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Category Archives: Hollywood
Rick Moses Live In Sherman Oaks May 1st
Rick Moses is performing live with his band including his son Adam at 8pm. Rick Moses, a TV and Movie Star (Hutch from General Hospital anyone?), Producer, Director, Writer and Performer will be performing songs from his latest work, the … Continue reading
Brenda Dickson Homeless?
I had a lot of demanding emails from actress Brenda Dickson over the years. Now the Huffington Post reports: Former soap opera star Brenda Dickson claims she’s broke and homeless after being blacklisted by Hollywood producer William J. Bell. The … Continue reading
My Desperate Credit Card Spending
“When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. There’s no middle ground.” After partially recovering my health from six years of crippling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I moved to Los Angeles on March 31, 1994. I had … Continue reading
Do Liberals Want Economic Growth?
In season two episode 20 of The West Wing, the Democratic president’s liberal staff are thrilled when CBO projections lower the predicted budget surplus. “We’re the first presidential administration in history to be happy about lower economic growth,” one says … Continue reading
The Tree Of Life (2011)
I don’t know whether to love or to hate this 2011 movie. Because it kept my attention for every frame, I guess I have to side with love.
The Darkness In The Soul Of Tony Scott
I suspect that at his core, Tony Scott knew what a rotten man he was and today he could handle that knowledge no more. As we say in the program, sex addiction is a terminal disease. The Daily Breeze reports: … Continue reading
Rachel Bloom – Singer, Comic
When I logged on to Youtube Thursday afternoon, it suggested this video by Rachel Bloom: Youtube knows that as a convert to Judaism, my intellectual interests extend beyond pure Torah to the rich and varied world of Jewish culture, including … Continue reading
WP: Skin is wearing thin on HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’
My first comment on this Washington Post column is that skin never wears thin for men so long as the skin is of young, attractive and new women. As for the complaint about the lack of nude men in the … Continue reading
I Did Not Watch ‘The Artist’
I’m not into silent films and I’m not into black and white films. So when The Artist came along, a black and white silent film, I gave it the big skip. I also skipped the movies about how wondrous it … Continue reading
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Vs Canadian TV Host Michael Coren
Rabbi Boteach is taking a lot of offense of late. At LimmudLA, he stormed out of one of his sessions (on his book Kosher Jesus) after 10 minutes because he was asked by a volunteer to keep the noise level … Continue reading