Political Read: I Wanted to Be Paul
WASHINGTON -- This is a good a time to thank The Beatles. They got me through high school by popularizing the idea of teen rock bands. It was all part of growing up in the 60s. We were the first...
View ArticleThe Monuments Men Makes the Rescue of Art a Noble Cause
The Monuments Men is an impressive movie because of its story, its cast and its music. George Clooney directed and stars in this true story of a group of art dealers, curators and restorers who joined...
View ArticleThe Beatles on Sullivan: You Say You Want a Revolution?
Just to briefly buzz in on this weekend's whir of nostalgia around the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show: As many have noted, it was less than three months after...
View ArticleQuiz: How Well Do You Know The Beatles Music?
It's been 50 years since the Beatles first came to America, but even if you're 64, their songs are probably as fresh in your mind as they were when you first heard them. Don't believe me? Just take...
View Article6 Reasons Freaks and Geeks Understands the American Teenager
Freaks and Geeks was a critically acclaimed television series that was cancelled after only one season. Nonetheless, this show helped launch the careers of many of its young actors such as Jason Segel...
View Article"Some Fun Tonight": Not Just Another High End Boutique Coffee Table Book On...
I met a Beatle once. It was an after-soundcheck meet 'n' greet for one of his All Stars shows at Radio City Music Hall, 1992. There were about 35 of us, waiting in the dead-center of the orchestra...
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With a Little Help From an American Horror Storyteller, Mary Fahl Raises Her...
Mary Fahl didn't need to become a vampire to achieve pop culture immortality. Famed author Anne Rice gave it to the enduring singer-songwriter by sinking her teeth into one memorable passage in her...
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Past, Present, Future: 3 Women's Voices in Film and How 3 Writers Wrote Them...
Panel at Writers Guild Foundation "Beyond Words" series Photo by Roshin Mathew A foul-mouthed Midwesterner, a 70s suburban diva and a computer program walk into a bar. In this case, the 'bar' is the...
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Roots Recipe for Tonight Show Host Jimmy Fallon
Not yet forty, Jimmy Fallon already has an impressive history to look back on. Between Saturday Night Live and hosting Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, he's logged more than a decade on air, and is now...
View ArticleThe Process
Years ago I ran the Marine Corps Marathon with Oprah Winfrey. To be more precise, I ran in the same race as Oprah. We didn't actually run together, although I was right beside or just behind her most...
View ArticleThe Flappy Bird of Paradise
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but Flappy Bird is definitely not just a game. If you've been on an aboriginal walkabout, you may not know that, until yesterday, Flappy Bird was the most popular...
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'The Walking Dead' Midseason 4 Premiere Recap: Carl Unloads On Rick, Becomes...
Warning: do not read on unless you've seen Season 4, Episode 9 of AMC's "The Walking Dead," entitled, "After." The last time we saw "The Walking Dead," everyone had separated while fleeing the...
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Are E-Cigarettes the New Celebrity Accessory?
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jenny McCarthy, Stephen Dorff, Kevin Connolly, Bruno Mars... the list goes on and on when it comes to celebrities and the new "it" accessory, the e-cig. A few years ago, before...
View ArticleShaki-Shocky!
Last week, Shakira and Rihanna's new video, filled with steamy faux lesbianism, absolutely shook some folks to the core. Of course, it also made others yawn, some laugh, others open a window, some go...
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The Songwriter Might Surprise You: Artists Who Wrote Hit Songs That Others...
There is so much well-deserved attention focused on the 50th anniversary of the Beatles US arrival and appearance of on The Ed Sullivan Show. But here's a bit of interesting history. In the 1960s, when...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman: An Encounter
I interviewed Philip Seymour Hoffman a few years ago. As soon as he stepped into the office, I was taken aback by his charisma and strength. "Excuse me for being frank," I said to him, as he sat down...
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Honey Mahogany Muses on Drag Race Season 6, Honey Love EP
As RuPaul's Drag Race prepares for its return Mon., Feb. 24, anticipation among fans is reaching fever pitch. Even past contestants, like San Francisco's Honey Mahogany, are anxious to see what their...
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How to Experience South by Southwest Like a Local
There are three types of out-of-towners in Austin during South by Southwest. 1. People who didn't know SXSW was happening at all when they planned a trip to Austin and stumbled into their idea of...
View ArticleIs The Wolf of Wall Street a Snuff Film?
Years from now, after the human race has been mostly wiped off the face of this planet, some surviving anthropologist may look to the film The Wolf of Wall Street for clues as to what happened to us....
View ArticleMy Conversation With Jamie Lee Curtis: Drug Addiction in America
Tonight on PBS, I have an open and transparent conversation with award-winning actress and best-selling children's author Jamie Lee Curtis. The star candidly discusses her personal struggle with...
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