Late draft of Donald Trump’s acceptance speech.(Via Politico, it’s scary.)
We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, …
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David Bowie’s art collection to hit the market in November
One hot news release for Bowie fans: David Bowie’s Personal Art Collection to be Unveiled for the First Time Important …
“You, too, can have a career in television.”
As World War II was winding down—and prior to plastics—the hot new careers were in television. In 1945, the U.S. government …
A printable ballot for your Tony Award weekend
2016-Tony Awards Ballot (pdf) Here are some fun facts to look over while you’re printing your ballots: Play productions with the …
Time Inc., “We’re hiring a bacon critic.”
Polish up that resume and say, “Mmmmm, pork.” More from ExtraCrispy.Com
Not the best question to ask a gay guy: “So what does your wife do?”
I’m a writer in the financial services and asset management industry. Some years ago, a new manager came to lead …
How the FX team created Mars for Matt Damon
Visual effects companies Framestore and MPC were tasked with creating the red planet in “The Martian.” From realistic landscape shots …
Halloween treat: Agnes Moorehead in Sorry, Wrong Number
Essentially a spellbinding one woman show, the radio version of Sorry Wrong Number—penned by mystery and suspense writer—Lucille Fletcher, is a grueling, …
John Waters says, “If you’ve got one whip it out and show it now.”
Reason #687 that I love the Baltimore Museum of Art: Dust off your favorite home movies and be part of …
Original movie posters at auction. From Birth of a Nation to Bunny Lake is Missing, and beyond.
Last April, Turner Classic Movies issued a press release that stated, in part, “After holding two successful movie memorabilia auctions …
Hear Reese Witherspoon read the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman
The newspaper, The Guardian, is a self-described center-left British national daily. Founded in 1821 as a local paper replacing the …
The traditional 1st Anniversary gift is paper. We’re giving ourselves 42.7 pounds of it.
Today is our 1st/22nd anniversary—one year married; twenty-two years together. (We were ready to make it legal many years ago, but …
The one about a phone call from NASA, holding Aerogel, and my name on a space probe.
I’ve always been a science and space geek, so I’m looking forward to July 14th and New Horizons’ close encounter with …
What do I really know about Film Noir? I’m going to find out beginning June 1st.
Offered by Ball State University—with films and learning materials courtesy of Turner Classic Movies—The Case of Film Noir is an online learning …
Free art books from the Met. 438 of them, and counting.
It’s no secret that art books are expensive. They’re wonderful resources and often great reads, but just a few titles …
Here’s the first trailer for Albert Maysles’ IRIS. The documentary screens at The Charles in May.
UPDATE, MAY 11, 6:00 p.m.: Tickets just went on sale for the showings at The Charles. Here’s the link. IRIS …
VIDEO: The brilliant and talented Stockard Channing. Nothing else need be said.
I’m a proud supporter of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. 100% of every dollar donated to the SAG Foundation goes …
Yet another bucket list item checked off
The art scene in the midwest throughout the 50s and 60s was a sad state of affairs. I went to the art …
Thurber, man. James Thurber riffs on Swinburne.
When the Hounds of Spring by Algernon Charles Swinburne When the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces, The mother …