Exclusive! Cinderella’s Prince, Paolo Montalban, Reflects On The Groundbreaking Musical’s Twenty-fifth Anniversary

ABC is airing a reunion special, featuring many of the surviving cast, on August 23, followed by the first rebroadcast of the musical in over 20 years. By Michael P Coleman Once upon a time, on a chilly Sunday night in November. Disney and ABC did something that hadn’t been done in the over 350 …

Remembering Olivia Newton-John, One Of The Ones That I Wanted

By Michael P Coleman I’d like to tell you that getting older is a cake walk, but I’d be lying. One of the downsides to finding snow on the roof is starting to lose people who’ve made a difference in your life. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve weathered a handful of emotional blows …

Remembering Motown’s Lamont Dozier, and Our 2018 Conversation

The Motown songwriter and producer died earlier this week, at the age of 81. The freelance writer reflects on Dozier’s career, his 2018 interview with the icon, and shares memories from another Motown legend, Martha Reeves, about working with Dozier during Motown’s heyday. By Michael P Coleman Early this week, the entertainment world lost singer …

Losing Bill Russell, Pat Carroll, and Nichelle Nichols, All In One Day

By Michael P Coleman A little over a week ago, the rapid-fire media announcements of the passings of three entertainment industry titans, Bill Russell, Pat Carroll, and Nichelle Nichols, shook me. It has taken me days to process my thoughts about their deaths. I don’t want to date myself, but I’d not been that shocked …