Odds & Ends

There are 525,600 minutes in a regular, non-leap year. It only took me about five to know Kylie Shea would be on this list. Magic Mike’s Last Dance was a decent movie. I don’t agree with some that say it was terrible or even deserves to be on a Years Worst List. The...

Ryan Murphy is a writer, director and producer. He is behind projects like Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story, Pose and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. He was won multiple awards including 6 Emmys. It was his acceptance speech for the Carol Burnett...

  It sounds kind of mean to say but perhaps the best thing to ever happen to Steven Yeun professionally was getting killed off on The Walking Dead. Since his character Glen met with a violent end at the end of Negan’s bat the actor has gone on to earn an Academy...

Harry Mack is a freestyle rapper. This year I became one of his 2.6 million YouTube subscribers and like anyone who has seen him I was immediately captivated by his talent. His hustle is impressive and somewhat relentless. His method is simple, he walks around heavily...

Francis Ngannou is mixed martial arts fighter. The Cameroonian fighter has a punch that is the equivalent of 96 horsepower or getting hit by a Ford Escort going as fast as it can. 20 seconds, 1 minute and 11 seconds, 26 seconds and 45 seconds. Those times are how long...

The movie Sound of Freedom was something of an enigma this past year. It wasn’t backed by a major studio, but it made a major impression on the industry. At the time of writing this Sound of Freedom is the tenth highest grossing film of 2023. When you discuss this...

Greta Gerwig is the first women director to enter Hollywood’s billionaire club. That is the soundbite we constantly heard after her film Barbie crossed that threshold. It’s accurate. She is the first female director to hit that mark. Gerwig, who has a list of films...

It started off as a joke. Ted Lasso was supposed to be a fun comedic bit. The hook was simple, a fish out of water character, played by Jason Sudekis, that has no true understanding of European football (soccer) and was speaking with actual coaches and reporters and...

When you google Chris Rock one of the first images of the actor/comedian/filmmaker you see is him getting slapped by Will Smith at the Academy Awards. And while there are differing points of view on the ‘incident’ here are the facts. Chris Rock took the Academy Award...

For years Manchester City was known as the ‘Noisy Neighbors’. Manchester United was getting all the glory while Manchester City was striving to find their place. That hasn’t been the case over the last few seasons. Not only has Manchester turned from red to blue but...

Is there any denying that 2023 was the year of Taylor Swift? It seems everything she touched turned to gold. The singer is a certified superstar who changed the game this year. For instance, I recall a time when a Pre-sale gave people an opportunity to buy a certain...

I honestly couldn’t tell you if Julia Ducournau and Ninja Thyberg have ever met. If not, can I moderate an interview with the two of them….pretty please? They have a lot in common that we could discuss. In 2021 I saw 245 new movies. These two women each directed a...

It’s hard to think of someone who had a better 2021 than Lin-Manuel Miranda! 2021 wasn’t his breakout year, it was the year he just seemed to do it all. Of course, we all know Miranda for being the genius behind the Broadway smash, Hamilton. Years ago Miranda was...

Professional Wrestling, Sports Entertainment, whatever you want to call it, coming into 2021 the industry has been pretty stagnant for some time in my opinion. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had been without any real competition for a significant period and the...

There were many great films at the Sundance Film Festival, heck there were many great films I saw in 2021 but the film that captured my heart was CODA. (Children of Deaf Adults.) The film takes place in Massachusetts where we meet a fishing family. Ruby (Emila Jones)...

Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varmado and Bianca Blair Crawford made history on April 10, 2021. They may be known better by their in-ring names, Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair. The date was Wrestlemania 37. The annual WWE spectacular was back in front of a live audience...