By: Mary Fran Bontempo First off, don't forget tonight's Bucks County Illustrators' 2013 art show, featuring NRFGP own Pat Achilles, along with other wonderful artists. At the Pearl Buck Estate from 7 to 9 PM. See Pat's post on the show here! Now scroll down for more entertainment stuff! It's summer and of course, the season of the blockbuster in theaters. Coming out in the next few [...]
The 3rd season of the X Factor hits the airwaves soon. Check out the audition round of season two winner Tate Stevens. The guy can sing. Enjoy! --Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Well, now I’ve seen everything. And I mean that literally. Last Sunday, my husband and I were treated to the repeated sight of a pair of naked, male butt cheeks staring at us from our family room’s television screen. The bum in question paraded about, occasionally jumping or squatting for almost an hour. No, we [...]
NBC should give lessons on how to shoot yourself in the foot. Do we really have to live through another "Who's Going to Replace Jay Leno" saga? Props to Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno for handling the whole mess with wit and humor. Enjoy! --Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Around Easter, I can hear the voices resounding in my head. "Moses." "Oh, Moses, Moses." "Moses! Moses!" From his former lover, Queen Nefretiri, to his shepherd-girl wife, Sephora, to God Himself, Moses has a lot of people wanting a piece of him. And, as portrayed by Charlton Heston in the Cecil B. DeMille classic, The Ten Commandments, this Moses, by turns bare-chested and studly to gray-haired and stately, [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Think of it as the DaVinci Code with clocks.Zero Hour, the new Anthony Edwards drama that premiered this week on ABC, is part DaVinci Code, part National Treasure, part Indiana Jones and part Rosemary's Baby.I'm just not sure all the parts will add up to a whole, instead of a mish-mash of bits and pieces.At the program's beginning, we're in Nazi Germany, in a room with clock makers and priests. [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo How are you supposed to embrace a TV show when you really want the protagonists to get caught, arrested and thrown in jail?Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings appear to be the all-American family, living in suburban Washington, D.C. with their two kids, working, playing and acting like suburban Americans in the Ronald Reagan era. The key word is "acting."The "Jennings" are really undercover Russian spies, schooled in espionage and doing [...]
