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Debi and Gabriele: Extra Virgin’s Fun Couple Cook Up Fabulous Food for Family and Friends
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Debi Mazar was on a break between acting jobs, vacationing in Florence, visiting her friend, Katia Labèque, an internationally known classical pianist. “I remember walking
The Best of Everything Timely But Disappointing
Saturday, October 6th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Rona Jaffe’s controversial, pre-women’s liberation page-turner The Best of Everything was adapted as a 1959 film and a 1970 television soap opera before Julie Kramer’s
HBO’s Girls—Finding Intimacy in a Social Media World
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
by Lana Khalfin on Playing Around
Girls, a new 30 minute comedy on HBO reflecting the millennial generation, is causing quite a stir. Good or bad, indifferent it is not and
Game Of Thrones Audiobooks Feature Murder, Mayhem and Majesty
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
Game of Thrones mania has swept the country. The HBO series is full of wild sex, bloody violence, secret incest, and convoluted intrigue. In other
The Lovings—Portraits of Their Love
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
In 1965, only four percent of Americans approved of marriage between the races. Richard Loving, a white man, and his wife, Mildred, a woman of
‘Til Death Do Us….Oh! Never Mind
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around
Most weddings cost money. Kim Kardashian made money on hers, more than $10 million. After only 72 days, she has filed for divorce from her
An Evening with Walter Mosley
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
It isn’t very often that a best selling writer speaks to a room filled with fans and fellow writers, yet makes the encounter feel like
Entourage—The Boys Get Ready to Say Goodbye
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The HBO series Entourage is such a hit, it’s hard to believe that in the early days the show had a hard time finding places
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