I’m enjoying “Star City,” Apple TV’s new companion piece to “For All Mankind.” The original show was about the space race, but took place in an alternate timeline in which the USSR landed men on the moon first. Its conceit was that failing to beat the Sov... See more
A few weeks ago, after enduring 79-year-old Jimmy Webb struggling to hit the right notes in concert, I wrote a piece about how disappointing it is to see musicians and singers who continue to perform after the prime years for their vocal cords and bodies ... See more
One of the things I like about John Carney movies (“Once,” “Sing Street,” “Begin Again”) is that he is always rooting for the underdog with a sense of warmth that runs through his stories and characters. Now he’s back with another story about people tryin... See more
Yesterday, I wrote about methods that mentalist Oz Pearlman has been using during his many media appearances this year to sell his book — and about the skeptic who has debunked the deception behind the deception. Here’s something I have to add: I’m not a ... See more
Reader John Burbage emails: I wrote you once about Kreskin and kind of thought after he faded and then passed away we would be done with “mentalism” and could move on to just magicians being magicians. But no, it seems we now have Oz Pearlman who seems to... See more
