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Hail, Caesar! (and a story with a Hobie)

I was looking forward to seeing the new Coen Bros. movie, Hail, Caesar! regardless, as it looked like a funny madcap movie set within 1950s Hollywood with lots of interesting actors playing various crazy roles.  George Clooney as the matinee icon, Ralph Fiennes as a finicky director, Scarlett Johanssen as a feisty actress, Josh Brolin as […]

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Pics from the Barnes Disneyland Trip

My cousin Rich reached out to me a month or so ago to see if Larry & I would be up for going to Disneyland on a Thursday in February.  He was surprising his wife Su for her 40th birthday with a trip to Disneyland, but she wouldn’t know that the Barnes clan was going […]

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The Barnes Family Does Disneyland

I have way more pics to share, but it’s late and I would love to get to bed.  But long story short, it was a LOT of fun to see Uncle Steve & Aunt Gladys, along with my cousins Wendy & Richard and their spouses, Randy and Su.  A very fun day at Disneyland was […]

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Broad City’s Return is Near!!!

BC3!!!!!  We can only hope there are more episodes like the insta-classics from Season 2 like “Wisdom Teeth”, “Knockoffs”, “Hashtag Fomo” and “Kirk Steele”…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guLt_A9Kl3c YAS, Queen!  YAS, Queen!  YAS, Queen!!!!! Ilana, do the homeless like Prada?  (I can’t get enough of that scene).

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Grease Live! was actually…Fantastic

After NBC came back with a really strong live musical in The Wiz Live!, it kind of seemed like FOX’s Grease Live! was just going to be an embarrassing also-ran.  The commercials looked cheesy, and there just didn’t seem to be much in the way of an interesting take on it being advertised besides mimicking the original […]