When you think of the greatest entertainment cities of the country, you likely think of New York City or Las Vegas, but lying between those East and West Coast havens is the neon-lit entertainment strip of Branson, Missouri. This piece of America’s h …Read more

Nat Hentoff has always been a man wise beyond his years; a pioneer in musical journalism, his jazz reviews changed the way the genre was perceived by white audiences by giving it artistic value that made them embrace it as perhaps the ultimate Americ …Read more

The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA), founded in 1922, has many jobs, including helping to protect the six major Hollywood studios against the increasing problem of piracy.  But their main role in the industry is, and always has been, the …Read more

“I don’t think it will be as dirty there” says eleven-year old Masha, when asked how she feels about being adopted by an American couple and moving to Wisconsin. Masha has lived in a Russian orphanage during most of her life and is in the process of …Read more

Summer is a distant memory, the cold is setting in, and the season of the blockbuster is officially over.  With a few exceptions (“Thor: The Dark World”, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, “The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug”), the remaining months …Read more

If you’ve heard the title “Ender’s Game” in the news lately, it’s probably in reference to the book’s author, Orson Scott Card, and his blatant anti-homosexual views — or about the proposed boycotts against his work and its film adaptation.  But let …Read more

Now that all the new TV shows for Fall 2013 have been on the air a few weeks, it’s time to look back at this season’s biggest winners and losers.  Here is a list of all the new dramas, ranked by the ratings of their most recent episodes.  (Keep in mi …Read more

The controversial French film “Blue Is The Warmest Color” has been making headlines since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Centering on a high school girl on a journey of self discovery, the film features multiple scenes of …Read more

The feminist movement is stronger now more than ever thanks to the global connectedness provided by the internet. Many more voices now have a forum to share stories and hopefully effect change on a world that for some reason still treats women as sec …Read more

NBC Fridays @ 10pm ET What’s it about? It’s the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He’s especially interested in the new tech …Read more