By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Sad news to report. Character actor Joe Santos has died today at the age of 84. Santos, is best known for playing The Rockford Files‘ Lt. Dennis Becker. According to TMZ, which first reported the death, Santos suffered a heart attack on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was […]
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PAPA: HEMINGWAY IN CUBA In Theaters April 29th – Breaking Movie News


Directed by the Producer of the Academy Awarding Winner “Crash and “The Illusionist”, “PAPA: Hemingway In Cuba” is a true story about the relationship between Miami journalist Denne Bart Petitclerc (Giovanni Ribisi) and legendary writer Ernest Hemingway (Adrian Sparks). Set during the Cuban revolution, the film co-stars Joely Richardson and Minka Kelly with a cameo […]
GET A JOB In Theaters & On Demand March 25, 2016 – Breaking Entertainment News


Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, and Bryan Cranston star in this wickedly funny comedy about making it in the real world. Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will (Teller) and Jillian (Kendrick) who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But with help from their family (Cranston), friends […]
MEN & CHICKEN In Theaters April 22, 2016 – Breaking Entertainment News


Starring: Mad Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kass, Søren Malling, Nicolas Bro Written and Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen Synopsis Men & Chicken is a darkly hilarious slapstick comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen (“Hannibal,” ingeniously cast against type) about a pair of socially-challenged siblings who discover they are adopted half-brothers in their late father’s videotaped will. […]
L.A. Law Star Larry Drake Dead at 66 – Tulsa Oklahoma Born Actor Loved By Many


By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Sad news once again to report. Veteran Actor Larry Drake, from L.A. Law fame where he played the mentally challenged Benny Stulwicz has died at the age of 66 due to undisclosed reasons. Being a Tulsa Oklahoma native since 2014, I was delighted to see Larry Drake, an actor I always […]
Investigation Discovery Revives Viewer – Favorite SERIES DISAPPEARED


Amid a call to action from viewers pressing for new episodes, Investigation Discovery is proud to announce the return of the missing persons series DISAPPEARED after more than a three-year hiatus. Produced by NBC News’ award-winning production arm Peacock Productions, each episode of this heart-wrenching series takes viewers inside the world of a family holding […]
Frank Sinatra, JR. Dead at 72: SHOCKING Cause of Death REVEALED


By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Absolutely sad news to report that conductor and singer Frank Sinatra, JR. son of the Icon Frank Sinatra, died earlier today at the age of 72 while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida. The cause of death was a massive heart attack. Facebook and other social media sources were blowing up […]
Shapeshifters: Supernatural Entities or Mental Illness?


By Kristi O’Toole When you think of shapeshifters, typically a werewolf comes to mind, at least for me it did. I say ‘did’, because once I began research for my last supernatural novel, ‘Winds of Change’, I was surprised to see the broad range covered by these mystical creatures. The idea of shapeshifting has been present […]
Radiohead: Band Announces New Dates to 2016 Tour Including Stops in New York and Los Angeles


By Kristi O’Toole Fans of Radiohead will be pleased to hear the band is making their return in a big way with a world tour. After a few years off, the British band has announced a limited run of shows it will headline including two nights at Madison Square Garden in New York, on July […]
Singer Gogi Grant Dead at 91: Made “The Wayward Wind” a Smash HIT


By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Popular female vocalist from the 50’s & 60’s Gogi Grant has died at 91. Her family announced yesterday she passed away Thursday. Her hit song “The Wayward Wind” took Elvis Presley off the top spot on the Billboard charts in the late 1950’s. “The Wayward Wind” would go on to stay […]
Beetlejuice II: Will The Ghost With The Most Make His Triumphant Return?


By Kristi O’Toole “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!” Although I know that no matter how hard I chant the name of everyone’s all time favorite ghost, Michael Keaton will not suddenly appear before me. But it certainly has never stopped me from trying. In the past week there has been a lot of speculation and rumors circulating […]
Amityville: Supernatural Horror or Hollywood Hoax?


By Kristi O’Toole We’ve all heard of the Amityville murders. On November 13, 1974, police discovered six members of the DeFeo family-father, mother and four of their five children, shot and killed execution style at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. Now no matter how you look it or what your belief is, when […]
Nancy Reagan: Popular Former First Lady Dies at 94 – CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED


By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Former First lady, actress and mother, Nancy Reagan has died today at age of 94 of congestive heart failure at her home in Los Angeles which was confirmed by her spokeswoman, Joanne Drake of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Her husband, President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) was a very popular President and […]
Loch Ness: A Whimsical Water Wonder or Perfectly Private Plesiosaur?


By Kristi O’Toole “Some people call me Nessy, some people just don’t know. Some people wait for days and days to see if I’m going to show. I’ve been around for ages, much longer than you think. But when I swim across the loch you’ll miss me if you blink.” (A child’s poem) From the […]
Joey Feek of Country Duo Joey + Rory Dead at 40


By Kristi O’Toole Award-winning country music artist Joey Martin Feek of the husband and wife singing duo Joey + Rory, has died. She was 40 years old. In a blog post on February 29th, Feek’s husband, singer and songwriter Rory Lee Feek, who had been chronicling his wife’s battle with cervical cancer in a transparent […]
Greatest Song of All Time Vol. 2: “Good Vibrations”


By Ian Murphy After the Beach Boys completely upped the ante (in response to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul) in rock composition with Pet Sounds, lead writers Brian Wilson and Mike Love wanted to push the envelope even further. The result was “Good Vibrations”, a “pocket symphony” (as it was dubbed by publicist Derek Taylor) that […]
It’s A Good Day To Be A Wildcat: High School Musical To Return For Fourth Installment


By Kristi O’Toole Disney Channel announced this afternoon that it’s bringing back the greatest musical film franchise of all time, and immediately, fans minds started racing. Given that the new movie is designed to introduce us to the “new” Wildcats and their rivalry with the West High Knights, it wouldn’t be reasonable to expect a […]
Oscar Winning Actor George Kennedy Dead at 91: Cause of Death REVEALED


By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Sad news to report today. George Kennedy who won an Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Dragline, in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke, has died at the age of 91 from a heart related condition. There are so many great roles he played over the years and he […]
Inexplicable Disappearances: Foul Play or Paranormal Phenomena III?


By Kristi O’Toole In this third and final installment of inexplicable disappearances I feel I’ve saved one of the best for last. When one person mysteriously vanishes we’re quick to lay blame on kidnapping or some fashion of foul play or simply walking away to start a new life, but when a group disappear, well […]
Tony Burton Rocky Actor Dead at 78: Boxing Society Mourns the Loss of One of Our Own


By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Photo Credit: Alberto E. Rodriquez/WireImage Tony Burton a character actor who appeared in Rocky and several of its sequels, has sadly passed at the age of 78. Burton, from Flint, Michigan, had been in and out of the hospital for the past year, but never received an official diagnosis, his younger […]
Violent Femmes: Rock Band Announces Dates for Upcoming North American Tour


By Kristi O’Toole Alternative punk veterans, Violent Femmes have announced that they will be embarking on a tour of the US this coming May. The 14 date tour will start in Salt Lake City, UT on May 2nd and will conclude in Missoula, MT on May 19th. Check out a full list of dates and […]
How Not to Start Your New Job!


By Dave Siderski I recently started a new job and I think everyone reading this can probably relate to what that experience is like. You feel completely overwhelmed but try not to let it show. My new boss gave me my first assignment on day one, whipping through the instructions with lightning speed. He then […]
Inexplicable Disappearances: Foul Play or Paranormal Phenomena II?


By Kristi O’Toole In this second part of three installments, I’m covering two more very strange and inexplicable diappearances. The first has intrigued UFO and E.T enthusiasts for decades, and rightly so. I’ve researched this story intil I was nearly sick of reading about it. Nearly. The disappearance of Frederick Valentich: Australian pilot Frederick Valentich […]