Category Archives: Interviews

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard – Looking Back on 12 Years a Slave
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Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard – Looking Back on 12 Years a Slave

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Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard – Looking Back on 12 Years a Slave by Jay S. Jacobs Director Steve McQueen’s film version of former slave Solomon Northrop’s autobiography 12 Years a Slave takes an eye-opening look at one of the great shames of American history, the prevalence of the violent slave … Continue reading →

Hiroyuki Sanada Adds Mystery To Helix
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Hiroyuki Sanada Adds Mystery To Helix

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Hiroyuki Sanada Adds Mystery To Helix by London Christopher His Scientist Adds Mystery To A Pandemic In Syfy’s Helix, and He Discusses His New Steven Spielberg/Halle Berry TV Series Extant,Voicing A Despicable Me Minion and His Extraordinary Career FromKing Lear To The Last Samurai! Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada is best known for his superb portrayal of the reluctant Samurai, Seibei Iguchi, a sensitive … Continue reading →

Going Downstairs in Downton Abbey With Lesley Nicol
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Going Downstairs in Downton Abbey With Lesley Nicol

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Going Downstairs in Downton Abbey With Lesley Nicol by Jay S. Jacobs When it was created in 2010, no one imagined that Downton Abbey – a period drama about the lives and loves of the rich owners of a British castle and their massive service staff – would become a cultural phenomenon. Not even the … Continue reading →

Joel McHale and Jim Rash – Rebooting Community
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Joel McHale and Jim Rash – Rebooting Community

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Joel McHale and Jim Rash – Rebooting Community by Jay S. Jacobs When we last left GreendaleCommunity College, anarchy reigned.  After a marginally successful flirtation with some new show runners following series creator Dan Harmon’s being shown the door at the end of season three, Jeff Winger and his study group had graduated, the college … Continue reading →

Erin Murphy – Which Witch is Which?
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Erin Murphy – Which Witch is Which?

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Erin Murphy – Which Witch is Which? by Ronald Sklar On the eve of the series’ 50th anniversary, the beloved Bewitched baby conjures up many magical memories. Here are some not-too-shabby resume bullet points for this former child actor: Worked closely and regularly with such theater and screen legends as Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice … Continue reading →

Dawn Wells – Rescued!
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Dawn Wells – Rescued!

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Dawn Wells Rescued! by Ronald Sklar Here’s Exhibit A of making lemonade out of lemons. Dawn Wells is most widely known for a role she played almost 50 years ago. As Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, she won audiences’ hearts and minds, but the critics were less than kind to the series. They thought it was … Continue reading →

Brandon T. Jackson Goes Mythical On Us in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
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Brandon T. Jackson Goes Mythical On Us in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

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Brandon T. Jackson Goes Mythical On Us in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters by Jay S. Jacobs One day you are a raw, upcoming stand-up comedian making a name for himself in the clubs.  A few years later, people think you may have goat legs. Show biz can be a crazy gig. Brandon T. Jackson … Continue reading →

Idris Elba – Brit Actor Wins Global Recognition & Award Noms as Well
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Idris Elba – Brit Actor Wins Global Recognition & Award Noms as Well

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Idris Elba Brit Actor Wins Global Recognition & Award Noms as Well by Brad Balfour For London-born actor Idris Elba it must have been a moment of incredibly mixed emotions. On Thursday December 5th, 2013, the London premiere of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom took place. Elba, who stars in this biopic as the great South Africa leader, was there in the company … Continue reading →

Nick Lachey – Leading the Sing-Off
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Nick Lachey – Leading the Sing-Off

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Nick Lachey – Leading the Sing-Off by Jay S. Jacobs Nick Lachey knows what it’s like to be a young aspiring a cappella singer with his eye on stardom.  That was him, once upon a time (well, okay, in the way, way back 1990s). He was originally a student at the CincinnatiSchool for Creative and Performing Arts.  … Continue reading →

Billy Joel Is In a New York State of Mind
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Billy Joel Is In a New York State of Mind

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Billy Joel Is In a New York State of Mind by Jay S. Jacobs It isn’t often that a musician is considered to be almost synonymous with a venue where they play.  On the rare occasions that something like this does happen, it is usually small clubs played early on in a career – like … Continue reading →