Pop Culture Chronicles

Last night, was the 88th Academy Awards, hosted by famous comedian and actor, Chris Rock. The Academy Awards, as we all know, is the most prestigious award in film. Actors,directors, writers, producers, production designers, costume designers, film editors clamor and hope to hear the famous words.. " And the Oscar goes too..." and their name. Well, this year in film, we have some truly great, controversial, thought provoking films and performances by seasoned actors and newcomers to the Oscars. Here are some of the major winners from tonight's show, Best Screenplay - Spotlight ( Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer ) Best Cinematography- The Revenant ( El Chivo) Best Director-  The Revenant (Alejandro G. Innaritu) Best Actor- The Revenant ( Leonardo DiCaprio) Best Actress - Room ( Brie Larson) In addition, the action film , Mad Max : Fury Road, stole the show with a total of 6 wins for: Best Film Editing Best Costume Design Best Makeup/Hair styling Best Produc...

Hey everybody, I'm back and I want to let you guys in on some great TV I have been watching the past couple of months.  There is a new show on Netflix, called Love, which is created by Judd Apatow and Paul Rust, who also stars in the show, along with former Community star, Gilian Jacobs. Love is a story of a nerdy Hollywood child star tutor, Gus , ( Rust) who was recently dumped by his girlfriend. Then, there is Mickey, a free spirited, somewhat eccentric and spontaneous satellite radio program director. The two cross paths in a local convince store when Mickey can't pay for her daily coffee and Gus, who is there the whole time and sees what Mickey ( Jacobs)  can't pay for the coffee and tries to bargain with the cashier, decides to be the hero and pay for the coffee along with his items from the store. From there, they form a friendship and hang out with one another, dabble into some crazy adventures, and possibly form an unlikely romance. The show is funny obviously, qu...

What's up all my Michael Jackson fans out there! Everyone should go watch the new documentary on the King of Pop, directed by Spike Lee. It entails the beginnings of Jackson's solo career and the foundation and processing of his debut album, Off the Wall. Michael teamed up with Quincy Jones, the legendary musician, composer, and friend of Michael's to establish his new sound and the process of developing Michael as an individual atrist. The film will also entail the roots of his stardom, which most of us already, he and his brothers started the Jackson 5 with Motown and head of Motown, Berry Gordy making the Jacksons a household name. In addition, the film also probably discuss the evolution of the Jackson 5 into the Jacksons, one the Jackson family separated from Mowtown as young adults and wanted more artistic and corporate control of their success.Especially for Michael, the lead singer of the group and unanimously the most talented and versitale of the Jackson family, h...