In this modern-day retelling of the classic My Fair Lady, Bridie Clark makes poor Lucy Jo, a sweet yet clumsy young lady from Minnesota, jump through all the hoops that Wyatt Hayes IV (a brilliant yet bored anthropologist and, as the “IV” in his name might have clued you in on, whose family is insanely… Read More Book Review: The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark
He was a genius when it came to music and entertainment, but he was also human, like we all are. Unfortunately for him, Michael Jackson didn’t have the privacy or the space to work on his flaws and subsequently to grow with each lesson learned. Throughout the years, we have seen and read countless interviews… Read More Book Review: The Michael Jackson Tapes by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Fifty-one years ago, Berry Gordy founded Motown, and music has never quite been the same – in an excellent kind of way, of course. From Marvin Gaye to Stevie Wonder and The Jackson Five, to Smokey Robinson and The Temptations, Motown has brought us some memorable artists. And with the magic of television, Motown was… Read More Music DVD Review: Motown – The DVD
As all Supernatural fans know (or as all fans of any TV show, for that matter), hiatuses can be quite difficult to get through, especially when Kripke is at the helm and cliffhangers are regular occurrences. Distractions are essential. Some fans take to screencapping all episodes with such minutia that flipping through them fast enough… Read More Book Review: Supernatural: The Unholy Cause by Joe Schreiber
If you have read my previous reviews, you might have noticed that I have a predilection for all things reflections, as well as for all things Michael Jackson. Therefore it should not come as a surprise that this book caught my attention. After all, it does describe itself as a book to be “appreciated by… Read More Book Review: The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson Edited by Mark Fisher
I’m an Oprah kid. Kind of. I didn’t understand much – if any – of her show when it first started its dizzying ascension in the late 80s, early 90s, but I watched most of them. Actually, no; I watched my family watch the show and then have heated debates about whatever the lady with… Read More Book Review: Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant
As we try to navigate the various influences that society is exerting on us in order to lead healthy lives as strong, spiritual, noble beings, we will no doubt come across the influences of celebrity culture, especially if we live in North America. This makes the information available in books such as Timothy Caulfield’s book,… Read More Book Review: ‘Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash’ by Timothy Caulfield
Let’s start this review with some harsh honesty. Heroes started as a fantastic show. The acting, the directing, the pacing and, most importantly, the story – they were all brilliant. Unfortunately, like a shooting star, Heroes has lost something major in its last two seasons that it is still trying to recapture in its fourth.… Read More Book Review: Heroes: An Insider’s Guide to The Award-Winning Show by Various Authors
Fans have been clamouring for a Peter-centric episode for quite some time now, especially after the big reveal in “The Man from the Other Side.” “Northwest Passage” definitely delivered, using a monster-of-the-week type story to further develop Peter’s character while topping the episode off with a reveal that makes the upcoming two-part finale all the… Read More TV Review: Fringe – “Northwest Passage”
In Glee‘s episode “Bad Reputation”, the effects of backbiting and gossip were explored. As the episode shows, things are never quite as black and white as we wish them to be. In short, “Bad Reputation” has Will investigating the origins of a list circulating around McKinley High casting an ugly shadow on the reputation of… Read More Music Review: Songs from the Glee Episode “Bad Reputation”