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Music
Bender, Legendary Creative Soul - My Tribute from the Fan Perspective
Image courtesy of the "Bender vs Soul - Who Won?" video posted on YouTube. Alex "Bender" Buchanan was a gifted artist. Gone far too soon, word came on March 1st that Bender had passed away....
Culture of Hoops
2018 NCAA Bracketology: 3/3/18 Update
Make sure you're checking back right here on Hardwood and Hollywood in the days leading up to Selection Sunday for my Bracketology Projections. And to see how my projections stack up to other Bracketologists out...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.12: A Dark Knight: Pieces of a Broken Mirror
Gotham season 4 returned this week. The mid-season premiere was a little bland by Gotham standards, but had a solid story and some very amusing moments. An assassin named Toymaker was after Lee Thompkins. Toymaker...
Movies
Thoughts on all (some) of the ‘Best Picture’ Nominees
Every year I make it a point to try to watch all of the movies nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. It’s kind of irrational because there are plenty of movies that are...
NBA
The Florida Transplant, Dwyane Wade, and South Florida Rising
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. In what’s being all too common of a practice these days, the Miami Heat on Saturday held a pre-game ceremony to honor the victims of the massacre at Stoneman...
Television
The Flash Season 4 Review: 4.14: Subject 9
The main plot of this week’s episode of The Flash season 4 felt incredibly phoned in. But, a great subplot with Harry Wells befriending Cecile Horton slightly redeemed the episode. This week, Barry Allen tried...
Culture of Hoops
2018 NCAA Bracketology: 2/28/18 Update
Make sure you're checking back right here on Hardwood and Hollywood in the days leading up to Selection Sunday for my Bracketology Projections. And to see how my projections stack up to other Bracketologists out...
Television
iZombie Season 4 Premiere Review: 4.1: Are You Ready for Some Zombies?
iZombie season 4 premiered this week with an incredibly strong opener. The premiere explained the current world of the show so efficiently that it felt like a well-done pilot. New viewers will have an easy...
NBA
Polarizing the Crime Scene: Dallas Mavericks Late To The #MeToo Movement
Screen capture courtesy of the Dallas Mavericks/YouTube. There was a palliated musk hanging over the American Airlines Center event level on Monday afternoon. Palliate in a sense that something had been urgently bought at the...
LifeStyle
adidas Drops BOOST Light/adizero Sub2 Before Wilson Kipsang Takes Tokyo
Brought to you by our friends at adidas. One year after running the fastest marathon time ever recorded on Japanese soil, adidas athlete Wilson Kipsang returns to Tokyo with hopes of breaking his own course...
