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“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of the madness.” Aristotle Larry Kasanoff’s indomitable spirit has helped move society forward, as with all fearless individuals who step into the dark caverns of the unknown. They are the ones who lead us out of the proverbial cave. Kasanoff has taken risks in a town known for playing it safe. Who else could bring to the screen such varied, impactful, and iconoclastic movies as Mortal…

A RECOLLECTION AS RECOUNTED BY HER GRANDSON (My grandmother’s story below illustrates the pursuit of the American Dream in a time of deep suffering and shows how a family’s resilience and determination came to be eventually rewarded.) I was born in Germany in 1941, four years prior to the end of the Holocaust. I was a very young girl and was never to have siblings. Growing up, I did not understand why I did not…

Shari Belafonte is surely her own woman. Actor, producer, host, moderator, and voice-over artist with many stage, screen, and network, public, and cable television credits; model; singer; photographer, and advocate – she has done it all! When FVM met Shari and her husband of 34 years, actor and photographer Sam Behrens, on a perfect day at Sue Wong’s Malibu Arthaus, she cooked for us a repast fit for royalty, so small wonder when we asked…

When dear friend of FVM Global Sue Wong invited us to join her at the home of Carla and Leigh McCloskey in Malibu, known as Olandar, for a tour of their library and a meditative Sound Bath healing session, we had no idea that we were about to journey into another world of consciousness both externally and internally.  And what a journey it was! Upon entering Olandar, we were greeted warmly by the McCloskeys.  As…