By: Mary Fran Bontempo As a child, I loved "riding the waves" in the ocean at the Jersey shore. Stretching out my body and letting the water carry me into the beach was a thrill ride, without the price of a ticket on the boardwalk.But every once in a while, a wave would come along that would overwhelm, crashing over my head and pulling me down to the sandy ocean floor, where it [...]
by Chrysa SmithWalt Whitman once said 'The world is too much with us.' Hopefully, it's not a reoccurring reality---but it happens to all of us at some time. The pace. The demands. The to-do lists. It can seem endless. So what does one do to wind down and get away (when you can't really get away)? Take a trip back in time with Antenna TV and Me TV.With stations that number into the [...]
It's got all the elements of a great country song, minus that annoying twang.ABC's best fall drama, Nashville (Wednesdays, 10 PM), has it all--love, lust, jealousy, back-stabbing family members, secrets, glamor and made-for-it musical numbers to ice the cake.Gorgeous Connie Britton (lately of last season's American Horror Story) as aging music queen Rayna Jaymes and Hayden Panettiere as newcomer, Juliette Barnes, set the stage for the show's main rivalry, but it's only one [...]
This week in Entertainment--NBC's Revolution and don't forget to scroll down for details on the Bucks County Gilbert and Sullivan Society's "Autumn Cabaret!" Sometimes, it almost sounds idyllic.Remember when we weren't all tethered to phones, computers, Facebook, Twitter, blah, blah, blah? When life was about more than how many "bars" we had keeping us connected?Ah, those were the days.Or maybe not. In NBC's new drama Revolution, Mondays at 10 PM, we get to see what [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoWhat do Larry Bird, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Reggie Jackson and Dick Butkus have in common? Oh sure, there’s that whole athlete thing. But then you’d have to be talking about the real Larry Bird, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Reggie Jackson and Dick Butkus. I’m talking about the family of aliens that lives next door to the Weavers, the hapless humans who unknowingly move into a gated community in New Jersey seeking a better [...]
This week in entertainment: The Emmy Awards! And be sure to scroll down for a review of Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban's new novel, Immortal Love! By: Mary Fran Bontempo Once again, it's time for television's annual love fest as the 64th annual Emmy Awards take over the tube this Sunday, September 23, with coverage starting at 7 PM on ABC.With any luck, host Jimmy Kimmel will keep things light, funny, and most important, moving along, as [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoAh, the guilty pleasures of summer. Summer is the season made for relaxing. Of course there are the endless contented hours of lounging at the beach, the pool or just the backyard, cold drink in hand with nothing but mindless staring on the agenda.Until a heat wave hits.When the temperature soars into the 90’s, sometimes the only thing to do is hide in an air conditioned room and turn on [...]
