Nominations for the 74th annual Emmy Awards were announced yesterday morning, the culmination of a six-week barrage of FYC events and a slew of e-mails to voters with literally thousands of hours of truly excellent television accompanied by heartfelt pleas to watch and, of course, vote. Thankfully, technology has eliminated the inevitable stuffing of mailboxes … Read more
I have spent a lot of time and typed a lot of words of late looking backwards and pontificating about what used to be. Fact is, time is moving forward, and it’s all the more essential for those of us who have relied upon legacy behaviornfor our livelihoods to embrace both the complexity and the … Read more
Adam Wade died earlier this week. There’s been way too many deaths lately from all walks of life, so it’s understandable if you missed it. And unless you fall into one of two categories, you may never have heard of him at all. One would be a game show geek. Wade was the first African-American … Read more
I’m not going to use the name of the subject of today’s Leblanguage. Suffice to say you know who he is and you know what he did yesterday, indeed what he’s done for the past decade. So when said individual announced that he intended to purchase a struggling social media platform with what amounted to … Read more
So Boris Johnson won’t make it through his term as British Prime Minister after all. After a tumultuous week where half his cabinet resigned in disgust after it was learned that he promoted Chris Pincher to a position in his government despite knowing about numerous sexual assault allegations against him, Johnson announced he was stepping … Read more
I’ve documented ad nauseum my complicated history with John Landgraf, the FX Networks czar who I worked for during the first five years of his now two decade run. John is a remarkably intelligent, passionate and successful leader and visionary, who has the tenacity of a pit bull when he believes he is accurate in … Read more
Now, PUH-LEESE stop worrying. No, no, NO, a thousand times no, I DID NOT ACTUALLY get myself a gun. I posed for that picture on a recent trip at the home of a friend’s friend, who is a legal owner, a well-adjusted father and husband, and who has a background with the military, And no, … Read more
As most of us (well, all but my COVID-paranoid friends) are preparing for barbecues amd fireworks, some of the richest and most prominent people in media and tech are packing for a conference to be staged this week in Sun Valley, Idaho. Run by Allen and Company, celebrating its centennial, this has been described as … Read more
Actually, HUNDREDS of millions. A projected $129.2M, to be sure, potentially a July 4th weekend all-time record for an animated movie. Considering its release is on the heels of a disappointing debut for LIGHTYEAR, as well as an overabundance of caution being urged by the feckless fearmongers predicting COVID-19 doom (yeh, that’s you, my darling … Read more
For exactly a century if you were a fan of USC’s football team your dream scenario would be to be successful enough to win a conference championship from among schools exclusively located in the Pacific time zone and potentially play on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl, a game that eventually grew in national … Read more