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My Sundance posts caught the eye of someone who was helping a friend do publicity on an event taking place at #Sundance2020, she asked me if I wanted to attend. I said I would, only the event was taking place the same day I was flying home from Park City. We chatted a bit more over DMs, leading to her mentioning that she was also a co-founder of this publication Central New York Woman Online which features women of all walks of life, age, race and location, telling their stories of success, failure and hope. READ MORE
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BARRYMORE AWARDS 2023 – My BARRYMORE NOMINATOR ROLE – Theatre Philadelphia
As with reviewing movies, I don't take notes during the show, I feel this takes away from the enjoyment and purity of my feelings. But I do pay close attention to how the sets look and work. Lighting is harder to judge cause good lighting shouldn't really be noticeable. Direction…
Abandon Ship! Summer Projects & Procrastination
I realize I've had a couple of summers recently, where I've been pulled into projects that I should be up for doing. That should be in my wheelhouse, and yet, I never feel that way, Imposter Syndrome, I suppose. But also, a lack of motivation, it always feels like too…
TOP 50 MOVIES I CAN WATCH AGAIN AND AGAIN
These are the movies that if I find it on TV, I've gotta watch it to the end, no matter what point it's at. The ones that I get a hankering for, maybe not annually, but every couple of years. There's a lot of good movies missing from this list,…
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Philly Restaurant – Osteria
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor What a disappointment! I had been wanting to dine at Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin’s Osteria (640 North Broad Street) for over a year. (The year I’ve been in school and on unemployment) Finally, I was given a gift certificate to this much talked about and written about Trattoria. Still, I waited weeks for the right day and when I was in the proper mood.…
Revolutionary Road
April (Kate Winslet), once an aspiring actress and Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) once an aspiring dreamer, marry and unwittingly fall into the American Dream. We come to understand they thought they'd be able to do it better; you know the whole 2.5 kids, nice home, nice neighbors, homemaking, safe job etc... That somehow the settling down thing would look different on them...
A New Dawn in America – President Barack Obama
I’m grateful to see this day! Although I didn’t realize I would be so moved. In the primary, I voted for Hillary and reserved my judgement regarding Obama. Then as the election campaigning and debating progressed, I began to admired his calm, poise, confidence and elegance, all things our President should be. Eventually, I came to realize and embraced the importance of his multi-culturalism (white, black, muslim ties, african, hawaiian,…
Original Screenplay “THE CLUB”
Synopsis Genre: Suspense/Ghost Story/Romance (Sixth Sense or The Others) Logline: At a Philadelphia Private Club, two people become embroiled in a long ago mystery, after discovering a stained glass window gateway between the living and the dead. Plot: Lila, a young African American woman, comes to work at a private club where 100-year old traditions meet the 21st Century. She and Adrian, a member who resides at the Club, discover…
Philly Restaurant – Osteria
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor What a disappointment! I had been wanting to dine at Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin’s Osteria (640 North Broad Street) for over a year. (The year I’ve been in school and on unemployment) Finally, I was given a gift certificate to this much talked about and written about Trattoria. Still, I waited weeks for the right day and when I was in the proper mood.…
Revolutionary Road
April (Kate Winslet), once an aspiring actress and Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) once an aspiring dreamer, marry and unwittingly fall into the American Dream. We come to understand they thought they'd be able to do it better; you know the whole 2.5 kids, nice home, nice neighbors, homemaking, safe job etc... That somehow the settling down thing would look different on them...
A New Dawn in America – President Barack Obama
I’m grateful to see this day! Although I didn’t realize I would be so moved. In the primary, I voted for Hillary and reserved my judgement regarding Obama. Then as the election campaigning and debating progressed, I began to admired his calm, poise, confidence and elegance, all things our President should be. Eventually, I came to realize and embraced the importance of his multi-culturalism (white, black, muslim ties, african, hawaiian,…
Original Screenplay “THE CLUB”
Synopsis Genre: Suspense/Ghost Story/Romance (Sixth Sense or The Others) Logline: At a Philadelphia Private Club, two people become embroiled in a long ago mystery, after discovering a stained glass window gateway between the living and the dead. Plot: Lila, a young African American woman, comes to work at a private club where 100-year old traditions meet the 21st Century. She and Adrian, a member who resides at the Club, discover…