about his new children's CD and picture book, Frosty the Snow...
View ArticleMovie Review: August: Osage County
"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," Tolstoy observed and he could have been talking about the Weston clan of August: Osage County, when he wrote that line to start Anna Karenina. This...
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