Celebrating Joan Rivers…My Trip To Cannes With Joan And Melissa Rivers!
June 8th would have been Joan’s 90th birthday…my wife and I were lucky enough to work with her for years, and she was the nicest – and funniest – person we were ever lucky enough to meet… There are...
View ArticleDid “Flash Gordon” Lead To “Star Wars?” Celebrating Sam Jones – The Original...
“Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!” Cult movie fans know that Sam Jones WAS “Flash Gordon!’ But did you know this: those are the words that led to “Star...
View Article“Is It A Star?” Daryl Hall and John Oates Perform A Neglected Gem Live +...
A Neglected Daryl Hall and John Oates Gem – LIVE! I have shared a number of stories about Daryl Hall and John Oates, who continue to perform for fans after decades in music. From songs like “One On...
View ArticleWild Cruise Ship Travel Adventures Revealed! Hit The High Seas For Some...
Time To Travel To Excess! Doesn’t this look like fun? Well it is! But there is so much more going on underneath the deck, and I just finished a “Quadrilogy” of memoirs that tears the lid off cruising!...
View ArticleIs Nicolas Cage AKA Superman In “The Flash?” Does Tim Burton’s Doomed...
“Superman Lives”! Or, The Story Of How He Died! With the new movie “The Flash” opening worldwide, I read that it has a lot of cameos that are making fanboys very happy! First, did you know that Nicolas...
View ArticleExploring Gritty 70’s Cinema With “Straight Time!” Dustin Hoffman Fires Himself!
Dustin Hoffman Gets Gritty! You may know Dustin Hoffman for a lot of great movie roles, but I bet you don’t know him as a hardened ex-con trying to do his “Straight Time!” My year-long dive into 70’s...
View ArticleHave You Seen These Incredible Genki Sudo “World Order” Synchronized Music...
Heads Up, It’s Genki Sudo And His World Order! I love finding unique creative endeavors from around the world, and a few years ago I came across one of the greatest, most colorful music videos EVER!...
View ArticleThe Case For Warren Zevon…His Complicated Life And Brilliant Music…
First, please click on Clive’s terrific look above at three of the late Warren Zevon’s greatest songs….the videos are in his story, which looks at how misguided the Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame is for not...
View ArticleDo You “Fado?” Here’s Video Of Portugal’s Beautiful, Plaintive Music…
Happy New Year! (Belatedly To Be Sure…) OK, this may be a bit overdue, but I wanted to share a unique aspect of Portugal that my wife Alex and I discovered when we were there for New Years – “fado”......
View ArticleMarlon Brando’s “Deliverance?” My 70’s Cinema Look At A Wild Casting Coup!
“Squeal Like A Pig!” It is one of cinema’s most iconic – and unsettling – lines. And one of film’s most intense moments of all time. I just spoke to someone who didn’t know even know that “squeal like...
View ArticleDid Mickey Rooney Really Have A “Potato Fantasy” Restaurant? The Answer Is Here!
Here’s a story I just shared over on my food site “Bite! Eat! Repeat!” A funny story of celebrity endorsements gone wild! The late Actor Mickey Rooney seemed to put his name on everything, but did that...
View ArticleWe Experienced Visionary Artist Yayoi Kusama’s Wild Creativity – In Paris And...
Visionary Artist Yayoi Kusama Is A Creative Giant! In this case – literally! Yayoi Kusama is a visionary Japanese Artist who creates massive structural art that is imaginative and spectacularly...
View ArticleRIP Sinead O’Connor….A Tribute To The Music Of A Troubled Artist…
Clive’s “Take It Easy” blog shares lots of great music with us, and his tribute above to Sinead O’ Connor is a beautiful tribute to her music…there are many videos included, especially one that shows...
View ArticleRIP Randy Meisner…A Musical Appreciation Of This Eagles Founding Member…
RIP To A Founding Eagle… Such sad new for music fans…Randy Meisner, one of the original founding members of the Eagles, died on July 26 at age 77. His death was reportedly due to Chronic Obstructive...
View ArticleMick Jagger Turns 80! Do You Know His Controversial 1970 “Performance” In A...
Celebrating Mick Jagger’s 80th Birthday – In A Bathtub! Last week was Mick Jagger’s 80th birthday, and I want to celebrate in a different way…as my year-long look at the greatest decade in cinema – the...
View ArticlePowerful “Music With An ‘M’!” From Kelly Clarkson To The Beatles And Tom...
Kelly Clarkson’s Divorce Album! As you can see by the imagery on the single above, Kelly Clarkson bared her soul on her new album “Chemistry”! That’s why my “Music With An ‘M'” dives into one of her...
View ArticleHave You Watched”The Late Show?” This 70’s Cult Classic Is Lily Tomlin’s...
Have You Seen Lily Tomlin’s Greatest Movie Role? I love Lily Tomlin – everyone knows her for her successful TV show “Grace & Frankie” with Jane Fonda – but since her breakout role on the TV show...
View ArticleRIP William Friedkin…A Celebration Of The Director Of “The Exorcist”, “The...
RIP William Friedkin… Very sad news to report: the brilliant Film Director William Friedkin has died at the age of 87…no cause of death released yet….I wanted to pay homage to one of the icons of...
View ArticleValdez Is Coming! Lawman! Classic 70’s Cinema With A Gun-Blazing Burt...
I’ll tell you, Lucas, if I had somewhere to run, I’d run. But I don’t, so I’ll stand. In the mood for some classic western revenge? With a big Hollywood star? Well, my year-long look at the greatest...
View Article“The Only Living Boy In New York!” Paul Simon Breaks Up With Art Garfunkel...
What Caused Simon & Garfunkel To Break Up? First, a big thanks to Clive, so reminded me of this wild story with his recent post celebrating The Wrecking Crew! His link is below…but first, why did...
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