Jimmy Kimmel This Week in Necessary Talk by Jay S. Jacobs “My plan is to make as much money as possible and then disappear forever. Never be seen again,” Jimmy Kimmel chuckles. “If people don’t like me, they should support me as much as possible because [then] I’ll be gone before they know it.” Like most everything … Continue reading
Little Big Town Four Distinct Voices in Perfect Harmony By Mark Mussari As a vocal group Little Big Town exists on a rarified plane. The country-rock quartet – whose album The Road to Here has already sold over 500,000 copies and spawned a mega-hit in the stomping Southern anthem “Boondocks” – consists of two women and two men. … Continue reading
KT Tunstall Eyes to the Skies by Jay S. Jacobs Is it possible that the next big thing in music is a thirtyish woman from Scotland? An adopted daughter of a scientist who had no real interest to speak of in music? An iconoclast who became a figurehead of a local music scene where lack … Continue reading
KEEPING UP WITH… GARRY MARSHALL AND DORIS ROBERTS by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2006 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: May 19, 2006. Oy! What can you say about Garry Marshall and Doris Roberts when it comes to comedy? These are two of humor’s royalty – both wearing crowns for various achievements; Roberts for acting in her many many … Continue reading
Donald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy and Courtney Solomon – A Haunting Tale by Jay S. Jacobs An American Haunting is a new film version of a classic supernatural mystery, the Bell Witch of Tennessee in the early 1800s. This true story looks at the Bell family, which was bedeviled by a poltergeist for years, eventually … Continue reading
GRETCHEN MOL GETS NOTORIOUS AS PINUP LEGEND BETTIE PAGE by Brad Balfour Before making The Notorious Bettie Page, 30-something actress Gretchen Mol had been working solidly, but had not quite found that signature role that would recoup her early momentum. Thanks to her role as 1950s cultural icon – S&M pinup girl Bettie Page – Mol … Continue reading
SHARON STONE BASIC INSTINCTS AROUSED AGAIN by Brad Balfour For Sharon Stone, the first Basic Instinct film, directed by Paul Verhoeven, was quite an odyssey; it established her as a provocative sex symbol, an actress willing to open herself up (and her legs) for the camera. In that film, she played a lesbian crime novelist accused of … Continue reading
The Lashes Get What They Want By Jay S. Jacobs Seattle is known as a hotbed for music mostly because of the grunge bands of the early 90s. There is a whole world of musicians from the city who never wore flannel, though. Jimi Hendrix, Heart, the Posies, MxPx – lots of talented artists have flourished … Continue reading
Mimi Rogers Once More Around The Loop by Jay S. Jacobs Mimi Rogers is nearly impossible to pigeonhole. She is a beautiful actress who has never relied on her beauty, but instead on a fierce intelligence and talent. She can play devastatingly dramatic roles in films like her recent acclaimed turn in The Door in the Floor as well spooky and … Continue reading
Jessica Lange Don’t Go Changing by Jay S. Jacobs It’s hard to believe after spending all of these years as one of America’s premier actresses, but when Jessica Lange started out, she was that rarest of creatures – a model who could actually act. In the early seventies she graced magazine covers and perfume ads, but Lange never … Continue reading
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