Meet the Music Industry's Most Innovative Content Creator
1. Hip-hop-sensation Lil Dicky (A.K.A. "LD") never haphazardly releases songs or music videos. On the contrary, he remains painstakingly patient in his approach to content distribution. LD releases...
View ArticleHollywood's Secrets for Success
It may not be destined for the silver screen, but my life story has had its Horatio Alger moments. The lessons learned from my first jobs picking strawberries, washing dishes, and pumping gas gave me...
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What France Does that the U.S. Doesn't: Tribute Albums
Apart from the few exceptions who truly make it big, French artists are not generally the ones to perform to sold-out stadiums on tours outside of France or French-speaking countries. But once any...
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The Urban Girl's Dictionary
A guide to words I wish were part of our common vernacular. miu miu: a designer cat's purr BILF: Beverly Hills Housewife I'd Like To Fight (see also, Carlton Gebbia) barre tab: a monthly budget...
View ArticleNew Bartending Webseries Is Relatable And Entertaining
For anyone that has ever tended bar in New York, or really anywhere in the world (let's face it, annoying drunk guys are universal), there is a new web series that will hit close to home. Barmaids, The...
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Kurt Russell Teachs Us the Art of the Steal
If you're a guy of a certain age (think Gen X), Kurt Russell was that actor you discovered as a child who wasn't just a familiar face on the big and small screen, he was your buddy you grew up with....
View ArticleTim's Vermeer
This is a wonderful documentary about obsession. Penn and Teller have a friend named Tim, and Tim, after reading a book, decided to try to discover how a Dutch artist created art that effortlessly...
View ArticleThe Son of God Is Coming -- Yet Again -- to a Theater Near You
That's right. He's back. Doing everything by The Book. And as he goes about his Father's business -- walking on water, raising the dead -- clusters of heavily bearded gentlemen with vaguely British...
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The 2014 Pan African Film Festival Gives Top Award to Of Good Report
The 22nd annual Pan African Film Festival ran from February 6th to the 17th -- 177 feature films, docs, shorts and web series screened daily at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles. Locals...
View ArticleEmotion Trumped Comedy on Jimmy Fallon's Debut on The Tonight Show
"RALPH SAW at a first glance that she was as crisp and new and comprehensive as a first issue before the folding. From top to toe she had probably no misprint." So wrote Henry James in Portrait of a...
View ArticleYouTube's Most Amazing "Let It Go" Covers All In One Video!
Cimorelli, Demi Lovato, Christina Bianco and many more YouTubers covered the hit song, "Let It Go," from Disney's most recent animated movie, "Frozen." And we plucked the best ones for this epic...
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Building a Bridge Between Cultures With Carole King
The whole week was like a dream. The previous week I was with my family in Cairo, and now here I was performing at a Grammy event in Los Angeles with Carole King -- a music legend. My friend and fellow...
View ArticleProducers of Kate Hepburn Biopic Should Follow Ellen Page's Example
Two items on my newsfeed draw my attention: Ellen Page's decision to come out as a lesbian, saying she was "tired of hiding and... lying by omission" and expressing hope she could "make a difference,"...
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Premature Opinionation and Three Considerations on How to Deal With It
Image: iStockphoto This posting is not about Woody Allen's child molestation accusations. It is about me. And maybe you. I liked some of Woody Allen's movies. After reading the recent letter of his...
View ArticleWho Is Tyler Oakley and Why Do His Videos Command Larger Audiences Than Many...
PBS during the Winter Television Critics Association tour presented a panel for the edition of Frontline titled Generation Like, which among other topics explores the increasingly strong bond between...
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100-Man Fight Tells the Story of Judd Reid and the Real Life Kumite
Every once in a great while a story comes along that defies our collective imagination, forcing us to recalibrate the limits of the human condition. The tale of Judd Reid is such a story. To get to the...
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Mother Love vs. the Bureaucracy: Review of Child's Pose
American movies apply a pretty straightforward technique to devastate an audience: build up the emotion; accelerate the cutting; maybe throw in some shouting; add a swell of music; boom, you're there....
View ArticleWhat I Look For in a True Friend
It takes effort to be a real friend and to find a true friend. I have many people in my life and many sets of friends, but there are only few that I consider to be true. My friends are more than an...
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With All He's Accomplished, Meat Loaf Is Still Reaching
Having lived through a childhood that makes Oliver Twist's look like a walk in the park on a sunny day, Texas-born singer Meat Loaf has overcome all that and, in in more than 40 years -- performing...
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A Tale of Two Felines at Toy Fair 2014
Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub took over Toy Fair this year. The social media darlings were all the rage at the big toy show, from posters plastered along the sides of booths, to signs hanging from the...
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