My Pet Sounds
Last week, I had the great honor of interviewing the legendary Brian Wilson at Capitol Studios for a special event as part of a program called Inside Access from Chase. Enjoying a playback of perhaps...
View ArticleBono, Don't Apologize
It was perhaps the epitome of the phrase "First World Problems" - U2 uploaded its new album Songs of Innocence into everyone's iTunes library and a small, vocal minority freaked the eff out, prompting...
View ArticleWhy Failing Orchestras Are the Problem of Every American
As the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra faces a lockout between its management and musicians, we find a troubled industry in the news once again. Orchestras are falling like dominoes. The mood is tense and...
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Rivers of Our Memory
"And it's knowin' I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds." -- John Hartford, Gentle On My Mind, 1967 Ashley Campbell and Glen Campbell performing together on "The Goodbye Tour," in a scene from...
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Director David Dobkin On Wedding Crashers Sequel, Jackie Chan, and Much More!
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Misty Upham's Torment
A body believed to be that of missing actress Misty Upham has been found in the Seattle area, police said on Thursday. I first interviewed Misty Upham a few months ago, and it ended eerily. Out of the...
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1, 2, 3 Hike: Five Top Football Movies
The season is short, the mania extreme. On any given Sunday in the fall, a sizable share of the nation is binging on football, mostly on television, getting its fill before the window closes in...
View ArticleSarah Silverman and the Art of Advocacy
Social progress, with a concomitant increase in visibility, brings the need for that community to adapt in order to make further progress. A recent case in point is the politically correct backlash...
View ArticleSVU Takes on the Virgin Killer
Yesterday's SVU ripped its story from the headlines of Elliott Rodger, the"virgin killer" who published a deranged manifesto about his mysoginist rage and non-existent sex life before going on a...
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HBO Examines Private Violence (VIDEO)
"One in four American women experience domestic violence in their homes," filmmaker Cynthia Hill's Sundance documentary, Private Violence posits. "Have you ever asked, 'Why doesn't she just leave?'...
View Article'Big Driver' Is a Big Loser
Big Driver (Lifetime) There have been various adaptations of Stephen King's books and stories over the years. Some have met with great success while others, well let's just say they were less than...
View ArticleStudio 54 -- the Era, the Madness, the Decadence
"EVEN IF WE win, we lose," wrote Andrew Bacevich in The Washington Post. Â Â Â This quote caused a stir in D.C.if nowhere else. It was reprinted in The Week along with the following: Â "Since 1980,...
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Grey's Anatomy Recap: The Audacity of Ellis Grey in 'Only Mama Knows'
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 11, Episode 4 of ABC's Grey's Anatomy, titled "Only Mama Knows" I will not even try to expound on the construction of this episode and how well they...
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Field Notes From the Music Biz: Life at The Trades
(This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Field Notes from a Music Biz Life.) Record World co-owner Sidmore Parnes was a man of his word and a man of few words. After abruptly firing his editor,...
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From Lizzy Bennet to Fanny Price: My Jane Austen Journey
At age 12, my obliviousness was a survival instinct. As my peers experimented with make-up and clothes, I wore a sports bra to school, my hair frizzing into the stratosphere. Most days were spent doing...
View ArticleMad About the '60s... Fearful Fail-Safes, Then and Now
(Note: This is one in a series of occasional pieces in the run-up to the series finale of 'Mad Men' with cultural relevance to the period of the show and today.) Thanks to the Camelot myth, the popular...
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How Wilmer Valderrama Helped Make From Dusk Till Dawn a Featured Attraction...
If you're one of the tens of thousands of people who've already screamed your way through the "From Dusk Till Dawn" maze at this year's Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and the...
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John Musker and Ron Clements Chart an Ambitious Course for Moana, Walt Disney...
They've taken us under the sea with their charming reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. Not to mention soaring through the sky aboard a magic carpet in their wildly comic take...
View ArticleWill Super Fans Save Music?
Not too long ago, I had an interesting phone call with Benji Rogers, the president and founder of PledgeMusic. We geeked out about international travel, charities we support and how we couldn't live...
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The Standouts From The 2014 New Hampshire Film Festival
The 2014 New Hampshire Film Festival in Portsmouth showcased some incredible movies, from buzzed-about Hollywood films to lesser-known indies. I was on hand for HuffPost Entertainment as a Grand Juror...
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