A Male Melt-down in the Alps
Force Majeure, which stirred up the troops in Cannes, is a must-see dark comedy from Swedish writer-director Ruben Ostlund about how a cowardly decision in a moment of crisis can be hell on a marriage....
View ArticleAmell and Harding: TV's Arrow Making Wine and a Difference
Not much beats a day of pleasant surprises, and when those surprises come with delicious wine and can help a good cause, well it ends up being almost too good to be true. But that's the spirit of...
View ArticleMy Conversation with David Ritz
Tonight I'm joined by New York Times best-selling author David Ritz. This prolific writer has published some 53 books, including five new tomes out this year. Those titles include collaborations with...
View ArticleWorld Series Anthem Flub: We've Seen (And Done) Worse
Did you miss Aaron Lewis's now-infamous flub of the national anthem at the start of Sunday's World Series game? If so, don't worry -- no fewer than 10 YouTube users have posted a video for you to go...
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Why Comics Are More Important Than Ever
Seven years after the Kindle debuted and more than twenty since the web went public, the publishing field still contemplates a transition from print to digital, a change that seems inevitable every...
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Amy Jo Johnson Indiegogo's Again
A couple of years ago, I interviewed actress/singer/writer/director (that's a lot of titles!) Amy Jo Johnson (Felicity, Flashpoint, Covert Affairs) during her effort to fund her first short film, Bent....
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Jack Bruce: A Fond Fan Farewell
Ex-Cream-Basssist und Sänger Jack Bruce in der Musikhalle Hamburg, January 1972 Clapton was God to some--or so the graffiti said back in the 60s. But for me, Jack Bruce,who passed away last week, was...
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Close Encounters of the iRAWniQ Kind
Rising popstar iRAWniQ and innovative director JB Ghuman Jr. (SPORK) have just made one of the most visually arresting videos ever, with ALIENPU$. ALIENPU$ is about having an intimate encounter with a...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Four from CMJ - Featherface, Somebody's Darling,...
October is a lot of things. It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It's Halloween decorations. It's Pumpkin Spice everything. And in New York for the last 34 years, it's meant the start of the CMJ Music...
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Jimmy Kimmel Sells Los Angeles Home For Just Over $2M
The TV comedian just sold his Los Angeles abode for $2,178,200 ... and it's apparently just as likable as he is! While Jimmy Kimmel is pretty good at entertaining a television audience, he's probably...
View ArticleNote to Gay Actors: Closets Are for Costumes
Anytime an established actor comes out of the closet, he should be applauded. It's a brave thing to do in Hollywood. Not only is he confronting the prejudices of Middle America, but chances are he's...
View ArticleWednesday's Rap: What's in and Out in Bazaar
"MICRO Spikes...Layered necklaces...Neon clutches...Pointy pumps...Thumb rings...Beaded chains...Diamante flats...Clear Totes." These are items that Harper's Bazaar magazine says are most definitely...
View ArticleBanding Together
Red Band Society is not a tale about your average merry misfits. They aren't rebelling against societies norms, being a teenager or their demographic. They all are just about on an even playing field,...
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Nightcrawler -- Movie Review
Jake Gyllenhall plays a news prowler in Nightcrawler Why do we click the video that says NSFW (not safe for work)? Why must we see the awful clip everyone's talking about? Nightcrawler, the new film...
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What to Watch This Halloween
Whether you're a scaredy cat or a black cat, we're taking care of your viewing needs this All Hollows' Eve. Using our scientifically calibrated Scare-O-Meter, we've ranked some of the best Halloween...
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Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper Tango Once Again in Serena
Just when you think Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper can't appear together in another movie, out pops another. In the third film that Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper have starred in, Serena...
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Nightcrawler
They mostly come out at night, under the cloak of darkness. They swarm around dead bodies and carnage. Around the wounded, the maimed, the vulnerable. They're hated by some, loathed by others. No, not...
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I Went to the Appalachian Queer Film Festival
Photo credit: Valentina I. Valentini I wasn't nervous about going to rural West Virginia until people asked me if I was. "They do a lot of pills," my sister said. "They drink a lot," said someone else....
View ArticleCosby Has No One to Blame But Cosby for His Sullied Image
For decades Bill Cosby has been enshrined as America's most treasured TV Dad, the quintessential symbol of all that is good and wholesome in family values conscious America. The adulation for Cosby is...
View ArticleCitizenfour: The Spy Who Was Never Out in the Cold
Officers of the CIA's clandestine service are often warned: don't fall in love with your agents. This cautionary advice is meant to be interpreted literally and figuratively. In Laura Poitras'...
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