Jackman_Homepage_Jan

COVER FEATURE

The end of the year hype is practically over. We’ve suffered through a cold blast of calculated movie technology with Tom Cruise’s new “Mission Impossible” installment. Cruise’s alpha male stunts in the film are impressive but if you want real exhilaration it would have had to be a pair of tickets to Hugh Jackman’s “Back on Broadway” concert show at the Broadhurst Theatre that... 

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NPH_Homepage_Dec

Christmas Cover Feature

Neil Patrick Harris Plays An Extreme Version of Himself In “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” The Neil Patrick Harris story goes something like this; He returns to the “Harold & Kumar” franchise having previously appeared in “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” and “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.” Earlier this year he starred in the global smash hit... 

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Bette_Homepage_Nov

COVER FEATURE

Bette Midler & Other Irrelevant Divas! There we were in the lobby of The Palace Theatre during intermission for “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.”  All gay sensibility aside the crowd seemed very tourist-mainstream (straight?). Considering that “Priscilla” had a built-in homosexual base it confounded the senses that the gay cognoscenti seemed to be ignoring this incredibly relevant... 

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Connick_Homepage_Oct

COVER FEATURE

Harry Connick, Jr: With A Wink And A Smile 43-year-old Grammy and Emmy Award Winner and star of the new Warner Bros. film “Dolphin Tale,” Harry Connick, Jr. dragged himself away from his home in Connecticut and former Victoria Secret model wife and their children to do some publicity chores for his new family movie. The movie about the mammal with a prosthetic fin opened to generally warm... 

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TeenWolf_Homepage_Sept

COVER FEATURE

Supernatural TV studs The world in turmoil turns to escapist fare. In dire economic times we look to uplifting stories. But there are dark themes haunting our psyches too. Television is cashing in on these peculiar diversions that seem to be captivating viewers. The HBO vampire series True Blood has been successful for multiple seasons and Vampire Diaries is doing well too, so it’s no surprise... 

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Disc & That

Lalah Hathaway-Where It All Begins
(Stax/STX-3219702)

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It’s not about just having the best album of the year. And logically what constitutes the best anyway? Is it about the chops? Or is it the delivery? Production value?  Well Lalah Hathaway’s second Stax effort includes producers JR Hudson, Dre & Vidal with some sweet vocal sounds from Rachel Ferrell. Everything that makes Lalah [...]

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DJ Spotlight

DJ Bryan Thomas’s
Top10

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Deborah Cox – If It Wasn’t For Love (NylsonWashShow Mix) – Deco Penny Foster – Castles (Extended Mix) – Robbins Eddie Amador & Kimberly Cole Featuring Garza Arrow Through My Heart (DJ Irene Club Remix) – Citrusonic Stereophonic Trent Cantrelle – I Want A Freak (Original Mix) – Blue Music Gloria Estefan – Hotel Nacional [...]

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Screening Room

My Week With Marilyn
(Wienstien Company)

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I caught the Marilyn Monroe/Laurence Olivier starrer “The Prince And The Showgirl” on television late one night the week before seeing “My Week With Marilyn” from director Simon Curtis starring Michelle Williams. It was fortuitous for me that I watched it before Curtis and Williams got hold of the icon. In fact it helped to [...]

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DVD Corner

Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour:
At Madison Square Garden

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Lady Gaga’s HBO concert special documenting the February 21 and 22, 2011 shows of her Monster ball Tour comes to BluRay in a big way boasting  pre-concert and backstage footage that has never been seen before. That ups the ante for fans who want more than the HBO special had to offer. It’s all reminiscent [...]