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Cassadee Pope- 48th Annual Country Music Awards Photo Courtesy: Larry Busacca/Getty Images The 2015 Awards Season is already upon us and the question on everyone's mind is "What will they be wearing?"...
View ArticleWhy Selma Got It Right
There is much hoopla over Ava DuVernay's buzzed-about film Selma regarding historical "inaccuracies" in the portrayal of President Johnson. In a TIME magazine article, David Kaiser takes us through a...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Getting "Very Close" to J-Idris ; The Return of 5...
No matter the decade, every girl or boy who had a respective Bat or Bar Mitzvah knows every single line of Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" verbatim. OK, let's face it everyone does and they have ever...
View ArticleWilliam H. Macy Talks About the New Season of Shameless
I sat down with actor William H. Macy recently while he was in Chicago filming the last bits of Season Five of Shameless for Showtime. Executive chef of Sable Kitchen and Bar, Heather Terhune, joined...
View ArticleThank You Jay-Z, Will and Jada for Annie
I admit it. This 50 year old man, who prefers the plenty of action and adventure type when it comes to movies, couldn't wait to see Annie," starring 11 year old actress Quvenzhané Wallis. So there I...
View ArticleWhy Everyone Is Freaking Out About the Annie Movie
There are over 3,000 live conversations happening right now on VProud, a new video-based conversation platform for women. The conversations range from what happens when your Bipolar disorder is...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Music of Still Alice: A Q & A With Composer Ilan Eshkeri
Awards season 2015 has just begun and already Julianne Moore has been nominated for dozens of well deserved awards in the Best Actress category for the film Still Alice, which is released widely on...
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When Dating Is Like Stubbing Your Toe
Am I the only one who has had this thought? Just hear me out... You're lying in bed, quite comfortable. Everything is great, you have the temperature set, your pillows are in the perfect position to...
View ArticleZaki's Review: Selma
Early last week, a video crossed my Facebook feed of a young-ish African-American male beating up an elderly gentleman. The discomfiting vid was posted by someone claiming the aggressor was Michael...
View ArticleFeminism in Television
What feminism means and its values have long been hotly debated. The idea that woman can do on their own for themselves, or do exactly what a man can without being criticized has been a recurring theme...
View ArticleCelebrities Tweet About The Golden Globes
During this year's 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards the Twittersphere was fast and furious with 2.6 million Tweets relating to the show. According to Twitter, the most Tweeted-about celebrities of the...
View ArticleLeaders Like MLK Are Not a Thing of the Past, But We Must Shape the Moral...
Watching Selma in the middle of a crowded movie theater this week, I found myself doubled over in emotion. I knew the faces and their voices. My daddy was a white preacher who was run out of his North...
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Why Gina Rodriguez Is the Golden Globes' Biggest Winner
The biggest winner at tonight's Golden Globe Awards wasn't Birdman or Boyhood -- as many pundits were predicting. But Gina Rodriguez -- a first-time nominee for her lead role on the CW's hit show Jane...
View ArticleGolden Globes Prove Why Hollywood Needs Feminists
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler just may have given television its biggest feminist evening ever on Sunday. Saying that audiences were waiting with baited breath to watch the formidable-female duo return to...
View ArticleThe Best TV Show You're Not Watching
Science fiction is a genre dominated by deep leaps into the future. Interstellar, for example, shows Earth on its deathbed, new planets and lifelike artificial intelligence. As humans, we always want...
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The Importance of Wild, Complicated Women's Stories
I successfully ignored Cheryl Strayed's memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, for over two years after its publication. This was no small feat, considering the widespread...
View ArticleThe Eating Habits of Married Not-Gay Mormon Men
TLC's controversial reality show My Husband's Not Gay premiered this past weekend. Perhaps to mitigate some of the flak the show has received, one of the show's featured Mormon couples, Jeff and Tanya,...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Misunderstanding; The Use of Weapons in Filming Carries...
After 30 years as an Assistant Director, Production Manager and Producer, I was invited to become Director of Physical Production at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts....
View ArticleTop 5 Love Lessons from 'The Bachelor' (Prince Farming, Episode 2)
Last night's second episode of ABC's "The Bachelor" proved to be quite entertaining, despite Prince Farming having the personality of a soybean. The producers seemed to pepper the episode with the kind...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Predicting the Gold Guy Morning
'Tis the season for everyone, their mother, brother, cousin, dog, and everyone else to place their bets on this year's Oscar nods. Here's this guy's take (points to self.) Overall, 2014 was a great yet...
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