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True Life: I Like Marnie On 'Girls'
"The only logical explanation there is as to why Lena Dunham consistently writes Marnie as the one of the most unlikable, aloof, and deeply toxic characters on television is that 'Girls' is really just...
View ArticleDead Dad Premieres on VOD and DVD: How Indie Cinema Happens
Dead Dad has come a long way since its inception as a conversation between former film school classmates. After a successful Kickstarter campaign and a rigorous shooting schedule (consisting primarily...
View ArticleA Not-So-Super Societal Standard
Each year in late January, we have a short-lived debate about the objectification of women in advertising as corporations spend big dollars on their Super Bowl moments. Last year the hype was around...
View Article7 Worst Role Models for Teens
It seems like every day there's a new story about some ridiculous celebri-teen, reality star or athlete who has once again used their fame and wealth to get themselves into trouble. Whether it's rude...
View ArticleDeath of an Actor
Mandy Patinkin turned on his phone as soon as the wheels hit the runway at the airport in Fort Myers, Fla., on Super Bowl Sunday. That's when he learned that Philip Seymour Hoffman had been found dead...
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Tribute to the Beatles -- and Sid Bernstein Who Brought Them to America
Wikia.com photo In 1994, when I was hosting a talk show, along with my colleague Marcella Weiner, on WEVD-AM radio in New York City, we had the privilege of interviewing Sid Bernstein on the eve of...
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From Tonsil Hockey to the Cryathalon: Olympic Sports We'd Much Rather Watch
Sports. They're pretty great. And for two whole weeks this month the world will turn into the largest cheerleading section ever as we collectively rekindle our love of Pairs Figure Skating. But here...
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Why Movies About Wall Street Help Wall Street
There is an interview included on the DVD version of Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street in which Michael Douglas makes a startling confession. In all the years since portraying Gordon Gekko, the...
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Adam Lyons: Breaking Free and Going 'Psycho'
Artists go through transitional phases. If the person is famous enough, the world sees and judges their transformation. Sometimes it is out of their hands, like a child star growing up. Other times it...
View ArticleHaven't We Laughed Enough?
So Ellen Degeneres is set to host the 86th annual Academy Awards next month (March 2). Nothing against Ellen or, for that matter, Billy Crystal (who hosted nine telecasts), Whoopi Goldberg (who hosted...
View ArticleThe Best Covers of Lorde's 'Team' On YouTube
Lorde's hit song "Team" is being covered by so many people all over the Web and we compiled a few of the best for you! Sit back, and enjoy the beauty from some familiar YouTube names like Kina...
View ArticleYour Words Have Power
"I love it when a plan comes together" My sister and I said those words at least a thousand times growing up. It was our catchphrase. It was what Hannibal said every week on The A-Team. The perfect...
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Same Love
Mary Lambert was thrust into the public eye when she appeared on stage at the 56th Grammy Awards and performed "Same Love" with famed hip hop recording artist Macklemore. The lyrics of the song,...
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A Must-See: Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
If you were a woman standing in the grocery store line ahead of me, I'd tap your elbow and I'd talk to you. I'd have to talk to you because I just heard that PBS will be showing the film Alice Walker:...
View ArticleRachel Frederickson Lost Weight, But We're the Biggest Losers
This week a chirpy ABC News piece described how actor Mark Wahlberg lost 40lbs to achieve a weight goal of 150lbs for his latest movie, The Gambler where he plays an academic with various addiction...
View Article'X-Files' Creator Chris Carter's New Show 'The After': I Want More (But Not...
I watch a lot of TV pilots, and here's the biggest question I had after watching "The After," a new Amazon show from "X-Files" creator Chris Carter. Why didn't a cable or broadcast network make this...
View ArticleBirth of a 'Brony': A Queer Man Watches My Little Pony
I'm a queer man with a queer antenna. I can feel it rise anytime a piece of pop culture sheds light -- purposefully or, more delightfully, inadvertently -- on our society's conflations of bodies,...
View ArticleThe Beatles' Humor
This year brings an unavoidable refocus on the Beatles, with TV specials celebrating the 50th anniversary of their arrival in America. But amidst yet another look back at the start of American...
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Dr. Drew on What All Americans Should Know About Divorce and Family Court
I caught up with Dr. Drew Pinsky about the new documentary film that he narrates, Divorce Corp, which exposes collusive practices in the U.S. family court system. The film is directed by Joseph Sorge...
View ArticleA Black History Month Lesson From Beyoncé and Jay Z
Lifetime kicked off Black History Month with The Gabby Douglas Story, in which the Olympian says Beyoncé inspired her. Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z's usual notoriety has been eclipsed lately by heated...
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