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Just released this week by Lionsgate, Last Moment of Clarity is an edge-of-your-seat thriller with some hints of film noir, a bow to Hitchcock’s Rear Window and a love story with a surprise ending. The film opens in Paris, where wonderfully shadowy cinematography sets the tone right away, and we meet Sam (Zach Avery) in…

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One of my secret guilty pleasures – which I will never admit if you ask me to my face – is listening to K-pop music. Curious for an old guy who came of age in the ‘70s listening to Bob Seeger? Sure. But the sheer energy, tight choreography and just exuberant fun of the music…

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Do you know a friend or loved one who suffers from fear, anxiety, and depression and do not know what to do? If so, here are six ways on how to help the person you care about in these kinds of situations. 1. Learn as much as you can in managing anxiety and depression: There…

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As I spoke with T. Graham Brown this week, he was looking out of his window from his home in Nashville at some workers with chain saws cleaning up after a big wind came through and brought down some trees.  “There are some people who are able to work,” he told me. But the pandemic…

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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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Annie Golden, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Sarah Stiles, Taylor Trensch and Marc Kudisch star in the Broadway Podcast Network’s “Bleeding Love” Long ago in 2014, a story by Jason Schafer imagined a world where people are locked inside because it’s too dangerous to leave the house. Today that story is strangely relevant. I caught up with…

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McLean plans world tour, release of digital collection and still finds time to work on his house When I was in high school, my first car was a ’63 Chevy, which was a perfect cruisin’ car. More often than not Don McLean’s American Pie was part of our music rotation. Not only did we enjoy…

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Saturday Night Live has been broadcasting with all cast members at home. Broadway has been shuttered and concerts cancelled. But actors, musicians and other performers are still, in their own way, going on. Yes, I miss it. I have tickets to the touring production of Moulin Rouge in December at the Nederlander Theatre in Chicago,…

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With more of us working from home, we tend to get excited about the prospect of working in our pajamas all day, attending virtual meetings in sweatpants (or no pants at all) and growing a quarantine beard. Personally I just can’t get motivated if I’m wearing the same thing I’ve slept in. It’s a big…

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Everyone deserves a ride in a limo at least once in their lives. For me, the most recent, and perhaps most memorable was New Years Eve in Brampton, Ontario. Before we knew anything about global pandemics, sheltering-in-place and closures of all my favorite restaurants, there was that one fateful night, December 31, 2019, the evening…

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One way to emphasize your individuality is to wear jewelry. Various symbols found in jewelry enrich it with significance and often bring sentimental meaning. Some people prefer shocking and outrageous symbols, such as a spider, for example. The attitude towards this creature has always been ambiguous – most of the people are simply terrified by…

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