John Oates Keeping It Grounded on the Road with Stories and Songs By Jay S. Jacobs John Oates knows a thing or two about popular music. After all, he has spent most of his adult life as half of the rock and soul duo Daryl Hall and John Oates, one of the biggest selling hitmaking … Continue reading
Daniel Ranieri Growing Up In The Tender Bar By Jay S. Jacobs YouTube has become a valid source for catching the eye of Hollywood casting directors. Many people put in tons of work and hours trying to go viral. Then there are cases like ten-year-old Daniel Ranieri. He hit the pop culture zeitgeist early in … Continue reading
SONGBIRD (2020) Starring KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser, Demi Moore, Lia McHugh, Elpidia Carrillo, Michole Briana White, Paul Sloan, Andrew Howard, Carol Abney, Darri Ingolfsson, Ian Duncan, Lauren Sivan, Jesse Gabbard and the voices of Susan Bennett, Louise Griffiths, Tim True and Matt Nolan. Screenplay … Continue reading
Emily Tosta Walking in a Willy’s Wonderland By Kayla Marra You know how in the old Scooby-Doo! mysteries, the bad guy would always angrily bellow after he got caught, “And I would have gotten away with it, too, if not for those damned kids.” Emily Tosta is one of those kids. Specifically, in the new … Continue reading
Peter Macdissi Hitting the Road with Uncle Frank By Jay S. Jacobs The more things change, the more things stay the same. Take Uncle Frank, the new movie by writer/director Alan Ball of Six Feet Under and True Blood fame. Uncle Frank looks back to 1973 – right in the middle of the Nixon years … Continue reading
BORAT: SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (2020) Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Judith Dim Evans, Jerry Holleman, Jim Russell, Pastor Jonathan Bright, Macey Chanel, Dani Popescu, Manuel Vieru, Miroslav Tolj, Alin Popa, Ion Gheorghe, Nicolae Gheorghe, Marcela Codrea, Luca Nelu, Nicoleta Ciobanu, Tom Hanks, Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines … Continue reading
Katie Kelly and Paola Andino As Pure as Driven Sno Babies By Jay S. Jacobs Drug abuse has been a scourge in America – in the world – for generations. It often has tragic results for the users, and there are no simple answers to the problem. The new film Sno Babies takes a hard … Continue reading
Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins and Jon Stevenson Hanging Out with Their Rent-A-Pal by Jay S. Jacobs Rent-A-Pal. The idea is so out-there and yet so brilliant that it is shocking that it is not more common. The world is full of lonely people, why not charge for friendship? However, what if the Rent-A-Pal had … Continue reading
Doing the Binge This Labor Day – A Way to Visit Other Worlds and Save a Mind in Lock-down by Brad Balfour Yes, I did. I let a lot of things go when the pandemic shut-down kicked in. My hair grew out; I ceased emailing and texting with a lot of good and great people; … Continue reading
What a Weird Pandemic Summer It’s Been – We need Bruce Springsteen To Save The Day by Brad Balfour Around this time of the year, I usually look back so as to orient myself about going forward. But, what a wack summer it’s been. Having suffered through the coronavirus – literally and conceptually – I … Continue reading
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