Patty Loveless Country Soul by Mark Mussari When Patty Loveless was a little girl, she had an ongoing argument with her father. Each week the two would settle into their living room in Pikeville, Kentucky to watch television. Her father, a coal miner and country music fan, wanted to watch the Earl Scruggs and Lester … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood Becomes a Changeling by Brad Balfour An avowed Republican in Hollywood is nearly as rare as the giant Comodo Dragon — and they’ve had the spiteful bite of one as well. But with Barack Obama’s victory, they’ve made themselves pretty scarce since election day. Hell, even a straight-shooting, no bullshitter like Clint Eastwood — long known as … Continue reading
Tom Arnold Has a Dark Night of the Soul by Jay S. Jacobs When one thinks of comedian-turned-actor Tom Arnold, normally they do not picture the serious side of the guy. Instead they picture the lighthearted roles, the tabloid gossip and the sitcoms. The man has made a name as a good-natured, slightly shallow goofball. … Continue reading
Lady Gaga Winning the Fame Game by Jay S. Jacobs “I’m a hustler, you know?” Lady Gaga says. “I just keep going.” She is going… and she’s planning on going far. Growing up in New York, Stefani Gabriella Germanotta – who now goes by the stage name Lady Gaga – was steeped in the celeb culture, … Continue reading
Tommy James It’s A New Vibration By Ronald Sklar We know what you’re thinking. Not another Christmas album! But with this one, consider this HUGE plus: it’s a Tommy James Christmas album, and all the standards (like “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”) actually sound like a Tommy James song. Talk about your Christmas miracles! I … Continue reading
Debra Messing Starting Over Again by Jay S. Jacobs Debra Messing has a problem that most actresses would kill for. When you are known indelibly for a role which hits the pop-culture jackpot, sometimes it’s not easy to get the public to see you as anyone else. Messing spent eight years playing Grace Adler on Will … Continue reading
GEORGE HAMILTON DOESN’T MIND IF HE DOES By Ken Sharp Permanently suntanned with a perfect smile and possessing the uncanny charm and urbane sophistication of a second-generation Cary Grant, most people think they’ve got actor George Hamilton figured out. But there’s more than meets the eye to the 69-year-old thespian. Carving out over 50 years … Continue reading
Greg Kinnear Has a Flash of Inspiration by Ronald Sklar “I’m not gonna lie to you, it didn’t grab me,” Greg Kinnear says about his first hear-tell of the concept for the Universal film Flash of Genius (originally called Windshield Wiper Man). However, after doing his due diligence, Kinnear found the David-versus-Goliath story to be … Continue reading
Sam Rockwell Investigates Sex Addiction and other Compulsions In Choke by Brad Balfour Actor Sam Rockwell, director Clark Gregg and author Chuck Palahniuk have to hand it to David Duchovny. He brings sex addiction to the public’s attention, though it certainly wasn’t his intention. While there are far bigger issues to lay on the common … Continue reading
Frankie Valli Romancing the 00s by Jay S. Jacobs Frankie Valli has been such an in-your-face presence in music and pop culture for so many decades that it is kind of shocking when you realize that his CD Romancing the 60s is his first album of new material in 28 years. After all, this is a guy … Continue reading
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