I’ve never been able to get into wrestling, much as I love all sports. And no, I’m not talking about the likes of WWE, which as we know is scripted performance art that emphasizes the E, “entertainment” way more than the second “W”. I’m talking about rassling, as the quiet, socially awkward dude who was … Read more
I’ve had better weeks, thank you, but I did vow to keep my personal bitching to a minimum. I developed a separate site for such content, and moved a great deal of what used to be contained here over there. This morning, I was prompted to pour out my frustration by a series of events … Read more
It’s been a really tough week, and it is in this safe space that I will admit to those of you willing to read this exactly how much so. I own up to the fact that much of the pain and suffering I endure are through a series of poor choices I have made throughout … Read more
This should have been a piece that ran Friday, in advance of the premiere of CBS and Sony’s new game show RAID THE CAGE. Well, actually, it’s only new in the U.S. As The NEW YORK POST’s Michael Starr reminded, it’s already been established in plenty of other territories around the globe: It’s based on … Read more
Like so many American Jews, the images that played through my news and social media feeds yesterday were both sobering and disturbing. On the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Yom Kippur war–on a Shabbat, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah–we saw the news of Hamas’ attack on Israel. As of this writing, … Read more
NOTE: This post is running concurrently today on our sister site, WWW.LEBLANGUAGE.NET. Please visit it for daily updates on media, politics and life. You’d be hard pressed not to find someone not in a reflective mood today. 9/11 has brought out those kinds of emotions now for 22 years, which means that this year’s college … Read more
On a day that was fraught with emotion for me on many levels, to top it all off, I had to see headline after headline about yet another so-called “nice guy” being publicly exposed for being far less nice in private than he was in public. As DECIDER’s Greta Bjornson reported: Jimmy Fallon has been accused … Read more
TO: KAMALA HARRIS, VICE PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FR: STEVE LEBLANG, MEDIA CONSULTANT RE: A CRISIS IN YOUR HOMETOWN Dear Madame Vice President: Forgive if you can my boldness and directness, but considering a day doesn’t go by when you or one of your colleagues sends me several e-mails asking for my money to … Read more
I’m hardly an expert on the current or even the historic state of equal rights, but I have been around enough to know how important and impactful an action that took place 60 years ago today was. As THE GUARDIAN’s David Smith recalled: The original March on Washington took place on 28 August 1963, a hundred years … Read more
Did you ever one of THOSE days? You know I’ve had more than my fair share of late. Yesterday was particularly distressing, one that I felt was needing of a primal scream. Ever since I read this piece on the benefits of why screaming for self-care was beneficial, which was offered to me when my … Read more