Adrianne Curry It’s Her Surreal Life by Ronald Sklar The last person you would consider having a clear-eyed take on reality is a reality TV star-slash-model-slash-two-time-Playboy subject. However, Adrianne Curry is finding the real and keeping it. Formerly of VH1’s The Surreal Life and currently of that same channel’s hit series My Fair Brady (co-starring husband Christopher Knight), Curry has … Continue reading
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Curtis Stone – Home Is Where the Chef Is
Curtis Stone Home Is Where the Chef Is by Ronald Sklar In America, Curtis Stone is popularly known as The Take Home Chef (on The Learning Channel); yet this Aussie and his cooking talents are internationally known. Before even setting foot in the New World, he was top dog at some of the top Australian restaurants, making … Continue reading
Richard Price – Living a Lush Life in Some Small Dive
Richard Price Living a Lush Life in Some Small Dive by Ronald Sklar Since he was a mere twenty-four, writer Richard Price has been greatly admired for his amazing ear for dialogue, his seemingly seamless writing style and his compelling urban plots. His new novel, Lush Life (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux), about worlds colliding on New York’s … Continue reading
Mary-Louise Parker Learns A Lot About The Spiderwick Chronicles
Mary-Louise Parker Learns A Lot About The Spiderwick Chronicles by Brad Balfour It may have required an intoxicant for actress Mary-Louise Parker to play the perplexed mom who learns about The Spiderwick Chronicles the hard way – through an attack from goblins – she eventually gets a handle on the fantastic situation behind this incredible tale. Parker … Continue reading
Ron Livingston Rescues Holly and Finds Something of Himself
Ron Livingston Rescues Holly and Finds Something of Himself by Brad Balfour When I first met Ron Livingston, he was a featured personality at the New York Independent Television Fest kicking off his Fox TV show, Standoff (he starred as Matt Flannery, a senior FBI negotiator). He had come to my attention previously through the film The Cooler, but … Continue reading
Jon Bernthal – Countdown to Day Zero
Jon Bernthal Countdown to Day Zero by Jay S. Jacobs With the ongoing conflict in the Middle East there have been rumblings that eventually the United States may have to reinstate the military draft. The film Day Zero takes this one step further – imagining what will happen after this occurs. Day Zero focuses on three New York-area friends who receive … Continue reading
Get Smart – The Complete Series (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Get Smart The Complete Series (1965-1970) (HBO/Time-Life-2007) Okay, I have to admit it. I cheated a little. Whenever I review DVD box sets, I make it a rule to watch every single episode in the package. Usually I try to sit through all of the extras as well. Unfortunately, as much as I have been … Continue reading
Barry Williams – Time To Change
Barry Williams Time To Change by Ronald Sklar Think of it this way: about forty years ago, you land a job. It’s a good job and you feel lucky to get it. You like it. Everybody else likes you in it. It’s a good gig. You stay at this job for about five years, then … Continue reading
Marisol Nichols Is Having One Hell of a Day
Marisol Nichols Is Having One Hell of a Day by Jay S. Jacobs It takes a rather special person to run CTU – the fictional super-secret counter-terrorism agency that is the focus of the popular Kiefer Sutherland adventure series 24. Which brings us to Marisol Nichols, the actress and philanthropist that spent season six of the show as Nadia Yassir, … Continue reading
Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom’s For One More Day (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS MITCH ALBOM’S FOR ONE MORE DAY (2007) Starring Michael Imperioli, Ellen Burstyn, Samantha Mathis, Scott Cohen, Alice Drummond, Emily Wickersham, Cara Seymour, Lexie Drago, Joyce Hogi, Frank Pellegrino and Vadim Imperioli. Screenplay by Mitch Albom. Directed by Lloyd Kramer. Distributed by Harpo Films and ABC Television Network. 91 minutes. Not Rated. You … Continue reading