My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. This year, it’s 29 holiday songs that run the gamut from big band swing to hipster cool, plus a custom full-color cover with track listings – all for you and all for FREE! (That’s two more songs than last year!) Just …
Despite a stint on the high school cheerleading squad, Shannon Wilsey was not happy. Her parents divorced when she was only two and she was shipped off from her Texas home to live with her grandparents in southern California. While still in high school, the willowy blond began dating rock star Gregg Allman, who was …
In 1967, a 28 year-old aspiring film maker named George Romero wrote the screenplay to what would be his first film, Night of the Living Dead. He gained technical experience working as a cameraman/producer for a local Pittsburgh television station where he created segments for the children’s show MisterRogers’ Neighborhood. Romero and his collaborator John Russo pitched the idea …
Dr. Griffith discovered the secret… and it made him crazy. This is my final illustration for #inktober.
Here we are at Week Three of the Inktober Challenge. I think the guy from Week One needs a mate. #inktober
Here we are at week two of the Inktober challenge, and my second entry in the “monster” theme – Dracula. #inktober
An artist named Jake Parker started this challenge called “Inktober.” The challenge is to do 31 ink drawings – one per day – for the entire month of October. Or, if you’re not as ambitious (or lazy, like me) you can do one per week. I chose that route. So, every week in October, I …
Nineteen-year old Brigitte Helm couldn’t have imagined what she signed on for. With lofty aspirations of starring on the big screen, the Berlin teen joined a cast of thousands on director Fritz Lang’s vision of a dystopian future, Metropolis. She was subjected to Lang’s attempt at presenting gritty realism and, in 1927, without the aid of …
Stints as a mechanic, a chauffeur, valet and chef were not a good fit for Sebastian Cabot. He wanted to act — a type of lying, as he called the profession. Sebastian worked regularly in films for thirty years, beginning with his debut in Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1936 thriller Secret Agent. (Actors Michael Rennie and Michael Redgrave …
As a teenager traveling through Paris in the 1920s, Faith Bacon began her career as a dancer through a chance meeting with singer Maurice Chevalier. She performed in Paris reviews exclusively in the nude, using bubbles, flowers and fans as props. When she returned to the United States, she appeared in Earl Carroll’s notorious nude …
