Music
Bravo! Joni Mitchell Landmark Album “Blue” Is Number 1 on iTunes 50 Years After Its Release (Listen to Unreleased Demos Here)
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Joni Mitchell's landmark "Blue" album. Cameron Crowe did a lovely interview with her yesterday in the LA Times.
"Blue"...
Movies
Snubbed by the Oscars in 2015, Ava Duvernay’s Magnificent “Selma” is On CBS Tonight
When I saw "Selma" at its first screening in November 2014, I thought this will win all the Oscars. And this was before the...
Art
Overview: “Truman & Tennessee” Explores the Two Most Famous Creative Eccentrics of Their Wild Time
Literary titans Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, both Southerners and gay, travelled in the same artistic circles. Friends with Paul and Jane Bowles, Donald...
Books
Will Smith Writes an Autobiography: Will It Include Scientology, Infidelity, Failed Private School, Donations to Nation of Islam?
Will Smith has written an autobiography (with Mark Manson). "Will" will be published on November 9th by Penguin Press.
No doubt "Will" covers Smith's Philadelphia...
Business
RIP “In the Heights” Not Just Here But Everywhere Around the World, a Head Scratcher for Its Time
The final weekend tally is in. "In the Heights" est morte.
Not just here, but everywhere.
The Jon M. Chu directed musical could not get past...
Art
Not a Shock: Edgar Wright’s Documentary about Very Cult Group Sparks Made No Money Over the Weekend
It should come as no surprise that Edgar Wright's labor of love, a two and half hour documentary about the rock duo called Sparks,...
Business
The Amazing Story of Disney’s “Cruella” and How it Went from Bomb to Unexpected Hit
You know, I really liked "Cruella." I said so in my review.
Then came the naysayers, and the $30 surcharge to see it on Disney...
Celebrity
RIP Joan Benny, 86, Daughter of Famed Comedian Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone, Best Selling Author (UPDATED)
It does seem that Joan Benny, the beloved daughter of famed comedian Jack Benny and his wife Mary Livingstone, has died at age 86...