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How Taylor Swift Made My Life Feel Like a Fairytale
October 2, 2014 started as an average autumn day. I was about to start my shift at Dairy Queen when my phone rings, showing a RI number that I did not recognize. Expecting a telemarketer, I answered,...
View ArticleCelebrating Free Speech Week Through the Lens of the Film and Television...
This week I have the privilege of serving as the Chairman of Free Speech Week, an annual celebration reminding all of us that most of the freedoms we enjoy as Americans stem from that first one...
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The Good Wife Recap: Let It Go, Alicia? in 'Shiny Objects'
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 6, Episode 5 of CBS's The Good Wife, titled "Shiny Objects." Oh, The Good Wife, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways: 1) CARRIE PRESTON! If Elsbeth...
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Movie Review: Laggies -- Start Your Engines
What is a laggie? Judging from the substance of Lynn Shelton's new film, Laggies, it's someone who has fallen behind in life. Not that Shelton or screenwriter Andrea Seigel are ever that explicit...
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Susan Downey on Producing The Judge, Starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert...
The Judge is the first film from Team Downey, the production company founded by longtime Hollywood producer Susan Downey ("Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," "RocknRolla") and her husband, highest-paid actor in the...
View ArticleLady Gaga's Latest Is a Force, But Not Quite a 'Storm'
Last month, I was approached to interview Storm Large, a performer who was off my radar until this request. Through a quick Wikipedia search though, I learned that she's mostly a punk-ish/rock-ish...
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Evil Lady Anna
If you've seen San Francisco Opera's Norma with its great voices beached like giant wales in an absurd production, take a leap to the Met and enjoy the very opposite: a production supporting and...
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Stars, Small Parts, and German for Scorsese: Michael J. Burg on the Working...
Photo credit: Douglas Gorenstein "There are small parts. I hate to shatter that stupid metaphor, but there are." Michael J. Burg whispers his wisdom conspiratorially to me across our luxurious table...
View ArticleOn Bended Knee
Heading into season six of Glee, Brittana fans seemed a little less than thrilled and interested. There were reports that star Naya Rivera, who plays Santana Lopez, had been downgraded to a guest star...
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Why Alejandro Iñárritu's "Birdman" Will Sweep The Golden Globe Awards And...
There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper. ~ Camille Paglia ...for man is, if I may say so, "the sterile animal." ~ Nietzsche Alejandro Iñárritu's "Birdman" is a ballet cum...
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Actress Tonya Cornelisse is Out of Control!
Tonya Cornelisse is all over the map! Twitter: @TonyaCornelisse . Photo by Bobby Quillard. Have you heard of Tonya Cornelisse? Say whaaaaaat? Get with the program, people. Tonya has two film projects...
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The Producer's Work: An Interview With Denis Friedman
The Producers' Work is an experiment created for the sole purposes of this blog. We want to take a closer look at the producers working in different areas of the art and entertainment industry. Why?...
View ArticleMovie Review: 'Fury' ... Love Between Soldiers
While Fury is about the atrocities of World War II, it is really about heroic bonding between soldiers. Brad Pitt as Army Sergeant Wardaddy nurtures Norman (Logan Leman) who is a typist forced into...
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Birdman Is an Astonishing New Film
This was going to be a review of two new films, Gone Girl and Birdman... but there has been so much (favorable) press about Gone Girl that I would be spinning my wheels to redundantly rave about it. As...
View ArticleDanny Aiello Took Me Off the Hook
In 1979, I worked for the producer of a short-lived Broadway play, Knockout, starring Danny Aiello and David Patrick Kelly (presently Da, in Once the Musical). For several months, we became friendly,...
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A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Bastille's Dan Smith on "Eh Ohs," Covers, and the...
Photo/Jesse Jenkins Most of the time, a song gets stuck inside your head for hours, days courtesy of a catchy chorus or well-written verse. In the case of Bastille, however, their orca-whale-sized hit...
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Take Care and Iron Man Actress Leslie Bibb on Romantic Comedies, Women in...
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Robert Downey Jr., Futurist, Uses Twitter to His Advantage!
Twitter, in short, 140-character messages meant to grab someone's attention bait, hook and sinker. With a soft opening in April 2014, Robert Downey Jr. took John Favreau's advice and began his...
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Is HBO's Decision to Offer Standalone Streaming Good or Bad for Netflix?
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View ArticleJames Brown on HBO: Deconstructing Mr. Dynamite's Moves
Alex Gibney's documentary, Mr. Dynamite, limns the extraordinary rise of James Brown's career, and more: Interviews with his sidemen give a history of rhythm and blues, and race. Mick Jagger talks...
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