McCarthy Lives

There’s truth in the notion history repeats itself. I’ll take a step further by saying it’s guaranteed when left unchecked. It’s in the cyclical patterns of nature. It’s evidenced in universal laws. It’s ingrained in our behavior as a living species. Because we humans are conscious, self-aware entities, when we […]

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How to Be a Movie Star

It’s strange how sometimes you don’t realize a thing that’s been right in front of you all along. Take Leonardo DiCaprio for example. The guy has quietly (as ridiculous as that sounds) made himself into one of the biggest, most sustainable, most bankable stars ever. Leo has seemingly followed a […]

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Gone, Like Tears in the Rain

My first memory of Rutger Hauer –like many film fans –was as the diabolical Roy Batty in the instant classic, Bladerunner. There was something about Hauer’s screen presence I always found unsettling. He often played ‘the bad guy’, but never played the role as over-the-top or intense or maniacal. Always […]

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The Hits Keep Coming

Chuck Lorre is one of the greatest creator-writers in American television history. His rise to the top over the past 30-plus years has come by way of hit after hit, each moving with the times, yet staying the same at their cores. In lieu of the end of one era […]

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Comebacks & Underdogs

I was a wrestler in high school. Not the WWE kind, the greco-roman variety. & I was terrible at it. My best friend coaxed me into it in our freshman year by appealing to my competitive nature –we had a long history of friendly rivalry. The first weeks of practice […]

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Awards Season

Well this is it! After months of strategically-executed “sweeping changes”, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science (AMPAS) will, at last, be in the spotlight of the biggest awards ceremony in Hollywood. The organization has gone through many changes over the past couple years, due to much well-deserved criticism. […]

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Happy Birthday, George

As the saying goes, ‘change is the only constant’. Though our world’s always in flux, change has never happened so rapidly for humanity than as since the dawn of the industrial revolution. The emergence of ever-evolving technologies that have come rapidly since have pushed our existence & experiences like never […]

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