Every year I attend an Oscar party with a bunch of my voice-over friends. We look forward to it every year because it’s about the only time we’re together in the same room. Before we arrive, most of us do research to guess who will win. We pay $5 for a ballot and the winners go home with cash. Even though most of the pundits predicted “Roma,” “Roma,” “Roma,” I knew in my gut it … [Read more...]
Struggle: A Documentary Film About a Brilliant and Forgotten Artist
In 2013, I wrote a blog post about a genius artist and sculptor I knew in the early 1980s. His name was Stanislav Szukalski. My post apparently popped up on Google and I was asked to do an interview for an upcoming documentary film about his life called "Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski." Two of the producers are George and Leonardo DiCaprio who also knew Mr. … [Read more...]
Cheryl Hines – Painfully Awkward Conversations -Vulvar & Vaginal Atrophy
I interviewed Cheryl Hines, who is an Emmy nominated actress best known for her comedic starring roles in Curb Your Enthusiasm and Suburgatory. Cheryl is currently the spokeswoman for a new campaign for AMAG Pharmaceuticals called “Painfully Awkward Conversations." It’s for post-menopausal women who may be experiencing VVA – Vulvar and Vaginal Atrophy. I was a huge fan of … [Read more...]
Interview with Terry Bradshaw: Spokesman for Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Last year, I interviewed singer Patti La Belle who was promoting the All About Your Boom™ campaign to spread awareness about pneumococcal pneumonia. Well, it’s that time of year again. Flu season is just beginning, and if there’s one thing Baby Boomers don’t want is for the flu to turn into pneumonia. This year the spokesman for the campaign is Terry Bradshaw and I also had the … [Read more...]
Atonement – Fragility – Resilience – Messages for Yom Kippur
In the interest of transparency, I’m a holiday-celebrating Jew. I show up when I’m invited but don’t attend Temple regularly. However, Judaism is in my DNA. (I just checked on AncestryDNA and I’m 52% Eastern European Jewish with the new update) I usually attend my girlfriend’s annual Hannukah and Passover evenings. This is the 2nd time I’ve attended The Temple of the Arts at … [Read more...]
