My Conversation With Rene Russo
Tonight I'm joined by Rene Russo, who has played a wide range of roles, from the sultry insurance investigator in what I consider to be the best remake of all time -- The Thomas Crown Affair with...
View ArticleSesame Street Is 45 This Year: Our Favorite Celebrity Moments!
What do Robert DeNiro, Jason Mraz, First Lady Michelle Obama, David Beckham, Alicia Keys and Kofi Annan all have in common? They, along with hundreds of actors, politicians, athletes and rock stars...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead: A Night of Reckoning... Rick's Way!
One by one all six walked out the front door of the church that night. They were Glenn, acted by Steven Yeun; Maggie, acted by Lauren Cohan; Sasha, acted by Sonequa Martin-Greene; Abraham, acted by...
View ArticleHorror Genre Starting to Scare Up More Women
What better time than Halloween to look at the status of women in horror films? While a large percentage of the on-screen screams come from women who are getting sliced and diced, not many are behind...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Harry Potter Grows Up, Gets Horny: Director Alexandre Aja Talks Horns -- The...
A break from the standard Halloween fare of mad slashers and paranormal infestations, the new film Horns brings a decidedly hometown slant to an examination of the good and evil that lives in all of...
View ArticleBlack-ish: Reimagining Blackness on Television
Black-ish, the new ABC sitcom created by Kenya Barris, really is one of the funniest shows on TV this season. I laughed my head off watching a marathon run of the first four episodes on demand. Now...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Knott's 'Special Ops: Infected' Proves That Wide Open Spaces Can Be Just as...
It sounds like an interesting challenge. Staging an authentic-looking zombie apocalypse while -- at the same time -- not scratching up any of Grizzly Creek Lodge's nice new furniture. But that's...
View ArticleTheater: Sting and Ewan McGregor Hit Broadway; Does Broadway Hit Back?
THE REAL THING ** 1/2 out of **** THE LAST SHIP *** out of **** Two major talents made their Broadway debut recently, though neither is a stranger to the stage. Actor Ewan McGregor came to Broadway...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Band of One
The truth is that the first time I played in a Belgrade rockabilly club two years ago, I was in hiding. It had been that way for as long as I could remember, but it was the first time that it felt...
View ArticleHow Saved by the Bell Helped Me With My Gender Transition
There were no lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender students at Bayside High (but I think we can all agree that Slater was a little gay for Zack). Saved by the Bell, the first-ever Saturday-morning...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nashville-based Indie Rock Band Bully Opens for Kevin Drew of Broken Social...
As I wade through the waters of my inbox full of electronic, hip-hop, and indie rock promos, I make sure to at least try to listen to everything hoping that something is compelling enough for a...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned Since Coming Out
Looking back on my life since coming out a year ago only makes me wish I'd had the strength to come out sooner. It was the final step on the journey to self-acceptance, and I'm glad I can say now that...
View ArticleThe Candidate: Election Season Classic May Ease Pain as It Entertains
"Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown... This is the book that could force the little fox into the open."...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned Since Coming Out
Looking back on my life since coming out a year ago only makes me wish I'd had the strength to come out sooner. It was the final step on the journey to self-acceptance, and I'm glad I can say now that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Flesh And Machine: Chats With Daniel Lanois, Deep Purple's Ian Paice, Chuck...
A Conversation with Daniel Lanois Mike Ragogna: You took a couple of different approaches on your new album, Flesh And Machine. When you first decided to do the project, was this what you had in mind...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Problems in Bed, Booze, and Beyond
It's hard to believe that five years have passed since Lady Gaga recorded "Bad Romance." But with the fifth anniversary of the release date of Gaga's album, The Fame Monster, on October 26, 2014 it's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Abu Dhabi Diaries: Making the Impossible Possible, for Great World Cinema
A still from The Valley by Ghassan Salhab After all is said and done, the movie screenings finished, the red carpets rolled away and the party venues dismantled, what should a film festival leave a...
View ArticleDiCaprio: In a Few Decades, Renewable Energy Could Supply 100% of Our World's...
Green World Rising, one episode of a four-part documentary series produced in collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, is a clarion call to save our species. U.N. delegates and the world's leading...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jim Davis Explains Why Garfield Loves Lasagna and Hates Mondays and Why...
Cartoonist Jim Davis is the man behind lasagna-loving, Monday-hating Garfield the cat, who lives with his long-suffering owner, Jon, and fellow pet and perennial crossword puzzle clue, Odie the dog....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Please Don't Miss Sonic Highways: Dave Grohl's "Love Letter To American Music"
Dave Grohl channeling his muse on his HBO series Sonic Highways I'm late to this party, but bear with me. Because I've just discovered that Dave Grohl is arguably the best pop music critic/historian...
View Article