Pop culture at its most disturbing
Alienating loneliness By Fred Pollard For most of my life, I have struggled with worrying too much about what people think of me. I have also never been good at letting go of the people in my life that I love. Both of those “life lesson hurdles” are explored in the new film “Belleville.” Writer/director Dan Steadman and producer/actor Ted …
I stood, off to the side, isolated from everyone else, shifting from one foot to the other nervously. (“I’m not getting back there. They would have grabbed me by now if I was. Are they just planning to keep me here, like a security risk, until it is all over with?”) Such is the feeling when you are attempting to …
I conducted a model profile interview with Chris Miklos for HIM Magazine last fall. Sadly, Chris died of an apparent heart attack this week, so I thought I would revisit this interview and share it with others. Chris was such a nice, down-to-earth guy, and he could always make me laugh with his silly demeanor and warped sense of humor. …
Spending time with local musician Jay Brook Lipe is akin to being in the center of a hurricane, with moments of calm serenity surrounded by frenetic energy and electricity. As we sat down to lunch, Lipe strummed casually on his guitar (completely oblivious to whether that was acceptable to the restaurant staff and patrons) as he talked excitedly about last …
Following the backlash when the classic Tom and Jerry cartoons were released with Tom’s owner, Mammy Two Shoes, dubbed over with a “less ethnic” voice, or, in some cases, taken out completely and replaced with a thin, long-legged white woman, Looney Tunes cartoons were released on DVD in several collections as “complete and uncut.” The racial overtones and violence were …
academic essay writing John Michael Montgomery is living proof you can have scores of fans and a string of No. 1 hits…and still make “that face” when you get up in the morning. “I have those normal aches and pains nowadays, for sure,” Montgomery, 49, says. “If the weather is between 30 and 50 degrees, I can sure feel it.” …
Legendary actress Mary Badham could not talk when I first called her for an interview. “My dog Daisy, a rescue animal I got a few weeks ago, is lost and I have to go look for her,” she said as she was hurrying to her car. Badham, 61, is best known for playing “Scout” in To Kill a Mockingbird, the …
Model Profile: Miles Windsor By Fred Pollard With a “look” that bucks just about every trend in the industry, model Miles Windsor has never fit easily into the clean-cut world of glossy blokes and waxed muscles… and that is just fine with him. HIM Magazine had the opportunity to talk to Miles and get a little insight into the man behind the …
by Fred Pollard It’s not often we see an investment firm CPA sweaty and digging in sand for colored keys and hidden idols carved from wood. “It has taught me there is nothing I cannot do,” Latasha “Tasha” Fox, 36, said. “Until I played the game I don’t think I knew just how much inner strength I have that I can …
My own personal experience with the late Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church came about when I interviewed his daughter Shirley and incurred the wrath of his church. When Phelps decided to protest the funeral of a Marine whose story I had been covering for the local newspaper, I was drawn into the cyclone of controversy and strong emotions. …
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