J.P. Devine
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J.P. Devine: Because my daughter says so
We’re at war and should be dressing the part, J.P. Devine writes.
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‘The Crown’ makes disappointing casting changes in Season 5
It’s back, and we’re happy to seek out those calmer seas, gorgeous settings and new handsome royals from the past. Well, it’s back, but the wrinkles and sags are showing. It happens to the best of us. “The Crown,” with its four seasons of civility, gorgeous cinematography, splendid words and fussy decor are there, but […]
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Hilary Swank hits the small screen in ‘Alaska Daily’
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is back, on a much smaller screen, but we have missed her and we’ll take her, no matter the size on the tube. Here is our Hilary in Tom McCarthy’s (“The Station Agent,” “Spotlight”) as Eileen Fitzgerald, an Irish-American newspaper reporter. Irish she is, with a sheet-metal attitude, a dockworker’s mouth, […]
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‘1883’ action first rate, powerful
Writer/director Taylor Sheridan has been on fire the last few years. He worked his way up from a small parts actor in shows like “Sons of Anarchy” to screenwriter and creator to hit shows like “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Yellowstone”. And in the year of flying Spiderman and buckets of sitcoms and rom coms and […]
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J.P. Devine: Music to dance by
Throughout the years, Kay Devine has always been there for J.P. and others to help them with their ‘lines,’ and it’s those memories that has J.P. thinking of dancing with She.
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J.P. Devine: Finishing the face
A painting J.P. Devine made nearly two decades ago may soon get a face touch-up as he ponders the unfinished business we put off for “later.”
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‘Being the Ricardos’ not very exciting, but yours to judge
It’s not that I didn’t “Love Lucy,” I didn’t know Lucy. I never saw the show when it began. The show debuted in 1951, and was a big hit and ran until 1957. I wasn’t watching television in those days. I went from Air Force basic training in the Texas desert to Korea/Japan, with no […]