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Review: Hollywood

9 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 5, 2020 / Darren Criss, David Corenswet, Glee, Holland Taylor, Hollywood, Ian Brennan, Jake Picking, Janet Mock, Jeremy Pope, Jessica Yu, Jim Parsons, Joe Mantello, Laura Harrier, Michelle Krusiec, Mira Sorvino, Patti LuPone, Pose, Rob Reiner, Ryan Murphy, Samara Weaving, The Good Earth, The Politician, Women Directors

Hollywood is about rewriting the story of Hollywood by going back 80 years and re-imagining everything. Set in the 1940s, the series creates a new history for Hollywood that includes people of color, out gay men, and women bosses.

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Mamie Gummer and Meryl Streep in Ricki and the Flash

Review: Ricki and the Flash

Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / August 10, 2015 / #eldersrock, Audra McDonald, BlogHer, Boy Meets Girl, Diablo Cody, Glee, Glynn Turman, Hot Pursuit, Jennifer Beals, Jonathan Demme, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Nashville, Neil Young, Nick Westrate, O. Henry, Perfect Pitch, Proof, Reese Witherspoon, Rick Springfield, Ricki and The Flash, Sebastian Stan, Smash, Sofía Vergara, Sophie's Choice

Lucky for me I’m not a critic. It seems to me that the main job of a critic is to watch a fun and enjoyable movie or TV show and find things wrong with it so as to make it

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Gloria Steinem on “Chick Flicks”

Leave a Comment / Movies, News, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 27, 2015 / Glee, Gloria Steinem, Mary McCarthy, My Left Foot, Reading Our Way to the Revolution, Selma, The Color Purple, The Group, The L Word, Transparent

Gloria Steinem blogs about books at Open Roads Media. The blog is called “Reading our way to the Revolution.” The once monthly column looks at a timeless and timely book. Her latest review is about The Group, a 1963 novel

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Glee Goes Elder

1 Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 7, 2014 / Billy Dee Williams, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, elders rock, Glee, June Squibb, Shirley MacLaine, Tim Conway

Last week on Glee it was Shirley Maclaine singing along with Darren Criss. They sounded terrific together. They sang of “Piece of My Heart.” This week June Squibb was there, singing and dancing with Chris Colfer. The woman can belt!

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Brain Dump from a Teeming TV Filled Mind

Leave a Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 20, 2014 / Amy Acker, brain dump, Brighton Sharbino, Castle, Glee, Heather Morris, Keri Russell, Kyla Kenedy, Margo Martindale, Matthew Rhys, Naya Rivera, OITNB, Orange is the New Black, Person of Interest, Sarah Shahi, The Americans, The Fosters, The Walking Dead

Random thoughts and observations on this and that as seen on my teevee. The Walking Dead Did you see the episode of The Walking Dead called “The Grove?” Brighton Sharbino and Kyla Kenedy as the two young girls were fantastic.

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Random Thoughts from a Teeming TV Filled Brain

Leave a Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 27, 2014 / Anna Silk, Barbara Streisand, brain dump, Downton Abbey, Glee, Jennifer Beals, Keri Russell, Kerry Washington, Lauren Holloman, Lea Michelle, Lost Girl, Margo Martindale, Matthew Rhys, Michelle Dockery, Naya Rivera, Person of Interest, Scandal, The Americans, The L Word

The TV is brewing a brain full of random ideas in me this week. It’s a mish-mash. The Americans season 2 started last night on FX and it’s extra good. Don’t ask me why I care so much about Russian

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Glee: The Quarterback

2 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 15, 2013 / Chord Overstreet, Cory Monteith, Glee, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Naya Rivera, Romy Rosemont

Thursday evening when Glee’s The Quarterback episode in memory of Cory Monteith aired, I was at a reading by writer Terry McMillan about her new book Who Asked You? I watched Glee the next morning. I’ll get to it in a

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New TV season shows I can’t wait to see

6 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 30, 2013 / Ali Liebert, Archie Panjabi, Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Connie Britton, Emmy Lou Harris, Friday Night Lights, George Takei, Glee, Grey's Anatomy, Guillermo Díaz, Hayden Panettiere, House of Cards, Julianna Margulies, Kate Mara, Kerry Washington, Kevin Spacey, Lost Girl, Mia Kirshner, Nashville, Orange is the New Black, Robin Wright, Sandra Oh, Scandal, Shonda Rhimes, Smash, The Good Wife, Tony Goldwyn

The summer shows are fun and I love quite a few of them, but I’m eager for the new seasons of some old favorites. Here’s what I’m looking forward to. What about you? Lost Girl Season 4 can’t get here

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