Celebrity Life

I don’t use the term “Renaissance person” lightly, and I have only met a few real Renaissance persons in my life, and the last true Renaissance person I met was nearly 20 years ago, and he was part of the royal court of Thailand. Just to be clear, a Renaissance person isn’t a jack-of-all-trades, someone…

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I remember as a child in the ‘60s, there were two teenage dance shows on television: American Bandstand, which was for white teenagers, and Soul Train, which was for black teenagers. My parents didn’t like either one. I could usually get away with watching Bandstand, but Soul Train was absolutely forbidden. This real-life segregation drama…

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As a long-time fan of the Western film genre, having grown up watching every single episode of Bonanza and Have Gun Will Travel, I have always been fascinated with all of the legendary characters of the Old West. But the one who stands out most is Doc Holliday. A complex man in real life, Holliday…

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“I saw an open door and I walked through it. That’s really been my secret to success. I know when there’s an open door, and I have the guts to walk through it.” That’s how Sidonie Smith, an American actor, when she was still in school, built an enormously successful career as an actor on…

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Some of the greatest restaurants are fictional ones, seen only in our favorite television series and existing only in the wonderful world of Hollywood backlots. If I could visit any fictional restaurant in existence, it would be Patsy’s Pies from Shameless, where I would sit at the counter, and ask Melinda the waitress to bring…

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Star of Lionsgate’s new thriller Last Moment of Clarity, Zach Avery talked with The Vivant this week about the noir film genre, his transformation from Hoosier to Hollywood star and exciting new projects in the works. Although Zach today is firmly entrenched in the Hollywood scene and has quickly become enormously successful as an actor,…

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One of the best television series of the last ten years, Breaking Bad, had so many great actors and so many memorable scenes, but one of the most memorable was when Spooge the meth-head (played by David Ury) was crushed under a stolen ATM machine. I talked with David about his role on the show,…

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Interest in genealogy and family history has skyrocketed, especially with the availability of tools like Ancestry.com, and now, the release of NBC’s fascinating new series, Roots Less Traveled, in which host Faruq Tauheed takes guests on a journey to new destinations to discover their past. THE VIVANT talked with Faruq about some of the most…

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THE VIVANT Actor’s Profile: Going one-on-one with our favorite actors “I started really late, when I was six years old,” recalls Mera Mayde, co-star of the yet-to-be-released historical drama, Jessie: The Golden Heart. “Quite quickly it crystallized that I had a lot of stage presence and talent when it comes to performance, so I was…

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