Baristas, gargoyles, and beautiful blooms … #ladygaga #oscars2022

I’m such a dork but it brings me great pleasure to have one of my tweets quoted in a silly pop culture piece like this: https://uproxx.com/media/lady-gaga-switched-baristas-avoid-caitlyn-jenner-malibu-starbucks/ 😅 It took me about a month, but all of my mom Susie Sexton’s writing is now in one place: https://misunderstoodgargoyles.com! I told you she was prolific, and I’m […]

#LadyGaga liked my tweet … #vote!

My social media life is complete. This “trumps” (pun intended) when Cosmo quoted my musings on Jason Momoa. While I’m riding this high … and being followed by an army of her “little monsters,” here are my glowing reviews of A Star Is Born and her ArtRave tour. I’ll be passed out in the corner […]

“These are your ghosts. Not mine.” King Richard, Belfast, and House of Gucci

The world has been so upside down for so long that it’s hard to reconcile what “normal” even is anymore … if there ever was a “normal” in the first place. For my family, Thanksgiving wasn’t really much about turkey (vegetarianism tends to hamper the typical American holiday diet) or large gatherings (if you met […]

#Oscars 2023 in memes

Loved EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE about the 2023 Oscars. My posts through the night …

“I just don’t want to lose the part of me that is, you know, talented.” A Star Is Born (2018)

I wasn’t certain the world needed another version of A Star Is Born: 1937 – Janet Gaynor and Fredric March; 1954 – Judy Garland and James Mason; 1976 – Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson; and now 2018 – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. And we nearly had a version starring Beyonce and directed by (shudder) […]

Rock-n-roll all nite … and PART of every day. KISS’ “End of the Road” tour at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena

When you have a dear friend who is absolutely gaga for a musical group, you go to a concert with him. Part of the joy is watching him share something that means so much. Now, I admit I am not your typical KISS concert-goer. Furthermore, I should note that as a child wandering through record […]

“It’s called karma … and it’s pronounced ‘ha!'” Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Is it fashionable to hate Mamma Mia!, the international ABBA-stage musical sensation that was parlayed into the biggest box office film-musical of all time ten (!) years ago, starring Meryl Streep? Seems that way. Maybe it’s misogyny or sour grapes or a general critical agnosticism toward anything big, silly, and fun. Maybe people don’t want […]

#CarpoolKaraoke: “Lights, Camera, Cure!” edition

Enjoy our version of #CarpoolKaraoke for #LightsCameraCure. In part one, my carpool buddies Bethany Basanese​, Aimee Chapman​, and I take on #JustinTimberlake, #MoonRiver, #CelineDion, and #Detroit’s own #Eminem. Thanks to Lia De Biasi​, our director, for figuring how the tech on this and to our cabaret queen Denise Isenberg Staffeld​ for the idea! 🎶 Video: […]

‘Lights. Camera. Cure.’ Theatrical Event Raises Over $20,000 For American Cancer Society Relay For Life

Originally published by Encore Michigan and BroadwayWorld … Photo Credit: Lia DeBiasi [More photos here.] Lights. Camera. Cure. – a special theatrical event held on Wednesday, February 6, that featured classic film hits as sung by local performers at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill – was a sell-out success with a capacity crowd of […]