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Female Rockers and EDM Rule Outside Lands 2014 (PHOTOS)
Outside Lands in it's seventh installment has completed it's transformation from a traditional rock and roll festival to a Coachella of Northern California. What used to drive Outside Lands were bands...
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A Theater With a Heart and Soul
Feeling like I couldn't spend one more night doing the same old thing -- drinks, dinner and a movie, I hopped into the car with my beau and took a lovely one hour drive through the Sonoma wine country...
View ArticleGetting Israel/Palestine Right: Thank You, Sundance
Are Arabs really that mysterious and volatile? Do they love camels, guns, drums and hummus? Whenever Hollywood has tried to dramatize the Middle East, it has generally fallen for stereotypes. There are...
View ArticleGrowing Pains
To say that the life of Robin Williams affected only those in my age group would be incorrect, to say the least. But for 20-somethings like myself, the passing of our most memorable and iconic comedian...
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VH1'S 'Hit The Floor' Actor Don Stark: Prolific Character Actor on Hard Work...
Don Stark is most recognized as Bob Pinciotti, the quirky neighbor on the hit FOX sitcom That 70's Show. A quintessential character actor, Stark has shared the frame with Hollywood legends like...
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Why We Should Talk About Depression and Suicide When It's Not Trending
Due to the tragic death of beloved actor Robin Williams, this week the world is talking openly about depression and suicide. Sadly, this trend will soon change as the buzz settles down. And to me,...
View ArticleRobin Williams Taught Us to Laugh at Ourselves
I, as everyone, was stunned by the news of Robin Williams' death by supposed suicide. I was a big fan. I saw many of his movies and whenever he was listed as a guest on a late night talk show I would...
View ArticleLaughter as Nutrition
Humor is an essential part of the human experience. We tend to think of comedy as frivolous, a side show to the miseries of hunger, disease, and poverty that visit the vast majority of the global...
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Exclusive Interview: J Dilla's Mom Discusses Smithsonian Induction
J Dilla was a musical genius. His contribution both as a producer and rapper pioneered the musical platform that so many current artists have built on. His influence and collaboration with artists...
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The LeftoversRecap: What Is the What in 'Solace for Tired Feet'
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 1, Episode 7 of HBO's The Leftovers, titled "Solace for Tired Feet." I just don't know anymore if I like this show or want to get it pregnant and leave...
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Transmormon Sheds Light on Trans Members of the LDS Church
Last summer production wrapped on a small project called Transmormon, a 15-minute documentary focusing on the Haywards, a Mormon family whose transgender child was pursuing sex reassignment surgery....
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Robin Williams - A Comic Genius Who Named Everything, Except His Own Depression
Robin Williams once joked that death is "nature's way to let you know that your table is ready." It's not funny now that the comedian overrode nature by grabbing the table without waiting for the...
View ArticleDeconstructing Robin Williams and Losing an Integral Family Member
Like so many of us, I'm still reeling from Robin Williams' death. Like so many of us, when the news first broke, I was shell-shocked and prayed it was another Internet rumor. When his passing was...
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Broadway's Aladdin Honors Robin Williams' Memory With A Sing-along Version Of...
When the news of Robin Williams' untimely passing broke on Monday, a question quickly bubbled up within the Broadway community about how to properly pay tribute to this much-beloved performer. You see,...
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Master Animator Bill Plympton Brings Cheatin' to America, and Opens the...
Cheatin' is the new feature film from Bill Plympton, animator par excellence and big hit in France, where the populace gets him. Well, America, it's our turn. The King of Indie Animation himself will...
View ArticleFarewell to Robin Williams
This week, Robin Williams passed away and it's been so surreal, it felt like it came out of nowhere... A text message from a friend made me aware of the news and frantically, I jumped online to see if...
View ArticleThere Has To Be A Special Place In Heaven For Robin Williams
While waiting for my grandson Stephen to return from day camp today at the Tynan School, in South Boston, everybody was talking about how Robin Williams touched, so many people from Boston's lives. He...
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My Manhattan
Brian Hamill Photography As a professional photographer since 1965, I have had many "meaningful defining moments" that I was lucky enough to capture. Frozen fragments of time out of context. Looking...
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Half-Baked Heroes on the Half-Shell: Hour of the Wolf Movie Review of Teenage...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles got nothing to worry about. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles doing quite well, thank you very much. Got the big-budget, Michael Bay treatment (he's the producer on this one;...
View ArticleThe Decade of Death
Within one day, we've lost two people whose lives were like the sun to the sunrise. It seems impossible to wake up without them in the world. For seven decades. Lauren Bacall was the quintessence of...
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