Category Archives: Interviews

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet – Reuniting on Revolutionary Road
Actors / Actresses / Americana / Drama / Interviews / Literature / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Pop Culture / Video

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet – Reuniting on Revolutionary Road

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Reuniting on Revolutionary Road by Brad Balfour At a recent press conference in New York preceding its premiere, the essential members of the Revolutionary Road cast (Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon and Kathy Bates) and director Sam Mendes answered questions before a small room of journalists. Of course, the big news – … Continue reading →

Secondhand Serenade – Taking Your Call
Concerts / Interviews / Music / Pop Culture / Rock & Roll / Singers / Soul

Secondhand Serenade – Taking Your Call

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Secondhand Serenade Taking Your Call By Deborah Wagner If you want to launch a music career in this very tough industry, it used to be about who you knew.  However, John Vesely – the solo artist who calls himself Secondhand Serenade – is changing all the rules.   Vesely is rocketing his own career towards stardom.  He … Continue reading →

Director John Walter – Talkin’ About a Theater of War and Meryl Streep
Directors / Documentaries / Interviews / Movies / Musicals / Pop Culture / Video

Director John Walter – Talkin’ About a Theater of War and Meryl Streep

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Director John Walter Talkin’ About a Theater of War and Meryl Streep by Brad Balfour While Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep garners attention for her role as the authoritarian nun in Doubt, another film – the doc Theater of War out now – offers insight into Steep as an actress, and it grapples with the nature of war as … Continue reading →

Kate Winslet Becomes The Reader, Discovers the Nazi Era and Gains Oscar Buzz
Actresses / Drama / Foreign Films / Interviews / Literature / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Pop Culture / Psychology / Video

Kate Winslet Becomes The Reader, Discovers the Nazi Era and Gains Oscar Buzz

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Kate Winslet  Becomes The Reader, Discovers the Nazi Era and Gains Oscar Buzz by Brad Balfour With both Revolutionary Road and The Reader coming into theaters around the world, this has been quite a creative year for 33-year-old British actress Kate Winslet.  There’s Oscar®-talk for each film, with Winslet in line for best actress, best supporting actress or both. … Continue reading →

Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon
Actors / Interviews / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Politics / Pop Culture / Theater / Video

Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon by Brad Balfour Few performances can rival veteran actor Frank Langella’s portrait of the late President Richard Nixon in the Ron Howard film, Frost/Nixon. Originally a stage play — based on the actual interviews conducted by British TV talk show host David Frost in 1977 — the cinematic version fleshes out … Continue reading →

Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black – Recruited by Harvey Milk
Actors / Actresses / Directors / Drama / Films / Interviews / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Politics / Pop Culture / Video

Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black – Recruited by Harvey Milk

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black Recruited by Harvey Milk by Jay S. Jacobs “I’m Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you!” This was the battle cry of 1970s San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man voted into public office … Continue reading →

Shontelle – Making Her Battle Cry
Dance / Hip Hop / Interviews / Music / Music Videos / Pop Culture / Singers

Shontelle – Making Her Battle Cry

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Shontelle Making Her Battle Cry by Abraham Kuranga The easiest thing to do, when listening to Shontelle, is to compare her to another island songstress.  The quick comparison to Rihanna is nothing new to Shontelle, but is definitely something she is about to shed. “It doesn’t bother us,” says Shontelle of the comparison to her … Continue reading →

Patty Loveless – Country Soul
Americana / Country / Interviews / Music / Pop Culture / Singers / Soul

Patty Loveless – Country Soul

Posted on by • Leave a comment

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
Actors / Directors / Drama / Films / Interviews / Movies / Mystery / Oscar Nominees / Politics / Pop Culture / Psychology / Video

Clint Eastwood Becomes a Changeling

Posted on by • Leave a comment

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 →