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Jerry O'Connell's Humorous Take on Fatherhood
I asked Jerry O'Connell what brings him the most joy as a parent to his five-year-old twin girls, Dolly and Charlie. "When they are quiet," he quips. He goes on to say, "Watching them learn something...
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Justin Utley: Man on a Mission
Meeting Justin Utley is like catching up with one of your closest friends, as his calm-but-confident energy puts you instantly at ease. I met him in Dublin, a day after his flight from New York to...
View Article'Blended' -- A Fine Plan B
Plan A is that progeny are raised by the parents who brought them into the world, everyone under the same roof. Plan B is that happy and healthy, productive children are raised by child-focused...
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Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: Q&A with Peanut Butter Wolf
(Image Courtesy of Gatling Pictures) For over 15 years now, Los Angeles-based Stones Throw Records has been home to some of the most varied and inventive musical artists. Innovation, hints of madness...
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The Madden Curse Is Not a Glitch
Every NFL offseason, video game fans from around the United States and beyond await the next installment of EA Sports' Madden NFL video game. Currently on all next-generation systems including Xbox 1...
View ArticleHow Putin's Russia Reminds Me of When I Was Censored by the Department of Jokes
I was recently performing my one-man Broadway show "Happily Ever Laughter" at a theater in Los Angeles. With great expectation (a feeling every professional comedian knows so well), I delivered a new...
View ArticleDaria the Untold Tale Part 1
This is the story of how Beavis and Butt-Head's earliest female friend came into being and eventually became the star of her own animated series and a part of the zeitgeist of growing up. It's a long...
View ArticleHow the U.S. Entertainment Industry Helped Create Elliot Rodger
A "madman" shot up a small college town in California. As a UCSB alumnus, a parent of a UCSB student, a lecturer at Santa Clara University, and a media studies scholar, I have all sorts of stakes in...
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To Watch, or Not to Watch The Real Housewives of New Jersey: That Is the...
What do William Shakespeare's written works have in common with The Real Housewives of New Jersey? A lot more than you may initially think. The unscripted series, which premiered more than five years...
View ArticleCelebrity School: Because Lana Del Rey Cannot Deal With Feminism Right Now
The problem with us is celebrity culture, and the problem with celebrity culture is us. So, let's help them help us. Lana Del Rey became the latest celebrity to ceremoniously slam a significant...
View ArticleA-Sides with Jon Chattman: It's "Free to Love" Singer/Songwriter LP
Listen to mainstream radio, and you'll find it difficult to tell one artist from the other. New hooks are old hooks. Recycled is the new original. Sure, that's not always the case and I can list dozens...
View ArticleBehind-the-Scenes Quotes From This Year's Tony Winners
The 68th Annual Tony Awards celebrating excellence on Broadway were held this past Sunday. As host Hugh Jackman joked, Broadway is "the only place where you can see Rocky in a boxing ring, Bryan...
View ArticlePsy and Snoop Dogg's "Hangover": A Lesson in Korean Drinking Culture
Earlier this week, international sensation Psy debuted his latest release, "Hangover," featuring rapper Snoop Dogg (er... Lion) on his oft-visited YouTube channel. Responses to the video have been...
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Celebrity Collector: Holly Robinson Peete
Photo Credit: Marta Elena Vassilakis There are two main reasons I hear time and again why celebrities (and everyday people) collect things. The first being the items relate to their current job (i.e.,...
View ArticleCandis Cayne Defends Drag Race: 'I Don't Think the Word "Tranny" Is Wrong'
Throughout her career, Candis Cayne has admittedly embraced her role as an unofficial spokeswoman for all things trans. When it comes to the community's recent outcry against terminology deemed...
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Apocalypse When? The End of the World in Pop Culture
When I would complain about some trivial disappointment as a child (or even a teen -- and, really, disappointments at that age never feel as trivial as they are), my mother would say, "Well, it's not...
View ArticleAnother 'TFiOS' Review From the Average Nerdfighter
I may or may not have watched The Fault in Our Stars three times this past weekend, but overall, every time I watched it, the film has left me speechless. Based on the novel written by the evil and...
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Director Joel Hopkins Breaks Down What It's Like to Both Write and Direct a Film
This question originally appeared on Quora: What is it like to direct a film you've also written? Answer by Joel Hopkins, Director/Writer, The Love Punch I don't know anything else. I've done three...
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Going Tribal: Chatting with Imelda May, Desert Noises and Hop's Erez Pilosof...
A Conversation with Imelda May Mike Ragogna: So how's the baby, Imelda? Imelda May: She's very, very good, she's doing really, really well but of course it took me forever to get her to sleep tonight...
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22 Jump Street
21 Jump Street was a hip, focused, comic homage to the 1980s TV series. 22 Jump Street is an unfocussed potpourri of physical humor, sight gags and shtick that is shamelessly uproarious. (Photo...
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