I’ve loved The Go-Go’s since I was a kid growing up in the San Fernando Valley, so I am completely the target audience for Alison Ellwood’s vibrant documentary. “The Go-Go’s” offers a wealth of archival footage, photos and concert clips as well as new interviews with the five band members,...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Jake Tremblay
I’ve never had a production designer on Breakfast All Day A La Carte, so it was a blast chatting with Jake Tremblay (not to be confused with the kid from “Room”). Jake has worked on several commercials and music videos and is now moving into feature films. He talks about...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Alex Cohen
Spectrum News 1 host Alex Cohen has lived a crazy life, from radio to roller derby and everything in between, and she talks about all of it on the latest A La Carte conversation. Alex discusses growing up in the hills of Los Angeles in the ’70s surrounded by parents...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Courtney Friel
TV news anchor and reporter Courtney Friel has been sober for over a decade, and she’s telling her story in a new book as well as here on Breakfast All Day A La Carte. Courtney discusses getting drunk for the first time at 15, beginning her cocaine use in college,...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Robin Sax
Robin Sax wears many hats, brilliantly and stylishly. She’s a lawyer, author, media expert, mediator and clinical therapist, and she talks about all of those varied careers — and how she blends them together now to make a difference in the world — on the latest Breakfast All Day A...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Jamielyn Lippman
Filmmaker and fellow mom Jamielyn Lippman is my Breakfast All Day A La Carte guest this week — and she’s the rare friend of mine outside the critic world who sees as much as I do. Jamielyn talks about growing up in a big, close family in suburban Santa Clarita...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Nick Kirgo
Nick Kirgo is one of the loveliest guys I know and one of the most multitalented. He’s a guitarist/singer-songwriter/producer-engineer. He’s also a great friend of mine and my family’s, so I was thrilled to chat with him about how he does everything he does on the latest A La Carte...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Bliss
For better and for worse, “Bliss” truly makes you feel as if you, too, are suffering from a narcotic-induced, hallucinatory freak-out—one that leaves you physically exhausted, mentally spent and ultimately wondering what the hell just happened to you. And this sort of movie is usually my jam — stylish nightmares...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Matt Sayles
Matt Sayles is a brilliant photographer with an inspired eye and a drive to depict his subjects in thought-provoking ways. We talk about his varied career, which includes shooting photos of every A-list star imaginable, on the latest Breakfast All Day A La Carte. Matt discusses growing up in Los...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Bobbi Brown McRae
Bobbi Brown McRae is one of the coolest women I know, and I already thought this long before I learned that she’d played a Smurf in the Ice Capades. The longtime figure skater, coach, actress and all-around badass discusses her life and career in the latest Breakfast All Day A...
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