Larry David: Writer, Producer, Actor, Comedian... Middle East Ambassador?
Larry David's been called a lot of things in his life -- brilliant, genius, funny, neurotic, offensive -- but never, has anyone thought the Seinfeld co-creator and Brooklyn-born Jew could be a catalyst...
View ArticleCome Too Far
I experienced many emotions watching the incredible motion picture, Selma, this past weekend. There was pride. There was pain for every blow and every death it took for our country to heed the call of...
View ArticleAll the Doors to Hollywood and How to Open Them -- Costume Designer
How does a costume designer go about the job? "It's all very precise", says Louise Frogley, among whose credits are The Conspirator and The Men Who Stare at Goats, and who has been in the business for...
View ArticleA-Sides With Jon Chattman: Going, Going, and Gone Girl -- Celebrating the...
To quote an Oscar-nominated original song, "Everything is Awesome" today. The Oscar nominations were announced and so many well-deserved performances and films were honored by that gold guy who bares a...
View ArticleThe Boys are Alright
I have a guilty pleasure. Yes, I feel really guilty about it, and it's really pleasurable. I'm also late to the party by about 14 years, so I'll apologize for that in advance. Six months ago, a friend...
View ArticleAll About That... Grammy
The Grammys are upon us. As I ponder the nominees in the category of "Song of the Year" on my Recording Academy voting ballot I'm happy to report that all five compositions were written by no more than...
View ArticleBinge Watching American Horror Story in All Its Glory
Caught a cold recently and stumbled upon American Horror Story on Netflix. Began watching and didn't stop until the end of season 3 and then immediately went on On Demand to catch up on Season 4. In...
View ArticleWhat Happened in Selma?
This is not a movie review, although I do discuss the movie Selma. It is also not just a discussion of history. When I ask, "What happened in Selma?," I am really asking what has happened since the...
View ArticleThat Time Kanye West "Discovered" Sir Paul McCartney: A Modern Fairytale
Once upon a time, God created a mini-me and named him Kanye West. He was the most exquisite, impeccable, rational, well-spoken, calm, talented and humble creature to have ever roamed the earth. In...
View ArticleIndieFlix: A Movement to Change the World One Indie Movie at a Time
Photo Credit: Coco Knudson Imagine this scenario: You recently got divorced, are now a single mother, your father has passed away and you are running a startup. You have exactly six weeks of funding...
View ArticleWhat's Missing From the New Annie: A New, New Deal
I was excited to take my daughters to see Annie starring 11-year-old African American actress Quvenzhané Wallis this past weekend. Just months ago, my own 4-year-old daughter Akeela said to my wife and...
View ArticleVote for the Moviegoers Best Blockbuster Film Awards
This gives you, the movie going public, the opportunity to cast your vote by February 15th, 2015 for the Moviegoers Best Blockbuster Film Awards by using the link further below! Film award season is...
View ArticleColor Me Angry!: Amazon's Woody Allen Hire
A mom I had never met who lives in another state reached me on my office phone today. She was upset, really upset, as moms will get when the possible suffering of kids is callously ignored. The mom...
View ArticleIf This Guitar Had Eyes: Artist Zhenya Gershman's Portrait of Bob Dylan Takes...
TEN-TIME GRAMMY WINNER BOB DYLAN TO BE HONORED AS THE GRAMMY 2015 MUSICARES PERSON OF THE YEAR AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE IS CELEBRATED BY A UNIQUE PORTRAIT CREATED BY ARTIST ZHENYA GERSHMAN ON A...
View ArticleCake Rings True
It often really concerns me that many people get their medical information from watching movies and television. That's because most shows are wildly medically inaccurate and truly misinform, especially...
View ArticleFoxes, Snakes and Men: Woman in the Wild
In the season we learned that Ray Rice had knocked his fiancée unconscious in an elevator -- turning a spotlight on rampant domestic abuse in the NFL -- the same fall that the number of women alleging...
View Article5 Reasons Why 'Selma' Is More Than Just A Film
I honestly don't have any words to describe the effect that Selma has had on me. Before the film had even started, I was holding back tears. And whenever I cry during movies, I'm able to stop by...
View ArticleHow Did the Math Do on the 2015 Oscar Nominations?
Thursday morning was a wonderful and terrible morning for Hollywood. Some filmmakers got the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of hearing their names called as Oscar nominees (or, if you're Meryl Streep,...
View ArticleAnd the Nominees Are... White
7:47AM PST - "Wake the @!#$ up. Selma got snubbed in a big way." That was the text I got from one of my best friends the morning of Oscar nominations, starting my day here in sunny Los Angeles. It is...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Tony Danza, Honeymoon in Vegas Pay Off
(Reviewer's note: I covered Honeymoon in Vegas when it tried out at Millburn's Paper Mill Playhouse in 2013. Taking into account the improvements inserted for its transfer to Manhattan's Nederlander,...
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