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By the Book in Telluride: Presenting 40 Years of Festivation
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival this week is celebrating its 41st year of roots music in the picture-perfect setting among the San Juan Mountain peaks in southwest Colorado. It's a shame if you...
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The Many Faces of Daniel Franzese
Our friend and one of our favorite entertainers, Daniel Franzese, has been in the news quite a bit lately. The 10th anniversary of the cult classic film Mean Girls has swept away most of our attention...
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Rapper Warren G: 'Anybody Can Put Out a Rap Record Now'
In the two decades since Warren G released his Billboard chart-topping breakthrough "Regulate," he's seen plenty of changes in the music industry -- especially as relates to rap and hip hop. While much...
View ArticleWhy I Don't Go Out to the Movies Anymore
Last week I ventured out of my home in a suburb of Los Angeles to watch a film in a movie theatre. Awhile back, I used to go out to movies all the time. During the 1960s and '70s, the films of Federico...
View ArticleHell Yeah! to Produced By Conference
One of the best pieces I've ever read is a blog post by writer/entrepreneur Derek Sivers entitled "No More Yes. It's Either HELL YEAH! Or No." In it, he describes his technique for becoming more...
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Actress Mishael Morgan of The Young and the Restless Had a Near Death...
You know Mishael Morgan as Hilary Curtis on CBS's The Young and the Restless. In July, she will be starring in the new CW series Backpackers and in the film Swearnet. Mishael's Twitter:...
View ArticleThe Inspiration Behind LA Film Festival Favorite Nightingale
You may not remember the first time you ever looked at your phone, but you can certainly remember the last time you did so. It was most likely within the past few minutes -- maybe even seconds. Staying...
View ArticleAlone Yet Not Alone Is Surprisingly Entertaining
Alone Yet Not Alone is a faith-based film that is slowly making its way around the country. And when I say slowly, I mean sloooowly. It had a limited release last year in order to qualify for any...
View ArticleField of Dreams' 25th Anniversary: Some Fun Facts About the Film
Over the weekend, the iconic baseball film Field of Dreams celebrated its 25th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, Kevin Costner returned to the Iowa farm where the movie was filmed for the first...
View ArticleDo Men Prefer Women With Long or Short Hair? Tavis Smiley Polls His TV Crew...
In this clip from last night's Tavis Smiley on PBS, Smiley offers his opinion on the cover art for guest Toni Braxton's latest book, Unbreak My Heart. Smiley polled the men on his TV crew live on air...
View ArticleZendaya To Play Aaliyah In Lifetime Biopic: Does Color Matter?
Disney star and fledgling recording artist Zendaya Coleman has been tapped for the coveted lead role of the late songstress and dancer Aaliyah Haughton in an upcoming biopic. Haughton was killed in a...
View ArticleSam Smith's Pop Rise: How a UK Soul Man Came Out and Still Became America's...
"It's the singer, not the song," the band Survivor declared on its 1984 album Vital Signs. But as anyone who's ever perused a Billboard chart knows by now, good singers and good songs often finish...
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Actor Chris Sheffield of Michael Bay's The Last Ship Discusses His Audition,...
Chris Sheffield stars as Communication Officer Mason on the upcoming, and highly anticipated TNT drama series, The Last Ship by Michael Bay. Sheffield will also star in 20 Century Fox's The Maze...
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Who Was the First Person to Ever Thank a Same-Sex Partner on a Nationally...
A screen grab of the historic Tony Awards broadcast in which John Glines became the first person in the United States (and perhaps the world) to ever thank a same-sex partner on a nationally televised...
View ArticleTheater: Cherry On Top, But Little Underneath in New Play
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID ** out of **** MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB This new play is set at a bed and breakfast on an island off the coast of Seattle in 1972. A mother and her teenage daughter run an...
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Week in Film: Third Person, Jersey Boys and More
Paul Haggis' Third Person may be the year's most misunderstood film. It's also one of the most intriguing. A jigsaw puzzle of characters and plots, it might remind some at first of Crash, Haggis'...
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Paul Haggis Speaks in Third Person
Geez, you make one little movie about multiple characters with intersecting storylines -- and you're tagged as the multiple-character guy. "Someone said to me, 'Oh, you made another one of those?' and...
View ArticleFACE IT: When Soccer and Movies Combine...
(Taormina, Italy) What happens when an entire city is either watching a movie projected on a massive screen inside an ancient theatre, or flooding bars and homes to watch the country's first game in...
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Heaven's Hellraisers: Origins of Bad Angels in Syfy's 'Dominion' and Pop Culture
Tom Wisdom as archangel Michael in 'Dominion.' Photo courtesy Syfy Heaven can't wait to raise a little hell. That seems to be the goal of the angels in Syfy's new series Dominion, premiering June 19...
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Todd Michael Schultz: Pop Chemist
Todd Michael Schultz's newest single Doorstep was just released by Titan Records, a newfangled label specifically tuned in to address the needs of musicians in the era of e-commerce and social media....
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