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Dog Ears Music: The Gift of Music
Jimmie LuncefordSwing Era bandleader and alto-saxophonist Jimmie Lunceford was born in Mississippi in 1902, son of a church singer. He studied under bandleader Paul Whiteman's father in Denver and...
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Carrie Underwood's Awful Acting Actually Boosted Ski Lodge Bookings
NBC's "revival" of The Sound of Music might have been a pretty bad idea, and casting Carrie Underwood might have been even worse, but the widely panned television event wasn't bad for everyone.....
View ArticleMovie Review... See Inside Llweyn Davis
At first glance Inside Llewyn Davis is about a week in the life of a struggling folk singer in Greenwich Village in the sixties. Nostalgia. But at closer look, it is about much more. Guatemalan born...
View ArticleWriting Musicals (for Amateurs)
I had off-handedly promised a musical episode while we were a few days into shooting the pilot of Psych. It was a day when I was probably feeling full of myself, sure that my fifteen-plus years of...
View ArticleMasters of Sex is the Best Show on Television (spoiler)
It would be cliché to use adjectives like stunning, nuanced, sexy, with spot on period décor. This show is the best because it's about two of the most interesting things in the world: love and...
View ArticleHow Newsy is The Huffington Post?
News. What is "news," really? I believe news is a beacon of justice, illuminating the dark corners of the Earth. I believe that news is a powerful stallion of justice, galloping across this great,...
View ArticleOn Philomena, Kyle Smith Misses the Point Entirely
Dear Kyle, Much as we'd like to let our film, Philomena, speak for itself, your heavy handed attack upon the lady whose story we told compels us to reply. You say we have made her out to be a...
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Canadian Actress Cristina Rosato Is Really Shy?
Cristina Rosato is getting ready for the season five premiere of Radio-Canada's "Trauma" in January in which she reprises her role as Italian neurosurgeon Dr. Giulia Amaro. This multilingual star can...
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Live From the Dubai International Film Festival: Friday, Dec. 13
When you stay at a film festival for more than three or four days, the law of diminishing returns usually catches up with you. Yet here I was on my seventh day of movie-going at the Dubai...
View ArticleAlicia Keys, Joni Mitchell, and Some Women of the Bible
This is a sweeping generalization, but when the narrators of popular songs represent the male perspective, allusions to sacred imagery are often part of an effort to seduce. To win over the object of...
View ArticleWhy I'm So Excited to Be a Gay Matchmaker on TV
It has been almost five years since I first appeared as a dater on Bravo's The Millionaire Matchmaker. Some people may remember my episode: I squeamishly sat through a date while an egotistical...
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35 Portraits of RuPaul: The Drag Queen as Muse
Photo: Aubrey Longley-Cook Legendary drag queen RuPaul has inspired many men to don outlandish wigs, glittery dresses and towering heels to step up their lady game. For Atlanta artist Aubrey...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Most Preposterous Scenes in The Desolation of Smaug
The article below contains significant spoilers for the film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The second installment of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, subtitled The Desolation of Smaug, has gotten...
View ArticleTyler Perry's A Madea Christmas Provides Some Christmas Fun for the Family
Tyler Perry's alter ego Madea is kicking up her heels in celebration of the Christmas season in Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas. This time out her co-star is the inimitable Larry the Cable Guy and...
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DVDs: Is Tom Hanks the Most Popular Star of All Time?
A final batch of new and upcoming releases before choosing the best DVDs and BluRays of 2013. Here goes.... BIG 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ($19.99 BluRay/DVD; FOX) -- Is Tom Hanks the most popular actor...
View ArticleMy Conversation With Angela Lansbury
Monday night on PBS, I have a conversation with actress Angela Lansbury, whose iconic performances have graced stage, screen and television for more than 70 years. Lansbury has won a record five Tony...
View ArticleA Mighty Oak Falls: A Tribute to Peter O'Toole and His Best Films
Today every classic movie fan mourns the death of Peter O'Toole at 81. The spirit of mischievous exuberance he brought to his life -- and all his roles -- somehow made me believe he could never die,...
View ArticleMusically 'Bored' Beyonce Does It Her Way, Now
"IN TIME, all music will be digital, everything will be on iTunes and YouTube. It's the way of the future, of the now." That's what singer Ruben Studdard said to me recently during an interview (Ruben...
View ArticleAlmost Human Recap, Episode 5, Blood Brothers
I liked this episode! Mostly because we got to see one of the MX androids totally naked. (I asked for this in, like, my first recap.) They're built like Ken dolls with lots of thigh gap that all the...
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How My Friend Created a Card Game and Became Str8er Than Ever
Maybe it's because I'm a freelance writer. Maybe it's because I cover entertainment. Maybe I'm just an easy mark. But over the years, again and again, friends and acquaintances and friends of family...
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