On June 2, 2014 at Black Cat, Something Special Happened
In advance of the release of Bodies and Control and Money and Power, you may have noticed the majority of news outlets nationwide had decided to heap large amounts of love onto DC punk stalwarts...
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Edge of Tomorrow
Day after day. Over and over again. He can see his demise. But no on else can see theirs. Until.... (Photo courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures) Tom Cruise stars in the military/sci-fi/action/thriller Edge...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: Wrabel and Oh Honey Play the Soundtrack to Summer...
"Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. "Umbrella" from Rihanna. "Whoomp (There It Is)" by a group I refuse to Google. These are just a few songs that were dubbed "song of the summer" the...
View ArticleMegan Hilty at the Café Carlyle
The television series Smash may have ended, too abruptly for some, but its memory lingers. At center in the first season, Smash featured the competition between two very talented young women to bring...
View ArticleMike Myers Makes Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Who is Shep Gordon? Aside from his career in rock & roll, as Alice Cooper's manager among many other high profile clients, Shep Gordon invented the concept of the celebrity chef and adheres to the...
View ArticleInside The Audition: Winning A Role In An Oscar Nominated Film
I never imagined that in my seventies I would be chasing down auditions, and following a dream I'd put on the back burner for most of my life. As a child, I always wanted to become an actress. Little...
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Week in Film: Edge of Tomorrow, The Fault in Our Stars and More
When you consider that Tom Cruise has been a major movie star for more than three decades, it's surprising how few out-and-out stinkers he's made (can Tom Hanks say the same thing?) and how much of...
View ArticleFree Press Summer Fest: A Festival on the Rise
I have been attending Houston's Free Press Summer Fest for four years. Since 2011, I have been making the yearly trek from my suburban home in Spring, Texas to downtown's Eleanor Tinsley Park to take...
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Why Woody and Jessie Enjoy My Daughter's Autism
I remember the day like it was yesterday. A day when my eldest girl, only 4, decided she was too old for the toys that she had adored to the point of obsession for so long. She was sacrificing her best...
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The Times They are A-Mutatin': Hour of the Wolf Movie Review of X-Men: Days...
Time is, time was, time's X-Men: Days of Future Past. There were clearly commercial reasons why the latest chapter in the X-MEN franchise had to be a time travel tale: Having previously flubbed the...
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Genealogy on TV: 28 Celebrities and Counting
A pair of Valeries: Valerie Bertinelli tapes for Who Do You Think You Are? in London and Senior Advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, learns about her heritage in Finding Your Roots If you're...
View ArticleLara Parker Still Captivates 'Dark Shadows' Fans Everywhere
I set a curse on You Barnabas Collins! You will never rest! And you will never be able to love anyone for whoever loves you will die! That is my curse and you will live with it for all eternity! Those...
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Our Favorite Theater Couples
This past Sunday at the 59th Annual Drama Desk Awards, when Neil Patrick Harris accepted his Outstanding Actor in a Musical award for playing Hedwig in the high-voltage Broadway musical Hedwig and the...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Recap To Prep For Orange Is The New Black Season 2
Forgot some of the drama that went down behind bars in Season 1 of "Orange Is The New Black?" Don't worry, we've got you covered! With Netflix's Season 2 release only 2 days away , we thought we'd...
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What Jenny McCarthy Needs to Learn From Jonah Hill: How to Say, 'I F'd Up'
It's been a week of apologies -- and non-apologies -- for bigotry. It began when the Chicago Sun-Times ran a horrendous anti-trans column, an attack on Laverne Cox, claiming in a headline that the...
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I Fell in Love Slowly and Then All at Once With The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars is not a story about cancer. The Fault in Our Stars is a story about love. It's about the kind of love that most people only dream about, that very few find, and that those who...
View ArticleGlenn Close Drops to her Knees at the Sundance Institute Celebration
A plastic faced Glenn Close swivels her hips mechanically in The Stepford Wives or cackles maniacally as Cruella DeVille from 101 Dalmations, just two memorable images from a startlingly versatile film...
View ArticleSix Predictions for Orange Is the New Black's Second Season
What do you get when a preppy, timid white chick enters prison and ends up beating the living daylights out of an evangelist inmate? The cliffhanger leading us to the second season of Netflix's Orange...
View Article'Happy' Video Shows Iran: It's Time to Let Your People Dance
Despite the onslaught of attacks against freedom of expression in Iran in recent years, the international community has largely averted its gaze, until now. Pharrell Williams' smash hit song "Happy"...
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Peace & Love: Chatting with Ringo Starr
A Conversation with Ringo Starr Mike Ragogna: Ringo, with your All Starr Band, it's clear you're loving getting by with a little help from your friends. How did it all start? Ringo Starr: Well, it...
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