The Moments I'll Remember After Screening Mala Mala at Tribeca 2014
The 2014 TriBeCa Film Festival has just concluded, and after an immense, fantastical, and tumultuous two weeks of Mala Mala's premiere. I'm still in shock. I remember... ... Maggie McMuffins, the...
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Blurred Lines: Talking With Ben Folds About Music Boundaries, Rock Symphonies...
It sometimes happens like this: Ben Folds stops by a campus cafe before his gig at the college. He's recognized by the kid behind the counter, who after a bit of jumbled praise hands over the coffee...
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The MovieFilm Podcast: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Kicks Off Summer!
Summer movie season is here, our favorite time of the year! For this week's show, we fly Sean-less, but Brian and I still have lots to chat about, including Jon Favreau's return to his indie...
View ArticleWhat's in a Name? Amal Alamuddin, Barack Obama and the Rest of Us With 'Funny...
Co-authored by Firdaus Arastu. Earlier this week, news broke of the latest celebrity engagement: Hollywood actor and self-proclaimed perpetual bachelor, George Clooney, proposed to Amal Alamuddin....
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Unconstitutionally Long Copyright Terms Stifle Content Creation, Just Ask Disney
R Street Institute recently released a report on copyright duration entitled: "Guarding Against Abuse -- Restoring Constitutional Copyright." The report examines how copyright terms today are...
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Devo Co-founder Launches Wine Brand
Ohio art rockers Devo were always known for pushing boundaries and definitely thinking outside the box. Now, nearly 35 years after the band's 1980 debut Freedom of Choice, co-founder Gerald "Jerry"...
View ArticleRap, Nas, and Medellin
This year, the Tribeca Film Festival impressed us with the documentary Time is Illmatic, the story of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, or Nas, the American super star and rap creator in the '90s. Tribeca paid...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Shailene Woodley on Feminism, Respect and the Big Picture
Dear Shailene Woodley, After reading your interview in which you discussed why you were not a feminist, I had a very similar reaction to many other people around the web: Wait, what? You and I are the...
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Glad All Over: Conversations with Dave Clark, Jen Chapin and Augustana's Dan...
A Conversation with Dave Clark Mike Ragogna: Dave, it's the fiftieth anniversary of The Dave Clark Five, can you believe it? Dave Clark: It seems like another lifetime. I always remember when I had...
View ArticleThe Most Popular TV and Movie Plot We Never Talk About
My TV and movie selections for the majority of my life have tended to be relatively juvenile. I love corny romantic comedies, Disney movies and basically any shows with 20-to-30-something actors...
View ArticleIllmatic: 20 Years Later
By Brandon Gross As life-altering introductions to new music usually go, they typically happen by way of an older sibling, or in my case, my best friend's older sibling. In hindsight my influence's...
View ArticleSia, and Our Obsession With the Anti-Celebrity
Musical artist Sia is known for a lot of things -- her mesmerizing voice, her bisexuality, her incredible behind-the-scenes talents, and, most recently, her anonymity. In 2010, Sia unexpectedly...
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My Live Below the Line Challenge
2014 marked my third year of taking the Live Below the Line challenge. I was first introduced to the charity, The Global Poverty Project, through a friend and their campaign, Live Below the Line,...
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She's Meelah: An R&B Diva!
It was Beyonce, "Queen Bey," who said a diva is the female version of a hustler. But ask Meelah Williams, and she'll tell you that she considers herself a diva. However, she also admits there was a...
View ArticleBette Midler Honors Ann Richards, Enriches New York City and Remains a Show...
"IT'S NOT hard to understand why so many (TV) series are based in the nation's capital. Political terrain is familiar: Washington, like show business, is everybody's business...most of all everybody...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Meet Pop Star Newbie Jordan JAE; Go on a "Quest"...
Here are just a few things I accomplished by my 14th birthday: watched the entire Short Circuit 2 from start to finish, stopped playing with my G.I. Joe action figures (and making them wrestle each...
View ArticleI Came Here to Stay
I read skepticism in his eyes when he asks me about my record and the city. I'm not sure if he even heard it completely. Probably the fact Berlin was my inspiration turned this journalist off. Another...
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Digital Hollywood: Mobile Makes the World Go Round
Digital Hollywood is in full swing at the Ritz Carlton in Marina del Rey, CA, kicking off the week with the Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit. In an afternoon session, "The Coveted Captive...
View ArticleDevious Maids Recap: Dangerous Liaisons (S2, E3)
This week's episode of Devious Maids was all about alliances and liaisons, and as we saw throughout the show, aligning yourself with the right people can be a tricky, yet extremely beneficial...
View ArticleJack... Is Back! Part II
Jack Bauer of 24 is back. And for those fans who may not know, it was a year ago this month that I wrote a HuffPost blog posted May 24, 2013 titled, "Jack... Is Back!" And within that blog I stated my...
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