Michele Wojciechowski
Esquire
Baltimore, MD, United States
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Lou Diamond Phillips Has Worked His Whole Life to Play a Filipino-American Character
The actor, director, and writer had to take matters into his own hands to play someone with his background. → Read More
Insomnia Solutions: Here Are The Weird Ones You Need To Know About
If you're dealing with insomnia, these 'weird'solutions/tricks might just help you get some much-needed sleep. → Read More
All in the Family and The Jeffersons Are Back on TV—for One Night Only
Norman Lear and Woody Harrelson on their live TV special, a collaboration with Jimmy Kimmel that enlisted a cadre of big-name stars to recreate two of Lear’s best-loved socially relevant 70s series. → Read More
NOBC Wants More Nurses Serving on Boards: Here’s Why
In 2017, the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) was founded with the mission “to improve health in communities across the nation through the service of nurses on all types of boards. Laurie Benson, BSN, Executive Director of NOBC says that “The vision of NOBC was created in direct response to The Institute of Medicine’s 2011 … → Read More
Na-Nu, Na-Nu! Remembering Mork & Mindy 40 Years Later
On February 28, 1975, the character Mork from Ork first appeared on our TV screens in an episode of Happy Days, and a TV icon and movie star’s career was launched. In September 1978, Mork debuted in his own show, which you may remember as Mork & Mindy, starring Robin Williams and Pam Dawber.In the mid-1970s, [...] → Read More
5 Fun Facts About the Movie Groundhog Day
On this day, 25 years ago, the classic movie, Groundhog Day was released.That’s right; hard to believe, but this comic romp of a flick, which depicts a man living one day over and over and over again until he “gets it right,” is 25 years old.Since we’ve all seen this movie over and over and over again… [...] → Read More
Why Even Simpsons Fans Should Have a Problem with Apu
Comedian Hari Kondabolu on his thought-provoking documentary, which examines the troubling life and legacy of Hank Azaria’s Simpsons staple. → Read More
How The Princess Bride Built Film’s Most Beloved Sword Fight
Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, and Mandy Patinkin on what it really took to create the greatest sword fight of modern times—30 years later. → Read More
Gotham’s Cory Michael Smith on Playing the Riddler
He’s tried to kill his best friend—more than once. He killed his girlfriend’s lover and then he accidentally killed her while professing his love. And he drives everyone crazy with his riddles.Oh yeah, and he seems to have lost his mind.He’s the Riddler, played by Cory Michael Smith on Fox’s Gotham. At the end of [...] → Read More
SiriusXM Host John Fugelsang to Co-Host Page Six TV Show
John Fugelsang, comedian and SiriusXM Radio host of the popular comedy/politics talk show Tell Me Everything, will add another gig to his busy schedule: Host of Page Six TV, a new show starting this fall season.Fugelsang says that the show is based on the Page Six column in the New York Post, and it will cover [...] → Read More
Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Andre Braugher on Comedy, Drama, and Homicide: Life on the Street
When Parks and Recreation creator Mike Schur and writer Dan Goor wanted to talk with Andre Braugher about portraying Captain Ray Holt on the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Braugher admits that he was a bit curious.No wonder. Braugher had never been in a TV sitcom before. His roles tended to be dramatic, dark and serious. Definitely [...] → Read More
Peter Sellers Brings Non-Stop Laughs in The Pink Panther Film Collection
Anytime someone mentions The Pink Panther, can’t you immediately hear the classic theme song in your head and even chuckle when you think of the late Peter Sellers portraying the bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau?Sellers, who was known for his hilarious comic ability—with both physical and verbal comedy—was born into a prominent acting family in 1925 [...] → Read More
Parade Exclusive: Did Mike Rowe’s Mom Get Him a Facebook TV Show?
Let’s face it: Most moms love to brag about their kids and will do just about anything to help them succeed. But Mike Rowe’s mom, Peggy Rowe, may have done the impossible: according to Mike, she may have gotten him the first Facebook TV Show.“Why did Facebook come to me first to do a show? [...] → Read More
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Celebrates 35th Anniversary by Returning to the Big Screen
On August 13, 1982, American audiences were introduced to a teen comedy that would go down in history when Fast Times at Ridgemont High hit theaters. Written by Cameron Crowe (well-known as a rock journalist who went undercover for a year at Clairemont High School to write the 1981 book of the same name) and [...] → Read More
Carl Reiner is Too Busy to Die and Talks About It On HBO
Do you know the story about how a newspaper accidentally wrote an obituary about humorist and author Mark Twain? The problem with that was he was still very much alive and kicking. This led to his famous quote, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”Something similar happened to comedy icon Carl Reiner. When he sat [...] → Read More
Carol Kane of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: How She Broke Into Comedy With Gene Wilder
When you think of actress Carol Kane, you probably associate her most with comedy. Over the years, she has racked up tons of comedic credits in everything from Taxi and The Princess Bride to Scrooged and her most recent Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.But Kane not only got her start in drama, she was even [...] → Read More
Ralph Macchio on Being Part of The Outsiders and HBO’s The Deuce
Before actor Ralph Macchio became known to the world as Daniel in The Karate Kid, he played an abused, broken down greaser from the wrong side of the tracks named Johnny Cade in Francis Ford Coppola’s movie homage to the literary hit The Outsiders by author S.E. Hinton. In celebration of the book’s 50th anniversary, Macchio took [...] → Read More
The U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association Continues to Kick Grass
In 1992, some cut-ups in Illinois formed a sanctioning body, the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association, which crowned a national champion after its first race Labor Day weekend. (At the time, Parade tagged lawn mower racing as the “worst new sport” in our 1992 Best and Worst issue.)Twenty-five years later, the USLMRA is still going strong. And [...] → Read More
The Cast of The Outsiders: Where Are They Now?
It was 1967 when 17-year-old Oklahoma teenager S.E. Hinton published The Outsiders, a book about the hurts and dreams shared by two groups of high school kids who grew up on opposite sides of the tracks. The book spoke to teenagers worldwide and 16 years later was made into a Francis Ford Coppola-directed movie that introduced the [...] → Read More
Just Kidding: The Origins of April Fools’ Day
I admit it—I don’t like April Fools’ Day.How is it possible for someone who loves humor and comedy so much to not like a day that is supposed to be dedicated to it?The answer’s simple—I don’t like pranks.When I had April Fools’ Day jokes played on me, they always had a scary element. Like in [...] → Read More