Book Review: ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Don’t let the title fool you. This book is far more interesting than its name and title gives on. At first, the idea of a woman having seven husbands just […]
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Book Review: ‘Crying In H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner
I interviewed Michelle years ago when she was releasing her next album after Psychopomp, and she said that she wanted to travel to Korea and write a book someday… and […]
Book Review: ‘Yellowface’ by R.F. Kuang
Ahh, a Reese’s Book Club pick! Here I am in the middle of filming season two of The Pitt, and I’m looking for another book to read on set. I’ve […]
Book Review: ‘Stay True’ by Hua Hsu
I picked up this book about two weeks ago when I saw it on display during a trip home to the Bay for Mother’s Day. It was showcased as one […]
Re: How craving attention makes you less creative, by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I stumbled on Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s TED Talk from 2019 earlier this week, and couldn’t help but feel compelled to share it. “If your creativity is driven by a desire to […]
‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series World Premiere: Here Are My Thoughts
It’s the start of a new year and the post-holiday slump is in full force (safe to say, most of us are still dragging our feet as we get back […]
How I cope with social media as someone who is always on it, but has boundaries
A series in: I am no expert, but here’s what I know. As someone who constantly engages with social media, for personal or work, there’s been a great deal of distance […]
Give Mandy Moore’s Penultimate Moment as Rebecca Pearson in ‘This Is Us’ an Emmy
We look to characters and music and art for reflections of ourselves. I meant to share this weeks ago when This Is Us ended, but I just now have a […]
‘How Music Can Make You Better’ Book Review: A fascinating look into how Music and the Mind intersect
How Music Can Make You Better by Indre ViskontasMy rating: 4 of 5 stars I just finished reading this fantastic little 100-pager in one-sitting and absolutely loved it. It’s an […]
‘Like a Rolling Stone’ documentary shows how Ben Fong-Torres was more than ‘Almost Famous’
That man is Ben Fong-Torres, and upon first look, seeing an Asian American kid writing bylines and headlines in the early heyday of Rolling Stone comes as quite a shock. […]
Miley Cyrus is the icon of our generation: “Doll Parts,” Plastic Hearts and being wise beyond her years
For those of you who know me, I am an avid (and shameless) fan of Miley Cyrus. I’ve been on a Miley spiral for the past few days and can’t […]
Thoughts I Had While Watching Seven Seasons of ‘Gilmore Girls’ for the First Time, Ever
Call me late to the game, but I have joined the world of Stars Hollow and fallen in love with the girls we know as the Gilmore Girls, twenty years after […]
‘A Thousand Cuts’ Review: Alarming documentary reveals Maria Ressa’s fight for press freedom in the Philippines
In a country embattled with an authoritarian president, Ramona S. Diaz’s documentary shows how an attack on press freedom and weaponized social media can turn a nation in favor of […]
‘The Last of Us: Part 2’ Review: A dark and emotionally brutal masterpiece of a game
All I could say by the end of The Last of Us: Part II was, “Wow. My heart hurts so much right now.” Touted as a tale of revenge, the game incurs conflicted […]
‘Birds of Prey’ Review: Margot Robbie fantabulously emancipates Harley Quinn from the Joker, and she shines
They say to make a good story, you have to start from the beginning. Birds of Prey, the dazzling, female-fronted action epic about the super-heroine sidekick with no real superpowers […]
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