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Internet Killed the Newspaper Star
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Internet Killed the Newspaper Star

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Internet Killed the Newspaper Star Filmmaker Lenny Feinberg discusses his documentary Black & White and Dead All Over about the decline of the daily newspaper. by Jay S. Jacobs http://popentertainment-interviews.tumblr.com/post/94361579739/internet-killed-the-newspaper-star-filmmaker As the Internet increasingly becomes the go-to destination for people to get their news, traditional newspapers have been scrambling to stay relevant. Newspapers are at a severe … Continue reading →

Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside
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Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside

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Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside by Ronald Sklar The legendary documentary filmmaker allows us inside his head and inside his hit CNN series, Inside Man. The CNN series Inside Man showcases Morgan Spurlock doing what he loves best: the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In spades. Spurlock doesn’t dabble; he immerses. He sticks with one … Continue reading →

John Turturro, Sofia Vergara and Vanessa Paradis Don’t Want To Fade Away
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John Turturro, Sofia Vergara and Vanessa Paradis Don’t Want To Fade Away

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John Turturro, Sofia Vergara and Vanessa Paradis Don’t Want To Fade Away by Jay S. Jacobs You can thank John Turturro’s barber for connecting him with Woody Allen. Turturro is a well-known character actor, who in a career that runs for well over 30 years has been in such varied projects as Do The Right Thing, Barton Fink, Quiz … Continue reading →

Basia – New Day for Her
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Basia – New Day for Her

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Basia New Day for Her by Jay S. Jacobs “Once upon a time it was for real. Nothing mattered then, we were together.” Those are the first lines of “From Now On,” the first song that Basia Trzetrzelewska ever wrote with her long-time musical collaborator Danny White nearly thirty years ago. And somehow, decades after … Continue reading →

Justin Currie – Fighting the Great War
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Justin Currie – Fighting the Great War

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Justin Currie Fighting the Great War by Jay S. Jacobs Justin Currie is in the midst of a somewhat common predicament for the former lead singers of popular bands. Is it possible to create intriguing, challenging music without riding the coattails of the old band or recreating the old sound? Also, as an older, more … Continue reading →

Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
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Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

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Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music – Philadelphia, PA – May 12, 2009  When was the last time you saw a man who was 75 years old give a three-hour-long concert?  Leonard Cohen – the quietly polite gentleman, recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, novelist, poet and humble son of a tailor … Continue reading →

Steph Green – Living on the Short Circuit
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Steph Green – Living on the Short Circuit

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Steph Green Living on the Short Circuit by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not like film directors just appear working feature films with no prior experience. Most great directors have gotten their feet wet working on short films: including Steven Spielberg (“Amblin’”), Martin Scorsese (“What’s A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?”), … Continue reading →

Alex Gibney Goes Gonzo on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, His Life and Work
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Alex Gibney Goes Gonzo on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, His Life and Work

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ALEX GIBNEY The Director Goes Gonzo on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, His Life and Work by Brad Balfour At a time when we need counter-culture heroes more than ever, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s Gonzo-The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson explores in a relatively unvarnished fashion Rolling Stone magazine’s late wild man of journalism and a counter-culture … Continue reading →

Rebecca Schull – On the Naked Stage
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Rebecca Schull – On the Naked Stage

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Rebecca Schull On the Naked Stage by Ronald Sklar It never fails to shock us when a beloved TV character takes a sharp left turn and makes daring choices. Rebecca Schull, for instance. Her name may not be instantly recognizable, but she has that face that makes you feel like you’ve seen it a million … Continue reading →

Pauley Perrette – NCIS Punk
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Pauley Perrette – NCIS Punk

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Pauley Perrette NCIS Punk by Jay S. Jacobs When you think of scientists in the Naval police corps, do you picture someone in pitch-black retro clothes, with goth boots, spider-web tattoos and with a serious caffeine addiction? If you do, chances are that notion is thanks to Pauley Perrette. Perrette plays Abby, the overstimulated-but-quite-brilliant lab worker on … Continue reading →