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10 Celebs and Their Shakespeare Counterparts
It's been said that Shakespeare "was not of an age, but for all time," and that couldn't be more true than it is today on his 450th birthday. Case in point are these 10 headline-making Hollywood celebs...
View ArticleWhen 'Captain America' Throws His Mighty Shield -- All Those Who Oppose Him...
"LOOK, I'm 95. I'm not dead!" That's what Chris Evans, aka Captain America quips at one point during the fabulous Captain America: The Winter Soldier. And I'm not the only one who thinks this movie is...
View ArticleI Can't Keep Up With the Kardashians
Before you judge me for wanting to keep up with the Kardashians, please know that I am being quite serious. It may be true that first world problems don't get more first world than this, but keeping up...
View ArticleZsa Zsa Gabor Dominates 'The Hiltons' -- Dah-link, It Ain't Pretty!
"THE COVETOUS man is always in want," said the ancient Roman poet, Horace. •A GREAT big book plopped down on my desk last week. It's titled The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty. The...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: The Sinus Sessions with Night Terrors of 1927 and...
This winter was brutal for just about everyone on the East Coast. It seemed to snow every other day, and the bitter cold made you want to retire to Florida with the old folks and their Mahjong games....
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Beyoncé Runs The World, No Matter What She's Wearing
Some people are upset that Queen Bey is wearing underwear (possibly a bathing suit) on the cover of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World issue. They claim that TIME is...
View ArticleCelebrity Promposals: How Parasitic High Schoolers Expropriate Stars' Fame
What would you do if a complete stranger invited you to their prom via the Internet? Even if you were flattered, wouldn't you also think it weirdly forward, possibly creepy? Of course, your reaction...
View ArticleThe Power of Organ Donation That Saved My Son's Life
At 16 years old, I went to the DMV to get my license. I checked the box to be an Organ and Tissue donor and I used a woman behind me in line as my witness. It was a no brainer for me, a decision I made...
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Forget the Music, There's Art at Coachella (Photos)
Yes, there actually is art at Coachella. That was my response when most people asked me why I was going to Coachella on my media pass. Most people, even in the art world, seemed surprised that...
View ArticleGodzilla vs. Godot
Godzilla is about to re-emerge from the oceanic depths, this time to wreck 3D havoc on San Francisco. Monsters as we all know are merely metaphors. As Freud taught us, they are the Id let loose upon...
View Article'Just Before I Go' Review: Courteney Cox's Directorial Debut Never Finds A...
Courteney Cox makes her big-screen directing debut with the Tribeca Film Festival premiere "Just Before I Go," a juvenile attempt to sandwich an abundance of big issues between half-baked humor. The...
View ArticleClimate Scientists Are People Too
I'm a correspondent for Showtime's new series Years of Living Dangerously -- in good company with a range of other dedicated climate-change-awareness advocates, including Harrison Ford, Jessica Alba,...
View ArticleColbert as Colbert? It Might Not Be So Bad
Stephen Colbert... as himself? It might not be the worst thing in the world -- no matter what many of us thought at first. The initial reports confirming that the preternaturally talented Comedy...
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Carlos Santana Rocks New Orleans Jazz Fest Day 1
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival day one wrapped with a combination of die-hard Carlos Santana fans one of which is festival Executive Producer Quint Davis who ended up playing maracas with...
View Article"The Other Woman" Should Have Been Better
Movie Review Jackie K Cooper "The Other Woman" (20th Century Fox) Several years ago Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton starred in a hit movie titled "The First Wives' Club". This movie explored...
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Robert Plant, Big Freedia Rock: Good Day for Golden Gods and Goddesses at...
Robert Plant was in fine form closing out the stage at Saturday's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, with Phish jamming across the track for hours. From Led Zepplin classics to thoughtfully...
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The Joys of Moogfest: Geeks, Hippies, and Nile Rodgers
First, let me set the tone: Imagine you're walking around in downtown Portland, Oregon. Now, subtract the waterfront. Add bacon and gravy. Grab a beet/ginger smoothie. Take off your sweater. Put on...
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Good Grrrl: Alexis Krauss Plays Nice as Sleigh Bells Spring Into Action
Alexis Krauss should be the pride and joy of anyone who missed the birth of the original riot grrrls and, feeling like a guilty parent, wants a second chance to see what their offspring sprung. The...
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Deniro All Smiles, Lake Bell's Plus One Surprise at TFF Vanity Fair Party
Last Wednesday night, I once again had the privilege of attending the highly coveted and nearly impossible to get into, 2014 Deluxe Vanity Fair Tribeca party hosted by Graydon Carter, Robert De Niro...
View ArticleRob Reiner Honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 41st Chaplin Award
Needless to say, certain tropes follow actor/ director/successful-son-of-a-famous father Rob Reiner around: one is the epithet "Meathead" from his role on the great television sitcom "All in the...
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