Author: JoePuccio

Preteen Actor/Singer Madison Baez Is Proving To Be The ‘Right One’

Possessing the poise and pluck of somebody twice her age, Madison Taylor Baez has quickly become one of Hollywood’s most esteemed and elite talents.

Fresh off of her commanding lead role in Showtime’s Let The Right One In, a television adaptation based on both John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel as well as two feature films (the latter titled Let Me In), Baez definitively established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the horror genre – a field in which the actress admittedly isn’t particularly keen on.

‘Fabulous’ Wrestling Great Rougeau Looks To The Future

For many fans of the sport, the mid-to-late 1980s through the early 1990s are deemed to be the glory years of professional wrestling. Compelling storylines (think the Hulk Hogan/Randy “Macho Man” Savage/Elizabeth love triangle and Shawn Michaels attacking longtime partner Marty Jannetty on Brutus Beefcake’s “Barber Shop”), celebrity crossovers (consider The A-Team muscle Mr. T […]

Wrestling with Country Music and Baseball: “Mat Memories” is a Home Run

Had he continued on his ill-advised foray into becoming a professional wrestler, the Sultan of Schizophrenia would have been an appropriate moniker for John Arezzi. By his own admission, Arezzi’s life has been a frenetic whirlwind of undeniable success, unavoidable obstacles, and missed opportunities, with a sprinkling of well-deserved, old-fashioned, luck for good measure. But […]

‘Mr. Belvedere’ – A Depiction of the Good Life

Streaks on the china, never mattered before, who cared?When you drop kicked your jacket, as you came through the door, no one glared,But sometimes things get turned around and no one’s spared,All hands look out below, there’s a change in the status quo,We’re gonna need all the help that we can get,According to our new […]

From Football To ‘Chico’ – Wrestling Legend Santana Shares His Story

Billed from the nonexistent town of Tocula, Mexico throughout his illustrious career, Tito Santana, one of the most technically sound and respected professional wrestlers of the 1980s through the early ‘90s, was actually born and raised in Mission, Texas, before gaining worldwide fame inside the squared circle. “Vince (McMahon, owner of the then-World Wrestling Federation, […]

RATT ‘Back For More’ In New York

Sleaze rock veterans RATT scurried into Long Island, N.Y.’s Paramount on Thursday, December 19, as part of their In Your Direction tour, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the group’s seminal offering, Out of the Cellar. The rodent-branded quintet, led by gravelly-voiced front man Stephen Pearcy, barreled through a brisk, hits-heavy set that leaned considerably on tracks […]

‘Rockin’ the Paradise’ – Styx is Stellar in New York

When veteran artists produce new music, it tends to be a precarious endeavor. While diehard fanatics of still-active classic bands of the 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond, such as the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, and Cheap Trick, will usually seek out any and every release of their favorite acts, the vast majority of casual […]