The movie Barbie continues to break box-office records, having recently topped The Dark Knight of the Batman series to become Warner Brothers biggest movie ever at the American box office, earning over $537M and counting… Needless to say, the Mattel group is also giddy with delight at the reception of the movie, with potential sequels, […]
Sinéad O’Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U
July 26th saw the passing of Sinéad O’Connor, the remarkable Irish singer with the incredible voice. She’d come on the scene in the late ’80s with a debut album that garnered some attention, and in the early ‘90s released a second album, I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got, which took her to […]
Profiles in Passion: Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (30 March 1937 – ) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Strikingly handsome with a style that is self-consciously cool and opaque, he was the classic screen idol of his day. He has been nominated for 14 Oscars, including his performance in 1967 for Bonnie and Clyde. He won the Oscar […]
Tucker Carlson: paleo-conservative megaphone
Tucker Carlson, arguably the most influential voice in American media, has enjoyed a spectacular rise to pre-eminence as a spokesperson for an increasingly cynical and divisive political electorate. He’s been described as a “paleo-conservative,” expressing right-wing views that embrace nationalism, racism, sexism, and xenophobia. And yet his opinions merely reflect those of many conservative politicians, […]
Bernie Madoff, Crown Prince of Ponzi
The name of Bernie Madoff is now inextricably linked to the largest financial fraud in history. At its peak the massive Ponzi scheme, wherein Madoff claimed through fictitious reports that the $18 billion contributed by investors had enjoyed handsome annual returns though shrewd investments, had a paper worth of a staggering $64 billion. When the […]
Jordan Peterson: agent provocateur
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. Thanks to three published books, and a substantive YouTube presence, heâs also become a media personality and a lightning rod for intellectual debate on a wide range of subjects â climate, gender identity, political correctness, psychology, religion, and much […]
Sharon Stone: the trauma of miscarriage
In a recent post on Instagram, while expressing sympathy for other women whoâve borne the same trauma, Sharon Stone revealed that she has âlost nine childrenâ through miscarriages over the years. Although men are inevitably acquainted with and affected by such tragedies, nothing quite compares to the grief experienced by a prospective mother whoâs carried […]
The Righteous Brothers: blue-eyed soul
In the mid-Sixties, âYouâve Lost that Loving Feelingâ was a trans-Atlantic hit that catapulted two American white boys to the top of the Billboard charts and other play-lists around the world. Produced by Phil Spector, the single showcased a remarkable duet of voices â Bill Medleyâs bass baritone and Bobby Hatfieldâs soaring tenor. The Righteous […]
Will & Jada: doing it in public
A month ago, a petition began making headway on the website change.org, asking for the media to please stop interviewing Will and Jada Pinkett Smith about their sex life. To date, the site has gathered input from over 23,000 digital signatories, who expressed their collective frustration at the celebrity couple’s tendency to disclose intimate details […]
Elon Musk: Martian mogul
Nature abhors a vacuum, Aristotle is alleged to have said. So, when I realized that one of the worldâs wealthiest men did not have a known birth time, I felt compelled to address this void. The multi-billionaire in question is Elon Musk, for whom Astrodienst (astro.com) provides only birth date and place. I wonât burden […]