Author: Amy Davis

Author and actor Matthew Perry passed away on the 28th of October. He is probably best known by many as the sarcastic Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom “Friends.”  Matthew Langford Perry was born Aug. 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts. His mother, Suzanne Perry, was a press secretary for the Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His father, John Bennett Perry, was a character actor. His parents divorced when he was very young so he spent much of his youth with his mother in Ottowa, Canada. Where, at one point, he was one of Canada’s top-ranked junior tennis players. (He also…

Get your sweatshirts ready, Eminem is now selling jars of Mom’s Spaghetti Pasta Sauce from his restaurant! That’s right, music fans and the chronically online will no longer have to venture to Detroit to try the rapper’s sauce. The journey of the often controversial rapper selling tomato-based treats starts back in 2002 with his semi-autobiographical film “8 Mile.” The movie’s soundtrack also included the smash hit “Lose Yourself.” The tune is a look at what being a musician trying to break into the business is like, it also contains the darkly comedic lyrics “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms…

With each passing year, more and more consumers are understanding the impact their purchases have on small businesses. A fine example of this is Marin Diddams who posted a now-viral plea on TikTok for her father Steve Diddams’ small business, Diddams Party & Toy Store.  In the short video, she explains that the Bay Area business has been an institution that has defied all odds. Over its 34 years in operation, Diddams has held its own against competitors like Party City and Amazon. As well as survived the COVID-19 pandemic, which crippled many independent retailers. It even thrived enough to have…

Grammy-nominated music video director Cooper Roberts is making his feature directorial debut with “All You Need Is Blood.” Yale Entertainment just released some first-look images that make the movie seem like it’ll be a bloody fun ride. The upcoming horror-comedy will star Logan Riley Bruner (“Stranger Things”), Neel Sethi (“The Jungle Book”), Mena Suvari (“Don’t Tell a Soul”), comedian Eddie Griffin (“Scary Movie”), and newcomer Emma Chasse. “When a strange meteor lands in his backyard and turns his deadbeat father into a brain-eating zombie, a 16-year-old aspiring director teams up with his friends to create the ultimate student film,” explains…

The stage adaptation of “The Who’s Tommy” will be getting a Broadway revival next year! This musical adaptation of The Who’s 1969 concept album-turned-film will be returning from a three-decade hiatus. Des McAnuff, the original stage director, will be returning and the revival is described as a reimagined version of the show. While, of course, still featuring music and lyrics by Pete Townshend, who co-wrote the production. “Tommy” revolves around the titular character who is labeled as  “deaf, dumb, and blind.” But his uncanny knack for pinball catapults him to god-tier status. The core plot is based on The Who…

While there have been several rumors about “Highlander” reboots, there can be only one, and it is FINALLY making some progress! For the first time, Lionsgate will launch sales at the American Film Market (AFM) on their long-gestating fantasy reboot. “Highlander” already has some serious talent attached with Henry Cavill set to star and Chad Stahelski attached to direct. Stahelski is best known for creating the action-packed “John Wick” franchise. He has already talked about the film being like “John Wick” with swords. And if we learned anything from “The Witcher” it’s that Cavill has certainly studied the blade.  It…

Former Marvel editor-in-chief and co-creator of “Werewolf by Night” Roy Thomas recently released “Les Ghouls,” a film he made as a teen in 1958. Long before he was bringing Werewolves to comics, let alone Disney+, he was making low-budget horror flicks with his buddies. “Les Ghouls” was shot in Thomas’ hometown of Jackson, Missouri. Like most aspiring filmmakers, he used his friend group as performers, including Gary Friedrich. The duo would go on to co-create the character Ghost Rider while they were both working at Marvel. The film pays homage to the 1948 classic “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” a…

Burgers and pizza sound like a fantastic Thanksgiving meal to us, and Macy’s agrees. The company has just announced that both “Good Burger 2” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” will be appearing in the 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Nickelodeon announced that the Burgermobile, Dexter Reed (Kenan Thompson), and Ed’s (Kel Mitchell) vehicle of choice, would be in the parade. In celebration of Paramount+’s upcoming sequel “Good Burger 2.” The film is a followup to the 1997 movie “Good Burger,” based on comedy sketches from the series “All That.” “With the addition of the Burgermobile from ‘Good Burger 2’ to…

It’s the time of year when even restaurant chains get into the spooky season spirit, and Chipotle is no exception. The company just announced the return of its annual Boorito, with a national $6 digital entrée offer. The promotion will run from 3 PM until closing on October 31 for Chipotle Rewards members. And, in an even bigger announcement, for the first time, Chipotle is extending its operating hours until midnight in select college towns on Halloween! Giving fans in these areas even more time to enjoy the Boorito offer. The extended hours are in response to Gen Z’s buying…

Netflix has just released the first trailer for Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” a biopic about the life of famed conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Cooper directed, starred in, and co-wrote the upcoming feature film with Josh Singer. In the trailer, we see Bernstein (Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan) jump through time to different points in their relationship. We watch them experience love, betrayal, and most of all music on their journey. The film focuses more on the composer’s relationship with Montealegre than his professional success. “If summer doesn’t sing in you then nothing sings in you,” says an elderly Bernstein…