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Hee Haw Premiere Episode and Laffs (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Hee Haw Premiere Episode and Laffs (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Hee Haw Premiere Episode and Laffs (Time/Life-2004) In the summer of 1969, the American Dream seemed to be approaching its waking stage. The awesome miracle of man’s landing on the moon that July only made the earth’s reality grimmer: the war in Vietnam, protests and violence in the streets, Woodstock and rock music, hippies, the … Continue reading →

Gilligan’s Island – The Complete Second Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Gilligan’s Island – The Complete Second Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Gilligan’s Island The Complete Second Season – 1965 (Warner Home Video-2005) Back in the mid-Sixties, both Gilligan’s Island and The Beatles were the rage, infiltrating the public consciousness. Five decades onward, both remain singularly distinctive and arresting public icons whose golden legacy continues to endure and richly thrive. Gilligan’s Island-The Complete Second Season (Warner Home Video) reveals the … Continue reading →

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Plays a Perfect Match
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers Plays a Perfect Match

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JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS PLAYS A PERFECT MATCH by Brad Balfour For a young actor working with a master director like Woody Allen becomes an honor; it’s an even greater opportunity to perform for him in his first non-American made feature and a drama no less. In Match Point, Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers gets to play … Continue reading →

Boyz II Men – Throwback (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Boyz II Men – Throwback (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Boyz II Men – Throwback (Koch) Boyz II Men defined the decade of the 90’s with their sinless R&B harmonies and pure pop appeal. With hits such as “On Bended Knee,” “Motownphilly,” “End of the Road” and “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men will go down in history has one of the greatest vocal groups of all time. They cemented … Continue reading →

Beyond the Sea (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Beyond the Sea (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BEYOND THE SEA (2004) Starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Scacchi, Caroline Aaron, Peter Cincotti, Michael Byrne, Matt Rippy, Gary Whelan, William Ullrich, Jake Broder, Tayfun Bademsoy, Tomas Spencer and Tom Mannion. Screenplay by Kevin Spacey and Lewis Colick. Directed by Kevin Spacey. Distributed by LionsGate Films.  121 minutes.  … Continue reading →

Frank Sinatra – The Christmas Collection (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Frank Sinatra – The Christmas Collection (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Frank Sinatra – The Christmas Collection (Reprise) Nowadays, every singer in the world is putting out a Christmas album. There are entire racks in music stores of easy-listening Christmas albums, country Christmas albums, rap Christmas albums, novelty Christmas albums, Jewish Christmas albums… it goes on and on. Not to question the motives of all the artists … Continue reading →

Out Front with Jay-Z
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Out Front with Jay-Z

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JAY-Z OUT FRONT WITH JAY-Z by Brad Balfour Thanks to his current conflicts with fellow tour-ist R. Kelly, Brooklyn born hip-hop chart topper Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) doesn’t come down from the headlines. But there’s another reason — the release of his live concert/semi-autobiographical feature, Fade to Black (producer Rick Rubin). Chronicling his Madison Square Garden performance … Continue reading →

Ray (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Ray (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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RAY (2004) Starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine, Aunjanue Ellis, Sharon Warren, C.J. Sanders, Curtis Armstrong, Richard Schiff, Larenz Tate, Terrence Howard, David Krumholtz and Wendell Pierce. Screenplay by James L. White. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 152 minutes. Rated PG-13. Ray Charles is a … Continue reading →

Henry Rollins – Out of the Van
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Henry Rollins – Out of the Van

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Henry Rollins Out of the Van by Ronald Sklar “I could grandstand and tell you I’m The Man, but I basically don’t have a life,” Henry Rollins tells me in a recent phone interview. As usual, The Man is being too hard on himself. The rock legend, now in his early forties and still as tough … Continue reading →

Raphael Saadiq – The Return of Ray Ray
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Raphael Saadiq – The Return of Ray Ray

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Raphael Saadiq The Return of Ray Ray by Abraham Kuranga Raphael Saadiq is cool.  Student Council president cool.  Zach Morris cool.  O.K. well, you get the point.  Saadiq is also extremely focused.  No stranger to success, Saadiq has reached both highs and lows, but mostly highs, with Tony! Toni! Toné! and later Lucy Pearl. Saadiq … Continue reading →