Elaine Stritch Is Too Talented! Even She Says So...Yellen/Yellin/Yellen --...
"There's no one who's more romantic than a cynic," said the late great writer-movie maker Nora Ephron. When a novel titled What Nora Knew uses this quote to open a new so-titled novel, I confess I...
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The Sundance Interviews: Video With John Slattery, Christopher Abbott, Brady...
The Day for Night series traveled to Sundance to talk to some of the filmmakers and cast with films playing at the festival this year. John Slattery's (Mad Men) film, God's Pocket, which he directed...
View ArticleKids and Educational Media: Desire to Learn vs. Design to Teach
This week, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center published a fantastically rich study of children, families and media called "Learning at Home." Among other findings, it quantified something observers of the...
View ArticleWhy I Will Never Want the 'Same Love'
Full disclosure: I've lost friends over Macklemore, but trust me I'll survive. How did you feel last night? Watching all those beautiful couples making public declarations of love and commitment, as...
View ArticleLizzie Borden Took an Axe
Throughout history, there have been many famous cases in which children have committed murders against their parents, most famously the Menendez Brothers and of course Lizzie Borden, who was acquitted...
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Les Troyens Epic Opera Even on DVD
French composer Hector Berlioz wrote both the music and libretto for Les Troyens in tribute to 'The Aeneid' Virgil's epic saga of the invasion of Troy, the portends of Cassandra and the ill- fated...
View ArticleJohnny Depp: Can You Trust A Serial Proposer?
Movie star and eternal heart throb Johnny Depp, 50, is engaged to 27-year-old actress Amber Heard. The two met on the set of their film The Rum Diary. This isn't the first time Depp has tried to settle...
View ArticleDon't Blame Macklemore For Best Rap Album, Blame The Recording Academy
It really came as no surprise that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won Best Rap Album at the 56th annual Grammy Awards. They took home awards in the rap categories at the American Music Awards, BET Awards,...
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Doctor Who, Doc Martens and All: Capaldi's Costume
Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who, photo via and © BBC bbc.co.uk/doctorwho Matt Smith's professorial getup and bow tie, and David Tennant's floppy coat, spectacles and "sand shoes," are things of the past....
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What You Didn't See During the Grammy Weddings
"Jay Z and Beyonce were our front row wedding guests, Paul McCartney cried like a proud papa, Katy Perry grabbed me with tears in her eyes, Madonna and Macklemore were our wedding singers and Queen...
View ArticleContract Basics
Money In, Money Out and Control Many transactions in the film industry do not fit within any standard paradigm. At the extreme, transactions can involve contributions of property, services or money by...
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A Q&A With Director Peter Hyams Takes Us Closer
Peter Hyams has been making movies for over 40 years. A native New Yorker, Hyams has the distinction of being one of the only directors who also serves as his own cinematographer on his films, a...
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'Fleming' Review: A Look At The Spy Who Created Bond, James Bond
Would it surprise you to learn that the man who created Bond -- James Bond -- liked fast cars, fine living, custom-made cigarettes and cocktails made in a very particular way? Probably not, but unless...
View ArticleSeeing Through the Grammy's Game
This Sunday's 56th Grammy Awards left viewers with a number of memorable moments, but only confirmed one thing: the award show is not out to reward the year's best music. More than anything, the award...
View ArticleJuan Pablo Bach Recap Ep 4: Johnny Pabs Is a Seoul Man
On Monday the thirteen remaining ladies and Johnny Pabs packed their suitcases and headed for the land of K Pop, Gangham Style, and marketplaces that sell the horrifying delicacies from Fear Factor:...
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#RichKids Producer David Leepson Bounds Across Reality TV
"When you buy a show concept from David you always know it is going to be highly produced, extremely entertaining and guided by the next generation's superstar EP." -- George Greenberg, Executive Vice...
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Dear Kacey Musgraves, I Have a Big Lesbian Crush on You!
After realizing that the "live" stream of the Grammys was not a live stream at all but a four-camera view of what wasn't happening onstage (aka a brilliant plot to get people to buy cable), I was left...
View ArticlePete Seeger Passes
Pete Seeger, folk legend and social activist, died on Monday. We miss him already. Though he remained a force for positive change throughout his life -- you could see him on the streets protesting the...
View ArticleThe Wolf of Wall Street: More is Never Enough.
"My name is Jordan Belfort. The year I turned 26 I made $49 million dollars which really pissed me off because it was 3 shy of a million a week." More. More money. More drugs. More sex. More power....
View ArticleWhere Have All the Flowers Gone?
A man who would not be silenced passed on today, yet it's my bet that with his passing, his influence and visibility will become greater than ever. Pete Seeger was an iconic figure who graced our lives...
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