Jennifer Love Hewitt Working Up The Client List by Jay S. Jacobs Jennifer Love Hewitt grew up on television, so you knew when her long-running series Ghost Whisperer was cancelled in 2010, it was only a matter of time before she returned to the spotlight. The return is coming with a sizzle, as she has agreed to … Continue reading
Greta Gerwig and Whit Stillman Sending Up a Signal for Damsels in Distress by Jay S. Jacobs In the 90s, Whit Stillman seemed to be the upcoming voice of indie comedy. His acclaimed and literate films Metropolitan, Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco were critical favorites and art-house smashes, giving the writer/director the deserved … Continue reading
Melissa Manchester Think of Her as a Friend by Jay S. Jacobs “I think we can make it, one more time, if we try.” That line sort of sums up Melissa Manchester, and not just because it was a huge part of “Midnight Blue,” the songstress’ first huge hit single in 1975. In a career … Continue reading
The Black Keys – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA – March 10, 2012 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2012. All rights reserved. Continue reading
The Pretty Reckless – Hit Me Like A Man EP (Interscope) There is a long, not always storied, history of actors and actresses who fancy themselves singers. Sometimes it works out, more often it doesn’t. The lead singer of The Pretty Reckless is Taylor Momsen, a former model-turned-Gossip Girl star. But if you’re expecting some candy-ass bubble gum crap, … Continue reading
Lucy Woodward – The Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY – February 29, 2012 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2012. All rights reserved. Continue reading
FOOTLOOSE (2011) Starring Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell, Dennis Quaid, Miles Teller, Ziah Colon, Kim Dickens, Ray McKinnon, Patrick John Flueger, Ser’Darius William Blain, Maggie Jones, Mary-Charles Jones, Jayson Warner Smith, Jason Ferguson, Benjamin Davis, Reece Thomas, Ivey Lowe and Anna Marie Dobbins. Screenplay by Dean Pitchford and Craig Brewer. Directed by Craig Brewer. … Continue reading
Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita by Jay S. Jacobs Spanish film director Fernando Trueba has had a long, fascinating career which has branched out in many directions. He started out as a movie critic in the 1970s for the newspaper El Pais. He has since worked as an … Continue reading
HIPSTERS (2008) Starring Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgeniya Khirivskaya, Maksim Matveev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Balakirev, Aleksandr Stefantsov, Georgiy Sivokhin and Olga Smirnova. Screenplay by Yuri Korotkov. Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy. Distributed by Leisure Time Features. 127 minutes. Not Rated. If you think it was hard to be a jazz-obsessed beatnik in 1955 America, … Continue reading
Emilie Autumn – Blender Theater at the Gramercy – New York, NY – February 18, 2012 Photos by Mark Doyle © 2012. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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