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<b>Review: Tandy Culpepper Offers Insight into Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Nicholas Kristof’s Memoir <i>Chasing Hope</i></b>

Review: Tandy Culpepper Offers Insight into Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Nicholas Kristof’s Memoir Chasing Hope

BooksDecember 11, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Veteran New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof’s memoir Chasing Hope opens in 1997 and in harrowing fashion. He’s a passenger in a small commuter plane…

<b> Tandy Culpepper Reviews <i>Lucky Loser</i>: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Reviews Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success

BooksNovember 28, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Since Donald Trump picked up the keys to the White House nine years back, he has become the subject of a plethora of books written…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Reviews<i>War</i>: Veteran Journalist Bob Woodward’s Deep Dive Into Biden, Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu</b>

Tandy Culpepper ReviewsWar: Veteran Journalist Bob Woodward’s Deep Dive Into Biden, Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu

BooksNovember 26, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

War, veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s reportorial narrative nonfiction book, takes readers behind the scenes for an insider’s look at conflicts on three fronts: Russia’s invasion…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Reviews Aussie Series <i>Territory</i>: A Western For Fans Of Cattle And Cowboys</b>

Tandy Culpepper Reviews Aussie Series Territory: A Western For Fans Of Cattle And Cowboys

TVNovember 25, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Welcome to the Down Under western that technically isn’t a western since it takes place in the northern reaches of Australia’s Northern Territory. The new…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Reviews <i>The Diplomat</I> — Debora Cahn Serves Up An All Hands On Deck Thriller In Season Two </b>

Tandy Culpepper Reviews The Diplomat — Debora Cahn Serves Up An All Hands On Deck Thriller In Season Two

TVNovember 21, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

One of the best TV series to hit the small screen in the last two years is Netflix’s drama The Diplomat. Led by the always…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Reviews <i>Fight Night</I> –Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, and Samuel L. Jackson Score a Knockout in <i>Fight Night</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Reviews Fight Night –Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, and Samuel L. Jackson Score a Knockout in Fight Night

TVNovember 20, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Shaye Obgonna’s limited series Fright Night: The Million Dollar Heist is adapted from a 2020 podcast by the same. This fictional account of a factual…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Aerial Cinematographer Dylan Goss About Capturing Stunning Bird’s Eye View Visuals That Make Movie Magic</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Aerial Cinematographer Dylan Goss About Capturing Stunning Bird’s Eye View Visuals That Make Movie Magic

FilmSeptember 5, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Dune. The Fall Guy. Matrix Resurrections. Those are just three of the many movies that benefited from the filmmaking skills of aerial cinematographer Dylan Goss….

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Environmental Activist Craig Rosebraugh about His Book <i>Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. The Earth Liberation Front</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Environmental Activist Craig Rosebraugh about His Book Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. The Earth Liberation Front

BooksAugust 29, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

There are climate and environmental activists. And then there are people like Craig Rosebraugh. At the turn of the century, the Portland, Oregon, native was…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Veteran Entertainment Journo Steve Kmetko About His New Podcast <i>StIll Here Hollywood</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Veteran Entertainment Journo Steve Kmetko About His New Podcast StIll Here Hollywood

NewsmakersAugust 5, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

In the nineties and early aughts, Steve Kmetko was arguably the preeminent entertainment reporter in Hollywood. Upon arriving in Los Angeles in the eighties, he…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP <i>Ride or Die</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP Ride or Die

UncategorizedJuly 24, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Country music singer-songwriter James Robert Webb is a man on the rise. In 2022 Nashville’s Music Row Magazine named him Country Breakout Awards’ Independent Artist…

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