Acting – Not Queerbaiting – Is at the Heart of Heartstopper By Mark Mussari The young British actor Kit Connor took to Twitter recently to come out as bisexual. The fact that an eighteen-year-old actor would announce his gender identity on social media is barely news these days – but Connor felt forced rather than … Continue reading
ZOLA (2020) Starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, Colman Domingo, Ari’el Stachel, Jason Mitchell, Ts Madison, Nelcie Souffrant, Nasir Rahim, Jarquale Stewart, Ben Bladon, Carl Collanus, Tony Demil, Angelo Diaz, Mark Fiedler, Renee Leone, Amelia Rose Monteagudo, Michael Opal, Ernest Emmanuel Peeples and Andrew Romano. Screenplay by Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris. Directed … Continue reading
Aviv Cohen Thinks She’s in Love with Music By Lindsey Blick Meet up-and-coming singer/songwriter Aviv Cohen! She is from Toronto, Canada and at the youthful age of 12, she is a powerhouse and a force to be reckoned with! She is a classically trained vocalist, piano player, and currently is enrolled in dance classes and … Continue reading
Gnash The Leader of the Broken Hearts Club by Isa Barnett The members of the Broken Hearts Club rushed into a warm, safe space on the evening of January 20th, 2019 in Philadelphia, PA. Their fierce determination to escape the frigid weather led to anticipation of what was to come. These concert goers were in … Continue reading
Lesli Margherita An Audience with the Queen By Jay S. Jacobs It was just BroadwayCon time again, as some of the biggest names in theater braved the cold and congregated to the New York Midtown Hilton and the Ziegfield Theater to meet, greet and chat with some of their biggest fans. BroadwayCon is a celebration … Continue reading
A SIMPLE FAVOR (2018) Starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Ian Ho, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Andrew Rannells, Aparna Nancherla, Jean Smart, Linda Cardellini, Kelly McCormack, Rupert Friend, Jiah Mavji, Ava LaFramboise, Dustin Milligan, Danielle Bourgon, Gia Sandhu, Lila Yee, Patti Harrison and Jason Oliveira. Screenplay by Jessica Sharzer. Directed by Paul Feig. Distributed … Continue reading
Blake Cooper Taking the Measure of a Man by Jay S. Jacobs There is a certain irony about the fact that the new movie Measure of a Man stars Blake Cooper as a boy coming of age, because we’ve been watching Cooper grow up before our eyes for a few years now. We first met … Continue reading
Jen Kirkman Living in a Material World by Jay S. Jacobs This year is comedian Jen Kirkman’s 20th year doing standup. Just don’t expect her to do anything big to celebrate that fact on her “All New Material, Girl” Tour. “No! No, no, no. Just touring is always special,” Kirkman laughed to me recently as … Continue reading
Rozes A Good Year for Rozes by Samantha Speiss Heartbreaks aren’t such a bad thing, at least not in Rozes’ world. After suffering a broken heart, Rozes channeled her emotions and introduced her music globally. Many officially heard Rozes for the first time in 2014 after she released her premiere single “Everything.” It wasn’t too … Continue reading
THE 2017 RADIO DISNEY MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! Some of music’s hottest artists are coming out for the fifth anniversary of Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA)! Justin Bieber, Meghan Trainor, DNCE and Selena Gomez are just a few of the nominees that were just announced today! Voting is open through Sunday, April 9, … Continue reading
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