Hi Friends! Conquering the acronym “LGBTQIA” is no small feat. Even those of us most ‘in the know’ can get turned around. What order are the letters supposed to go in again? Did some new letters get added I don’t know about? What do they stand for anyway? The truth is, people use different acronyms…
Hello Beautiful People, “Somehow you gotta break that water, kick and pull through it…” Well, let me just say – this song hit me like a ton of bricks. In the gut. In the heart. In the head. I think I stopped breathing when Matt Doyle was singing… …but wait, I’m getting ahead of myself….
Hello Friends, With the end of How I Met Your Mother last night, millions of viewers experienced the conclusion of one of this generations most influential television shows. If you’re twenty something years old like myself, this show probably took up a large percentage of your life. It made me want to move to New…
Hello Beautiful People, [custom_blockquote style=”purple”]Ethel Merman and Mother Teresa had a lot in common. At first glance, that might seem highly unlikely, but in my years with them both, I discovered that though the differences were huge, surprisingly, there were also great similarities. Often I would be in a restaurant with Ethel Merman, “the Queen…
Hey Friends! Another Netflix original has taken the world by storm. I have been completely geeking out about House of Cards, as I’m sure some of you have as well. Arguably, Kevin Spacey is trying to take over the world with this new series that he produces and stars in. When I watched the first…
Hello Beautiful People, Stage fright. Perhaps the two most threatening words to any artist. That paralyzing, infectious, horrible feeling that occurs when one graces the stage…and….panics. And that’s exactly what occurs in Grand Piano. Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood), the most talented pianist of his generation has an extreme, paralyzing, horrifying experience with stage fright that…
Hello Write Readers, At this time last year, I had just finished Amour, which was my final review to be submitted before the Academy Awards were televised, and it’s interesting to me that this year my final review is Philomena, which I equated to “the Amour of 2014” when I heard about it. In case…
Hello Beautiful People, Almost there! We’re almost there! There’s just one more film left to see, and just in time for the Academy Awards this evening. WHEW! This has been a whirlwind of film watching. Next year aka this year, I promise, I’m going to start early. (I think I said that last year?) Nebraska…
Hello Write Readers, More movie reviews! Our countdown to the Oscars continues with another Best Picture Nominee: American Hustle. I’ve seen a lot of movies lately, but I approached none of them with the enthusiasm with which I entered the theatre for American Hustle. I was beyond ready. I entered the movie theatre in San…
Hello Write Readers, The year 2013 seems to be the year about race films. When I saw the trailer for this movie, I couldn’t help but wonder, “what’s happening in Hollywood?” Everywhere you turn, there are poignant and deeply relevant conversations going on about the history of race in this country. Some of the films…