Category: Entertainment
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The First Wives Club: Divorce, Revenge, and a New Book That Teaches You How to Get Along with Your Ex
Divorce. It’s not exactly a happy subject. However, it’s become the subject of numerous television shows and popular movies. Previously blogged about, The First Wives Club (1996) one of my movies that makes me smile: Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for…
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#KathyBates Makes Every Movie So Much Better
The other night, I was watching The Blind Side for the first time expecting myself to be fully engrossed in the story that helped Sandra Bullock win an Academy Award for Best Actress. While I enjoyed the movie, it wasn’t until Kathy Bates came on the screen that I had one of Oprah’s “Ah Ha”…
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Remembering a Wonderful Teacher: Jacqueline Brookes (1930-2013)
Last week, a wonderful acting teacher whom I studied with at Circle in the Square Theatre School passed away. She was 82. I only studied with her for a summer, but it was the most influential and creative summer of my entire life. Jacqueline Brookes, the woman who played Ellen Barkin’s mother in Sea of…