Miki Ishikawa, Sierra McCormick, Nick Sagar and Andrew Sullivan Share a Drink With Us by Jay S. Jacobs You never really think of vampires as having PTSD, but after watching I Don’t Want to Drink Your Blood Anymore, you really come to appreciate what a life-changing, traumatic thing it is to be turned. The life … Continue reading
Griffin Dunne and Max Korman Building a Mystery by Jay S. Jacobs Louis I. Kahn was one of the most distinctive architects of the last century. The Philadelphia-based designer created such timeless structures as the Salk Institute in La Jolla, the National Assembly Building in Bangladesh, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Phillips … Continue reading
Noah Segan Picks a Pocket or Two by Jay S. Jacobs The world is full of professions that no longer make sense in the modern world – switchboard operators, tailors, video store clerks, shoe repairmen. It only stands to reason that if legit professions get outdated, so must illicit ones. How much can a pickpocket … Continue reading
Greg Evigan A Different Kind of Leading Role by Ronald Sklar Greg Evigan remembers the moment his music suddenly became bigger than himself. Inside London’s Abbey Road Studios, the musicians were tuning, the clock was ticking, and the familiar pieces he had developed at the piano were about to acquire an entirely new dimension. “All … Continue reading
Five For Fighting Can One Man Save the World? By Jay S. Jacobs In his hit song of many years ago, Five For Fighting songwriter and leader John Ondrasik pointed out that “you only have 100 years to live.” We last interviewed Ondrasik right as that song was climbing the charts – it has almost … Continue reading
Angourie Rice Finding Angourie by Jay S. Jacobs Emily Raine is the kind of rom‑com heroine who doesn’t usually get the spotlight – analytical, guarded, and quietly nursing the bruises of a situationship gone wrong. In Finding Emily, Angourie Rice plays her with a mix of sharp intellect and hesitant vulnerability. The movie tells the … Continue reading
Finn Wittrock Going Back Home By Jay S. Jacobs Finn Wittrock has played so many complicated characters that it’s a little surprising, once you actually speak with him, how down‑to‑earth the guy really is. After all, he has worn the skin of some of the more disturbed and disturbing characters in Ryan Murphy’s American Horror … Continue reading
Dermot Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney Acting Brothers Present Their Roots-Rock Band Jackrabbit by Ronald Sklar Brothers Dermot and Kieran Mulroney have spent much of their lives in the public eye, but with their band Jackrabbit, they are finally standing side by side in the role that may fit them best: authentic American storytellers carrying forward … Continue reading
Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo Going Down on Their Criminal Record by Jay S. Jacobs In a world where life gets increasingly dark and where truth feels more and more negotiable, Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo dive into Criminal Record’s second season with characters who deal with moral gray zones as they try to keep … Continue reading
Barry Keoghan Irish Actor Plays With the Sinister Intent of Being a Crime Boss by Brad Balfour Attending an early screening of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man recently at Netflix’s Paris Theater also gave me the opportunity to see and hear actor Barry Keoghan discuss his role as Duke Shelby, the son of master gangster/entrepreneur … Continue reading
