Shirley Jones at the Café Carlyle: People Will Say We're in Love
The Partridge Family mom took center stage at the Café Carlyle this week, singing classics from the American musical theater, and recounting anecdotes from a life well lived. At nearly 80, yes, she...
View ArticleOscars and Emmys: How to Win Even If You Lose
It has long been postulated that award shows are more about popularity than actual performance. That may be true, but it's also not totally unexpected in a world where "good" is subjective and "great"...
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Content Before Celebrity, Sun Valley Film Festival Serves an Eclectic Menu
Some film festivals ice their cake with a thick frosting of glamour, star power and Hollywood hullabaloo. Others are more reserved and understated. The Sun Valley Film Festival is young, with an...
View ArticleEllen at the Oscars: Where's the Gaydar?
Is there anyone who can wear a tux like Ellen? Rhetorical question and full disclosure: When I wrote about the weapons of mass distraction (...) I considered negging out of the Academy Awards it, as...
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We Were Attacked, But Will Not Be Silenced
Mahatma Gandhi once said, "You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind." Our organization, Justice Zone, arrived today in Nizhny Novgorod...
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Why Belle Knox's Anonymity Was So Important, As Told by an Out Sex Worker
It was recently revealed that the Duke University freshmen who wrote an open and heartfelt essay about being a porn star is indeed adult performer Belle Knox. It was revealed by Knox herself in a...
View ArticleWATCH: These iPod-Based Magic Tricks Are SO. MUCH. FUN
What if deception is in the eye of the beholder? And what if lies can help us tell the truth? Enter into the multimedia world of magician Marco Tempest and decide for yourself. Ideas are not set in...
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Huffington Magazine This Week: Music With a Message
In this week's issue, Jon Ward profiles Lecrae Moore, a fascinating artist straddling the Christian and hip hop worlds. Moore, whose music comes with a distinctly Christian message, has long been a...
View Article12 Years a Slave: Honoring the Book and Film
"The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." -- Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Weeks ago I saw the film 12 Years a Slave, at the first Saturday matinee 12:30 p.m. showing...
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'Parenthood' Season 5, Episode 16 Recap: 'The Enchanting Mr. Knight'
Last week, "Parenthood" left the internet shaking its collective fist at Joel, the most heartless man alive, and this week's episode is full of the people we love continuing to make decisions we hate....
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Dog Ears Music: Volume 323
Lord HuronL.A.-based alt-pop quintet Lord Huron is the wistful brainchild of Michigan-born multi-instrumentalist/visual artist and frontman Ben Schneider. Founded in the Obama era, the current...
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The @Pack
In the '50s and '60s, we witnessed a new kind of celebrity. They were young, wild, reckless and all hung around together. This group consisted of the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter...
View ArticleWhy We're Still Talking About 'Frozen' and What Disney Should Do Next
As if there aren't enough people talking about Frozen already, even way past its release date, here's my take on the Disney movie and why it has stuck with me (and not just because of its songs, which...
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DOCUMENTARY: How One Email Changed One Guy's Life... Forever
I had a rather remarkable night here in the City of Angels. Better said, I saw a documentary about one guy's remarkable journey to find his birth parents. Notice I didn't say real parents. And neither...
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Why I'm So Excited for the New Annie Movie With Quvenzhané Wallis
In the face of critics who are already writing brainless articles about why the new Annie will "probably be terrible," I am ecstatic. In the midst of those who shout down Quvenzhané Wallis for being...
View ArticleThe Kardashians: Unlikely Role Models
If you could have dinner with one person, dead or alive, who would it be? A classic interview question. One that my mom always practiced on me as I prepared for my college interviews. She would always...
View ArticleSXSW 2014 Survival Guide: Where to Eat, Shop and Find Transportation
Hello friends, it's that special time of year again in Austin when free beer flows like water, anything can be turned into a music venue and a critical mass of industry folk brings this small city to...
View ArticleCan Silicon Valley Save Hollywood? Twitter Co-Founder's Surprising Answer
Last Sunday, 12 Years a Slave made Oscars history. On a $20 million production budget, the pre-Civil War drama became one of the cheapest films to ever win Best Picture. But for every 12 Years a Slave,...
View ArticleWhy America Likes the DC on TV: Schadenfreude
In the past month with anticipation and release of Season 2 of House of Cards, there has been a slew of stories about who watches the show and why they watch. A particular focus has been on those who...
View ArticleSheila Mac Rae, the Queen of Hollywood Past, Is With the Angels
Sheila Mac Rae, best known for portraying Alice Kramden in the Honeymooners, died on March 6 in the Lillian Booth Actor's Home in Englewood, N.J. Sheila will be remembered for her class, her wit, her...
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