A Lisa Johnson Mandell / Tandy Culpepper TV Review: Masters of the Air &Baby Reindeer
In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Tandy Culpepper welcomes Critics Choice Association member Lisa Johnson Mandell to begin a regular series of TV reviews….
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Tandy Culpepper Reviews Aussie Series Territory: A Western For Fans Of Cattle And Cowboys
Welcome to the Down Under western that technically isn’t a western since it takes place in the northern reaches of Australia’s Northern Territory. The new…
Tandy Culpepper Reviews The Diplomat — Debora Cahn Serves Up An All Hands On Deck Thriller In Season Two
One of the best TV series to hit the small screen in the last two years is Netflix’s drama The Diplomat. Led by the always…
Tandy Culpepper Reviews Fight Night –Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, and Samuel L. Jackson Score a Knockout in Fight Night
Shaye Obgonna’s limited series Fright Night: The Million Dollar Heist is adapted from a 2020 podcast by the same. This fictional account of a factual…
Tandy Culpepper Talks With Journo William Keck About His Hollywood Memoir, When You Step Upon A Star
William Keck is a veteran entertainment journalist who has seen it all – not necessarily by invitation – and who has interviewed many of the…
Tandy Culpepper Talks with Author Laurence Leamer about His Book Capote’s Women as well as the TV Adaptation Capote vs. the Swans
Before Laurence Leamer became a best-selling author of nonfiction books, he wore many hats in widely divergent locales. Journalist in Iowa and at Newsweek. A…
Tandy Culpepper Talks with Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book Masters of the Air and the TV Miniseries Adaptation of It
To say that Donald L. Miller is a brilliant academic is the under-statement of all understatements. The John Henry McCracken Professor emeritus at Pennsylvania’s Lafayette…
Tandy Culpepper Talks to the “Queen of the Hollywood Press Junket,” Reba Merrill, About Big News Regarding the Oscar Folks
Reba Merrill is an author, lecturer, and broadcast journalist. Reba and I crossed paths several decades back when I was host of a TV show…