This Sunday night, the 88th Academy Awards will be held and in light (no pun intended) of the controversy over the fact that no people of color were nominated, I look forward most to host Chris Rock’s monologue. Since the show is being produced by Reginald Hudlin, who is also African-American, I don’t think there […]

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I am a movie fan – I love them, and try to see as many films as I can. So, last weekend, with the family seeing Kung Fu Panda 3 (I had seen it with the Indignant younger child the night before, but since the Indignant older child having missed out, they all went), so […]

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To those of us who became fans of the journeyman forward John Scott when he was elected captain of the Pacific Division All Star Team despite fierce opposition of the NHL and his now former team, the Arizona Coyotes, this weekend was everything you could have wanted. Scott was in the game, participated in all […]

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I am, as you know, a film fan: I watch lots of films, attend the film festival in Toronto each year for fun. I believe that I am a knowledgeable film follower. I am also African-American, but being of my age, I guess I’m used to not seeing very many black people in movies unless […]

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I can’t imagine a world without David Bowie. I guess I did for the first ten years of my life before he released “Space Oddity.” From then on, however, I followed Mr. Bowie through every stage, every musical and stylistic change. For a young black kid who was listening to soul music, but also was […]

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A few weeks ago, I posted my list of the best films of the year but time off for the holidays allowed my to catch up to a couple more films that certainly were among the best films of the year and: I did see them in 2015. So, since it’s my list I have […]

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A couple of weeks ago, I listed my favorite music CDs of the year. In past years, I gave you a list of my favorite concerts, but I honestly can’t this year, because I don’t think I saw 10 concerts all year, making all of them in the Top 10 (but I did see some […]

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