Apparently, a recent flurry of musings have caused enough concern among at least one of you who felt compelled enough to actually send me a note via the e-mail function on this site. I’m grateful, of course, because at least that means that there’s SOMEBODY real out there who is noticing all of this. But … Read more
If you were hoping for something light and upbeat today from these musings, I’m sorry to inform you upfront today’s wont be one of those. Feel free to move on from this if you were hoping for something more educational and informative and slightly more optimistic. I try and maintain something resembling blue sky optimism … Read more
A couple of weeks back, on a similarly slow summer Saturday, I took a few moments to not lament about what it wrong or praise what little is right about my primary industry of choice and spent a few moments instead lamenting about the challenges of navigating the one that a sequence of unfortunate events … Read more
My absolute favorite podcast, THE REWATCHABLES, is doing a live staging tonight in Los Angeles. If you’re not familiar with it, it combines the two passions of its creator and founder Bill Simmons and his minions–sports and movies–and revisits classic movies through the lens of a fresh look and a series of category ratings much … Read more
Tony Bennett passed away yesterday, a true legend that is justifiably being mourned by countless millions worldwide, an iconic talent whose prowess spanned eight decades of productive and inspiring performing. Some of those people are more prominent than others, as the numerous obituaries that have popped uo since the news broke yesterday morning have attested, … Read more
As Hollywood awakens to what looms to be, pending an official vote , as the first “double strike” of both writers and actors since yours truly was an infant, there are quite a number of Hollywood executives who owe the world, and certainly union members who directly or indirectly make their livings from them, some … Read more
So I started a new job last week. No, don’t be that excited–it’s not one that I’m particularly excited about, nor am I planning to do one of those “I’m happy to share that I started” form posts on LinkedIn that it seems only the most tangentially connected people in my contact list seem to … Read more
It’s The Fourth of July, which of course means despite all of the warnings and admonishments from my building any involvement in fireworks will result in an immediate eviction notice, an awful lot of my neighbors either never got such a notice or truly don’t give a rat’s ass. So I’m awake, the still night … Read more
No, it wasn’t a very good week for those who believe in inclusion. Aside from the Supreme Court’s pre-summer vacation parting shots, the most notable of which was the de facto elimination of affirmative action, the entertainment medium was awash in stories announcing numerous departures of executives who had been specifically tasked with improving their … Read more
On days like this when I’m feeling especially despondent (honestly, I’m far too devastated from something that happened last night to even dogwhistle my way into some sort of explanation), I feel particularly aghast at what we consider to be newsworthy. This was an actual update from Business Insider’s Ryan Hogg that dropped yesterday : … Read more