Dan Epstein – The Hairs and the Squares! Baseball in the 1970s
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Dan Epstein – The Hairs and the Squares! Baseball in the 1970s

Dan Epstein – The Hairs and the Squares! Baseball in the 1970s by Ronald Sklar It wasn’t a dream. It really happened. People looked that way, dressed that way and played that way. Yes, the uniforms were that tight… and, oy, those colors. Dan Epstein tells us so in his awesome book, Big Hair and Plastic … Continue reading

Valerie Harper – Kicking Cancer New York Style
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Valerie Harper – Kicking Cancer New York Style

Valerie Harper – Kicking Cancer New York Style by Ronald Sklar The beloved Rhoda star helps launch The American Lung Association’s Lung Force initiative. On May 13, 2014 in Manhattan, actress and lung cancer survivor Valerie Harper, along with country music star Kellie Pickler, helped kick off of a new women’s health initiative for The … Continue reading

Young & Beautiful (Jeune et Jolie) (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Young & Beautiful (Jeune et Jolie) (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL (JEUNE ET JOLIE) (2014) Starring Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Charlotte Rampling, Fantin Ravat, Johan Leysen, Nathalie Richard, Djedje Apali, Lucas Prisor, Laurent Delbecque, Jeanne Ruff, Carole Franck, Olivier Desautel, Serge Hefez, Akéla Sari, Nathan N’Diaye and Anne-Elina N’Diaye. Screenplay by François Ozon. Directed by François Ozon. Distributed by IFC Films. … Continue reading

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a fascinating bundle of contradictions as far as modern super hero epics go.  It is up-to-the-minute modern and yet at the same time gloriously old fashioned.  It is often rather surprising and yet completely predictable.  It takes some rather subversive stands about the state of … Continue reading

Heathers – Sending Some Forget Me Knots
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Heathers – Sending Some Forget Me Knots

Heathers – Sending Some Forget Me Knots by Jay S. Jacobs Irish twin sisters Ellie and Louise Macnamara have been creative waves in their homeland with their intense blend of traditional folk and more current dance rhythms.  Their band Heathers has been turning a lot of heads – remixer David Guetta wanted to work with … Continue reading