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Exclusive Q and A: Kevin Costner and Modern West Saddle up for a Tour

posted: March 27, 2012

Kevin Costner just feels right about making music with his band Modern West. You could say that comfort came easily because he has played guitar and piano since childhood. Or you may say his dozens…
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Sound & Vision: Life After Whitney: Why We Should Appreciate the Greats While They're Still with Us

posted: March 2, 2012

There’s a scene”actually, several of them”in the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn in which an insecure Marilyn Monroe (exactingly detailed by Oscar nominee Michelle Williams) gets an ego boost from Susan Strasberg, her acting…
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Rihanna to Play Whitney Houston in Upcoming Film?

posted: February 27, 2012

Following the tragic death of pop icon Whitney Houston earlier this month, many sources are reporting that producer Clive Davis is now pushing for a movie about the singer’s life. Who is set to play…
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Whitney Houston: An Icon Remembered

posted: February 13, 2012

The music industry suffered a devastating loss on Saturday, when Whitney Houston died at age forty-eight in Beverly Hills, California. Still reeling from the loss of Don Cornelius, the music community was struck again on…
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Mark Wahlberg's Celebrity Challenge: Making Justin Bieber a Movie Star

posted: January 13, 2012

If anyone can do it, it would be the pop artist formerly known as Marky Mark. The task at hand: transforming Justin Bieber from Canadian teen-pop idol into Hollywood matinee idol Mark Wahlberg already knows…
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Sound And Vision: Why I Miss the '90s

posted: July 1, 2011

Every decade lives twice. Each one seems to get a second shot about twenty years after the fact. The ’50s were hot again in the ’70s (which might be why Happy Days was one of…
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