Elizabeth Gilbert ‘Comes Home’ in Her New Novel
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of Eat, Pray, Love, she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. Recently, Gilbert was featured as at a TED conference. TED is a non-profit group devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. With …
Read MoreSongs and Music Throughout the Decades
Where would love be without music? So often, we can express our love even better when we say it with a song. Music sets the mood – exciting, soothing, sexy, sultry, bursting with energy or slow and sensual. They’re playing our song. Music connects us to a time, a place and to each other. . . and always has. …
Read MoreMom Never Came To The Door On Mother’s Day
From the May 2004 issue of True Romance Magazine A sad valentine to good daughters everywhere “My name is Ann Solomon and my mother is missing,” I said, gripping the phone. “And when was the last time you had contact with your mother?” the woman asked, her voice slightly bored but still professional. I wanted to reach through the phone …
Read MoreSpider-Man Spins Web of Love in Sequel
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is back and we can’t wait to see Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone light up the screen again! Will their real life romance translate to the silver screen? The happy couple have been dating since they met and have worked together on the set of the first Amazing Spider-Man. Garfield was in the room when Stone …
Read MoreThere’s Something About Cameron
The Woman: Cameron Diaz, who is currently starring in The Other Woman, was born August 30, 1972, in San Diego, California and grew up as an adventurous and tough kid. Diaz began modeling when she was 16 years old. As a successful model she traveled all over the world working in Japan, Australia, Morocco, Paris and other international cities. …
Read MoreRevenge Is Sweet for The Other Woman
Now playing in theaters, The Other Woman revolves around a woman (Cameron Diaz), who after discovering her boyfriend (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is married, tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When …
Read MoreSpielberg & Capshaw: A Marquee Marriage!
You would think that a director as famous as Steven Spielberg was born with a camera in his hand. Well, that wasn’t far off. Born in Cincinnati on December 18, 1946, and raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona, Spielberg began making films as a pre-teen. He would charge admission to see them, while his sister sold …
Read MoreKristen Wiig Looks for Love in Hateship Loveship
The Alice Monroe short story, “Hateship, Friendship, Loveship, Courtship, Marriage,” was shortened for the film adaptation, Hateship Loveship and stars Kristen Wiig and Guy Pearce. Wiig plays Johanna, a profoundly shy, shabby housekeeper hired to care for Mr. McCauley (Nick Nolte) and his granddaughter Sabitha (Hailee Steinfeld). Despite her outgoing nature, Sabitha carries wounds from the death of her mother …
Read MoreVampires Arrive in Only Lovers Left Alive
We LOVE vampires and director Jim Jarmusch’s latest film Only Lovers Left Alive, focuses on two creatures, named Adam and Eve — played by Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton, respectively. Only Lovers is the story of a depressed musician who reunites with her lover only to have their centuries-old romance disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister. Intelligent …
Read MoreNicolas Cage Loses Himself in New Film, Joe
A new movie makes an unlikely hero out of a violent and reclusive man. Set in small-town Texas, Joe is about a hard-working, hard-living ex-con — played by irresistible bad boy Nicolas Cage — who’s trying to stay out of trouble. He finds that the best way to do that is to not get involved with people — until he meets a …
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