‘Aladdin’ Film Review: The stunning remake had me smiling from cheek to cheek
The live-action remake of Aladdin has finally arrived — and it made me feel as if I was watching this story for the first time — and that’s a good […]
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Shedding and Movement
April took me to all parts of the world (or California, I should say). I had just settled into my first month in the heart of Los Angeles. I had […]
‘Yellow Rose’ Film Review: Eva Noblezada, Lea Salonga shine in story of aspiring Filipina country music star
Yellow Rose provides an intimate coming-of-age portrait of finding your identity through music and the immigrant experience. In the lone star state of Texas, a young Filipina teenager wields her […]
Highlights from my First Time at Coachella 2019
I’ve never been a big music festival person– but here I was. In the middle of the desert. In the middle of the Coachella Valley in Indio, California. Just a […]
‘Staycation’ Film Review: The Messiness of Love and Attachment as told through Dir. Chopra
By Charles Gray (@charlesjgray | YouTube) Two lovers are laying in bed. A single shot of them alluding to a sexual act before the title card. The camera doesn’t pan or […]
‘Blinded By The Light’ Film Review: The Indie Coming-of-Age Musical Set to Break Through in 2019
Music has the special ability to transport us. Whether it’s to a different place, time, memory or even state of mind, it’s an experience that hits us hard in our […]
“Dancing With A Stranger” (Sam Smith, Normani Cover by Samantha Kromphold & Rachel Ann Cauilan)
“I wasn’t even goin’ out tonight But, boy, I need to get you off of my mind I know exactly what I have to do I don’t wanna be alone […]
Yvette Young Interview: Gifted Artist and Guitar Aficionada Shines a Light on Music
Yvette Young may be best known for her popular Instagram videos (she has up to 207,500 followers), but the gifted musician, artist and guitar aficionada has already made a career […]
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (The Beatles Cover)
“I look at you all see the love there that’s sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar […]
Twentysix and Beginning Again
Things are shaping up. And it took me quite some time, patience, and a lot of inner work to do so. And I’m feeling pretty happy about it all. Step […]
“Can We Talk” (Tevin Campbell Fingerstyle Guitar Cover)
Can we talk, for a minute Girl I want to know your name A while ago last summer, my good friends in Sunny & The Black Pack covered this old […]
Mandy Moore and Shane West stole my tween heart at her Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony
“Welcome to the Mandy Moore roast session,” writer and director Dan Fogelman said at Mandy Moore’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony Monday morning. Moore was inducted into the Hollywood Walk […]
“Stay With Me” (Sam Smith Cover by Garth Garcia & Rachel Ann Cauilan)
Garth Garcia and I performed a little last-minute rendition of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” for Shekinah’s 25th birthday in Cerritos, CA earlier this March. We had all met through […]
I’m Stuck, Babe
What heavy emotions, heavy mess, and heavy headaches I’ve had this past February. Transitions are hard. Adulting is weird. Moving from place to place is stressful. This past month caused […]
I Swear This Is The “Last One” (The Aces Cover)
“You’ve kept me sleepless every night, I swear this is the last one Tryin’ to brush you off but you keep stumblin’ into my songs … I don’t need another […]
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