Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Carol Channing: That Rare Breed of Gay Icon That Didn’t Care Too Much for Gays
With the death of Carol Channing at ninety-seven due to “natural causes” (whatever that constitutes in the realm of dying), the Broadway world and the [Read More…]
LDR & Jared Leto’s Gucci Guilty Commercial: A “Born to Die” Redux
As the more approachable “twin” to Link Wray’s cherished 1958 hit single “Rumble,” the record’s B-side, “The Swag” is fittingly used to set the sonic [Read More…]
The Sopranos & Meadow Soprano: Born of Trees Lounge & Chloë Sevigny
As the hype surrounding The Sopranos has been rekindled in the same way as that other show from HBO’s “Golden Era,” Sex and the City, [Read More…]
Why Didn’t Someone Do A Lesbian Frankenstein Concept Before?: Kehlani’s “Nights Like This” Video
Reinventing the wheel of geekdom from its John Hughes iteration in Weird Science (and, of course, long before in every cinematic production of Frankenstein), Kehlani [Read More…]
Rewriting Samantha Jones’ Child Interaction Scene
There wasn’t much that Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones couldn’t get away with on Sex and the City. From acrobatic sex acts to sporting fake [Read More…]
A Fame Compendium Arises in “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me–But I Have It”
An impish grin characterizes Lana Del Rey’s expression on the more than somewhat lo-fi album cover for her latest single, “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing [Read More…]
Yes, Just What the Screenwriter Needed–Another Dig At Their Insignificance
While there seems to be a premium on being hyper-sensitive toward offending others in the present climate of Hollywood, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph seemed [Read More…]
Who’s That (Fiji Water) Girl?: At Last, A Hollywood Discovery Story to Rival Lana Turner’s
Just when you thought that there was no such thing as being “discovered” anymore, along comes Kelleth Cuthbert a.k.a. Fiji Water Girl a.k.a. the first [Read More…]
Why It Was More Significant for Glenn Close to Win the Golden Globe for Best Actress Than Lady Gaga
As Hollywood becomes increasingly determined to make good on their promise about incorporating equality at every level of the industry, the Hollywood Foreign Press seemed [Read More…]
Roma: Cleaning Waters Run Deep
If there could be one word used to describe Alfonso Cuarón’s latest, Roma, it would have to be water. Even more than, say, a movie [Read More…]
