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Get Down Harmony: Exclusive Interview With Luke Rathborne
Photo by Aaron Stern There's something about Luke Rathborne reminiscent of the artists of yesteryear. Before hurried attention spans switched on and off at lightning speed, before the internet...
View ArticleMy Conversation With Gail Sheehy
Tonight on PBS I'm joined by best-selling writer and journalist Gail Sheehy, who, throughout her distinguished career, has profiled many of the world's most influential people. Her latest book is a...
View ArticleTrapped in the Booth: Ohm, Shanti, Airhorn
Disclaimer: This is a semi-fictionalized version of my all-too-real experiences working as a DJ in New York City. Most of the names of venues, organizations or people mentioned herein have been changed...
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20 Facts Everyone Should Know About Gender Bias in Movies
A new study, Gender Bias Without Borders, was released by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media this week. Conducted by Dr. Stacy Smith and a team at USC's Annenberg School for Communications...
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Greg Nicotero From The Walking Dead on Shaun Of The Dead Zombie-versary
Greg Nicotero has a lot of blood on his hands. After living it up amongst reanimated corpses for nearly 30 years, the special effects master and frequent director of The Walking Dead is a superstar...
View ArticleUSA Network, Playing House Is Groundbreaking and Here's Why
Dear USA Network, For a while it was fun being part of the twitter fan base that is hashtagging for a season two of the criminally under appreciated Playing House. But now I'm just mad. Along with all...
View ArticleA Reflection of Modern Times: An Insider's Take on The Knick
We're progressing so fast that the technology of a decade ago seems laughably quaint. We can't imagine living in the dark ages of 15 years back, and the immediate future is an expanse of exponentially...
View ArticleOutlander and Lena Dunham Prove Great Sex Takes a Woman
What's been happening on cable television lately is inspiring conversations that are breaking out in the open and revealing a secret that women have known for centuries. It's not just a reminder of the...
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Christie Laing of ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' Shares Some Personal Stuff!
Christie Laing plays Marian in ABC's Once Upon a Time. Season 4 premieres September 28. Twitter @ChristieLaing. Photo by Kyla Hemmelgarn. Christie Laing is great at teasing us, isn't she?! This down...
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Happy 20th Anniversary, 'Friends'! A Revealing Look at Gunther From the Man...
Back in the 1990s, James Michael Tyler was working as a barista at an LA coffee shop but he longed to be a professional actor. "I had a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting and was also working as an...
View ArticleSVU's Terrific Season Premiere
SVU came back with a bang! Tonight's episode was a fast, twisty roller coaster of a story that wove the harrowing real-life issue of sex slavery with a touching glimpse of Olivia's newfound motherhood....
View ArticleMy Conversation With Berry Gordy and Suzanne de Passe
Tonight on PBS, I talk with Berry Gordy, the legendary founder of Motown, and Suzanne de Passe, the executive who moved the label into television and movie production, resulting in a slew of awards,...
View Article10 Reasons Why I'm a Tamartian
When I first started watching "Braxton Family Values" I was a big Toni Braxton fan, I thought she was the most talented, at least vocally of the Braxton sisters. But Tamar Estine Braxton-Herbert (she...
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Things People Do: Winner of the 40th-Anniversary Award at Deauville American...
"A man losing his job is a modern horror story," director Saar Klein told me, a propos of his new film Things People Do, which just won the 40th Anniversary Award at the Deauville American Film...
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Lena Dunham Launches Advice Vlog And It's So Awesome I Hate Her
Last night one of my best friends texted me with a mysterious link: "Guys, she's a little bit of a dream really. KT don't you wish this was the Ravishly advice column?" I didn't know what I was...
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The Equalizer
The last time they worked together, Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua conjured up Training Day. That collaboration won Washington an Academy Award for Best Actor, and it was the only time in...
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Backstage Pass: With Lindi Ortega at AmericanaFest
Onstage, this feisty cowpunk of Mexican-Irish descent talks tough, wears cowboys boots that match the color of her ruby-red lipstick (and her Gibson J-200) and prefers to sing Johnny Cash instead of...
View Article15 Great Feminist Shows to Watch Now
The Golden Girls was a historic show: four central characters, all female and all over the age of 60! Of course, back in the '80s, it was an aberration: throughout television history, female actors...
View ArticleX-Men Movie: We Know the World Is Intact Because of Buckminster Fuller and...
I finally saw the new X-Men movie X-Men: Days of Future Past, and, despite the usual overuse of fighting and special effects, it had a good storyline. Professor Xavier and his mutant buddies have to...
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Celebrities Flock to Celebrate Perez Hilton's 10 Year Anniversary
Perez Hilton -- Courtesy of Faye Sadou And they say relationships never last in Hollywood. Perez Hilton, known for stirring the celebrity pot, is proof there is longevity in La La land. Perez Hilton...
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