Emily Deschanel The Doctor Is In by Jay S. Jacobs In the second season finale of the popular series Bones, the main characters Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) ended a couple of years of flirtation standing together at a wedding altar in front of a clergyman and a … Continue reading
Ed Quinn The Road to Eureka by Jay S. Jacobs Brilliant scientist. Guitar hero. Adventurer. Professor’s son. Sci-Fi icon. Runway model. Surf bum. Eccentric. Reputed iron man. Dog lover. Respected actor. Renaissance man. Ed Quinn has worn a lot of hats over the years. In a career (and life) that has been fascinating for its … Continue reading
Ang Lee Expresses Lust with Little Caution by Brad Balfour Sexually provocative and fraught with violence, Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution [Sie, Jie] powerfully explores the story of a young woman who uses her sexuality to gain the trust of a high-powered Chinese official – a high-ranking collaborator with the ruthless Japanese occupiers during the 1940s. Played by … Continue reading
Kevin Alejandro Acting Chose Him by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: September 23, 2007. During the past year, Kevin Alejandro’s career has blown wide open. After years of toiling in the television trenches, he finally has picked up the white-hot interest that has casting directors looking his way as … Continue reading
Gina Holden No Flash in the Pan by Jay S. Jacobs When you think of the word “nerd,” in general the picture that comes to mind looks nothing like Gina Holden. After all, she is beautiful, poised, talented and successful – not usually traits that one associates with the term. Yet, Holden will openly acknowledge … Continue reading
Fabian About This Thing Called Luck by Ronald Sklar Fabian was born under a lucky star, and that star first shone its light above the ancient, sooty row-house streets of South Philadelphia. Although we think of 1950s America as a world of suburbs, tailfins and sparkling new appliances, most of this country still lived in … Continue reading
VIGGO MORTENSEN MAKES HIS EASTERN PROMISES by Brad Balfour It’s entirely understandable why director David Cronenberg has recently cast Viggo Mortensen as his lead in two complementary but very different films (2005’s excellent A History of Violence and the new Eastern Promises). Mortensen inhabits these characters and the characters inhabit him. It is said that when he played Aragorn in Lord … Continue reading
Phoebe Snow Make Things All Right by Ronald Sklar The way Phoebe Snow can manipulate her vocal chords to achieve intense highs and duck-for-cover lows matches only the highs and lows of her own personal wild ride. Her voice, most well known for her 1974 hit, “Poetry Man,” is nothing short of a gift; however, … Continue reading
Daniel Tosh Is Not Completely Serious by Jay S. Jacobs “I don’t have a girlfriend in every city in the country,” Daniel Tosh explains. But some people think: why shouldn’t he? He’s young. He’s single. He’s a hip and happening stand-up comedian. The women must be lining up, right? “When somebody brings that up, it’s … Continue reading
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK ALL SHE CAN DO by Jay S. Jacobs The world at large has never quite caught on to Chantal Kreviazuk’s name – and the world is a lesser place for it. In a perfect world, everyone would know about Kreviazuk. She certainly has spent enough of the past decade introducing herself. She is a star … Continue reading
