Ed Quinn The Road to Eureka by Jay S. Jacobs Brilliant scientist. Guitar hero. Adventurer. Professor’s son. Sci-Fi icon. Runway model. Surf bum. Eccentric. Reputed iron man. Dog lover. Respected actor. Renaissance man. Ed Quinn has worn a lot of hats over the years. In a career (and life) that has been fascinating for its … Continue reading
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Ang Lee – Expresses Lust with Little Caution
Ang Lee Expresses Lust with Little Caution by Brad Balfour Sexually provocative and fraught with violence, Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution [Sie, Jie] powerfully explores the story of a young woman who uses her sexuality to gain the trust of a high-powered Chinese official – a high-ranking collaborator with the ruthless Japanese occupiers during the 1940s. Played by … Continue reading
Kevin Alejandro – Acting Chose Him
Kevin Alejandro Acting Chose Him by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: September 23, 2007. During the past year, Kevin Alejandro’s career has blown wide open. After years of toiling in the television trenches, he finally has picked up the white-hot interest that has casting directors looking his way as … Continue reading
Phoebe Snow – Make Things All Right
Phoebe Snow Make Things All Right by Ronald Sklar The way Phoebe Snow can manipulate her vocal chords to achieve intense highs and duck-for-cover lows matches only the highs and lows of her own personal wild ride. Her voice, most well known for her 1974 hit, “Poetry Man,” is nothing short of a gift; however, … Continue reading
Daniel Tosh is Not Completely Serious
Daniel Tosh Is Not Completely Serious by Jay S. Jacobs “I don’t have a girlfriend in every city in the country,” Daniel Tosh explains. But some people think: why shouldn’t he? He’s young. He’s single. He’s a hip and happening stand-up comedian. The women must be lining up, right? “When somebody brings that up, it’s … Continue reading
Chantal Kreviazuk – All She Can Do
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK ALL SHE CAN DO by Jay S. Jacobs The world at large has never quite caught on to Chantal Kreviazuk’s name – and the world is a lesser place for it. In a perfect world, everyone would know about Kreviazuk. She certainly has spent enough of the past decade introducing herself. She is a star … Continue reading
Matt White – Best Days… and Getting Even Better
Matt White Best Days… and Getting Even Better by Ronald Sklar How’s this for destiny’s child? At five-years-old, Matt White spots and says hello to Bruce Springsteen in a Jersey diner. The meet-and-greet is totally by chance, but contains powerful, earth-shaking, life-changing impact. Not that White needed anyone to be The Boss of him – … Continue reading
Amaury Nolasco – Breaking Out
AMAURY NOLASCO BREAKING OUT by Jay S. Jacobs Had things broken a little differently, Amaury Nolasco might still be living in his native Puerto Rico telling patients to turn and cough. After all, that was always the plan. His family was made up almost exclusively of doctors, and when he was growing up in an upscale area … Continue reading
Alan Alda – On His Many Careers
Alan Alda On His Many Careers by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: August 24, 2007. Whatever Alan Alda has done as an actor, author, playwright, or director – whether it be on television, in film or on stage – it has been imbued with a fundamental sense of humanity. Certainly, with his … Continue reading
Mary Wilson – Supreme Talent
Mary Wilson Supreme Talent By Mark Mussari Mary Wilson is standing on stage in the amber glow of a spotlight and singing “Here’s to Life,” a jazzy autumnal number about embracing the passage of time. Could any voice be better suited to this wistful tune? Wilson reaches deep into her warm alto for the … Continue reading