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Movie Review: Lucy, a Thrilling Science Misinterpretation
As a rocket scientist and mathematician, my friends and university students continuously ask me about my thoughts on the science in today's blockbuster movies. They question if certain concepts are...
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Bethenny Talks Parenting and Her New Children's Book, Cookie Meets Peanut
Photo Courtesy of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers The last time I talked with TV personality, best-selling author, and beverage mogul Bethenny Frankel was last November. From then to now she has...
View ArticleGuardians of the Galaxy: A Blockbuster Franchise is Born
Wow! What a great movie. Guardians of the Galaxy has a solid overall story interwoven with all of the essential narrative threads to make it a blockbuster. These include elements of good versus evil,...
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Take One And Be Done
As a professional music photographer, I spend a lot of time at concerts looking at the stage through my camera's viewfinder. I love music-- especially jazz-- and I love that I've been able to make a...
View ArticleLucy: Highly Evolved
Luc Besson's "Lucy" is Batman Diogenes, wandering through the world seeking truth, knowledge and fighting for justice. Unlike her male counterparts, she is unencumbered by the heavy load of...
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Stop Being Mad at Woody Allen for Not Casting Black Actors
Last week, Woody Allen finally "broke his silence" regarding accusations that he doesn't cast black actors. Why the world felt it necessary to hold the director of "Scoop" and "Cassandra's Dream"...
View ArticleLiving Without 'Her'
What makes love so important to us? Why is it so central to our lives? Why do we invest so much of ourselves into its discovery and feel so strongly that our happiness depends on it lasting? Are we...
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George Chakiris Remembers Company Co-Star Elaine Stritch
George Chakiris, the actor/singer/dancer who won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for his portrayal of "Bernardo" in the movie, West Side Story, also had a distinguished stage career, which is...
View ArticleSummer's Lingering Pleasures...
Every summer, I look forward to the chance to discover new books. With the month of August still ahead I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite reads as well as a few that I've got piled...
View ArticleHotel on Place Vendome Is Full of Gossip, Dread, Joy and Horror
"WHEN I dream of an afterlife...the action always takes place at the Ritz Paris," said Ernest Hemingway in 1944, as World War II was hurtling toward an end. I have two good friends, Peter Rogers in New...
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Lee Hall Compares Translating 'Shakespeare in Love' From the Screen to the...
Now that Shakespeare in Love has officially opened in the West End and been hailed by the critics as " ... a grand adaptation" and " ... a swooning delight," Lee Hall is ready to talk about how tough...
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Let's Not Wait Another Year: Together We Can Move Millions From Hunger to Hope
No mother should have to worry about feeding her children. So much can change in life in just one year. This summer, I've been preparing for the arrival of my new baby girl and working on recording new...
View ArticleWhy Vince Vaughn Needs 'True Detective' More Than 'True Detective' Needs Him
Remember last year when the term, "McConnaisance" started getting tossed around as Matthew McConaughey was gearing up to win an Oscar for "Dallas Buyers Club?" If Vince Vaughn is able to secure the...
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Producer Juliet Blake on What it is Like to Work with Spielberg, Oprah, and...
These questions originally appeared on Quora. Answers by Juliet Blake, Producer of The Hundred-Foot Journey What is it like to produce a film involving both Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey? It was a...
View ArticleIt Was All a Dream: Why Iggy Azalea's Hip-Hop Bubble Might 'Pop'
"A dope MC, is a dope MC." -KRS One It seems like every day there is a new headline about up-and-coming artist, Iggy Azalea. It was announced recently that she is nominated for several VMAs, will host...
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The Sublime Lalah Hathaway
(Lalah Hathaway is photographed by Keith Estep). There are no two ways to splice this story; Lalah Hathaway is, quite simply put, the truth. In a career spanning 25 years she has created some of the...
View ArticleKevin Costner in Mike Binder's Black and White
When we first see Kevin Costner in the indie movie Black and White, he's got his head in his hands. His neck is large and wrinkled, befitting an older man in distress. His wife has died in an accident,...
View ArticleBringing Bette Davis Back
Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy back and I'm bringing Bette Davis back to my screen. On a rainy August day on the east coast while pondering what to do inside, I decided to watch as many of her...
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Nintendo vs. Sega: Wartime at Comic-Con
When I first began writing Console Wars, I imagined that the battle between Sega and Nintendo would be similar to the classic rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird: a story of two great...
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Blockbuster vs. Indie Showdown: Guardians of the Galaxy vs. Snowpiercer
Yoda and Chewbacca Photo Courtesy Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy I really shouldn't start out a film conversation with -- best soundtrack of the year, but oh yes it is (even better than...
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