About 7 months ago, Daily Helping reported on the Coen Brothers upcoming western,  “True Grit.”  Immediately one envisions the fat, one-eyed icon made famous by John Wayne, in the sunset of his career.  This won’t be a remake of the Duke’s classic, for the Coens are looking to stick to the original novel which has [...]

As reported here back in March, Joel and Ethan Coen were planning to make a film based on the book, “True Grit” by Charles Portis. Those that are expecting a rehash of the John Wayne/Glen Campbell movie will be disappointed, for the book was quite a bit different than the movie.  As usual, the cast [...]

The Daily Helping is proud to present our personal favorites for the past ten years.  Now please note that this in no way implies that these are the best artistic efforts for the decade. That’s a bit pretentious.  Instead these are personal favorites that speak to a particular taste.
If you’ve taken the time to put [...]

“Up in the Air,” starring George Clooney as a man who flies about the country firing  people for a living, nabbed six Golden Globe nominations on Tuesday, including best drama.
“Up in the Air” had the most nominations this year,  followed by the musical “Nine,” with five, including top musical or comedy.  The recently released science-fiction [...]

Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman have re-united to create what many consider an Oscar caliber production.  Considering past pairings either as co-actors and director and actor, the two have “The Unforgiven” and “Million Dollar Baby” to their credit. What’s next?
“Invictcus“. It’s a movie you’re going to hear a lot about, and for good reason. There [...]

Viral marketing be it for a film, beauty product or charity may be overtly manipulative but that doesn’t mean it can’t be entertaining.  Places like YouTube, Twitter and the web’s plethora of gossip sites are great launching pads for these creative vehicles that are anonymous and compelling and downloaded a million times before lunch.  What [...]

My fear is that I’m going to turn this blog into a YouTube portal.   The best thing to do under the circumstances is attempt to be selective in what I provide and hope for the best.
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I love impersonators.
Not all impersonators;  but really original performers who may not even be professionals. Their subjects are sometimes obscure [...]