“I don’t believe when I was an ‘ingenue,’ that I ever got to say words that were written by a woman. It was always written by an older man, who imagined what a pretty girl wanted to talk about.” Lea Thompson is perhaps best known for her role as the […]
Interviews
Larry Dunn Celebrates Upcoming Kennedy Center Honor for Earth, Wind & Fire at the Music Box in San Diego on Sunday, July 21st
Larry Dunn’s Anthology of Earth, Wind & Fire will be performing at the Music Box in San Diego on Sunday, July 21, 2019. This concert celebrates Earth, Wind & Fire’s honor at the Kennedy Center (Kennedy Center Honors) in December 2019. Larry joined Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) in 1971 […]
Artemis Awards Gala 2019 Red Carpet Interviews
Attending an award ceremony with the distinction of honoring strong women was refreshing . . . and it was my second time. I was there last year in the thick of the excitement as honorees mingled in the atmosphere of what I call greatness. And this year was no different. […]
Black Design Collective (BDC): A New Community Supporting Black Fashion Designers
On Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (F.I.D.M.) in Downtown Los Angeles, the Black Design Collective (BDC) honored Academy Award-winner costume designer Ruth E. Carter for their inaugural ceremony, in partnership with AT&T. Carter has been the wardrobe mastermind behind many iconic films to […]
WOMEN AT THE WHEEL: An Eye-Opening Documentary Short by Artist Pat Benincasa
Women car accessory inventors such as actress Florence Lawrence and Mary Anderson; African American women factory workers during WW2; and race car drivers like Nitro Nellie Goins and Denice McCluggage existed during a time when it was “strictly” forbidden territory for women to participate, invent, compete in what was considered […]
Ali Saam and Scott Ben-Yashar of “Welcome to the Men’s Group”
What makes this film particularly interesting is its diverse cast and roles. The complex archetypical male is portrayed by extreme characters, which I learned to love as the film played out. These characters ranged from macho to passive to A-type workaholics to a hardworking immigrant. It’s a men’s group that meets […]