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Billy Joel Rocks Out In The Nation's Capital
Billy Joel never gets old. Seriously. His music, his persona (so cool, so witty, so charming on stage), his legacy, his body of work, the way he takes command the minute he walks out on stage -- taking...
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Starz Outlander World Premiere and Tartan Carpet Gala
Walking up to the scene of the Starz Outlander Red Carpet Premiere on Friday, July 25, 2014 was a truly thrilling sight to behold. A huge, stories-high banner of the official Outlander poster hung on...
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A Review: And So It Goes Is As Good As It Gets
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World "Reiner's new flick reaps a pot of gold and has some memorable silver lining. Keaton and Douglas...
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Okay, here's the thing. To age is to be a participant in an ongoing magic trick where, right before the world's very eyes, you get to slowly disappear. And trust me: it's no mere illusion. But even...
View ArticleKimchi and Latkes: Growing Up Korean and Jewish
I recently ran into a Korean-American friend who I went to high school with at a dinner party in Los Angeles. As we caught up on life, he told me that he fell in love with a Jewish woman, got married...
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The Delicious Soulfulness of Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves oozes earth-deep soulfulness. Everything about her - from the way she sings to the way she speaks - is soulful. Warmth, diamond-like precision and generosity, in her music and in her...
View ArticleExtreme Parenting: More Drama, New Foray By Bravo
When I saw a Facebook post about a new Bravo show called Extreme Guide to Parenting, I felt compelled to find out more. While Bravo is widely known as "the Housewives network," with James Lipton (of...
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Jason Mraz Talks About Touring All 5 NYC Boroughs
Loveable guitar slinger Jason Mraz released his latest album Yes! last week to both critical acclaim and good sales numbers. While he didn't beat Weird Al to the number one spot (he was the runner up...
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Do You Wish That Comic-Con Could Come to You? Then Check Out D23's Touring...
Go ahead. Admit it. After hearing about all that cool stuff Comic-Con attendees got to see last week, you're now wishing that you'd gone down to San Diego. But then again, when you factor in what it...
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8 Books That Will Transport You To Old Hollywood
I spent one unforgettable afternoon in the home of Gene Kelly when I was thirteen. Ever since, I've loved Old Hollywood ferociously -- the glamour, the scandals, the movie stars, the movies themselves,...
View ArticleJames Brown Told Me I Have Soul: How a Meeting With the Godfather Changed My...
James Brown opens the door to his home in Beech Island, South Carolina wearing a deep blue suit, a heavily shellacked coif and a flawlessly powdered face. He ushers me into his home, riffing about the...
View ArticleGet On Up: James Brown on the Big Screen
The movie Get On Up -- a big screen full feature -- is the biopic on the life of James Brown, opening across the country August 1. Chadwick Boseman, who starred as Jackie Robinson in the movie biopic...
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Keep On Keepin' On, Alan Hicks' First Film Screens at the Hamptons...
The documentary's catchy title, Keep On Keepin' On, comes from the legendary trumpeter Clark Terry, now 94, a line he uses to inspire young musicians: Justin Kauflin, a blind pianist composer he's...
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Visit the Fictional Summer Camps You Always Wished You Could Attend
My biggest childhood regret is that I never attended a sleepaway camp. It looked like so much fun in the movies -- you got to make friends from exotic places like "Iowa," have virtually no adult...
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Glee's Harry Shum Jr. Brings Dance and Sport Together. The Result Is Epic.
Harry Shum Jr. may not play a professional sport, but he still considers himself an elite athlete. His new project, a four video series called "Parallels" (in collaboration with filmmaker Cole Wisser)...
View ArticleIndia Arie Remembers Maya Angelou and Talks About the Pitfalls of Stardom
It's been two months since Dr. Maya Angelou transitioned into immortality. Of course, that's a poetic way of saying she died. During the scramble to find out which famous figures would eulogize one of...
View Article15 Minutes With David Duchovny
It's a hot day in Los Angeles, and I'm running late. I'm rushing to LAX to catch a flight to the east coast and getting ready to interview Golden Globe-winning actor David Duchovny for his latest film...
View ArticleLow Face Price Has Led to Huge Premium on Secondary Market for Garth Brooks...
When Garth Brooks announced he would be returning to touring, he stated one of his main goals was to keep prices affordable for fans. Tickets in general have not just been affordable, the same face...
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My Dad Was James Garner
I should qualify this by saying that I was just a small child and the show Maverick was on television. My late father, William Rust, looked just like Maverick, who was a fabulous, sly, and clever...
View ArticleWhy It's Wrong to Condemn The Bachelorette's Nick
Nick Viall is pop culture's unlikeliest feminist Monday night's finale of The Bachelorette, ABC's long-running guilty pleasure, was uncharacteristically surprising for a show whose formula has been...
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