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The Best RomComs of All Time
Make your list now! Culturalist.com is the place to shape, share and debate your opinions on anything and everything through Top 10 lists. Want to join the conversation? You can make your own list of...
View ArticleFifty Shades of BS
The 50 Shades Of Grey movie based on the hot and steamy book trilogy hit the box offices Friday, February 13, to coincide with the Valentine's Day weekend. Although I haven't seen the movie, I did read...
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Exclusive Interview: Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman on 'Girl Crush,'...
Kimberly Schlapman, left, with bandmates Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, and Phillip Sweet I'm kind of glad we didn't know 16 years ago, when we were driving ourselves around in a van -- one time we...
View ArticleI'm A Bad Feminist, But Not Because I Don't Like Iggy Azalea
Roxane Gay, who is much wiser (and certainly a better writer) than I am, said the following in Bad Feminist: "I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I'm not trying to be an...
View ArticleHollywood in Black and White
In the light of the recent controversy surrounding the Oscar's lack of "blackness," the appellation "racism" has been tagged on to the debate. But for me, the word opportunity leaps to mind... or...
View ArticleBe Unafraid
I'm touring in Denmark with the Danish band The Sentimentals. Several people have contacted me about the shootings in Copenhagen. Thank you for your concern. We are safe in the north of Denmark and the...
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A-Sides With Jon Chattman: So Far From Fletcher, Coming Full Circle With...
Growing up a fat kid in Yonkers, NY (that'd be the title of my autobiography by the way), my number one way to escape the middle school jerks and the growing waistline was going to the movies. I would...
View ArticleThat's Show Biz/ Corrupt Condos
I'd say, at least part of the tempest about Brian Williams's alleged exaggerations/lies/amnesia regarding his Iraq, Katrina, Mandela adventures, etc., is to blame on coverage cutbacks by the big TV...
View ArticleFACE IT: When Theatre Is Therapy
Beware of creative children! One day they just may be sharing your foibles or nasty habits with the world. Especially when all their world is a stage. I would guess the majority of theatre pieces over...
View ArticleFinal Oscar Predictions (From a Person Who Wants Everyone To Win So They'll...
The Oscars, while fun to speculate about, mean very little other than a few movies that would normally not make money, get to make a little more. Films like "Boyhood" get to pull in over $25 million...
View ArticleLike a Boss: The Secret of SNL's Success
With the birthday of Saturday Night Live this weekend, we celebrated 40 years of an institution. In those four decades, television entertainment options have increased exponentially, but SNL has been...
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Let's See More #DeafTalent in Hollywood
Over the past couple weeks, the #DeafTalent movement spread like wildfire across social media. Using this hashtag, members of the Deaf community publicly spoke out against the cultural appropriation...
View ArticleHow Marvel Beat DC at the Movies
In 1938, Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, first appeared in the pages of Action Comics #1. Action Comics #1 was published by National Allied Publications which would go on to become...
View ArticleVH1 and What's Trending Team Up For 'Huge On The Tube'
Ten years ago, even the world's more tech savvy wouldn't have imagined that a single short video posted online could catapult someone to fame. As we all know now, this does indeed happen, and with...
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Aisle View: Lin-Manuel Miranda's Alexander The Great
Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton at the Public. Photo: Joan Marcus When you're gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame? Who tells your story? Alexander Hamilton, patriot and lawmaker, is not...
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Breaking Badder: Interviews with RJ Mitte, Robert Weide and Chris Bliss, Plus...
photo credit: Daniel Martinez Matallana A Conversation with Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte Mike Ragogna: Hey, first of all I wanted to congratulate you on your run on Breaking Bad. You played a great...
View ArticleTheater: Does "Hamilton" Hit "The Heights?" Not Yet, But It's Close!
HAMILTON *** out of **** THE PUBLIC THEATER Is Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical Hamilton exciting? Yes. Does it allow us to banish the memory of Bring It On: The Musical as a misfire and make In The...
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What Research Did American Sniper Screenwriter Jason Hall Do for the Oscar...
What are the conversations like between you and the subject of your screenplay when you're in the research phase?: originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a...
View Article(VIDEO) How Viewster Picks Video For Nerdy Millennials
BERLIN -- Outside of some key markets, few may have heard of Viewster. But the Zurich- and Berlin-based VOD service has more than 20 million unique monthly users across four of its operating countries....
View ArticleSex Therapist On What Women Can Actually Learn From 50 Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey has been the subject of highly entertaining scorn and mockery -- yet this "terrible" film had a record 94.4 million debut. I'm curious about the intense reaction of both critics...
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