Entertainment
Go see “Drive” with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Wow! Action, suspense, thrills and surprisingly deep dramatic moments.
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I just finished reading, Me, the mob, and the music: one helluva ride with Tommy James and the Shondells. It was great fun reading about the 60s great hits: Crimson and Clover, Mony, Mony, Hanky Panky, Crystal Blue Persuasion, etc.
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I’ve been having such a good time interviewing celebrities lately. Today I met my first Prince! He is Italian Prince Lorenzo Borghese. Most people know him from the ABC show The Bachelor. He is an animal lover and advocate with a soft voice and humble demeanor. Lorenzo is the son of Prince Francesco Marco Luigi … Read more
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Beth Raymer’s book is now in post-production as a movie starring Bruce Willis as Dink, Catherine Zeta-Jones as his wife, Tulip Heimowitz, and Rebecca Hall of The Town as Raymer. Vince Vaughn plays Rosie, a Long Island bookie. The film is directed by Stephen Frears
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Beth Raymer, Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling; Jackie O: On the Couch, JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa and Matt Wayne, The Celebrity Magician.
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In 1964, Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and thirteen “Merry Pranksters” painted a bus in frenzied Day-Glo, named it “Furthur” and took off on an LSD-fueled road trip. Now 10 years after Kesey’s death, filmmakers Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney have captured it all in a new movie, Magic Trip, opening in theaters August 12.
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Vera Farmiga, Academy Award nominated actress, directed the movie, Higher Ground, release date: August 12. In 2009, Ukrainian-American actress Vera Farmiga, 38, was Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “Up in the Air” in a role that gave her the upper hand to George Clooney.
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Movie “Senna” is about Ayrton Senna, the Formula 1 race car driver. The film is directed by Asif Kapadia.
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Movies: Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground; Magic Trip about Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, Book Face to Face by Judith Casey
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New York City reading with authors Steve Geng (Thick as Thieves), Beth Raymer (Lay the Favorite) and Robert Anasi (The Gloves, Golden Man) at The West Cafe.
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