Kem Intimacy Never Sounded So Good by Abraham Kuranga In the crowded arena of R&B voices, the artist Kem seems to stand out. He wouldn’t have it any other way. This Detroit native came, unexpectedly, from the depths of poverty and hardship to become one of the most recognizable voices in Adult R&B/Jazz today. Bolstered … Continue reading
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Michael Biehn – Don’t Feel Bereavement For The Victim
Michael Biehn Don’t Feel Bereavement For The Victim by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2011 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: March 2, 2011. You know Michael Biehn, or at least you know his roles. He’s been in some of the iconic films of the past few decades. Biehn protected Linda Hamilton from the murderous android from … Continue reading
Alexandra Daddario – The Next One Is Right Around the Corner
Alexandra Daddario The Next One Is Right Around the Corner by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2011 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: February 27, 2011. You may have been reading all over the interwebs that gorgeous young actress Alexandra Daddario is going to be playing a vital role in David Fincher’s upcoming film version of the best … Continue reading
Jennifer Lawrence – Now an Oscar Nominee, the Actress Heats Up Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence Now an Oscar Nominee, the Actress Heats Up Winter’s Bone by Brad Balfour Thanks to her 2011 Oscar™ nom for Best Actress as Ree Dolly in Winter’s Bone, relative newcomer Jennifer Lawrence has now become one of Hollywood’s latest darlings. Of course, there are the perks of such attention: fancy gowns, cool parties, cute guys … Continue reading
Henry Winkler – Fine Line Between Pleasure and Royal Pains
Henry Winkler Fine Line Between Pleasure and Royal Pains by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always fun to talk with a television icon – particularly one who you grew up watching. I’d be a huge fan of Henry Winkler even if his wasn’t the first autograph that I ever got from a celebrity, because when I … Continue reading
Vik Muniz’s Garbage-Art Transforms a Waste Land Into a Nominee & Award Winner
Vik Muniz’s Garbage-Art Transforms a Waste Land Into a Nominee & Award Winner by Brad Balfour Brazilian conceptualist Vik Muniz has been making remarkable photo-constructs and garnering accolades within the fine art world for years including such places as New York’s Guggenheim Museum. But recently the artist has landed squarely in the public eye so … Continue reading
Lee Unkrich – A Dual Oscar Nominee, Toy Story 3’s Director Muses on Childhood and the Future
Lee Unkrich A Dual Oscar Nominee, Toy Story 3‘s Director Muses on Childhood and the Future by Brad Balfour Now sitting before me is a big box – something like a Borg cube, but not one loaded up with malevolent androids wanting to absorb me into the collective. It is the box set of the … Continue reading
Nicole Kidman – The Oscar-Winning Actress Explores Loss and Grief in Rabbit Hole
Nicole Kidman The Oscar-Winning Actress Explores Loss and Grief in Rabbit Hole by Brad Balfour Everyone experiences loss and grief, but few films show it in such a naked and matter-of-fact manner as does Rabbit Hole. The Aussie actress Nicole Kidman was so passionate about David Lindsay-Abaire’s original Pulitzer Prize-winning play that she signed on … Continue reading
Shirin – Taking Us Away
Shirin Taking Us Away by Jay S. Jacobs Part of the fun of writing about entertainment is that you get to discover exciting new talent before they truly catch on. For example, in fall of 2008 when I did an interview with a new and fairly unknown dance artist who had just released her first … Continue reading
Ryan Star – Riding the Last Train to Stardom
Ryan Star Riding the Last Train to Stardom By Jay S. Jacobs It’s setting the bar high when you are a musician and your stage name is Star. But Ryan Star never shies away from a challenge. The singer wasn’t even exactly trying to be cute with his name, he was born Ryan Star Kulchinsky. … Continue reading