Matt White Best Days… and Getting Even Better by Ronald Sklar How’s this for destiny’s child? At five-years-old, Matt White spots and says hello to Bruce Springsteen in a Jersey diner. The meet-and-greet is totally by chance, but contains powerful, earth-shaking, life-changing impact. Not that White needed anyone to be The Boss of him – … Continue reading
AMAURY NOLASCO BREAKING OUT by Jay S. Jacobs Had things broken a little differently, Amaury Nolasco might still be living in his native Puerto Rico telling patients to turn and cough. After all, that was always the plan. His family was made up almost exclusively of doctors, and when he was growing up in an upscale area … Continue reading
DAN FOGLER AND GEORGE LOPEZ GIVE IT TO US IN THE BALLS by Jay S. Jacobs Usually, when a movie studio makes stars available to the press to promote their latest film, they summon us to a suite in one of the finest hotels in New York City. However, it somehow makes a certain amount … Continue reading
Alan Alda On His Many Careers by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: August 24, 2007. Whatever Alan Alda has done as an actor, author, playwright, or director – whether it be on television, in film or on stage – it has been imbued with a fundamental sense of humanity. Certainly, with his … Continue reading
Mary Wilson Supreme Talent By Mark Mussari Mary Wilson is standing on stage in the amber glow of a spotlight and singing “Here’s to Life,” a jazzy autumnal number about embracing the passage of time. Could any voice be better suited to this wistful tune? Wilson reaches deep into her warm alto for the … Continue reading
Emmy Rossum Can’t Slow Her Down by Jay S. Jacobs When you’ve spent most of your life working to make a name in one field, it takes a certain leap of faith to put it on hold to try something different, just when your career has taken off. Emmy Rossum has taken that leap. At … Continue reading
PlayRadioPlay! Breaking Through the Confines By Abraham Kuranga Growing up in Aledo, Texas, young Daniel Hunter didn’t have much for which to look forward. His father passed away at an early age and his mother wasn’t around due to her alcohol addiction, leaving Hunter on his own. This led to an early drug problem, forcing … Continue reading
Nikki Blonsky and Zac Efron Hair Raising Success in Hairspray by Brad Balfour What a way to kick off a career. From high school student to major motion picture lead, 17-year-old Nikki Blonsky’s star turn as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, (the film version of the Broadway musical), deserves all the accolades the film has been garnering. In … Continue reading
NEIL GAIMAN THE AUTHOR IS BLESSED WITH STARDUST by Brad Balfour For author Neil Gaiman, seeing his expansive graphic novel Stardust made into a film that is getting the full-press treatment is a triumph in and of itself – though he initially approached the whole experience with anxiety, if not dread. No wonder he felt this way … Continue reading
ROSARIO DAWSON ACTRESS DESCENDING by Jay S. Jacobs You have to give it up to Rosario Dawson. She has some real guts. A lot of actresses in her position – in her late twenties, well-respected, attractive, hip and working on a near-constant basis – might just sit back and collect scripts and residuals. It certainly … Continue reading
