Alexa Ray Joel Finds Her “Wall of Sound” Moment – and Her Own Voice, Fearlessly by Ron Sklar Alexa Ray Joel is back in rehearsal – back in the room, back in the band setup, back in the thick of sound. After years of performing in the intimate, candlelit world of Café Carlyle with a … Continue reading
Emerson Hart of Ezra Ray Hart Rocking the 90s and the Holidays by Jay S. Jacobs If you were going to a lab to cobble together a 90s alt-rock supergroup, it would be hard to come out with a stronger lineup than Ezra Ray Hart. The band is made up of the lead singers of … Continue reading
Candace Bushnell Tells True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City at Her Upcoming One-Person Show This Friday by Brad Balfour When scribe Candace Bushnell created Carrie Bradshaw as her alter-ego while writing her “Sex and the City” column, she didn’t want her parents to know that she’d just been to a sex … Continue reading
John Davidson From Prime-Time to Club Sandwich – The Reinvention of a Variety Icon By Ronald Sklar For decades, John Davidson was all that and a jar of Miracle Whip – a Broadway lead, a smiling television host, and one of Johnny Carson’s most trusted guest substitutes. Today, at 84, he has reinvented his career … Continue reading
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Interview By Jay S. Jacobs It’s a tale as old as time. Two guys start a band. They are enthusiastic about the project and sure that stardom lurks ahead. They even set a goal of their ideal venue – the storied Toronto … Continue reading
Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel and Brad Inglesby Taken to Task By Jay S. Jacobs So how does a TV show come together? “It always starts with characters,” Brad Inglesby explained to me on the red carpet at the Philadelphia Film Festival, where the season finale of his acclaimed TV series Task was going … Continue reading
Lucy Powers & Delilah Napier Riding the Floating Carousel By Jay S. Jacobs It all started with some bad dates. Lucy Powers and Delilah Napier, long-time friends and collaborators who have made the indie films Voyeur, “The Compound” and “Victor vs. the Metaverse” together, found the inspiration for their latest feature film when they both … Continue reading
Tim Daly Dust in the Wind By Ronald Sklar “It’s essentially a family story — specifically about a father,” says actor Tim Daly of his latest film Dust to Malibu. “It’s an interesting, meandering, sometimes funny, sometimes very moving journey about rebuilding a relationship.” In the film, a father (Daly) and his daughter (Alex Sgambati) drive … Continue reading
Phil Rosenthal Feed Your Head By Jay S. Jacobs Phil Rosenthal has made a living at least partially for just being a really nice, relatable guy. From behind the scenes to in front of the camera, from a podcast studio to theater stages, he’s conquered many of the toughest jobs in entertainment simply through his … Continue reading
Tricia Helfer Primitive Cool By Jay S. Jacobs We’ve been following Tricia Helfer for years now. The popular model-turned-actor has been a staple on TV sets ever since she broke out as seductive killer Cylon Number Six in the classic sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica back in 2004. Since then she has been in such popular … Continue reading
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