We're Fixated on the Wrong Labels
I've come to be quite a master of labels. Truly a connoisseur. Prada, Armani, Chanel, YSL -- I love them all. Clean and new, tailored and pressed, the labels that line my closet each have a story and...
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The Importance of Someone "Like Me" in the Movies
After a screening of the live action short film Menschen, Sarah Lotfi was approached by a young woman who exclaimed, "That's me!" The young woman with Down syndrome referred to her resemblance to the...
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Reflections on Ol' Dirty Bastard Ten Years Later: ODB as a Microcosm of...
Ten years from last Thursday, the American rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard (ODB), died of a drug overdose. This past Saturday would have been his 46th birthday. The Brooklyn-born rapper was a man of many...
View ArticleTaking on The E! True Hollywood Story
For months, I knew that I was going to be interviewed for an E! True Hollywood Story, and I was beyond psyched! Just a few weeks ago, I sat down with the crew and told my story from start to finish....
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Brooke Shields on Her Memoir and Parenting in a Culture of Casual Sex and...
Photo Credit: Chris Henchy As far as mother/daughter relationships in the entertainment industry, there are a few that stand out, like Melissa and Joan Rivers, Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, Kate...
View ArticleWinter Sleep, Winner of the Palme d'Or, Tipped for the Academy Awards' Best...
When Aydin comes home to find his abode to be abuzz with the banter of warm conversations, the inviting glow of a fire and the relaxed vibe induced from the local Turkish liqueur, his first reaction is...
View ArticleSandra Oh's New Role Is Executive Producer of an Animated Film
Earlier this year, Sandra Oh made a graceful exit from the hit television series "Grey's Anatomy" after 10 seasons as the talented, loyal, driven and mercurial surgeon Cristina Yang. In the final...
View ArticleBroadway Remembers and Honors the Amazing Elaine Stritch
" Elaine Stritch gave me a wonderful birthday present; a beautiful photograph of a baby girl -- herself!" joked the great actor Nathan Lane at the memorial to his fellow actor in New York. He noted...
View Article'Birdman' and Keaton Will Amaze You
"Birdman" is an amazing movie any way you view it. Some will be bowled over by the performances, each and every member of the cast are playing their A game. Some will be enthralled by the camera work,...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1. Enough Already!
Not sure about this one. Bleak. Lacking in the sparkle-plenty splendor of the glittering self-indulgence of previous films in The Hunger Games series that juxtaposed the grey and the ominous against...
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Your Hunger Games Vacation (Peeta Not Included)
The third Hunger Games movie (Mockingjay: Part 1) is in theaters November 21st -- which means the world is going Katniss crazy once more. (Although, did we ever really stop?) Katniss is one of the most...
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The Green: Ways & Means
As you all know or may not know, I'm a fan of reggae. I'm especially a fan of reggae from the islands of Hawaii. With the Huffington Post platform, I plan to keep bringing the story of reggae music...
View ArticleThe Messed-Up Lessons We're Surrounded By As Girls
When I was a little girl, I loved Snow White. I loved how she talked to the dwarfs and sang with the birds, and I decided I wanted to be exactly like her. My relatives gave me Snow White music boxes...
View ArticleEbola is What Happens When Promises Are Broken
Diseases do a lot of different things, all vicious, but there's one thing they've got in common: they find our vulnerabilities and exploit them. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa -- and the world's...
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My Chat With Valerie Harper Revealed That She Can Also Turn the World On With...
Life is funny because who would have guessed when I was 11 years old, dreaming of sitting around chatting with my best friends Mary and Rhoda, that someday I'd have a chance to ask Rhoda Morgenstern a...
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A Cartoon Classic 30 Years in the Making: Hour of the Wolf Movie Review of...
If you've been going through the vast collection of films that have lapsed into the pubic domain -- and you probably have, because who can afford entertainment otherwise? -- you've likely stumbled upon...
View ArticleWhy Harry Styles' 'Not That Important' Is Massively Important
Some people are very confused when I tell them that I love One Direction. It doesn't quite fit my persona: the radical trans-feminist-anarchist-vegan-activist persona. I was completely shocked by it...
View ArticleAdvice for Writers From Criminal Minds
It's no secret that I have a major soft spot for procedural dramas. And, I've recently become rather obsessed with CBS's Criminal Minds. I'm talking binge-watching-the-first-9-seasons-in-a-matter-of...
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15 Questions: TS Madison
Photo credit: Feastoffun.com TS Madison has become really popular over the past year. She is a YouTube sensation who recently got her own show on YouTube via World of Wonder. Madison just dropped her...
View ArticleHollywood Film Awards Falls Flat
"NEVER TOUCH your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers!" Gustave Flaubert. •LAST FRIDAY night! I had the incredible experience of watching the first televised Hollywood Film Awards. Okay,...
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