The 10 Most Influential Surfers of All Time
From surfing's early beginnings as the "Sport of Kings" in Hawaii, it has held a certain sway over spectators and participants alike. While estimates of the number of surfers worldwide vary wildly...
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26 Slogans That Frankly Make More Sense Than the Real Ones, Pt. 2
As a follow-up to my previous post, here are 26 more honest slogans that reveal what people really think of popular brands. Enjoy! 1. honestslogans.com 2. honestslogans.com 3. honestslogans.com 4....
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Blue Notes: An Interview With Out Indie Darling Noah Daniel Wood
This week I caught up with 21-year-old queer indie singer/songwriter Noah Daniel Wood while he was visiting Portland from Boston. We had brunch at SweeDeeDee, and over breakfast burritos, homemade pie...
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Michael Bublé Discusses Recording a Unique Christmas Album: "A Dream Come...
This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Michael Bublé, Grammy Winning Singer/Songwriter It's no secret that I love the holidays, all the traditions and especially Christmas music, so for...
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Talking With Annabella Lwin: Pop Icon of the Original Bow Wow Wow
Dig the scene: As New Wave goddess Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow chats with me about all things bright and beautiful, wise and wonderful -- and especially musical (she'd love to work with Stevie...
View ArticleDallas Buyers Club: Priceless!
No actor has done more interesting work in the last few years than Matthew McConaughey. His acting in the just released "Dallas Buyers Club" stands as the very best by an American actor this year. He...
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Why Tuesday Is the Best Day Ever
There may be seven days in a week, but Tuesday is by far my favorite -- especially this upcoming Tuesday. Dec. 3 is #GivingTuesday™, a national movement to add a day of charity and doing good to the...
View ArticleSaving Mr. Banks... A Must See!
Author of Mary Poppins P.L. Travers, (Emma Thompson) deserves applause and, indeed, she got it at my screening. Saving Mr. Banks is about an author's respect for her writing in which her childhood...
View ArticleThe Gotham Awards Fete Indie Film Amidst an Audience Allergic to Silence
The Gotham Independent Film Awards are nothing if not quirky and unpredictable. In this 23rd iteration -- which took place Monday at Cipriani Wall Street -- 12 Years a Slave went into the show with...
View ArticleIt's a Man's World at the Movies
An amazing movie will open in theaters later this week. Out of The Furnace is our generation's Deer Hunter, about rust belt America, war, PTSD, drugs, guns, violence and white underclass misery. A few...
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'Arrow' (And The Flash) Hit The Target
Wednesday's episode of "Arrow" (8 p.m. EST Wednesday, CW) is titled "The Scientist," which is appropriate, given that it's chock full of chemistry. Forgive the groan-worthy pun; it's possible I'm a...
View ArticleA-Sides Interview: Megan and Liz Spread Some Holiday Cheer
You'd have to be a cotton-headed ninny muggins not to realize re the holiday season is all up in our respective grills right about now. Holiday specials are airing just about every day. Tree and...
View ArticleThese Boots Were Made for Talking: Continuing the Macy's Parade Kinky Boots...
While an admittedly commercial enterprise, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is also a fairly innocuous one. Taking this into account, when I woke on Thanksgiving morning, the long-standing New York...
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Giada's Finger Fought a Knife and the Knife Won
Last week while filming a live Thanksgiving special on the Food Network, Giada De Laurentiis experienced a slip of the knife, and sliced her finger on live television. After whispering to Ina Garten...
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Celebrity Friends Give Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Under $50
The holiday season symbolizes spending time with family and friends, eating food that we regret soon thereafter, and exchanging gifts on Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Gift giving can stress-out the...
View ArticleSounding Off on The Sound of Music
This Thursday evening the world will be watching the talented Carrie Underwood step into some big shoes and Austrian-inspired braids to bring The Sound of Music, Live! to a new generation of television...
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Visiting the Set of "Game of Thrones" and "Lawrence of Arabia" in Morocco
The Marrakesh International Film Festival, in conjunction with the Moroccan National Tourism Bureau, treated 60 journalists and film industry professionals to a day trip to the celebrated film studios...
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Is Frozen the Family Movie of the Year? One Dad Says Yes
Over the course of this year, I've seen a half dozen movies with my daughter. From the bad -- yes, Free Birds, I mean you -- to the somewhat misbegotten (did anyone involved in Despicable Me II read it...
View ArticleIs Your Online Dating Life 'Breaking Bad'? 5 Signs You Are About to Become...
Walter White is one of the most fascinating television characters of all time. He defines an era of intriguing anti-heroes that not only leave us questioning his moral character, but our very own moral...
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Nebraska
The Descendants was a complex movie, but the word for Nebraska, Alexander Payne's latest outing, is good intentioned. Not since Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels has a director been able to...
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