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Women on the Edge: STILL ALICE and CAKE
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Dual Film Reviews on “Still Alice’ and “Cake” I saw these two films Julianne Moore in Still Alice and Jennifer Aniston in Cake within days of each other and couldn’t help but be struck by the similarities. Both women are dealing with harsh realities not of their own making. Both women are in good income brackets, yet that fact only alleviates their situations in minor ways. And both women are mothers who can’t protect their children from a terrible fate. In STILL ALICE, Alice Howland (Moore) is a 50 year-old professor of linguistics. She’s esteemed in her field, has written books and is asked to…
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Philly Spotlight – OIC of America: SHOW OFF YOUR PURSE -N- ALITY
I got a tweet from Philly PR Girl inviting me to check out a Pre-Event Pop Up Happy Hour to draw attention to an upcoming fundraiser for OIC of America. The happy hour was held at Fratelli’s Italian Bistro (1339 Chestnut Street). I have yet to dine here, but you can read a write-up on the South Philly Review: Phyllis Stein-Novack Italian Bistro Review SPR The fundraising event being promoted at this pre-event is called Show Off Your Purse- N- ality (click for more info and to purchase tix ) to be held February 7, 2015 (3-6pm) at the Marriott Philadelphia. The event is a designer purse auction…
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Book to Movie Post: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
Yup, I read all 3 of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy by E. L. James. Well, not really read, it was when I tried an audiobook membership with Audible.com. Pretty soon after joining I downloaded 50 Shades, how could I resist? And then immediately had to listen to 50 Shades Darker and 50 Shades Freed. Which just should have been entitled 50 Shades continued and continued some more; because really, it’s all just one long book. But never tediously long. No, quite the contrary, to my horror, I too fell in love with these simple characters and didn’t want to let them go. For me, the books take me…
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Empire Talk Week 3: The Devil Quotes Scripture (FoxTV)
This week Empire was directed by Sanaa Hamri and gave us three guest appearances: Gladys Knight sung at Bunkie’s funeral in Philadelphia. Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Puma, a former songwriter turned rancher, who’s always held a soft spot for Cookie (Taraiji P. Henson). And Naomi Campbell as Camilla the Cougar, who we find out has been sleeping with young Hakeem (Bryshere Gray). (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Post by Lauren DeLisa. 7 Highlights (Recap) from Episode 3 of EMPIRE “The Devil Quotes Scripture” 1. Cookie almost got baked, when…
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American Sniper Interview with Actor: BEN REED
Every year there’s at least one movie at the Oscars which I intentionally miss because it just doesn’t appeal to me; normally, it’s because the movie deals with war, like Glory, Saving Private Ryan, The Hurt Locker or Zero Dark Thirty. This year that movie is American Sniper. That being said, next thing you know, I’m being asked if I’d like to talk to one of the actors from the movie for Tinsel & Tine? Yes! It’s an Oscar nominated movie directed by Clint Eastwood, starring and produced by Bradley Cooper! So, despite my aversion to war movies, I set about preparing to interview Ben Reed, who plays Chris…
