Bryan Adams Tracing the Tracks of His Years by Deborah Wagner As someone who loves many different genres of music, old and new, I still get a thrill out of covering some of my favorite 80’s acts that can clearly still rock. Sometimes though, you’ll be digging your favorite old songs and well, let’s face … Continue reading
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James Van Der Beek – CSI: Cyber Star Balances His Career and Life As a Dad
James Van Der Beek CSI: Cyber Star Balances His Career and Life As a Dad by Landyn Gerace For more than 20 years James Van Der Beek has been a household name to families everywhere. From his notable role as Dawson Leery on Dawson’s Creek to playing a comic version of himself on Don’t Trust … Continue reading
Megan Boone & Jon Bokenkamp – Back in Blacklist
Megan Boone & Jon Bokenkamp Back in Blacklist by Jay S. Jacobs When we last left Elizabeth Keen and her team several weeks ago her life and her career was in complete chaos. First of all, she had freed her two-timing double-agent former husband Tom (Ryan Eggold) from a watery prison. Her partner Ressler (Diego … Continue reading
Reese Witherspoon Finds New Life In Making Wild
Reese Witherspoon Finds New Life In Making Wild by Brad Balfour Along with Wild‘s author Cheryl Strayed, co-star Laura Dern, and producing partner Bruna Papandrea, Reese Witherspoon made appearances throughout New York when the film version of Wild was first released in December. The 38-year-old actress came to Fox Searchlight’s Christmas reception for media and … Continue reading
Wes Anderson Gives Us a Guided Tour of The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson The Director Gives Us a Guided Tour of The Grand Budapest Hotel by Brad Balfour On the surface, the narrative driving Wes Anderson’s eighth film is pretty simple. During the fictional glory days of The Grand Budapest Hotel (starting back in 1932), its exacting Concierge Monsieur Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) fiercely maintains its … Continue reading
Keira Knightley – The Actress (and Now Singer) Has a Grand Slam Year
Keira Knightley – The Actress (and Now Singer) Has a Grand Slam Year by Brad Balfour The great thing about having a bunch of good-to-great films out in one year is that you land in front of audiences so often that they think of you during award season. Certainly, that’s been the case with the … Continue reading
George Lucas – Master Filmmaker Stirs Up Strange Magic
George Lucas Master Filmmaker Stirs Up Strange Magic by Brad Balfour When director/writer/producer George Lucas was pitching the concept of Star Wars after he had a hit with American Graffiti, his nostalgic paean to boys in cars, the studios didn’t want to hear of it, let alone produce and release his space adventure. Boy, did those who passed … Continue reading
Bradley Cooper Transforms Himself into an American Sniper
Bradley Cooper Transforms Himself into an American Sniper by Brad Balfour Master director Clint Eastwood’s latest feature, American Sniper, offers a taut yet complex portrait of the late Iraqi war vet Chris Kyle. With over 160 kills, Kyle was the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. Uncannily portrayed by two-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper … Continue reading
Ava DuVernay – Returns the Struggle for Civil Rights to Selma
Ava DuVernay – Returns the Struggle for Civil Rights to Selma by Brad Balfour On the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, the film Selma is further in the spotlight because both director Ava DuVernay and lead actor David Oyelowo were not nominated for best director and actor Oscars respectively. Though the film was nominated … Continue reading
Checking out the new FanRave Tour
FanRave is the latest tour for fans of YouTube, Vine and other social media. Formed by Nick Swenson, known best for his work with the Magcon Tour, FanRave will be bringing some of your fave social media stars to a town near you. Their inaugural events kicked off along the east coast in January 2015 … Continue reading