Dallas Smith Hitting the Tippin Point by Danielle Speiss Dallas Smith is a veteran of the stage, but he is a newcomer to the US country scene. He’s had a highly successful career as front man for the Canadian rock band Default, whose first record The Fallout achieved platinum album certification and spawned the smash … Continue reading
Trevor Moran and Sam Pottorff We Are YouTube Nation by Sami Speiss and Ali Speiss Recently, Reality Dance had an anti-bullying Fall Fan Fest in Philadelphia featuring some of the biggest names on YouTube. We were lucky enough to sit down with two of the defining figures in the scene: Trevor Moran and Sam Pottorff. … Continue reading
Sara Paxton No Static At All by Jay S. Jacobs Young actress Sara Paxton is always a favorite interview of ours, in fact we’ve spoken with her three times in just over four years and she is never less than charming, personable and sweet. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has followed her … Continue reading
Melanie’s Brand New Key by Ronald Sklar Look what they’ve done to her song, ma: they’ve made her a pop icon. During the early 1970s, the underground press misunderstood Melanie, but above ground, her fans and future generations did not. Brought up in New Jersey with the full, non-mainstream name of Melanie Safka, she wrote … Continue reading
Harry Lennix Exposing The Blacklist and the Bard by Jay S. Jacobs Many actors wait around for years to land the perfect role. Harry Lennix has more radical thinking when it comes to his career. He’s not going to wait around for fickle producers to contact him. He’ll create his own perfect roles, thank you … Continue reading
The Coen Brothers, Oscar Isaac and John Goodman Step Out With Inside Llewyn Davis at NYFF 2013 by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2013 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Originally Posted: October 17, 2013. http://popentertainment-interviews.tumblr.com/post/96749450544/the-coen-brothers-oscar-isaac-and-john-goodman Written and directed by Oscar-winning brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis offers a glimpse into the life of singer-songwriter Davis (Oscar Isaac), … Continue reading
Spike Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde Give Life To Her by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2013 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Originally Posted: October 17, 2013. http://popentertainment-interviews.tumblr.com/post/96395346849/spike-jonze-joaquin-phoenix-amy-adams-rooney Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) is tired of trying to meet girls sometimes in near-future Los Angeles (which looks a lot like modern day Shanghai). He’s a sensitive guy … Continue reading
James Spader Fade to Blacklist by Jay S. Jacobs James Spader has made something of a specialty in playing suave, sophisticated, seductive and morally bankrupt men. As such, he may have found his alpha character in master-criminal Raymond “Red” Reddington in NBC’s new hit series The Blacklist. Red is a super-criminal, the top of the FBI’s … Continue reading
Ralph Fiennes Makes The Invisible Woman Appear at NYFF 2013 by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2013 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Originally posted: October 13, 2013. One of the consummate actors of his generation, the English-born Ralph Fiennes has earned not only numerous awards and nominations (Oscar noms for his portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Goeth in … Continue reading
Robert Redford Finds All is Lost Stirs Accolades at This Year’s NYFF by Brad Balfour If any movie suggests both the pleasure and torture of solitude, it’s J.C. Chandor’s NYFF main slate entry, All Is Lost. Only such a seasoned actor as the 77 year old Robert Redford could propel such a simple narrative — of … Continue reading
