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Rita Wilson Riffs on Taking Risks at Café Carlyle
Rita Wilson told a funny story about having worked with Bobby Short, resident star singer pianist at this special supper club back in the day. "It was a commercial," she laughed and sang a few notes...
View Article14 Reasons Why Captain America: The Winter Soldier Is the Best Pop Movie of...
The release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier this month on disc and download reminds of what a terrific film it is. With some competition from its delightful Marvel Studios sibling, Guardians of...
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Lea Thompson Talks Parenting, DWTS And Taking Charge After 50
Lea Thompson is interested in more than one aspect of show business. From her start as a ballet dancer, to movies like Back to the Future, to TV shows like Caroline in the City, to directing, Thompson...
View ArticleHow to Get Away with Murder, Where Race Doesn't Matter
How to Get Away with Murder, where race doesn't matter, it's the content of their characters. Remember President Bill Clinton's strategists James Carville, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and company, when...
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Panic! at the Disco Holds Court at the Greek Theater
Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco Powerhouse band Panic! At the Disco brought their signature complex multi-leveled sound and pounding beat to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles this summer, keeping...
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A few years ago, I was talking with Al Gore (yes, I'm name dropping). I asked him a very simple and pointed question: "Animal agriculture contributes about 18 percent of the gases that cause climate...
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We all have done it. We still do. Back in the day, it was a mix tape. Eventually, it became a CD mix. Now, it's a playlist. Whenever we go on a plane, train, or are in an automobile, we shut out the...
View ArticleThe Joy of Judging and Why Michael Bay Gets to Keep on Making Movies
Transformers 4 grossed $1 billion dollars worldwide. Now this week, it is out on Blu-Ray to add to that total. This has left many wondering what South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone once...
View ArticleBelieve Me Is a Movie About the Lying Game
Believe Me is a movie difficult to categorize. On one hand it appears to be a faith based film while on the other it seems to be a satire of the Christian community. Straddling both genres makes it...
View ArticleAkron: The Liverpool of the Midwest?
What's next after Nashville or Austin? Akron, Ohio -- Imagine a great night to go out to hear music and great city to do it in. Were you thinking Monday Nights in Akron, Ohio? You may be surprised to...
View Article"You Can't Take It With You": James Earl Jones Amid Mayhem
It's hard to beat kittens and fireworks as sure-fire crowd pleasers and the new Broadway revival of You Can't Take It With You has both along with the venerable James Earl Jones at center stage to give...
View ArticleMasters of Manipulation
He is the consummate professional. A well-dressed, well-liked, unassuming business owner of a popular restaurant chain called Los Pollos Hermanos. He supports local law enforcement, gives to charity,...
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On Location With Leonie Prendergast -- 'Jimi: All is By My Side'
His meteoric rise to fame in 1967, underwritten by the performance during which he literally set his guitar alight on stage and co-signed by his premature death at the age of 27 in 1970, secured an...
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Remembering Patrick Swayze
A friend mentioned that September 14 marked five years since actor/dancer Patrick Swayze died, after a very public battle with cancer. After logging over 500 interviews during a fifteen year period, I...
View ArticleFall Movies Every Mom Will See
As the Guardians of the Galaxy-sized summer blockbusters give way to the more subtle grown-up films of fall, moms everywhere can manage their entertainment expectations with one simple truth: You won't...
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At their core movies are a visceral art form -- fueled by a sensory appreciation and fusion of a multitude of other disciplines. Certainly, film has the potential and the inclination to take shape...
View ArticleYouTube Star Shane Dawson Brings Cool To Feature Film
YouTube star and director Shane Dawson stopped by What's Trending to talk about everything from hashtags and Snapchat to his new movie, Not Cool. The movie was the result of a Project Greenlight type...
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Movie Review: The Good Lie -- Emotional Honesty
It would be easy to dismiss The Good Lie as manipulative, a movie aimed at the tear ducts (and we all know you can't trust a movie about emotions). But while Philippe Falardeau's film is not...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Vance Joy...to the World
All summer long, and well into the fall so far, everybody seems to be drinking the Vance Joy Kool-Aide. Rightfully so. The Melbourne-based singer/songwriter, whose real name is James Keogh, creates...
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