A Walk in the Park With the Cast of Parks and Recreation
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A Walk in the Park With the Cast of Parks and Recreation

A Walk in the Park With the Cast of Parks and Recreation by Ken Sharp Unfairly maligned by critics when it first launched, NBC’s Parks and Recreation has truly come into its own with this writer considering it the best comedy on television right now. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, best known for … Continue reading

Reichen Lehmkuhl – Amazing Racer
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Reichen Lehmkuhl – Amazing Racer

Reichen Lehmkuhl Amazing Racer By Ronald Sklar photos by Eugene Gallegos Reichen Lehmkuhl (yeah, pronounce it like this: rye-kin lem-coal) turns heads for more than just his good looks.  Since he bolted out of his modest starting gate in Cincinnati, Ohio, he’s crafted a unique resume as an Air Force pilot / actor / model / … Continue reading

Jeff Goldblum Is Not Dead Yet
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Jeff Goldblum Is Not Dead Yet

Jeff Goldblum Is Not Dead Yet by Jay S. Jacobs The one constant in producer Dick Wolf’s Law & Order franchises has been change. Ever since the first season of the flagship series and star George Dzundza decided to move on, no actor or character was completely safe. As the franchise expanded (there are currently three Law & … Continue reading

Joel Gretsch – Standing Up to the Visitors
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Joel Gretsch – Standing Up to the Visitors

Joel Gretsch Standing Up to the Visitors by Jay S. Jacobs Joel Gretsch never planned to become a sci-fi star, but somehow, he keeps getting pulled inexplicably in that direction. In a decade-plus career that has spanned movies like The Legend of Bagger Vance, The Emperor’s Club and National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Gretsch has always been open to … Continue reading

Anders Østergaard – Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom
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Anders Østergaard – Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom

Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour When Danish documentarian Anders Østergaard took on the challenge to make Burma VJ, he had no idea how much he would advance the cause of citizen journalism. A collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs), The Democratic Voice of Burma, recorded the 100,000+ protestors … Continue reading

Carey Mulligan – An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms
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Carey Mulligan – An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms

Carey Mulligan An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms by Brad Balfour With An Education, the 24-year-old British actress Carey Mulligan has come out of nowhere to garner the kind of critical acclaim and award notice that few receive so quickly – she’s up for a Golden Globe tomorrow for example. But her performance as 16-year-old … Continue reading

Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
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Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci

Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci by Brad Balfour Looking very Julia Child-like, actor Meryl Streep, the latter half of Julie and Julia, stepped up to the press conference table in a long grey dress cut to mid-calf, wearing a string of pearls. Her screen husband, Stanley Tucci, wore a sport coat … Continue reading

Eve Plumb – Painting the Bistro Life
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Eve Plumb – Painting the Bistro Life

Eve Plumb Painting the Bistro Life by Ronald Sklar Eve Plumb is not your go-to Brady for back-in-the-day.  With a nation still aching for any crumb, any plumb of trivia regarding the 1969-74 series, she is not biting. Not her problem. Although she has no visible gripes with the show that made her a pop … Continue reading

Sarah Silverman Is Glad You Hurt Your Hand
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Sarah Silverman Is Glad You Hurt Your Hand

Sarah Silverman Is Glad You Hurt Your Hand By Jay S. Jacobs Okay, she really doesn’t want you to hurt your hand.  But Sarah Silverman loves to capture people off guard, whether it is in her stand-up act, her acclaimed shorts about getting your grandparents out to vote or fucking Matt Damon, or in portraying … Continue reading