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Adventures in Caregiving: Taking Mom and Dad to the Movies

Posted on 02/5/2013 by | Multigenerational & Family Issues | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | RelationshipsDue to Mom and Dad’s health issues, it’s been a very long time since I’ve attempted taking them to a movie. Nevertheless, fortified by Danielle, our live-in caregiver, and my boyfriend, Bill, I recently decided to try taking them to see, “Lincoln.” Here’s how we pulled it off … and the emotional roller coaster that ensued for me. We chose an early Tuesday evening when there wouldn’t be crowds (matinees are great too.) We arrived at the movie theater late, …

Family-Friendly Apps at CES 2013

Posted on 01/11/2013 by | Multigenerational & Family Issues | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | Relationships | Technology | Your LifeI’m fired up about some of the family-friendly apps I discovered at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)! My goal was to find tech products that are user-friendly, help us enjoy and manage our lives, enhance our families and connect us. Here are two I’ve fallen in love with: Magisto: If you’re like me, you have a string of videos in your phone, computer, tablet or other device. You love capturing these moments, but once taken they just sit there. Here’s …

Charles Durning: 5 Facts About the Consummate Character Actor

Posted on 12/26/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyYou might remember Charles Durning as the crooked Lt. Snyder in the classic 1973 film The Sting, or as the World War II Medal of Honor winner who confesses to killing his best friend in a 2004 episode of the hit TV series NCIS. Or you might recall him as the U.S. President that a renegade Air Force General (portrayed by Burt Lancaster) tries to force to release a scandalous secret document in the 1977 movie thriller Twilight’s Last Gleaming. Or …

Jack Klugman: 5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Him

Posted on 12/25/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyJack Klugman wasn’t the handsomest actor in Hollywood, nor the most dashing. But as producer Garry Marshall once noted: “He had what you need more than anything else in television — likability. Audiences would want Jack Klugman to walk into their living rooms once a week.” That ability to connect with audiences on the most basic human level made Klugman, who died on Dec. 24 at age 90 in Los Angeles, into one of TV’s biggest stars of the 1970s …

‘Homeland’ Finale – Mental Illness as Superpower

Posted on 12/12/2012 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Entertainment | Personal HealthThe season finale Sunday of Homeland marks the climax of a trifecta of sorts. The Showtime spy thriller is joined by a nearly surefire Oscar nominee for Best Picture (Silver Linings Playbook) and one of the best-reviewed Broadway musicals of recent years (Next to Normal) — completing a trio of powerful genre-busting works of art in which bipolar disorder drives the plot and is at the heart of the main character’s identity. So what does this mean for the rest …

‘Amour’ Takes Top Prize from L.A. Film Critics

Posted on 12/10/2012 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | EntertainmentBy David Germain, Movie Writer, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The French-language drama “Amour” was chosen as the year’s best film Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, whose prizes are among a flurry of year-end honors that help sort out the Academy Awards race. Among the group’s other honors, the 1950s cult drama “The Master” earned four awards: best director for Paul Thomas Anderson, best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, supporting actress for Amy Adams and production …

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