Happily Never After
Lately when I check out my timeline on Twitter, I see a lot of bullying, hatred, disrespect and general meanness between people. It stems from several fandoms in various television shows, but most...
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Black Films and Artists Shine at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
Black films and artists were an integral part of the lineup at this year's Toronto International Film Festival along with other world premieres. Dramas, genre movies, comedies, romantic films and...
View ArticleMessage From a Boob Tuber
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of...
View ArticleTruth Is Stronger Than Fiction: The Case for Documentaries
I just got back from the Telluride Film Festival, which took place over the Labor Day weekend in Telluride, Colorado, a beautiful town in the San Juan Mountains. The festival is always an inspiring...
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Adam Pally: The Bro You Need to Know
Photo: Fox It's not quite breaking news, but anybody with any pop culture savvy already knows that Adam Pally gives good "bro." The quintessential buddy/guy-next-door/bro-you-can-hang-with has become...
View ArticleGrowing Up in Iran With Howard Stern
Howard Stern is the self-described king of all media, but, to me, he is the first man who opened my eyes to freedom. The irony is that I became exposed to him and his raciness at a very young age while...
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Laura Cantrell Finds Her Way Back to Nashville, Naturally
The way she waxes so poetically about her hometown, you'd never guess singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell left Nashville for good almost three decades ago. "I'm sorry. I'm just prattling on," she quietly...
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Everybody Needs a Bit of ShowOff in Their Lives
When you think about where quality Hip Hop comes from, Boston may not be one of the first cities that comes to mind. You might even say it does not come to mind at all, but you would be wrong. Many...
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The Lessons Brande Roderick Wants Her Kids to Learn About Bullies, Body...
Photo Courtesy of Keith Munyan The first time I had a candid Q&A with actress and former 2001 Playmate of the Year, Brande Roderick, was six years ago for a fun political blog, "Playmates on...
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8 Components of the Perfect Dad Brain
Building the perfect dad brain requires a blend of smarts, morals and karate skills that can't be found in just one movie dad, which is why we used eight. 1. The memory of Indiana Jones Senior. Imagine...
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Let's Horse Around
Back in the 1970's and early 80's, I rode and showed horses (hunters and jumpers to be specific). It was a different era back then. Cell phones and the internet didn't exist, drug use was commonplace,...
View ArticleThe Green Prince: Is Peace in the Middle East a Possibility?
Mosab Hassan Yousef fixes you with his intense, messianic gaze, hardly seeming to blink. The son of a Hamas founder, dubbed "the green prince," he gave intelligence to the Israeli Shin Bet, went into...
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In Praise of Timeless Bears
One of the greatest baseball movies and American comedies of all time has been largely laying low in tall outfield grass for 38 years. Despite its commercial success, The Bad News Bears is rarely...
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Justin Long and Genesis Rodriquez Talk Keven Smith's TUSK (Video)
I recently hosted a panel with Justin Long and Genesis Rodriquez for AOL BUILD, to talk about their work in Keven Smith's new horror film, Tusk. They're a funny duo and offered some insight into...
View ArticleMarriage at First Sight?
Can a modern couple find marital happiness without knowing each other before the wedding? Can reality television teach married couples what it takes to sustain healthy relationships? Married at First...
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Adult Swim Comedy Duo Discusses Their Careers in Comedy and New Show
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View ArticleNew York Film Festival 2014 #1: Starting With a Bang
I love the New York Film Festival. Unlike most film festivals which seem to be about the market or the industry or the press, the New York Film Festival is really and truly for New Yorkers. If -- like...
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Ira Sachs' New Film "Love is Strange" Screens at the Deauville American Film...
"I'm no longer in that phase of being 'casually miserable'," director Ira Sachs told me affably, following the screening of his latest film Love is Strange at the Deauville American Film Festival. He...
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Music Turns Me on: A Conversation With the Hot Band Dopapod
Dopapod is a band that can make me dance even when I don't feel like dancing. They are exploding on the scene and their audience is growing by the second. Listening to music is one way I thrive in this...
View ArticleHippie Blues: 45 Years of Led Zeppelin
It used to be said that somewhere in the world, at any given moment, "Stairway to Heaven" is playing on the radio. This 1971 track from the fourth Led Zeppelin album, with its mellow guitar intro...
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