Rose Marie Icon: An Interview About The Dick Van Dyke Show. by Ken Sharp http://www.popentertainment.com/rosemarie.htm A show business veteran since the tender age of three, Rose Marie is best known for her role as the brash and fast talkin’ comedy writer Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show. In this exclusive conversation, Rose Marie … Continue reading
Craig Marks Wants His MTV! by Jay S. Jacobs Legend tells us the MTV blasted off on television on August 1, 1981 with the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” – a song that was like a shot off the bow of the staid music world and became the channel’s own personal mission statement. However, … Continue reading
Led Zeppelin Just Want To Celebrate by Jay S. Jacobs There are very few opportunities that a music journalist will jump at quicker than the opportunity to see the three surviving members of the legendary (and legendarily squabbling) rock group Led Zeppelin together on the same stage. Even if you are not the band’s biggest … Continue reading
Tommy MacDonald Hits the Nail On the Head by Ronald Sklar http://www.popentertainment.com/tommymac.htm The star of PBS’ Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac says that creating furniture from scratch is can-do, even for those who think of themselves as can’t-don’t. I’m trying to broaden the horizons of what has been shown on television for woodworking,” … Continue reading
http://www.popentertainment.com/10years.htm 10 Years The high school reunion is one of those odd rites of passage that is alternately fascinating and depressing. Who got married? Who got divorced? Who got skinny? Who got fat? Who got rich? Who is unemployed? Who still looks amazing? Who looks even better? Who got bald? Who had kids? Who … Continue reading
Jeffrey Donovan Puts Us All On Burn Notice by Jay S. Jacobs When we last saw Michael Westen – the super spy played by Jeffrey Donovan in the popular series Burn Notice, he and his friends were stuck behind enemy lines in Panama with his mentor at the CIA dead set on exterminating all of … Continue reading
BRAVE (2012) Featuring the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Sally Kinghorn, Eilidh Fraser, Peigi Barker, Steven Cree, Steve Purcell, Callum O’Neill and John Ratzenberger. Screenplay by Mark Andrews & Steve Purcell and Brenda Chapman & Irene Mecchi. Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. … Continue reading
Tony Lo Bianco Plants the Little Flower by Ronald Sklar The acclaimed actor returns to portray Fiorello La Guardia in Off-Broadway’s The Little Flower. Sometimes it’s so damn good, it’s meant to be revived — not just the play itself, but the lead actor perfectly channeling the main character. In this case, it’s Tony Lo … Continue reading
Katie Leclerc was Born This Way by Jackie Speiss http://www.popentertainment.com/leclerc.htm Switched at Birth is a story about two teens who find out that they were, well, switched at birth when the hospital sent them home with the wrong family. Katie Leclerc plays Daphne, a deaf teen who makes viewers extremely jealous of her wits, bravery, … Continue reading
ALEX CROSS (2012) Starring Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Giancarlo Esposito, Carmen Ejogo, John C. McGinley, Cicely Tyson, Yara Shahidi, Chad Lindberg, Stephanie Jacobsen, Sayeed Shahidi, Jessalyn Wanlim and Simenona Martinez. Screenplay by Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson. Directed by Rob Cohen. Distributed by Summit Entertainment. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
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