ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
BY JENNIFER LEFKOWITZ
Music schpeal
J. Viewz
Work In Progress
Music producer Jonathan Dagan is J. Viewz—a multi-genre project of breakbeat, electro and jazz. You may recognize his hit remix of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” from The Besides EP. A Work In Progress is a work in progress as each song is being released (happening now) at jviewz.com.
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Some Girls
Jullian
Lauren
Penguin Publishing
Jillian Lauren dropped out of New York University at age 18 and went to Singapore. First, she became ‘a party guest’ for a wealthy businessman. Then, she spent a year and a half in the harem of Prince Brunei—being one of his 40 girlfriends and receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts. Now, 36, she’s resolved, living in Los Angeles, and is wife to husband Scott Shriner, Weezer bassist, and mom to their young son. Some Girls is the memoir of her too-unbelievable-to-be-true past.
A Faithful Proposal
Alan Beck
IGO Publishing
Dissatisfaction in government inspired Alan Beck, doctor/author to write a satire about healthcare, corporate greed and religions. A Faithful Proposal is a dark humored and loony tale featuring other worlds including the World Wide Web, Prozac, Bonanza insurance companies, crusades and more eccentricities.
Flirttexting
How to text your way to his heart
Skyhorse Publishing
Debra Goldstein and Olivia Baniuszewicz
“Texting has become the new first step to dating,” say the authors of Flirttexting, a city girl’s guide to texting and flirting. Learn how to text your way to his heart. The “how to” guide includes rules, guidelines, and the do’s and don’ts of texting. Chapters include Best Possible Text (BPT), Flirtextiquette and other texting scenarios, like cheating. Think before you text.
on DVD release
Blessed Is The Match
The Life And Death Of Hannah Senesh
Docurama Films
Narrated by Academy Award winner Joan Allen, Blessed Is The Match is a documentary about the only military rescue mission for Jews in WWII. In 1944, 22-year-old Hannah Senesh parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe with a small group of Jewish volunteers from Palestine. The award-winning film follows the journey and is told through Hannah’s letters, diaries, and poems, her mother’s memoirs, and the recollections of those who knew her. The film traces her life from her early childhood in Budapest to her heroic mission to rescue Jews in Hungary. The film proves the power of hope and the significant impact one person can make for a good cause.
Jennifer Lefkowitz is a native of Memphis and graduate of Academy of Art University, Motion Pictures and Television in San Francisco, CA. Jennifer is a nationally published media writer and member of the Writers Guild of America, West. Jennifer enjoys running, Conceptual Art, and outstanding coffee. “And a good thing,” she says.
Email Jennifer (musicforafilm@aol.com) if you have questions or comments, or just want to spill your schpilkes.
