The Pelvis and Tricky Dick
In 1970, Elvis Presley met with President Nixon at the White House. Nixon consented to the hastily scheduled meeting in the hope that Presley’s celebrity would help him with young people. Presley’s motivation seems mostly to get Nixon to make him a Narcotics a…
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Comedian ANDREW “Dice” CLAY, 58, was never my cup-of-tea. Yes, he was funny now-and-again. However, I found his misogynist, caveman/greaser stand-up act hard to take on an on-going basis. Still, Clay turned in a surprisingly good dramatic performance in the WOODY…
Inside Stuff on Amy Schumer
Here’s some interesting sidelight about Inside Stuff on Amy Schumer
Here’s some interesting sidelight about AMY SCHUMER, 34, who has become a major cultural figure in the last year. Recently, a friend referred to me a July, 2015 article on the Religion News …
At the Movies; Streaming into Your Home
JONATHAN GOLD, 60ish, is the only food critic to win the Pulitzer Prize and he’s the subject of “City of Gold,” a documentary which opened in limited release last week. Gold is an expert on all the immigrant food offerings of his native Los Ange…
Two “Kosher” Superheroes; Two “Kosher” Supervillians
Opening on Friday, March 25, is the blockbuster action film, “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” No doubt, the late BOB KANE, who created Batman, and the late JERRY SIEGEL and JOE SCHUSTER, who created Superman, would be su…
