What Was It Like to Work With Elvis Presley?
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Many celebrities have publicly announced their outrage about the conflict in Gaza Strip, with roughly 40 percent of the population forced to flee their homes by Israeli forces. However, the majority of...
View ArticleWhy I'm Absolutely Sure James Franco Is Straight
When I was at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), one of the most legendary campus rumors was that James Franco had once crashed a Halloween house party wearing a mask of his own face. According...
View ArticleReThink Review: Get On Up -- Soul Brother No. 1 Lives Again
If you hear that there's a biopic coming out about an influential African-American icon, the six words you don't want to hear connected to it are "From the director of The Help". That's because despite...
View Article10 Tips For Surviving Your Quarter Life Crisis
When I think about my quarterlife crisis, I don't think about regrettable text messages or the science behind 4 a.m. nachos that "soak up" alcohol -- though those things were certainly a part of it. I...
View ArticleHow Romance Novels Saved My Life
By Suzanne Donahue for Off the Shelf When I was newly divorced and an abruptly single mother of five-year-old twins I needed something to fill the hours between my daughters' bedtime and my own. I...
View ArticleDemi Lovato On Being a Role Model And The Strangest Place She's Ever Written...
Between working with the Human Rights Campaign, filming an awesome music video during L.A. Pride and preparing for her world tour, Demi Lovato has had a busy summer. However, the "Really Don't Care"...
View ArticleKristin Chenoweth Says: It Just Wouldn't Be Summer Without...
Breakfast with Kristen is like the universe telling me I can eat as many donuts as I want and not gain a pound. She is sweet, sassy, sticks to my ribs and dances on my heart in a way few do. Am I fan?...
View ArticleJason Ritter Says That Being a Blabbermouth Makes Working on Disney's Gravity...
Are you ready to go back to the Shack? Jason Ritter certainly is. The Emmy Award-nominated actor, who voices Dipper Pines on Gravity Falls, has been itching to go back to the Mystery Shack ever since...
View ArticleReview: Andy Grammer, Magazines or Novels
Three years after his self-titled, 2011 debut album Andy Grammer, Grammer is back with Magazines or Novels, a smashing sophomore album with eleven tracks of varied music perfect for road trips, beach...
View ArticleSpringboard or Crisis? The 'Talent Show Experience'
This post is co-authored with Maya Götz, director, International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television. "It was an experience that I never want to repeat. It was depressing, sad. I'm...
View Article5 Important Financial Lessons From Guardians of the Galaxy Stars
(photo credit: Natasha Baucas via Flickr Creative Commons) Marvel's latest installment in its expansive comic book movie franchise is quite a departure from the typical superhero archetype we're used...
View ArticleAs Greek As It Gets
There's no summer destination as quintessential as the Greek Islands, and even there, no more ultimate destination than Mykonos. Despite the bad buzz that has dogged the Hellenic Republic the last few...
View ArticleI Love Hercules and Dwayne Johnson and I Don't Care Who Knows It!
"A TRUE hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the size of his heart," said Zeus. • I HAVE A LOT of friends who are scandalized that I wrote here about how much I loved the new I-MAX...
View ArticleFela Kuti in an Unpublished Interview Conducted After His Release From Prison
The release of Alex Gibney's new documentary on the late Nigerian pop star Fela Kuti spurred me to sift through my own personal journalistic archives to find an audiotaped interview I conducted with...
View ArticleThe Place Behind the Pines: "The Killing" Ends in Light
"Detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder are deeply affected by the murders they investigate in this dark, acclaimed series," or so says Netflix, in its description of the show it acquired from AMC....
View ArticleZaki's Review: 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
You can pinpoint the exact moment in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy that actor Chris Pratt, best known until now as an affable supporting player in films such as Delivery Man, Moneyball, and TV's...
View Article10 Things I learned From Screening "Get on Up" #NABJ14
1. Viola Davis, Dan Akyroyd, and Octavia Spencer, should all get Oscar nods. 2. Chadwick Boseman is funky as the Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, and the hardest working man in show business and it is...
View ArticleWitty and Hilarious Celebrity Tweets That Might Inspire You to Up Your Tweet...
On March 21, 2006, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey posted the world's first Tweet: "just setting up my twttr." The company's mission? To give anyone who wanted the power to share thoughts, stories, and...
View ArticleMust-Watch Netflix Streaming: The Killing Season 4
Just when I get done binge-watching one great series on Netflix, Netflix has to go ahead and release another season of a show that I have to watch. Netflix just released the last season of The Killing...
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