Featured Politics
Red Badge of Cowardice?
During our lifetime, there comes a minute, a day, or an event that implores us to make a decision separate from our own personal gain and in the best interest of the least and the unprotected around us. The decision could be as personally horrific as rushing into the carnage of a terror attack to [...]
Featured Entertainment
“Defiance” Is Politically Challenging
Defiance has been a cornerstone of the American political foundation since the colonial tea merchants of Boston rebelled against the British government’s preferential tax exemptions favoring the multinational East India Company…and since Rosa Parks, after a long, day at work, refused the bus driver’s demand to give up her seat in the colored section when [...]
The ‘Schmootz on
Episode 17 – “The ‘Schmootz on Katherine Bailess”
Katherine Bailess will premier Monday, May 27th on VH1 as Kyle Hart in the new scripted drama, Hit the Floor, about the Los Angeles Devil Girls, the dance team surrounding the city’s professional basketball team. “Kyle” is the tough talking Southern girl that uses what she’s got to get what she wants, and she’s [...]
Episode 16 – “The ‘Schmootz on Being Human Writer, Chris Dingess”
I have reached the point where I have to ask myself, why am I so drawn to entertainment that is dark and depraved yet decidedly humorous? At any given moment I’m yelling at my television, “Oh my God!”, and then in the next moment guffawing, “Oh, my side.” How do I justify these acts of [...]
Episode 15 – “The ‘Schmootz on The Good Wife Stand-ins, Danielle Sepulveres and Carlton Tanis”
As much as I make fun of social networks, I have to admit, had it not been for Twitter and my better three-quarters boasting all the time about her Tweet-ship with two insiders on the set of The Good Wife, I never would have gotten the chance to chat with Danielle and Carlton. In that [...]
Episode 14 – “The ‘Schmootz on The N & N Files’ Christina Cox and Liz Vassey”
I remember in 2004 when my entertainment crack dealer hooked me up with the news that a network pilot from UPN/WB was in the works about two New Orleans police detectives who not only work together by day, but play together by night. Addicting? Hardly, until I discovered the undercover work was was done by [...]
