Eric Lutes in "The Roaring Game." Eric Lutes Life is a Roaring Success By Ronald Sklar   Eric Lutes has never chased the easy version of a creative life . That instinct – toward challenge rather than comfort – runs straight through his new film project, The Roaring Game . It’s a rare collaboration that pulled him back into the particular alchemy of independent filmmaking.   “[Director] Tommy [DeNucci] called me directly to offer me the role,” Eric recalls. “I’ve worked with h

Chip Oliver on the "All in the Family" pilot "Those Were The Days." Ronald Lee Oliver on Chip Oliver Those Were the Days By Ronald Sklar The late Chip Oliver’s life reads like a parable of late-1960s America: discipline and rebellion, muscle and mysticism, Hollywood lights and San Francisco communes. Told here through the voice of his younger brother, Ronald Lee Oliver, it’s also a story about family bonds stretched thin – yet never entirely broken. Born in his father’s homet

Candace Bushnell Candace Bushnell Tells True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City  at Her Upcoming One-Person Show This Friday by Brad Balfour When scribe Candace Bushnell created Carrie Bradshaw as her alter-ego while writing her “Sex and the City” column, she didn’t want her parents to know that she’d just been to a sex club. She had often appeared on TV, starting back in 1996, when she had her own reality show,  Sex, Lies and Video Clips  on VH1, where – sure enough

Netflix House Netflix House is Better Than Home   All neighborhoods have that one house that everyone wants to hang out in. Now there’s a new favorite hangout house in King of Prussia, PA, that promises to bring joy to all ages in the Philadelphia area, and beyond! Starting today, November 12, 2025, Netflix House is opening it’s colorful doors in the King of Prussia Mall, allowing you to step inside your favorite shows and movies in more than 100,000 square feet of endless fu

John Davidson From Prime-Time to Club Sandwich – The Reinvention of a Variety Icon By Ronald Sklar For decades, John Davidson was all that and a jar of Miracle Whip – a Broadway lead, a smiling television host, and one of Johnny Carson’s most trusted guest substitutes. Today, at 84, he has reinvented his career far from Hollywood, performing in a charming converted barn in rural New Hampshire. His self-created venue, the aptly named Club Sandwich, is everything Davidson has

Jay McCarrol and Matt Johnson at the Philadelphia Film Festival showing of "Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie." Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Interview By Jay S. Jacobs It’s a tale as old as time. Two guys start a band. They are enthusiastic about the project and sure that stardom lurks ahead. They even set a goal of their ideal venue – the storied Toronto rock club The Rivoli.   Unfortunately, they are a little naïve in the ways of

Fabien Frankel, Emilia Jones and Tom Pelphrey at the Philadelphia Film Festival screening of the season finale of "Task." Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel and Brad Inglesby Taken to Task By Jay S. Jacobs So how does a TV show come together? “It always starts with characters,” Brad Inglesby explained to me on the red carpet at the Philadelphia Film Festival, where the season finale of his acclaimed TV series Task was going to be screened a few hours before its HBO d

Tim Daly in Dust to Malibu Tim Daly Dust in the Wind By Ronald Sklar "It's essentially a family story — specifically about a father,"...

Shaun Cassidy – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – September 25, 2025 – Photo by Deborah Wagner © 2025 Shaun Cassidy – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – September 25, 2025 “Well I was 16 and sick of school. I didn’t know what I wanted to do…” Even though Eric Carmen wrote those words, they were telling Shaun Cassidy’s story. They opened the song “That’s Rock and Roll” which is one of a few songs which Cassidy rode to the top of the charts in the late 1970s. In fact, when Shaun C

Somebody Feed Phil. Phil Rosenthal in episode 801 of Somebody Feed Phil. Credit: Courtesy of Netflix / © 2025 Netflix, Inc. Phil Rosenthal Feed Your Head By Jay S. Jacobs   Phil Rosenthal has made a living at least partially for just being a really nice, relatable guy. From behind the scenes to in front of the camera, from a podcast studio to theater stages, he’s conquered many of the toughest jobs in entertainment simply through being a humble, friendly, fun guy. Rosenthal f

Tricia Helfer Tricia Helfer Primitive Cool By Jay S. Jacobs We’ve been following Tricia Helfer for years now. The popular...

Big Time Rush – Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – August 2, 2025 – Photo by Emma Fox © 2025 Big Time Rush – TD Pavilion at the Mann –...

George Lucas Star Wars Creator George Lucas Debuts at San Diego Comic-Con to Announce His Museum and Raises Questions of “What’s it All...

Grimm Throwback Thursday: Why NBC’s Grimm  (2011) Remains Timeless TV Magic   When  Grimm  first aired on NBC in October 2011, it was...

My Mom Jayne - A Film By Mariska Hargitay MY MOM JAYNE (2025) Featuring Mariska Hargitay, Mickey Hargitay Jr., Zoltan Hargitay, Jayne...

Rob Kazinsky as Zeph and Director Olatunde Osunsanmi, in Star Trek: Section 31 , streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Jan...

Vietnam: The War That Changed America David Glover and Caroline Marsden Changing What We Know About Vietnam By Jay S. Jacobs   All of...

Javicia Leslie Living On High Potential by Jay S. Jacobs It seems that in the last five or six years, Javicia Leslie keeps popping up all...

Michael Connelly and Alison Ellwood Return to Wonderland by Jay S. Jacobs   Hollywood was a pretty wild place in the early 1980s; a...

Sasha Lane Riding the Storm Out in Twisters by Jay S. Jacobs “Don’t let me go! Don’t let me go!” That cry came from Sasha Lane as Lily,...