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I love great food, interesting books, fascinating travel, outrageous movies, and bacon, especially when it sits on top of a great cheeseburger!
I work in entertainment - and I have been lucky enough to interview some really talented Artists - that guides my posts: interesting and provocative movies, music, social media and of course, food, since I believe strongly in the maxim, "everyone eats!"
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Spain’s Legendary Iberico Ham – Raised In Texas?!?!?!?! A Food Scandal Over Blackfoot Pigs!
Behold Spain’s Majestic Iberico Ham! This gorgeous, REAL Iberico Ham was given to me by my wife for my birthday last year – and I learned to carve it into somewhat “thicker than they needed to be” slices: It’s a… Read More ›
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Movies With An “N!” From “Notting Hill” To “Nashville!” Heading “North By Northwest”! GOSH! “Napoleon Dynamite” Too!
Time To Celebrate Iconic Movie Images! If you love movies, you also love iconic movie moments – like this shot of Cary Grant being chased by a small airplane…or this shot of an Anchorman who’s “mad as hell and not… Read More ›
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“Turkey Dinner” Candy Corn! Is It Real? I’ve Got The Truth About Candy Corn! “What The Friday?!?!” How To Disguise It Too!
One Of The Most Controversial Sweets In History! It’s true. Look it up. You either love them or hate them: CANDY CORN. First of all, what exactly are they? Easy. They are candy bites shaped to look like a kernel… Read More ›
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The Truth Behind “The Gunfight At The OK Corral”! Come With Me To The “Real” Tombstone! My Trip Across America Visits The Wild Wild West!
Ready For A Gunfight? Meet Me At The OK Corral! That’s right, there really is a Tombstone, and there really is an “OK Corral” – but what really happened there? Time for my son Jeff and I to find out!… Read More ›
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Roger Ebert’s Cannes Film Festival Memoir! My “Wednesday Bookmobile” Has My Cannes Memories With Schwarzenegger! Prince Albert Too!
Welcome To The Cannes Film Festival! It’s the most glamorous film festival in the world – and in this #quarantinelife, it was cancelled this year for the first time since 1968, when the student protests in France that year shut… Read More ›
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The Most Photographed Street In Beverly Hills! Cruising Up The Legendary Bedford Drive! Lana Turner’s Crime House!
Time For A Photo Shoot! It’s the most photographed street in Beverly Hills, and is used for photo shoots all day and night – like this time when I captured two of them simultaneously in my rear view mirror! Welcome… Read More ›
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Covid-19 twisted fairy tale story cake
Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration:
My thanks again to John Rieber for giving me this great idea of making a series of Covid-19 memories cakes with a nursery rhyme or fairy tale twist. Today, I am unveiling my twisted… -
“Donnie Brasco!” “The Friends Of Eddie Coyle!” “Cult Movie Monday” Says “Fuggedaboutit!” Two Neglected Crime Classics!
“When they send for you, you go in alive, you come out dead, and it’s your best friend that does it.” To be a gangster means you always have to look over your shoulder. For this “Cult Movie Monday”, here… Read More ›
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ALL NEW Kelly Clarkson #kellyoke Performances! Sam Smith! Patty Loveless! All New Kelly Clarkson “Summer Staycation” Shows!
Kelly Clarkson’s Summer Staycation! As we are all adjusting to some kind of #quarantinelife, Kelly Clarkson and her team are creating all new shows for the summer – and that means ALL NEW #kellyoke performances by Kelly as well! Kelly… Read More ›
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Monty Python’s “Holy Grail”! Tina Fey’s “Mean Girls”! DeNiro’s “Midnight Run” And More “Movies With An M!” Ten Ways To Escape #QuarantineLife!
Let’s Go To The Movies! My second home is a movie palace: a place to escape, to explore, to dream, and to be inspired…so like all of you, #quarantinelife has been a tough adjustment – luckily, I can still watch… Read More ›
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