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Leonora Cravotta
Leonora Cravotta is Director of Operations with The American Spectator, a position she previously held at The American Conservative. She also co-hosts a show on Red State Talk Radio. She previously held marketing positions with JPMorgan Chase and TD Bank and additionally served as Director of Development for an award-winning charter school in Philadelphia. Leonora received a BA in English/French from Denison University, an MA in English from the University of Kentucky, and an MBA in Marketing from Fordham University. She writes about literature and popular culture.
by | Mar 11, 2024

The Oscars played it safe with a return engagement of Jimmy Kimmel as the master of ceremonies for the 96th Academy Awards. The jokes were plentiful, although a few were in questionable taste (such as… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Mar 1, 2024

Hitchcock’s Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director’s Dark Obsession By Laurence Leamer   (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 336 pages, $29) When I first heard about Laurence Leamer’s Hi… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access…

by | Jan 26, 2024

The American Spectator’s founder and editor-in-chief, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., suggested that I review for these pages Michael Mann’s latest film, Ferrari. Given that the film is based on Brock Yates’ … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…

by | Jan 19, 2024

Connecticut in the Movies: From Dream Houses to Dark Suburbia By Illeana Douglas (Lyons Press, 352 pages, $40) Hollywood has had a longstanding fascination with Connecticut, as evidenced by the m… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…

by | Dec 30, 2023

It is hard to believe that it has been forty years since the release of Trading Places (1983), the comedy that asks the age-old question: Does heredity or environment determine our destiny? Tradin… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…

by | Dec 18, 2023

“It’s Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive,” Miles (Jack Black) declares to Iris (Kate Winslet) in the delightful Christmas romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), wh… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…

by | Dec 9, 2023

The Warner Brothers By Chris Yogerst (University of Kentucky Press, 360 pages, $34.95) I visited Hollywood California in the summer of 2022 and shared my LA story in these pages. I toured some of… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…

by | Nov 26, 2023

Le Temps Des Combats (The Time of Battles) By Nicolas Sarkozy (Fayard, 592 pages, $43) Like clockwork, every time former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-2012) publishes a new book,  his pa… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…

by | Oct 28, 2023

Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up By Rand Paul (Regnery Publishing, 408 pages, $33) His newest book, Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up, is Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s holy grail, his quest to u… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…

by | Aug 16, 2023

Après la déconstruction: L’université au défi des idéologies By Emmanuelle Hénin, Xavier-Laurent Salvador, and Pierre-Henri Tavoillot (L’Odile Jacob, 482 pages, $43) Sixty university professors, alon… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access to quality commentary….

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