After 24 months of perpetuating a weird hoax, Casey Affleck (Oceans 11 & 12, “Gone Baby Gone“)has come clean to no less than the New York Time that his recently released documentary “I’m Still Here” was a work of calculated fiction.  The very talented actor Joaquin Phoenix (“Gladiator”, “Walk the Line”)devoted two solid years to [...]

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This is another of those terrific wedding reception videos that has gone viral quite quickly because of the awwww factor. DailyHelping isn’t above sharing something special from the web.  We may not show smoking toddlers or brutal skateboard falls, but videos like this one are really fun to share. Broadway performer Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted to [...]

Russian photographic artist, Irina Davis has put together a stunning portfolio that speaks to what the artist considers  a “missing” aspect of Russian popular culture.  The Pin-Up. The well-know American pin-up girl represented the free-spirited post war optimism that was not entirely shared by Russia during the 40′s and 50′s.  Davis has blended the typical [...]

A sad bit of news today. Standup comedian Robert Schimmel was killed late last night in a car accident. He was 60 years old. Schimmel’s spokesman, Howard Bragman, says Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital. He was a passenger Thursday in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah. Bragman says Aliyah Schimmel [...]

As many long time readers of the DailyHelping can attest, there’s no fear of recommending a film, book, album or television show that debuted long ago. As the old adage goes with respect to picking up an old newspaper…”If I haven’t seen it…it’s news to me!”. It’s with this in mind that DailyHelping climbs onto [...]

The Daily Helping is glad that it’s Friday. It’s a Friday before a three-day weekend.  That deserves a little special something and that means it’s NSFW (not safe for work).  Below is a pictorial that should get everyone’s weekend underway. Sea salt spray in the face, that tropical heat, the gentle hum of the yacht’s [...]