Hottest Olympian Dude in the World (This Week)

by Mary Kay Holmes February 14, 2014

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou Alexandre Bilodeau’s eyes make me feel like I want to snuggle up on a bear skin rug with a roaring fire and a couple of hot lattes.  […]

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Tongue and Groove Founder Talks Lit – Conrad Romo Interview

by Tony Shea February 14, 2014

Conrad Romo is a second generation L.A. native. He grew up on the other side of the tracks (N.E.L.A.) short, stocky and swarthy. The first album that he bought was the soundtrack to the movie Bonnie and Clyde. The first concert he attended was ’68 for The Cream. He has been the subject of artwork […]

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South Mistakes 4 Inches of Snow for End Times – 10 Driving Safety Tips

by Tony Acquaviva February 13, 2014

It was absolute Thunderdome in North Carolina today. Now that the sun has set, people are abandoning their cars and eating one another on the street, in a humiliating orgy of crushed Camaro quarter panels and pink snow. The following is how to survive moderate snowfall (which is what this is). Pay attention, The South, […]

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Fiction: Afterlife (Chapter 9)

by Mike Monroe February 10, 2014

If you’ve never read Afterlife before, click here to go to the first chapter. Photo by Jay Hood Afterlife is a sci fi/western action serial published every other week. Join us in a post-apocalyptic journey through a future where life has become little more than a struggle for survival. However, where there’s life, there’s always […]

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Eddie Izzard Cavalcade of Lego Improv

by Jay Hood February 7, 2014

Today Eddie Izzard turns 52. His stream of consciousness improv blends humor and intelligence. So what better way to recognize his genius than by watching his best bits reenacted in Lego.

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Burbank Bids Bon Voyage to Jay Leno and the Tonight Show

by Tony Shea February 6, 2014

Today marks the end of an era in Burbank not only for Jay Leno but for the Tonight Show itself, which will be moving to New York for its new host, Jimmy Fallon.

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Matthew McConaughey Caps Outstanding Year with True Detective

by Tony Shea February 5, 2014

Matthew McConaughey has always been an actor who never quite seemed to resonate with me. I suppose I liked him in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, but that was before he was “Matthew McConaughey” the brand name, constantly pictured on the cover of US weekly with his ripped abs surfing in Malibu, the “Matthew McConaughey” […]

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Tim Heidecker Cavalcade of Insanity

by Jay Hood February 3, 2014

Today is the 38th birthday of Tim Heidecker, and words cannot do justice to the strange and hilarious output of his career thus far, mixing surrealism with slapstick that you have to see for yourself to understand. Climb on board and get ready for the weird ride.

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Round and Round the Mulberry Bush: Keeping an Eye on the Weasels

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. February 3, 2014

image via The latest economic data show workers’ wages and salaries growing at the lowest rate relative to corporate profits in U.S. history. Yet in “America’s Inequality Problem,” a January 20, 2014, column for The New York Times, David Brooks says, “. . . raising the minimum wage may not be an effective way to […]

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THE BEST OF PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – RIP

by Tony Shea February 2, 2014

Sometimes I’m working on a film and someone will ask me if I’m having fun. And I’m tempted to tell them the truth: No, absolutely not. Having no fun here at all. You know what’s going to be fun? When it’s done, and I’ve done a fuckin’ good job, and I know people are getting […]

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Chronicles of the Underrated: James Bond Film

by Mike Monroe January 31, 2014

So you want to make the best James Bond movie ever made.  You start with the book which most Bond book fans believe to be Ian Fleming’s best.  You need to find the perfect Bond villain.  Who better than Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE?  Find the perfect actor to play him.  He’s a […]

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Zero Theorem – Terry Gilliam Closes the Loop of his Dystopian Trilogy (Trailer)

by Tony Shea January 29, 2014

The Zero Theorem is Terry Gilliam’s  final chapter in the trilogy of satirically dystopian films that began with 1985’s Brazil and continued ten years later with 12 Monkeys. Now, nearly twenty after that film, comes The Zero Theorem, which is the story of  a computer genius, played by Christophe Waltz, who seeks to unravel a […]

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Los Angeles Edition: Metropolitan Bingo (Part 1)

by Jay Hood January 28, 2014

Los Angeles was the last big city on our checklist of big cities that my wife and I hadn’t yet visited. It wasn’t because of lack of interest. Every TV show, every movie, every award show sparked another round of conversation. “Where exactly is that Red Carpet?” “I want to feel like I’m in the […]

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