Why I Believe There's A Die-Hard Taylor Swift Fan Inside All Of Us
If you were to look at the array of Taylor Swift playlists on my Spotify, you would probably suspect that I'm an emotional teenage girl who spends way too much time thinking about her non-existent love...
View ArticleMakes Me Wanna Holler (Or, When the Music Is the Message)
I had the opportunity recently to attend, with my wife and some close friends, a John Legend concert special dedicated to the music of the ever-soulful Marvin Gaye. I'm no music critic, but as a...
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The Michael Madsen You've Never Met
Photo Credit: Isaac Alvarez Who is Michael Madsen? Better yet, who do you see him as? The badass in Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Brasco, or Kill Bill? Let me tell you about the Michael Madsen I spoke with...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Our Tense Segment on The Daily Show
Migizi is a member of the 1491s, the comedy group that was featured on The Daily Show last week. A couple of weeks back, the 1491s got an email from a producer at The Daily Show hosted by Jon Stewart....
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These 7 Super Cool Weddings Will Make You Question Your Wedding Theme
When it comes to planning a wedding, nothing says OUR BIG DAY like a themed wedding. You can make the quaint touches that will make a wedding oh so special and oh so you. The reverberating theme...
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Compassion Play: Lucinda Williams Is on the Double
It shouldn't come as a huge surprise that the inspired daughter of a profound poet likes to write. Any time, anyplace. Words, thoughts, phrases will get scribbled down on notepads, Post-its or, if it's...
View ArticleMy Conversation With George Benson
Tonight on PBS I'm joined by 10-time Grammy winner and National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master, George Benson, whose new memoir, Benson: The Autobiography, has just been published. He's played with...
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Lucy Liu's Heart & Actions Beyond The Digital Screen
For most people, Lucy Liu needs no introduction; her illustrious film and television career has made her a household name. As the child of Chinese immigrants in New York City, an acting career was not...
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UK's Ruder Than Rude Boys: Rudimental!
While we flip our radio dial here in NYC, or walk the streets entering countless stores or barbershops hearing the constant, heavy and highly repeated rotation of Drake, Jeremih & YG, Iggy Azalea,...
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9 Top Movies to Put You in That Autumn Mood
Turning leaves, the appearance of tweed, and the visceral thrill of a cool nip in the air all evoke a seasonal tide turning. Autumn on film is one of the medium's richest commodities, and a visual...
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Carnivore!
Carnivore was one of the hottest games of the late 90s. The first person shooter is back with a new iteration that may be possible if they meet the goals of their Kickstarter campaign. Digital Dream...
View ArticleYouTube Acapella Supergroup Pentatonix Read Their Fan Fiction
In celebration of their new album, PTX, Vol. III, our favorite acapella supergroup Pentatonix joined What's Trending to read some fanfiction. Things got steamy. And ridiculous. Check out Pentatonix...
View ArticleOn Amanda Bynes' DUI
Oh, Amanda Bynes -- not the girl you want to read was arrested for a DUI over the weekend. But alas this past Sunday at the witching hour (3 a.m., to a lot of us), the 28-year-old former child star was...
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Stoppard in India
Rosemary Harris, Romola Garai and Bhavesh Patel in Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink. Photo: Joan Marcus Mid-period Stoppard -- that is, the work of the acclaimed Czech-born British playwright in his fifties...
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Cruisin' with Jesse J & Smokey Robinson, Plus Chatting with Kandace Springs,...
JESSE J GOES "CRUISIN'" WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON photo credit: Autumn de Wilde Jesse J joins Smokey Robinson on his solo classic "Cruisin'," the exclusive video featured here. "Jessie J is such a...
View ArticleTheater: You Can't Can't But James Earl Jones Surely Can
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU * 1/2 out of **** LONGACRE THEATRE They're setting off fireworks at the Longacre Theatre, but unfortunately I only mean that literally. The excuse is Moss Hart and George...
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Movie Review: Gone Girl -- Let's Do the Twist
There hasn't been a twisty, best-selling legal thriller whose film version was as anticipated as Gone Girl since, I would say, Presumed Innocent. (And don't say Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because, by...
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Adapting Victor Hugo For The 21st Century
If you know Victor Hugo's name it's probably as the author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame but the character whose features have made the biggest mark on popular culture is the hero...
View ArticleCrazy Ladies and Other Images of Women From the New York Film Festival
With the New York Film Festival in full swing, it feels like New York's cultural season has officially launched. Helmed by the amiable Kent Jones in year No. 2 as Director of Programming, the Film...
View ArticleThe End of the '60s? Where Do I Begin...
(This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Field Notes from a Music Biz Life.) It was winter, 1971, my last semester as a philosophy major at Bucknell University. Studying Plato, Kant, Sartre and...
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