The Deuce The Complete First Season (HBO Home Entertainment – 2018) New York City in the 70s was dirty, sleazy, violent and wild, but it also had a certain throbbing energy that the current Disney-ification of the city has pretty much defanged. Long before sky-high rents and massive chain stores turned the city into the … Continue reading
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Rick Yune and Claudia Kim – Korean Actors Add Intrigue to New Netflix Series Marco Polo
Rick Yune and Claudia Kim Korean Actors Add Intrigue to New Netflix Series Marco Polo by Brad Balfour With a storyline that includes drama, sex, and exotic visuals, Italian explorerMarco Polo‘s time spent in the court of 13th century Mongol ruler Kublai Khan provides all the necessary elements for a great television series. Netflix and … Continue reading
Candace Bailey – The Attack of the Hostess
http://www.popentertainment.com/candacebailey.htm Candace Bailey Attack of the Hostess by Jay S. Jacobs Cute, funny actress and hostess Candace Bailey makes G4’s cutting-edge pop culture series Attack of the Show a must-see for the tech-savvy viewer. The fast-paced show shares entertainment news, tech previews, wacky videos and retro commercials with snarky love, good humor and unmitigated respect. … 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
Alicia Witt – Miss Witt’s Opus
Alicia Witt Miss Witt’s Opus by Ronald Sklar Alicia Witt has been steadily holding on to her day job – that of an extremely successful working actor – until she can make real her dream job: that of singer-songwriter. That goal is becoming ever more realized now that she has debuted her self-titled EP and its well-received … Continue reading
Frankie Valli – Romancing the 00s
Frankie Valli Romancing the 00s by Jay S. Jacobs Frankie Valli has been such an in-your-face presence in music and pop culture for so many decades that it is kind of shocking when you realize that his CD Romancing the 60s is his first album of new material in 28 years. After all, this is a guy … Continue reading
Richard Price – Living a Lush Life in Some Small Dive
Richard Price Living a Lush Life in Some Small Dive by Ronald Sklar Since he was a mere twenty-four, writer Richard Price has been greatly admired for his amazing ear for dialogue, his seemingly seamless writing style and his compelling urban plots. His new novel, Lush Life (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux), about worlds colliding on New York’s … Continue reading
Action (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Action The Complete Series – Uncut and Unbleeped (1999) (Sony Home Video-2006) Of the unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century – JFK’s assassination, Y2K, the popularity of tattoos – probably the most baffling of all was the cancellation of the dish-dirty Fox comedy Action. The series, starring an amazingly funny Jay Mohr in a tour … Continue reading
Freddie Prinze, Jr. & Mena Suvari – Living By Brooklyn Rules
Freddie Prinze, Jr. & Mena Suvari Living By Brooklyn Rules by Jay S. Jacobs Brooklyn Rules has been a long time coming. The script is a labor of love by Terrence Winter, one of the main writers on The Sopranos. The story was based on his own youth, where he and his best friends grow up in the … Continue reading