Gracepoint Is a Show You Should Be Watching
One of the most engrossing dramas on TV this season is Fox network's Gracepoint. This American adaptation of the British TV series "Broadchurch" is so well written and so well acted that even those who...
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Best of Abu Dhabi: Learning the Games People Play Through The Narcicyst's Rise
Director Ali F. Mostafa with Yassin Alsalman AKA The Narcicyst (center), on the set of Rise The talented, charismatic, popular Iraqi-Canadian rapper named The Narcicyst first appeared on my cultural...
View ArticleRozonda 'Chilli' Thomas Talks Recurring Dreams, Son Tron and TLC
Late on Monday, November 3, I got an email from TruTV publicist Brad Bernstein asking if I would be able to interview TLC's Rozonda "Chilli Thomas that next morning as she is currently promoting her...
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Dylan Scott and Where It All Comes From
Dylan Scott says he's fired up, but even if he didn't say so, that's the impression you would have gotten anyway. He's so enthusiastic about so many different things that you could get the exact same...
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Grey's Anatomy Recap: No More Shower Sex in 'Don't Let's Start'
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 11, Episode 6 of ABC's Grey's Anatomy, titled "Don't Let's Start." Finally! I don't like missing weeks of "Grey's Anatomy," especially when the other...
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Interstellar Is "The Best Film of This Century Thus Far" and "Important"
Reviews of Interstellar: originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and access insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on...
View Article'Interstellar' -- A Galaxy Too Far?
Could Earth really get so bad that we have to leave? That's the premise of Interstellar, the sci-fi epic of Homeric ambition and eonian length now filling the multiplexes. Environmental decay is a...
View ArticleLasagna at Bruce Springsteen's: Stand Up for Heroes/ Women in Comedy at...
You have to love this night for both maximum heart and entertainment: Stand Up for Heroes, Wednesday night. Sponsored by The Bob Woodruff Foundation and Caroline's Comedy Club, and kicking off the...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan's 'Interstellar': Here to Go
Last year we had Gravity, a chamber music concert compared to this year's grand oratorio, Interstellar. As we all know, our planet is going to seed, or in this case, dust, and something must be done to...
View ArticleThe Unbearable Burden of Being Sophie Hunter
By Indian aunty standards, the engagement of a 38-year-old "never married" man should be greeted by nothing other than sheer relief. God be praised, finally, before all our teeth fell out. However when...
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The Megalomaniac Next Door: Hour of the Wolf Movie Review of LFO
Not all megalomaniacs are preening, medal-bedecked-uniform-wearing, sociopathic assholes. Sometimes they're mousy, tatty, middle-class husbands with a basement full of electronic equipment and a...
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From UHF and Mandatory Fun to Gulf Coast Blues and Autumn: Chatting with...
THE EMPTY HEARTS' "90 MILES AN HOUR DOWN A DEAD-END STREET" EXCLUSIVE photo courtesy The Empty Hearts According to The Empty Hearts' Clem Burke, "'90 Miles...' was one of the very first songs written...
View ArticleWhy Mel Brooks and Bill Moyers Will Always Idolize Norman Lear
Last Tuesday, Republicans wrested control of the U.S. Senate. Prelude to a 2016 White House smackdown? Bad news for the Left? Maybe. But this coming Tuesday, Veteran's Day, liberal ninja Norman Lear...
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Bob McGrath -- His Unlikely Path To 'Sesame Street'
This interview is brought to you by the letter B and the number 45. Sesame Street's Bob McGrath is a rock star... at least to the 2- to 5-year old population. For the past 45 years, the 82-year-old...
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Hollywood Creatives and Theme Park Fans Appreciate the Universal Difference
It's often been said that if you build a better mouse trap, the world will beat a path to your door. Well, when Comcast reported its third quarter results last month, it wasn't a mouse trap that...
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I am the Jackie Robinson of Hip Hop Graphic Design!
It was 1987. I had just gotten off work and walked across the Kitsap Mall to Sam Goody to look for this album. I heard that it had just got out and I wanted to be the first of my friends to have it. I...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: "Good Habits" with Jaymes Young; "Side" with My...
To quote Schoolhouse Rock, three is, indeed, a magic number. Well, not when it comes to celebrity deaths but I digress. Today's A-Sides keeps up with the street cred for one of the best numerals ever...
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Bella Gaia: "Ground Control to Major Tom"
Go the lyrics of the David Bowie classic "Major Tom." The chorus refers to the Major's glorious view from his space capsule, as he drifts out of radio contact. In this case, the same imagery might...
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Taylor: Swift Boat or Love Boat
Feature Flash/Shutterstock.com Last week was a convenient window for Taylor Swift haters to come out. She pulled her songs from Spotify and now has the only debut album of 2014 to go platinum in one...
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Fort Bliss: Remembering Families
We constantly are reminded how tough it is to be a divorced parent, having so much to juggle between work and family. But that doesn't even scratch the surface of what it is like to be a divorced...
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