By Gregory Crofton The late Elliott Smith is most widely known for “Miss Misery,” an Oscar-nominated song he sang to a televised audience of millions on the 1998 Academy Awards. Much less is known about the rest of his career…
‘STRANDED: I’VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS’: Survival Tactics Astound in this Life-Affirming Documentary
By Gregory Crofton In 1972, a plane full of young rugby players jetted from Uruguay out across the Andes mountain range, their destiny a match in Chile. The atmosphere on the plane was one of raucous joy even after the…
B.B. Kings Calls This One of His Best Performances
Documentary filmmaker David Hoffman captures B.B. King’s performance at Sing Sing Prison at Ossining, New York in 1972.
Norm Macdonald’s Emotional and Final Appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman
Comedian Norm Macdonald performs his favorite stand-up joke of all time (written by David Letterman) as he closes out his stand-up performance on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 15, 2015.
The Von Erichs ‘The Wrestling Curse’
ESPN’s unbelievable story of the Von Erichs, a famous and wildly successful wrestling family from Texas. Five of the six sons of professional wrestling patriarch Fritz “Von Erich” Adkisson are now dead. The remaining son, Kevin Von Erich has found…
‘A MATTER OF TASTE: SERVING UP PAUL LIEBRANDT’: Immature and Oddly Persistent
By David W. Hall Wanna see feverish creativity paired with similarly hectic, unstable employment history? Liebrandt’s restaurants, whose future was assured by critics’ positive reviews, typically close within a year of favorable ink being spilled. Quoting P.T. Barnum: “This way…