'Black-ish': Horrible Parody of Black Family Life
I cringed when I saw the name and promos for Black-ish. But, I tried to reserve judgment until I saw it. And sure enough, its premise and the actual show is as offensive as its name. First, the idea...
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The Sunset Strip Music Festival
Jane's Addiction performs at the House of Blues Two blocks of the sunset strip are arguably the most important in the history of rock and roll. I took a walk along them last Saturday during the Sunset...
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Ruling Galaxies But Not Countries: New Research on Women in Film
It's a pleasure to feature a research/industry collaboration that is having measurably positive effect. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (GDIGM) has a long-standing relationship with Dr....
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Bob Seger Tour Dates, Chatting with TWOWS' Jordan Belfort, Yellowcard's Ryan...
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND RIDE OUT TOUR 2014 / 20015 DATES ANNOUNCED Show Date/ City/ Venue/ On Sale Date/ Pre-Sale Date Nov 19, 2014 Saginaw, MI The Dow Event Center On Sale Oct 4 On Sale...
View ArticleTheater: Mia Farrow's Broadway Return; LaBute's Cheap "Shot"
LOVE LETTERS ** 1/2 out of **** THE MONEY SHOT ** 1/2 out of **** LOVE LETTERS ** 1/2 out of **** BROOKS ATKINSON THEATRE Playwright A.R. Gurney is a talent I've only recently been able to see...
View ArticleRosie O' Donnell's Dazzling Night for Her "Kids"... Lindsay and Madonna --...
I KNOW what it is to be bad. I've been bad." That line in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, spoken by the female character, Karen, has always been difficult to utter, unless you're--Judi Dench or Meryl...
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Not So Crazy About Gone Girl?
A mystery reading friend recently asked me what I thought about Kathy Reichs' Déja Dead. Why bring up a book that came out sixteen years ago? Because a line from my Detroit Free Press review was in the...
View ArticleWomen and the Environment
In this special week where we had the historical Climate March and world leaders have gotten together to discuss the climate issues at the Climate Summit in New York, I want to share the experience...
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Understanding God Help the Girl
For the past year or so, I had been listening to songs from God Help the Girl, in anticipation for the new film written and directed by Belle and Sebastian front man, Stuart Murdoch. For those of you...
View ArticleFACE IT: The Actor's Real Life
We still tend to think of actors as living a life of glamour and fun. Oh sure, we hear their stories about how they live with insecurity, were shy, scrawny and ignored as kids, did poorly as students,...
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Lili Haydn's Exquisitely Brilliant New CD "Lililand:" A Journey For Your...
The medium is the message ~ Marshall McLuhan I was in my neighborhood post office in Paris in 1993 when I noticed a beautiful woman standing in front of me wearing black jeans, a black turtleneck, and...
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Question Bedtime: The MC Frontalot Uprising
Unless you already know who MC Frontalot is, it would be all to easy to miss out on his new album Question Bedtime. As a matter of fact, it would be all to easy to miss out on the entire MC Frontalot...
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NYFW Designer Will Take The Shirt Off Your Back
Fashion designer Libertine wants the shirt off my back -- or my daughter's back. The Libertine T-shirt in question was given to me backstage at Lincoln Center following the label's spring 2015 runway...
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How Would You Have Made The Dark Knight Sequel if Heath Ledger Was Alive to...
How would you make The Dark Knight Rises if Heath Ledger was alive to play the Joker?: originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from...
View ArticleJimi Hendrix: A Musical Icon
As the biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side is set to be released to movie theaters nationwide today, it's time to reflect on the life of one of popular culture's largest iconic figures. Jimi: All Is by My...
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Choose Kindness
Hey guys. I've been sitting here for a week figuring out how to jump into this and there's really no easy way to start, so here it goes... I'm Raini Rodriguez and I've been bullied. There, the cat's...
View ArticleJason Aldean: What's All The Fanfare About?
Why is it that some celebrities are given a break by their fans and quickly forgiven for questionable behavior, while others make a mistake and it sticks to them like glue? Way back in September 2012,...
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Damon Lindelof's Obsession with Peter the Panda Leads to a Lost-Inspired...
Ten years ago this week, the world was first introduced to Lost, that Emmy Award-winning series which Jeffrey Lieber, J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof created for ABC that soon became an obsession with...
View ArticleWetland: Love Down Under
Wetlands is a story of love, growth, friendship and family - tightly plotted, graphically imaged, unflinchingly pre-occupied with scatology, sex and morbidity. Still, for all the serious themes, the...
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DVDs: The Beatles, Ken Burns, Bob Newhart & More You Need
Miss me? After some time off, here (finally!) are some new releases on DVD and BluRay and the best of recent months that you really need. THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY ($129.99 BluRay; PBS) --...
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