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Dog Ears Music: Love a Tree Day -- 'Stay Off the F****n' Flowers' Playlist
BlakRoc Song: Stay Off the F****n' Flowers (Feat. Raekwon) Album: BlakRoc Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap Buy: iTunes.com Earl "Fatha" Hines Song: Deep Forest Album: Earl Hines Masterpieces Genre: Jazz Buy:...
View ArticleGodzilla Is Back -- and He's Got Something to Say
This post was co-written with Geoffrey Wilson, a research assistant at Ploughshares Fund. This weekend, the world's favorite nuclear lizard, Godzilla, roars back to the big screen. This time, in 3D and...
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Stefan Zweig's Alligator Shoes And The Vienna Of Yesterday
Stefan Zweig's alligator shoes epitomize for me the element of dandified glamor in his character. For this reason, they also evoke the optimistic heyday of the Austrian cultural renaissance, when it...
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Griffin Dunne and Justin Schwarz Go West in The Discoverers
Image courtesy of the filmmakers Note: This interview originally appeared on the Hamptons International Film Festival website. Much as The Discoverers is a road movie, Justin Schwarz's feature debut...
View ArticleMore Than Just Good Food and Wine? Putting Music on the Map in Napa
I recently had the chance to sit down with David Graham, the new Managing Director of Bottle Rock -- the multi-day musical festival set to take Napa by storm this May 30-June 1. Resuscitated from its...
View ArticleThe Fat Lady Doth Protest Too Much
I checked out the recent episode of Louie titled, "So Does the Fat Lady" to see what all the fuss was about. I had heard some rumors online that it was "fat shaming." Being the fat, impressionable...
View ArticleWe Already Know Kids Eat Too Much Sugar, So Why Aren't More of Us 'Fed Up'?
How much sugar do your kids eat? And does that question make you want to hit the back button immediately? It's such a prickly subject. I'm a family food blogger and I still feel defensive just thinking...
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Jim Myers' Double Life as George "The Animal" Steele
Wild. Hairy. Big green tongue. George "The Animal" Steele was strange. He liked to eat ring turnbuckles and spit the innards. He wrestled like an animal, too. "The Animal" was unpredictable. Opponents...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons to Watch Sunday's "2014 Billboard Music Awards"
I'm in Las Vegas -- hey, I'm working! -- so let me take just a moment to share with you my Top 10 Reasons To Watch Sunday's "2014 Billboard Music Awards" which I am helping write the script for right...
View ArticleWhy Do We Keep Saying 'I'm Fine'?
Co-authored by Mary Wilson Beyoncé is a talented multitasker. How do I know this? Who else can sell over 1 million records without an ounce of promotion while at the same time being a mother and wife?...
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Mathieu Amalric's 'The Blue Room': Lively Thriller at Cannes
A speedy film, as lively as director Mathieu Amalric himself, The Blue Room tells the story of an adulterous couple and their possible involvement in a murder (or two). Based on a Georges Simenon...
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Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner' Premieres at Cannes
Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner" was roundly appreciated by critics here at Cannes, for its down-to-earth rendering of the famous British landscape artist, J.M.W. Turner, a man who grunts, screws, treats his...
View Article"A Night In Old Mexico" Showcases Robert Duvall's Amazing Talent
Movie Review Jackie K Cooper "A Night in Old Mexico" (Phase 4 Films) If you are a Robert Duvall fan, and who isn't, then you will want to check out his latest movie "A Night In Old Mexico." This is a...
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Walter Salles at Lunch at Cannes with "Cinemas du Monde"
Director Walter Salles "Just keep believing in your own quest and don't listen to others," Brazilian director Walter Salles told a group of ten young filmmakers here at Cannes, over an exquisite...
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Andy Kaufman, Summer Camp and Rock & Roll
The 30th anniversary of performance artist Andy Kaufman's premature death has inspired moving reminiscences from friends and admirers. I didn't know Andy well, but his voice changed my life before his...
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James Monroe Iglehart, the Genie From Disney's New Broadway Musical Version...
2012 is not a year that James Monroe Iglehart looks back fondly upon -- mostly because he spent a lot of that year staring at his phone, waiting for it to ring. "We had done the pilot production of...
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If Godzilla Were Real, How Much Would He Eat?
The newest Godzilla is quite the beast. According to the official source, Legendary pictures, Godzilla is 355 feet tall. That's about the height of a 40-story building! It's also the tallest Godzilla...
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Aisle View: Too Much Sun, Not Enough Laughs
Linda Lavin in TOO MUCH SUN. Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg Playwright Nicky Silver, director Mark Brokaw, and living legend Linda Lavin have returned to the Vineyard Theatre, launching-ground of their...
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Conversations with Kenny Rogers, Mary Gauthier and The Groundlings' Tracy &...
A Conversation with Kenny Rogers Mike Ragogna: Kenny, let's start with your latest album, You Can't Make Old Friends. I think in the case of Kenny Rogers, you probably can't count the number of old...
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Tasting Your Way Around The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling describes the Leaky Cauldron as being this: ... grubby-looking pub. If Hagrid hadn't pointed it out, Harry wouldn't have noticed it was there. The...
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