Jackie R. Jacobson Getting Ready to Ride the Next Wave by Kayla Marra Having grown up in Los Angeles, it’s no big surprise that it was always Jackie Jacobson’s dream to become an actress. Watching the Disney Channel, Jackie had her heart set on acting from a very young age. She set out early to break into the biz, and now at eighteen she is something of a veteran. From an early appearance on Criminal Minds in 2012, to Speechless in 2018, and many roles in between, Jacobson is

Diego Luna at the New York Press Day for “Cesar Chavez.” Photo by Brad Balfour. Actor Turned Director Diego Luna Celebrates Cesar Chavez by Brad Balfour Born on December 29, 1979 in Mexico City, Diego Luna Alexander lost his mother in a car accident when he was only two. Therefore, Luna became immersed in his father’s passion for entertainment. His father was Mexico’s most acclaimed living theatre, cinema and opera set designer. From an early age Luna began acting in televisi

Butter Butter Jennifer Garner is in an interesting point in her career.  On the same day this week, she has two films being released on video after short-lived theatrical releases.  And the ideas behind both of the movies are, umm, well a little odd.  Which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, there have been many off-beat movies that are fascinating.  However, while both of these films have their moments, both of them are eventually just a bit too quirky for their own

HOLLYWOOD TREASURE — “Collector’s Warehouse” — Pictured: Joe Maddalena — Photo by: Evans Vestal Ward/Syfy Joe Maddalena Digging for Hollywood Treasure by Jay S. Jacobs If you have ever fantasized about tickling the ivories on Sam’s piano from Casablanca, or maybe holding Han Solo’s blaster from the original Star Wars, or following the Yellow Brick Road, then Joe Maddalena is your man. Maddalena has made a passion for the movies and collecting into a big-time business – and no

Debra Messing in “The Starter Wife.” Debra Messing Starting Over Again by Jay S. Jacobs Debra Messing has a problem that most actresses would kill for.  When you are known indelibly for a role which hits the pop-culture jackpot, sometimes it’s not easy to get the public to see you as anyone else. Messing spent eight years playing Grace Adler on Will and Grace – a kooky, slightly neurotic but funny interior decorator with a gay best friend – who was one of the best-known sitco