My Conversation With Smokey Robinson
Tonight I'm joined by Smokey Robinson, a man many consider to be among the finest songwriters this country has ever produced. Smokey has been writing, producing and recording hits for almost 50 years....
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With the Power Pop of III, Jessica Campbell Can Count Her Blessings
She's a sweet Carolina native with a voice as luscious and refreshing as a glass of iced tea on a sweltering summer day. But don't let that sunny disposition and alluring Southern accent fool you. When...
View ArticleIf Put In Other Industries, Many Hollywood Executives Would Be Fired
This summer's box office performance declined about 15 percent when compared to last summer. While some industry Pollyannas might claim that better days are ahead, long-term trends do not support the...
View ArticleBatman: The Complete TV Series: The Continuing Case for Camp
With Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy receding into our collective rearview mirrors, having redefined just how "grounded" a cinematic superhero can be, and Ben Affleck's at Bat still more than...
View ArticleInterstellar Science: 'That's Relativity'
Have you seen Christopher Nolan's Interstellar yet? It's generating a lot of discussion both about the story and the science, and as one of the characters explains in the movie ("that's relativity"),...
View ArticleA Change Is Gonna Come
In the 24-hour, cascading-waterfall news cycle, news that would otherwise get our attention sometimes becomes obscured by the sheer magnitude of other news. Such is the case this week. Vying for our...
View ArticleA Conversation With Anastasia Zannis
Groomed for stardom from childhood, from the tennis court to the operatic stage, Anastasia Zannis chose a varied musical path. She has sung in places as geographically diverse as Calgary, Canada, where...
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Recovery With a Laugh Track
By Malina SavalSitcoms about alcoholics and addicts are not the norm for network TV, with the majority of substance abuse-themed storylines relegated to such envelope-pushing cable skeins as Showtime's...
View ArticleShark Tank Contestants Share Their Top Lessons Learned
Starting a successful business is a dream for many people, as proven by the popularity of ABC's Shark Tank. The hit show can teach us many great lessons about entrepreneurship. When TJ Hale, author of...
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Brian's Song
Mo' Better Blues, my all time favorite Spike Lee Joint starring Denzel Washington, was my coming-of-age film. Enraptured in my intense adolescent quest for identity, I did all I could to walk like...
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Why We Love Divas...Let Us Count the Ways
Maybe it started with Greta Garbo. Quentin Crisp was a huge fan. If you're older than I am -- admit it or not, some of you are -- perhaps Judy Garland is your goddess. Guys around my age love...
View ArticleI'll Be Me: Glen Campbell's Final Tour
Some 45 minutes into the exceptional new documentary I'll Be Me, U2 guitarist The Edge offers an opinion on the movie's subject, Glen Campbell. In 2011-2012, Campbell, despite being diagnosed with...
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Ben Fogle Reveals His Most Memorable Travel Moments
Adventurer, TV personality and author Ben Fogle tells us about his most memorable encounters across the globe, ahead of the latest series of Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. By Lauren Hill Your...
View ArticleYou Got It All Wrong, Melissa Etheridge
Shame on Melissa Etheridge for using her privilege and public platform to blame herself for her breast cancer and, by extension, blame all lesbian and bisexual women for our disproportionate burden of...
View Article'The Homesman': 15 Minutes with Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones
I'm being slid into an MRI machine at a radiology center in Beverly Hills. Have you had an MRI? It's like being buried alive in a coffin with loud, rapid-fire gunshots exploding by your ears. The...
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The Who's 10th Anniversary, 40 Years Later
This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Field Notes from a Music Biz Life. In early 1973, shortly after I took over as editor of Record World, a mysterious package from our Latin American...
View ArticleLeonardo Dicaprio: Let's Not Wait Until We Pass More Tipping Points
Around 250 million years ago most life was extinguished from our planet in a cataclysmic extinction event. Today, it could happen again. That's the story Leonard DiCaprio tells in Last Hours, another...
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The MovieFilm Podcast: Interstellar and Big Hero 6 + Jon Stewart on Rosewater
After a weeklong break, the boys are back, and with plenty to discuss! First up, Brian shares his thoughts on seeing Steven Spielberg's 1941 for the first time, and after that I weighs in on the 1966...
View ArticleI'm a Pop Singer and Spotify Works for Me
The Internet is buzzing with the news of Taylor Swift's big move away from Spotify. Artists are firing up their torches and grabbing their pitchforks to slay the gnarling, evil dragon that is...
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Of Black Holes and Glittering Stars: The Theory of Everything and Hollywood...
Cosmologists often debate the notion of a "multiverse": could it be that our universe is but one of many? Perhaps infinite numbers of other universes sputter and blink in and out of existence all the...
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