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TGATP 2010 Oscar Predictions TGATP 2010 Oscar Predictions

Movies have always been a major Love in my Life as I am fortunate enough to a Mom who exposed me to every genre.  When I was a child, my Mom and I would spent …

TGATP’s Take On for 3/07/10 TGATP’s Take On for 3/07/10

Linda Holmes of NPR, James Poniewozik of Time Magazine (he’s probably just pissed he got such a Cod-awful last name!) and Alan Sepinwall of NJ.com (who the Yahoo TV Blog dubbed a “respected TV critic” …

TGATP’s Take On for 2/26/10 TGATP’s Take On for 2/26/10

Bauer Griffin.com/Us Magazine
By February, I am deep into hibernation mode and actively wishing for the winter weather to make a hasty exit!  This past week’s storms has made me remain for the most part That …

TGATP’s Take On for 2/20/10 TGATP’s Take On for 2/20/10

First off, I hope you like the new look of the site.  In the words of the great Walter Colton “Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill …

TGATP Hot and Not List for 2/15/10 TGATP Hot and Not List for 2/15/10

Janice Combs
HOT:   Janice Combs (a.k.a P-Diddy’s mom) in the front row at Dennis Basso.  She looked absolutely amazing!  And Anna Wintour’s running exit with four assistants at her heels from the same show.  How divalicious …

Jezebel libels TGATP and makes much ado about nothing! Jezebel libels TGATP and makes much ado about nothing!

First a creepy stalker, now the first libelous statements against me; I truly feel like a celebrity abet without the money!  (I now know, how the Brangelina feel with these publications just making up stories!)
Yesterday, …

What’s wrong with this picture? What’s wrong with this picture?

Vanity Fair is, and always has been, my very favorite magazine.  But it is totally unacceptable that in this era of Obama (and in Black History Month, for Christsakes!) the magazine would publish a supposed …

TGATP’s Take On 1-22-10 TGATP’s Take On 1-22-10

If the measure of one’s success can be weighed by the number of wackjobs that start coming out of the woodwork, then That Girl At The Party has truly arrived!  After months of dealing with …

Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!

In honor of Martin Luther King’ Jr.’s birthday, TGATP reprints his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Happy Birthday, Dr. King!  We owe you so very much!
Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream Speech
August 28, …

Re: Is ABC’s The Bachelor/Bachelorette Racist? Re:  Is ABC’s The Bachelor/Bachelorette Racist?

The Huffington Post posed the question “Is The Bachelor/Bachelorette racist?” The more relevant question is “Is American television and media, as a whole, racist?” to which, the answer is emphatically, “YES!”  As a TV Producer, …

TGATP’s Take On 1/12/10 TGATP’s Take On 1/12/10

First, the state of the nation.  Yes, I want health care but it’s all about JOBS!  If the Obama administration is serious about job creation,  they need to place a tax and/or tariff on all …

TGATP Best of 2009 (Part 2) TGATP Best of 2009 (Part 2)

Best Film Premieres

It’s Complicated – Movie screening done right.  Guests given popcorn and bevies upon entry to the theater then bussed to a beautiful and very exclusive (no crashers allowed entry!) dinner party at the …

TGATP Best of 2009 Events (Part 1) TGATP Best of 2009 Events (Part 1)

TGATP Best of 2009 Events
With the launch of TGATP in the summer of 2009, we attended hundreds of fabulous fetes!  While there were a few major missteps due to bad organization or egomaniacal promoters (see …

TGATP’s Take On 12/21/09 TGATP’s Take On 12/21/09

Woods Family Christmas Card
Oh Tiger, Tiger, Lie-ger! WTF were you thinking?  Just how stupid can one person be? Tiger Woods has to be the stupidest flippin’ idiot to ever pass through the hallowed halls of …

20 Questions with Jamie McLean 20 Questions with Jamie McLean

From Madison Square Garden to Bonnaroo to Japan’s Fuji Rock, Jamie McLean’s musical footprint has marked every corner of the globe. Performing alongside musical icons such as Elvis Costello, Widespread Panic, and Dave Matthews, he …

TGATP’s Take On 11/28/09 TGATP’s Take On 11/28/09

The Documentary Category of the Oscars is a hot mess and not at all relevant!  Over the past years there have been scores of films that should’ve WON this category that didn’t even get NOMINATED!  …

TGATP’s Take On 11/6/09 TGATP’s Take On 11/6/09

My shero and TGATP gal of the week is Rhianna for displaying the courage to speak out about what happened to her.  When the incident first occurred, I was furious with her for not being …

TGATP’s Take On 10/30/09 TGATP’s Take On 10/30/09

Picture Courtesy of Monica Szczupider for National Geographic
As I am mad for animals (it’s a Sagittarian trait!), I positively love the story of Dorothy the chimp. When she died of congestive heart failure at …

20 Questions with Amanda Dolan! 20 Questions with Amanda Dolan!

Amanda Dolan is a NYC Mixed-Media Artist that is inspired by the everyday beauty in Life!  Her new series “Precious Things” is an ode to the small things in life that make us smile, and …

20 Questions with Marcus Goldhaber 20 Questions with Marcus Goldhaber

Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Marcus Goldhaber developed a passion for Jazz alongside a 1928 Ivers & Pond upright piano, on which his mother casually played countless standards after dinner each night.  After …

The Innocence Project Benefit The Innocence Project Benefit

Roy Brown and his fiance
Although we are dubbed the “Land of the Free”, America has the highest number of people behind bars of any country in the world.  A full 2.5 million people – which …