If there’s one bright spot in this Coronavirus pandemic, it’s that there is a ton of compelling TV shows from all over the world to provide that much-needed escape. With interesting multidimensional characters, great storylines, and fresh new faces, the small screen is delivering big during the lockdown. For example, it’s been months since I …
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Showing: 1 - 5 of 5 ArticlesHow to live… In the words of Kendrick Lamar
For me, Kendrick Lamar is the poet of our generation and someone I file under conscious rapper. His words can help us look at ourselves differently and positively. To see his growth as an artist and as a person since 2008 when I first saw him in concert at a small venue in Times Square, has been …
Being “The Pretty Girl” Isn’t Always So Pretty In Hollywood
Watching the actress Caitlin Stasey who plays Kenna on the TV show, Reign talk about sexism in Hollywood, we’re reminded that just because someone’s life seems blessed, it doesn’t mean they don’t experience the same challenges and BS as anyone else. The BS that is sexism We’ve been hearing of Hollywood’s casting couch for …
Shonda Rhimes: My Year of Saying Yes to Everything
The title of this Talk got me thinking about the Jim Carrey movie, Yes Man. In it, Carrey plays Carl a loan officer who is stuck in a rut and attached to some pretty anti-social habits. He would say No to everything. That was until Carl went to a self-help seminar where Terrence Stamp playing …
Turn on and Zone Out: Disclosure Collaborations You Need to Hear
A good ol’ beat will get you on your feet and that’s just what the British duo Disclosure — siblings Guy and Howard Lawrence…still just 22 and 25 — bring to the turntable. Their music makes you happy, keep us in the gym longer and sometimes — see the last video — take us to …