A reminder to my fellow SAG-AFTRA members: Our union and foundation have your back.
It’s well known that becoming a SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) member comes …
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Uber: COVID-19 safety guidance doesn’t have to be complicated, confusing, or cryptic.
Here we go again. COVID infections are climbing at alarming rates in the United States. Yet, safety guidance varies from …
73rd EMMY® Awards presentation is September 19, 2021 on CBS. Here’s your printable ballot.
CBS Presents the 73RD EMMY® AWARDS on Sunday, Sept. 19 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/5:00-8:00 PM, live PT) on the CBS …
Truffles, the extraordinary tuber: the price, the taste, the joy—and coming very soon, the movie.
It’s no secret that I love movies and documentaries and food. I ran across the trailer for The Truffle Hunters …
On Juneteenth, I’m listening to the voices of former slaves as they tell their stories.
Last week I received an email from Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. In part she wrote, “This June, we …
Domestic racial terrorism: Learning about and researching the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
During the Tulsa Race Massacre, white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses in the city’s Greenwood district—a …
Why it’s called The Preakness? What’s in a name, anyhow? Who was Preakness?
According to the Maryland Jockey Club, it all started with the Minisi, a northern New Jersey tribe of native Americans. …
Marilyn Maye. Streaming a new concert from Feinstein’s/54 Below. Meet her; get your tickets.
On an early Sunday morning, 54 years ago, I walked into the music library at KARD FM in Wichita, Kansas …
Academy Awards: Here’s your printable ballot for this year’s Oscars presentation.
The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre …
Awards season comes to life with the 27th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Here’s your printable ballot.
The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at …
A good tune makes our days in isolation more bearable. Tonight, I’m remembering Harry Nilsson.
I love working from home, and I have a great WFH space. Yet oddly, from time to time over the …
Three minutes, seventeen seconds of pure musical joy. Ready for your face to sport a smile?
This may be my shortest blog post ever. Nothing more needs to be said than: Laura Osnes and Colin Donnell …
Get ready for goosebumps. Viola Davis is Ma Rainey—and she’s superb.
The screen adaptation of August Wilson’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize winning play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, will premiere on Netflix December …
Broadway tales, backstage banter, stars’ stories—you’ll love these two guys.
When I was going to theatre school New York in the 70s, I’d go to gay bars on the weekend …
Timelines can be an effective way of presenting actions over time. Here’s a stellar example.
I turned to a news channel a few minutes ago. I watched a woman say, “I don’t recognize our country …
Get a head start on Halloween. Phantom of the Opera streams free this weekend.
If you’ve been missing Broadway and local theatre as much as I have over the past 9 months, this announcement …
Tonight, you can buy a Tyrannosaurus Rex if you have deep pockets. (It won’t eat much.)
From impressionism’s opening moments to cutting-edge contemporary art, the 20th Century Evening Sale at Christie’s tracks the major movements of …
Asked about Naples, Florida on a ’70s TV talk show I said, “It’s like a giant Valium.”
One summer in the late 70s, I flew from Los Angeles to Naples, Florida for a a visit with my …
The Burger King plants a big one on Ronald McDonald. And yes, it’s a thing!
Burger King Finland’s campaign “Love conquers all” is a celebration of love and all the forms it takes. A new …
