I’m a rock star too!… relatively speaking
With my birthday on November 9th, and my romantic comedy, “MUCHO CALIENTE!”, released on November 11th, I thought next month couldn’t get any more exciting. I was wrong. On the day my book is...
Category: Entertainment
Celebrity catfight champions
Not satisfied with the disproportionate amount of acclaim and wealth shoved at them by drooling zombies otherwise known as the human race, celebrities manage to lock themselves in titanic struggles...
From Achilles to Shia LaBeouf, the kickass version of John Cusack
Socrates wrote, “Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.” If this is the case then we should want to know who is wearing the perfume and what deeds have they performed heroically. Not really a...
In memory of Paul Newman
Paul Newman is dead. He died of lung cancer at age 83, at his home in Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, five children, and two grandchildren. He was one of the last of the great old stars, the...
A-list actors hug polar bears; world is saved (not really)
I find celebrities just a little presumptuous. Not all celebrities, really - mostly just the A-list actors. What bothers me isn’t their posturing, their preening, or their living in giant houses...
MTV Ukraine makes a mockery of domestic violence
Last weekend, I was sitting in a restaurant in Kyiv, eating barbecue wings, and witnessing a new low in the world of Ukrainian media. The recently launched MTV Ukraine was showing a translated...
I believe in the Joker (while “The Dark Knight” rakes in the profit)
Unless you are just now joining civilization, you may have heard of a little film called "Batman: The Dark Knight." It is not the first Batman film, of course; the popular character from the comic...
Cold War revisited: “Red Dawn”
As certain factions speculate that the world is headed toward a new Cold War, Mark Farnsworth examines the artistic legacy of this phenomenon. Director, screenwriter, and producer John Milius has...
Cold War revisited: “The Thing”
As certain factions speculate that the world is headed toward a new Cold War, Mark Farnsworth examines the artistic legacy of this phenomenon. "The Thing" is the darkest film in the Kurt Russell...
On the passing of a hip hop icon
Today marks the passing of an artist and a legend. Some of us were able to call him our brother, or our son. Another five people called him husband. But one thing we could all call him was......