'IT CRUSHED ME'

Marlo Thomas, 06/28/12

Award-winning actress, author, and activist

Sometimes, we think we know someone only to be completely surprised by the things they have to say. Celebrities from Kathy Griffin to Suze Orman and Tim Gunn have all opened up to me on my series, Mondays With Marlo, and shared facts that many of us never knew about them.

Lela Davidson, 06/28/12

Author and freelance journalist

If a man really moved like a male stripper in bed we'd need chiropractic care. That's if he wanted to continue amid the laughter.

David Wild, 06/28/12

TV Writer; Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone; Co-Author, 'Diary of a Player"'

I asked my closest 15,000 friends at @wildaboutmusic for their own musical rulings about today's historic decision by the Supreme Court on the Affordable Health Care Law. Here are some tuneful verdicts from the Twitterverse -- as well as some of my own majority opinions.

Annette Bourdeau, 06/28/12

Entertainment Reporter

Nobody could accuse Steven Soderbergh of falling into a rut. The man knows how to keep things fresh. While he certainly has a distinctive style, he's not afraid to throw us a curveball every now and then.

Mark Juddery, 06/28/12

Writer, commentator and film journalist

Singin' in the Rain has a few pioneering touches, but it didn't profoundly change the way that musical films were made. In fact, it was one of the last of the great musicals. That might be the secret: it was simply the pinnacle of the genre.

Tasha Gordon-Solmon, 06/28/12

Playwright

This week was, as Chris Harrison told the Potential Future Husbands, "by far the biggest week." Hometown dates were coming up and the guys were giving it their all to impress Emily.

Jon Chattman, 06/28/12

Published Author, thecheappop.com/asidesmusic.com founder, Blogger

Civil Twilight are currently on the road in support of "Holy Weather," an album that features their signature epic sound and storytelling.

Jim Luce, 06/28/12

James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation

Using visual cues from the paintings of Caravaggio, Indian filmmaker Bedabrata Pain has produced a triumphant film, Chittagong, that screened in New York last week.

David Hunt, 06/28/12

writer and musician

A couple of exuberant people who have bettered my understanding of music passed away this April. One of them I got to know well and considered a friend: the pianist and arranger George Mesterhazy.

Erica Diamond, 06/28/12

Founder and Editor-In-Chief, WomenOnTheFence.com

I have been a long-time fan of Nora Ephron's work, and today I would like to honor her by showcasing her words. A magnificent craftsman of words, she taught us much...

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy, 06/28/12

Science and Technology writer

Expressing opinion in journalism isn't a fault in itself. But the veiling of that opinion behind a supposedly right vs. wrong debate of ever-increasing decibels, over-simplifications and extreme biases is.

Sheril Antonio, 06/28/12

Associate Arts Professor, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts

This vivid and visceral film brings out the theme of racial diversity in an odd but comfortable mix of a natural yet fantastical world of a child's real-life flavored with her fantasies.

Brandon Bowlin, 06/28/12

Actor/activist, animator, publisher-thedarkroome.com

That's the mirrored dilemma facing ALL metal, grunge, and other articulations of today's hard rock, as the film A Band Called Death reveals. It began in the early '70s. It was in Detroit. It was Black.

Cathy Brooks, 06/27/12

Raconteur, rabble rouser, and genetically inclined connector

Their already sparse independent filmmaker resources were stretched, and Conn's response to Bader's comment came in the form of a pained groan; but she listened to Bader's idea -- and she liked it. One week later Conn presented Bader with a package. It was a first draft of the film.

Logan Lynn, 06/27/12

Musician, writer, and LGBT activist

This week I had the chance to catch up with the mastermind behind SSION, Cody Critcheloe. We talked about new videos, the trials of growing up queer in small towns, and what it means to "make it" in the music industry in this day and age.

R. Clifton Spargo, 06/28/12

Author/Critic

Hey, somebody's out to get us all, or maybe just to sell us out.

Allison Adato, 06/28/12

Senior Editor, People magazine

Has any screenwriter ever put more women writing on the screen than Nora Ephron? Most in Hollywood would shy from something so mundane. But Ephron, the daughter and sister of writers, never did.