Remember the Nancy Drew book series? (That’s when “Buffy” and “Veronica Mars” weren’t created yet, okay?) So the inner geek in me has been gloating that as Lindsay and Paris rule the tabloids right now, the smart and sweet supersleuth is coming to the big screen this weekend as a genuine, old-fashioned role model. The…

Before reality television saturated the networks, and even before Michael Moore was applauded as innovative for his up close and personal satirical style in documentaries like “Roger and Me,” Albert and David Maysles produced “Grey Gardens,” a controversial documentary that in the mid-70s became a cult hit for its unflinching yet compassionate portrayal of two…

The only reason why I recently tuned in to ABC Family’s summer series “Kyle XY” is because of the heavy promos they’ve given the show recently (apparently they worked). While I am not seduced by the fact that Kyle “has no bellybutton”–which to me sounds like a silly thing to hang his mysteriousness on–after catching…

The music industry is full of egocentric artists, so it is rare that those artists will voluntarily give their backup singers an opportunity to shine in the spotlight. But thank God for gospel music and worship leader Israel Houghton, who has put his backup group of dynamic singers and musicians–known as New Breed–in the spotlight…

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