Category Archives: Entertainment

Last Tango in Halifax – Series 1 – Missing Scenes (eps 4-6)

Posted on 15 October, 2013 by jlynnstapleton

As I’ve watched the first series of “Last Tango in Halifax” (UK BBC aired version plus the DVDs) enough times, I began to notice when full scenes (even if short) or parts of scenes, were dropped during the PBS airing … Continue reading →

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Bomb Girls: Taking A Glimpse Into Our Past

Posted on 22 February, 2013 by jlynnstapleton

An Interview with Co-creators Michael MacLennan & Adrienne Mitchell By J. Lynn Stapleton As the Canadian series Bomb Girls continues into its second series, I had the opportunity to interview the show’s creators and writers Michael MacLennan and Adrienne Mitchell … Continue reading →

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Bomb Girls – a Canadian gem

Posted on 7 February, 2013 by jlynnstapleton

Last year, a little Canadian 6-part miniseries, Bomb Girls aired with critical acclaim, enough so that they were given a second season with double the number of episodes. The show takes place in the 1940s during World War II, around … Continue reading →

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The Rescues: Living life and creating music on their own terms

Posted on 5 September, 2012 by jlynnstapleton

As the release of The Rescues new album, ‘Blah Blah Love and War’ nears, I had the chance to ask the band members, Adrianne Gonzalez, Gabriel Mann, Kyler England and Rob Giles, some questions this fall about how the album … Continue reading →

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‘Hospital Central’: a Spanish love affair

Posted on 23 April, 2012 by jlynnstapleton

So, in the last few weeks, I’ve been marathoning episodes of the Spanish series, “Hospital Central”, which for anyone not familiar with it, it is a prime time ensemble soap like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “ER”, set in the city of … Continue reading →

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‘Bad Girls’: A look back on some exceptional television drama

Posted on 21 February, 2012 by jlynnstapleton

Recently, I’ve felt a little nostalgic and I’ve gone back to re-watch the UK ITV1 drama, “Bad Girls” on DVD; a show which started airing in the UK in 1999. Being fortunate to have a PAL/NTSC player, I have all … Continue reading →

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“I Can’t Think Straight”: Transforming a film into a web series:

Posted on 20 December, 2011 by jlynnstapleton

An Interview with Shamim Sarif & Hanan Kattan By J. Lynn Stapleton As a lesbian in a small Canadian city, there isn’t much in the way of good lesbian-oriented films available locally on video, and even less via streaming sources … Continue reading →

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Kyler England: Creating music with an Electric Hum

Posted on 13 September, 2011 by jlynnstapleton

Interview by J. Lynn Stapleton These days, I tend to get my interest in new music by word of mouth through local friends and social media contacts, as well as finding songs and artists that I like that show up … Continue reading →

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