Category: Inspirations

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‘Darkest Hour’

  First, Rest in Peace Reg E. Cathey.  From ‘Oz’ to ‘the Wire’ to ‘House of Cards’, Cathey was a fantastic, Emmy winning character actor.  More importantly, judging by the words of those who knew him and worked with him, an even better human being.  He will be missed. Speaking of character actors.  Lee Harvey […]

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It’s OK Rich…

  Funny, I was just watching this last week for acting purposes… But since Quincy Jones felt the need to throw the 1960s under the bus this week, let me post this… More serious people, who are more directly affected by homophobia than I, can speak to some of the uglier comments around Q’s revelations […]

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Song of the Day – ‘Hey Jude’

  One of my all time favorite Beatles covers brings us to the music section of the week. Do I like this more than the original?  Not quite.  Having said that, this version (for the reasons you probably suspect) speaks to my soul (no pun intended) more than the original. I half jokingly said once […]

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Song of the Day – ‘N.E. Heartbreak’

  The weekend, and a new month! The playlist gave me a couple of my favorite ‘hood’ jams: ‘I’m a Thug’, and ‘Ambitionz az a Ridah’. But, I just refuse to start Black History Month posting one of those. So we’ll start the weekend with New Edition. Enjoy gang, next Best Picture review Super Bowl […]

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Song of the Day – ‘I Hate You’

  I know.  There was a Prince song in this spot last week.  But when they decide to put up a video of my single favorite Prince song ever, a song I didn’t even know he made a video for? Well, you’re going to have to suck it up if you don’t like the Purple […]

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‘The Shape of Water’

  I get it.  I get why this is the frontrunner. ‘The Shape of Water’ checks off so many boxes, even to a film geek like me.  Non traditional love story? Check.  Feels super original in the land of remaking everything? Check.  Non verbal lead character? Check.  Character actors who character actors worship (Michael Shannon […]