Us3 – Say What!? (V2) More than a decade on down from making an indelible – if somewhat short lived – impression on pop culture with their revolutionary jazz/rap fusion, Us3 just keep on keeping on. Their 1993 hit album Hand on the Torch, which featured the Herbie Hancock-sampling smash “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia),” opened people’s eyes to … Continue reading
Nikki Blonsky and Zac Efron Hair Raising Success in Hairspray by Brad Balfour What a way to kick off a career. From high school student to major motion picture lead, 17-year-old Nikki Blonsky’s star turn as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, (the film version of the Broadway musical), deserves all the accolades the film has been garnering. In … Continue reading
PlayRadioPlay! – The Trocodero – Philadelphia, PA – August 11, 2007 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2007. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Kitchen Confidential The Complete Series (2005) (20th Century Fox Home Video-2007) Kitchen Confidential came and went as fast as standing in line at McDonald’s Express. In it, superstar chef Anthony Bourdain (rechristened Jack for the series), as played by the underappreciated Bradley Cooper, talks about how your restaurant meal should “dazzle, amaze and delight.” Check, check … Continue reading
ONCE (2006) Starring Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Hugh Walsh, Gerry Hendrick, Alistair Foley, Geoff Minogue, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova, Darren Healy and Catherine Hansard. Screenplay by John Carney. Directed by John Carney. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 88 minutes. Rated R. In a summer full of loud, hyperactive films, it is rather shocking to find … Continue reading
DESCENT (2007) Starring Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick, Christopher DiBlasio, Vanessa Ferlito, Spencer Grammer, Jacqueline Duprey, Alexie Gilmore, Melissa Gallo, Connor Fux, Sergia Louise Anderson, Scott Bailey, John Budinoff, Isabel Dawson and Tracie Thoms. Screenplay by Talia Lugacy. Directed by Talia Lugacy. Distributed by City Lights Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated NC-17. In the carnival … Continue reading
NEIL GAIMAN THE AUTHOR IS BLESSED WITH STARDUST by Brad Balfour For author Neil Gaiman, seeing his expansive graphic novel Stardust made into a film that is getting the full-press treatment is a triumph in and of itself – though he initially approached the whole experience with anxiety, if not dread. No wonder he felt this way … Continue reading
ROSARIO DAWSON ACTRESS DESCENDING by Jay S. Jacobs You have to give it up to Rosario Dawson. She has some real guts. A lot of actresses in her position – in her late twenties, well-respected, attractive, hip and working on a near-constant basis – might just sit back and collect scripts and residuals. It certainly … Continue reading
Gail O’Grady Roles of a Lifetime by Ronald Sklar “I did Celebrity Poker, and it was the first time I ever played,” actress Gail O’Grady tells me, and this should surprise me, shouldn’t it. You would think that the beauty and the brains were enough to get her by in life, that those heavy doors swing … Continue reading
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (2007) Featuring the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardly Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Marcia Wallace, Pamela Hayden, Albert Brooks, Joe Mantegna, Tom Hanks and Green Day. Screenplay by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John … Continue reading
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