By Hilary Saunders Greg Holden sounds like he still has a little chip on his shoulder. The young British singer/songwriter has found great success in the music industry since 2012, just not in ways that he expected, or perhaps wanted. That year, a song he wrote called “Home” debuted on the American Idol season finale, as contestant Phillip Phillips used it as his “coronation … [Read more...]
2013-14 arts preview: The fall season in film
It remains hard to believe that the industry that gave us all the superhero comic book dreck that filled multiplexes this summer is the same mill that can churn out so much anticipated award fodder in the fall. But get ready for the work of such admired directors as Alexander Payne (Nebraska), Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street), David O. Russell (American Hustle) and the … [Read more...]