G. Garvin – Cooking Channel Chef’s Great Grilling & Travel Guide
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G. Garvin – Cooking Channel Chef’s Great Grilling & Travel Guide

G. Garvin Cooking Channel Chef’s Great Grilling & Travel Guide by Brad Balfour Summer is upon us and so it’s the smell of grilling wafting in the air. To assist us in our quest for finessing fine grilling exercises, the Cooking Channel has called on one of its vets, G. Garvin – who has enjoyed popular success as chef, … Continue reading

David Oyelowo Is Enjoying a Championship Season
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David Oyelowo Is Enjoying a Championship Season

David Oyelowo Is Enjoying a Championship Season by Brad Balfour Born in Britain, part of a royal Nigerian family, raised there and in England, 36-year-old actor David Oyelowo is enjoying a remarkable run – garnering more prominent roles and rising billing in films with bigger and bigger actors. This increasingly favorable career surge doesn’t seem like it’s going to abate any … Continue reading

Elena (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Elena (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

ELENA (2011) Starring Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Alexey Rozin and Igor Ogurtsov. Screenplay by Oleg Negin and Andrei Zvyagintsev. Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films.  109 minutes.  Not Rated. Elena is a quietly devastating little film. Quiet is the operative word.  This subtle Russian film doesn’t have a word of dialogue for … Continue reading

Steve Ward Shares His Tough Love
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Steve Ward Shares His Tough Love

Steve Ward Shares His Tough Love by Ronald Sklar The host of the VH1 hit explains how it’s cruel to be kind. “I don’t think we’ve learned anything from success,” claims VH1’s Tough Love host Steve Ward. “We’ve learned everything from failure. So if you have the courage to accept the fact that maybe you’re the problem, … Continue reading

This Means War (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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This Means War (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THIS MEANS WAR (2012) Starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Chelsea Handler, Angela Bassett, Til Schweiger, Abigail Spencer, Laura Vandervoort, Jenny Slate, John Paul Ruttan, Rosemary Harris, George Touliatos, Clint Carleton and Warren Christie. Screenplay by Simon Kinberg and Timothy Dowling. Directed by McG. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. This … Continue reading

Ben Lyons – Lyons’ Roar
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Ben Lyons – Lyons’ Roar

Ben Lyons Lyons’ Roar by Ronald Sklar The busy entertainment journalist applies old-fashioned family rules to excel in the digital age. Ben Lyons gives Jennifer Lawrence of The Hunger Games as a prime example of how he aims to be the best in the biz. “When a movie like that comes out,” he says, “Jennifer Lawrence will … Continue reading

Battleship (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Battleship (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

BATTLESHIP (2012) Starring Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater, Jesse Plemons, John Tui, Gregory D. Gadson, Adam Godley, Jerry Ferrara and Peter MacNicol. Screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber. Directed by Peter Berg. Distributed by Universal Pictures.  131 minutes.  Rated PG-13. The Hasbro Toy Corporation got its baptism … Continue reading