Author: clintness

​Cirque de Soleil’s Amaluna Dazzles. And Fizzles.

On the outside, it seems like performance art reviewers have a plush job. It is when a show is a triumph. But what about when it’s not? With that being said, I could tell you Amaluna is dazzling, electrifying, magical, and exquisite, close the critique with an exclamation point, and ensure my invitation to the next hottest party. Or, I could take the road less traveled and tell you what I saw.

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Jonathan Frakes Talks Star Trek Politics, Illegal Productions, TNG Reunion

Having had the opportunity to talk with (and get chastised, Riker-style) by Star Trek: The Next Generation actor/director Jonathan Frakes prior to his appearance at the 2014 Montreal Comiccon where he joins the whole cast of TNG for a special group panel event, we delved into everything from Frakes’ thoughts on the proliferation of independent Star Trek shows and webisodes to the story behind his infamous ‘walk’, the one even Chris Farley spoofed on Saturday Night Live in 1994.

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George A. Romero… The Godfather of Zombies

Name drop “George A. Romero” on any given day and anticipate chatter of zombies to follow suit. Yet if you ask the “zombie godfather” his take, he’ll tell you he never set out to have his undead concept infect pop culture so pervasively, if the proliferation of urban zombie walks, zombie video games, and a wildly successful primetime series are any indication that the zombie apocalypse is here to stay.

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Medium Allison DuBois: On Science, Fate, Free Will and Talking to the Dead

Allison DuBois says she talks to the dead. They look translucent. She claims she can smell them too, sometimes. And much like in Medium, the Emmy award-winning prime time show starring Patricia Arquette that’s based on her life and inspired by her first book ‘Don’t Kiss Them Good-Bye,, Allison DuBois has reportedly helped law enforcement crack cases and locate bodies using what she describes as psychic-medium abilities.

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