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"I Saw it at Sundance": 14 Films People Might be Talking About This Year
This year's Sundance Film Festival featured the standard themes that indie films are known for: coming-of-age summers, middle-class folk complaining about their lives, and of course, Brit Marling. But...
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It's been 10 years since Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl in front of millions of CBS viewers, yet anyone who owned a television in 2004 can remember the night that...
View ArticleBulletproof David Guetta Helps Young Musicians Succeed in the Digital Era
Last week DJ David Guetta was named the official Ambassador of the 2014 edition of Amplifier Center Stage. The music program, matches developing musicians with established artists who will help mentor...
View ArticlePut a Filter on It
"Be the best you can be." We've all heard at some point, but can you be the "best you" you can be? Sure. Just put a filter on it. We have become the advertising agencies of us. We control the...
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Why I Love Me Some Bruno Mars
I'm only watching the Super Bowl for ONE reason this year: Bruno Mars. Let me give you some background on that. I grew up on Chicago's Southside in the late 50s and early 60s. So, I'm old enough to...
View ArticleMelanie Griffith's Working Girl Hair and Other Lovable Wild Movie Hairstyles
It's hard to believe that last month marked the 25th anniversary of the release of the groundbreaking hit film Working Girl. Who can forget the smart, plucky, and lovable Tess McGill (Melanie...
View Article10 Things The Wolf of Wall Street and College Have in Common
If you haven't seen The Wolf of Wall Street yet, shame on you, because this movie is cinematic gold. As usual, Leo DiCaprio does not disappoint (hang in there for that Oscar, Leo; it has to be be...
View ArticlePete Seeger -- Character, Personality, Intuition and Focus
After 94 years, on January 27, 2014, the world lost Pete Seeger. The world is the lesser for that loss. The accolades for this giant of folk songs and herald of all causes just, are pouring in from...
View ArticleRespecting the Past and Embracing the Future: Lessons From Downton Abbey
As a therapist in D.C., I have worked with many clients struggling to adapt to the Internet revolution and its transformation of the print industry. D.C. is obviously a career-driven town, with many...
View ArticleThe Sundance Interviews: Kurt Russell (VIDEO)
The Day for Night series traveled to Sundance to talk to some filmmakers with films playing at the festival this year. Before Kurt Russell was a grown-up movie star, he was a ballplayer. The Battered...
View ArticlePete Seeger: His Public Face Was His Private Face
I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s listening to The Weavers. At one time I believe I had all of their albums. How well I remember their rousing versions of songs like "Good Night Irene," "Tzena Tzena,"...
View ArticleThe Everyday Excellence Awards
Why do award shows mean so much to us? The Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Grammys, the Oscars -- it's as if our world comes screeching to a halt once that red carpet rolls out. We...
View ArticleWhy I Cheer For Rocky Over The Wolf Of Wall Street
Maybe I don't understand what courage is anymore. I sat in a movie theater recently, listening to people of all ages applaud and cheer when the key character was drinking excessively and stealing other...
View ArticleInterview: Vera Farmiga on At Middleton, Bates Motel and The Conjuring
With her recent appearances headlining New Line's horror hit The Conjuring as well as the A&E prequel series Bates Motel, one could be forgiven for thinking that the chiller genre is Vera Farmiga's...
View ArticleSNL: We Need A Break, It's Not You It's Me
Saturday Night Live you need to know this comes from a place of love -- but the truth is we've grown apart. When I was younger you were my first real taste of a grown up sketch comedy. In many ways you...
View ArticleLabor Day Takes Place in a Fantasy World
Movie Review Jackie K Cooper Labor Day (Paramount Pictures) Jason Reitman is the director of such hit movies as Up In the Air, Juno and Thank You For Smoking so he obviously knows his way around a good...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman (1968-2014): So Great in the Now Ironically Titled A...
Philip Seymour Hoffman, dead of an apparent drug overdose, was one of my favorite actors. And in A Late Quartet -- and how ironic does that title seem now? -- he gave a great performance. It was a...
View ArticlePopcorn Preview: True Detective
True Detective (2014) Cast includes: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club), Woody Harrelson (Game Change), Michael Potts (The Wire), Troy Kittles (Get Rich or Die Tryin'), Michelle Monaghan (Gone...
View ArticlePopcorn Preview: Honey (Miele)
Honey 2013 (Miele) Cast includes: Jasmine Trinca (The Son's Room), Carlo Cecchi (The Red Violin), Libero De Rienzo (Fat Girl), Vinicio Marchioni (Twice Born) Director: Valeria Golino (first feature...
View ArticleWhy I Wouldn't Watch the Super Bowl and Won't Support Football: Let Me Count...
While I admire the majestic Bald Eagle, and I regard the U.S. Constitution as a stunningly intelligent and inspired document, some people treat me as if I have committed patriotic heresy by challenging...
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