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Mark Ruffalo, Peter Krause, Laura Dern and John Curran – Adultery Education
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Mark Ruffalo, Peter Krause, Laura Dern and John Curran – Adultery Education

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Mark Ruffalo, Peter Krause, Laura Dern and John Curran Adultery Education by Jay S. Jacobs We Don’t Live Here Anymore is a haunting, sometimes even devastating, look at modern marriage.  Based on two short stories by Andre Dubus (“We Don’t Live Here Anymore” and “Adultery”), the movie focuses on two couples.  The film chronicles the casually cruel … Continue reading →

Julie Delpy – Paris Match
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Julie Delpy – Paris Match

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Julie Delpy Paris Match by Jay S. Jacobs Sometimes, through a mixture of hard work, talent and sheer luck, a movie just clicks.  Everything works.  The 1995 romantic comedy/drama Before Sunrise was one of those films.  It stood out from the pack of the Gen X films of the time, because it was smart, funny and had a serious point of view.  It was light … Continue reading →

Fastball – Flip Their Wig
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Fastball – Flip Their Wig

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FASTBALL FLIP THEIR WIG BY SHEILA LUSSIER Miles Zuniga and fellow singer/songwriter Tony Scalzo founded the Austin, TX-based band Fastball nearly a decade ago. They have had much success with five studio albums under their belts and such hit singles as “The Way” and “Out of My Head” (both from their breakthrough 1998 album All the Pain Money Can … Continue reading →

Sarah Hudson – Girl on the Verge
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Sarah Hudson – Girl on the Verge

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Sarah Hudson Girl on the Verge by Jay S. Jacobs Everybody wants to know about Sarah Hudson’s family. Her father, Mark Hudson, along with her uncles, made up the Hudson Brothers, the 70s pop group and TV variety show hosts. Her cousin is movie star Kate Hudson, who is featured in many movies including Almost Famous and How to Lose … Continue reading →

Three Dog Night in Black and White
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Three Dog Night in Black and White

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Three Dog Night In Black and White by Ronald Sklar The feat would be impossible to achieve in today’s market-fragmented world, but back in ’71, the bell-bottomed-and-walrus-mustachioed anthem “Joy To The World,” by Three Dog Night, shone through the polluted air and permeated the culture. In a world already torn every which way but loose, Jeremiah … Continue reading →

Richard Price – Better Than Fiction
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Richard Price – Better Than Fiction

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RICHARD PRICE BETTER THAN FICTION BY RONALD SKLAR If Richard Price’s life story were made into a movie, you would accuse the joint of being too far-fetched.  But, as the old cliché goes, truth is stranger than fiction. Price came up in a Bronx housing project, but his gift for writing gained him entrance into the … Continue reading →

Five for Fighting – It’s Not Easy
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Five for Fighting – It’s Not Easy

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Five for FIGHTING It’s not EASY by Jay S. JACOBS Remember when popular music could actually say something? A tune was a mirror that we held up to our world. The lyrics were humorous or tragic or whimsical or heartbreakingly sincere. Songs spoke of love, war, relationships, politics, lust, and death. They would climb the heights or plunge the depths. John Ondrasik, the lead singer and songwriter of Five for … Continue reading →

Toby Lightman – Devils and an Angel
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Toby Lightman – Devils and an Angel

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Toby Lightman Devils and an Angel by Jay S. Jacobs The music biz is always hungrily searching for the next big thing. They’re trying to find an artist that has the talent and the vibe and the chops to make a huge splash in the choppy waters of popular culture. It should be someone who has … Continue reading →