My Conversation with Al Jarreau
Tonight I'm joined by Al Jarreau. This seven-time Grammy winner has a new CD out, a tribute to his good friend of almost 50 years and musical compatriot, George Duke, who sadly died last year. The...
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Hotsy Totsy Dr. Who (PHOTOS)
Living Statue Galatea as Weeping Angle Note: This post contains images of nudity. I had the pleasure of shooting Cherry Pitzs and her "Hotsy Totsy Burlesque" for their tribute to Dr. WHO at The...
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Richard Gere and Bill Murray Keep Up the Good Work
Seeing Richard Gere and Bill Murray -- as well as their new films -- back to back this week invites comparison: movie stars for the past 35 years, they continue to do superlative work in both Hollywood...
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Norma at San Francisco Opera
Call me Norma. I am a Druidic priestess and I have a tool shed. My toolshed is in the Druidic barn (did we have barns back in ancient Gaul? never mind) and that's where I keep the kids I bore...
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Grey's Anatomy Recap: Day Drinking With Meredith in "Got to Be Real"
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 11, Episode 3 of ABC's Grey's Anatomy, titled "Got to Be Real" Give me a minute to take my foot out of my mouth. This week's episode made me happy for a...
View ArticleThe Latest Religious War
Bill Maher is only half wrong and if he had only kept some consistency in his reasoning and logic there would be no controversy over the extent to which Islam is more or less violent than any other...
View ArticleWhy the Return of "Twin Peaks" Is Just Sanitized Weirdness
Fans of Twin Peaks -- a group in which I have never counted myself -- are rejoicing after it was announced just days ago that the series would return for a 9-episode run on Showtime. Filming is slated...
View ArticleRemembering the Great Marian Seldes!
"IT HAS been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the harsh progress of mankind," said the first Queen Elizabeth of England. •TWO well-known amazing females died this week. One of them I...
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Madonna: The World's Biggest Star Is Just Hitting Her Stride
After more than three decades on top, Madonna has never been more relevant, more powerful or more interesting than she is at this very moment. How in the world does she do it? I'm writing about...
View ArticleNew York Film Festival 2014 #5: Edward Snowden Documentary Citizenfour Debuts
CITIZENFOUR *** 1/2 out of **** NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL What if someone made a behind-the-scenes documentary film while Woodward and Bernstein were breaking Watergate? What if Deep Throat went on camera...
View Article'You Must Come Out': How Harvey Milk's Challenge Resonates With Gay...
Harvey Milk said in 1978: Gay brothers and sisters, you must come out. Come out to your parents. I know that it is hard and will hurt them, but think about how they will hurt you in the voting booth!...
View ArticleGirls Deserve the Chance to Reach Their Dreams
Wherever you go around the world, you will find young girls with big dreams. Girls like Fatima, who dreams of being a scientist, so that her name can live forever through her experiments. Girls like...
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Creating Reality on Oprah: Finding My Famous Birth Dad and Aunt and Sharing...
I used to dream of being on Oprah, where she would help me find my birth mother and father. And now, this Sunday, I will actually be on Oprah with my birth father! There were many shows Oprah did when...
View ArticleMad About the '60s: A Hart-Like Henry Fonda in Gore Vidal's The Best Man
"You know, those rumors about you and lady friends ... they won't do you a bit of harm." Former President Art Hockstader to presidential candidate William Russell in The Best Man. Note: This is one in...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Director David Dobkin on The Judge
Thanks to such films as Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus, David Dobkin has earned a reputation as being primarily a comedy director, but as he revealed in our chat discussing his new project The Judge,...
View ArticleIn the New York Film Fest the Outsize Egos of Artists Rule
There's sometimes a common theme or recurring character that threads through a film festival. This can be especially striking in a fest as tightly curated as the New York Film Festival. Such...
View ArticleInstagraming Comic Con
I posted about New York Comic Con the other day (story and pics here), giving an insight into one of the largest Comic Cons in the world. This is a slide show of photos taken with my iPhone - just some...
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Disney Characters Puts the Fun in Fundraising at Annual CHOC 'Walk in the...
It's the fundraiser that Disney fans happily and willingly get out of bed at 3 a.m. to take part in. The one that people actually schedule their Southern California vacations around, with some...
View ArticleHere's The Real Reason Why That Pop Song Is Stuck In Your Head
What connects Katy Perry with the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes? And, before you ask, no, there's absolutely nothing in Ecclesiastes about kissing a girl. I'm talking about her other great hit "Hot N...
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The Most Ellis Island-y Celebrity Ever: Tom Colicchio
Immigrant Snapshot of the Family Tree of Thomas Patrick Colicchio Six of my eight great-grandparents were immigrants so I thought I had Ellis Island bragging rights. Even though 40 percent of...
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