Later this morning, as dawn descends on the hamlet of Punxsatawney PA where the thermometer currently reads a balmy 3 degrees, we will learn via a nocturnal mammal whether there will be only six more weeks of that sort of chill. Last night, we most certainly began a stretch of at least one week where … Read more
How fortunate for the crew at FX and their sister networks that they finally found their way onto the Disney lot as full-time residents last month–a mere six years and ten months after they were acquired. I guess they found enough time to purge and pack efficiently, which likely meant they could hit the ground … Read more
Once again, any sincere attempt to separate media and politics was made impossible by the current administration. After all, on a day when they knew millions of Epstein Files were being flooded like raw sewage and runoff that included a whole bunch of incideniary stuff and when Brett Ratner’s grifted work release project was being … Read more
Yeah, it’s a slow movie weekend. Unless you’re a fan of documentaries, there’s scant little out there for you to even consider dropping in on–assuming, of course, you’ve dug yourself out of snowdrifts and haven’t succumbed to a raging flu. There’s one about Paris Hilton called INFINITE ICON: A VISUAL MEMOIR–pretty much a straightforward retelling … Read more
This morning an awful lot of really special people are waking up in South Florida. That tends to be true this time of year anyway given the folks who are blessed enough to be at least part-time residents of the area, but this year it’s even truer given the plethora of braintrust and brilliance that … Read more
If Bari Weiss were as good at reporting on news as she is in making it, she’s probably would have already been awarded a Peabody or a Pulitzer Prize. Who knows, maybe FIFA might have created an award just for her, too. Don’t take that comparison as merely a feeble attempt at snark on my … Read more
I may no longer be recognized at a studio commissary as a frequent buyer, but at least the resillient gentleman who works the night shift at my nearby 7-11 still treats me as such. He specifically orders copies of New York-based newspapers which his neighboring stores have long since stopped carrying because, let’s face it, … Read more
As it has been since 1982, the tony ski village of Park City, Utah played home to hundreds of the world’s most brilliant and beautiful people with the mid-winter celebration of cinema called the Sundance Film Festival. This year’s edition, which began last Thursday and continues all this coming week, has already seen its share … Read more
There was once a time–and it honestly wasn’t THAT long ago–that I was in a position to give sage advice to creatives who were hell-bent on having their own way data be damned. Some of them trusted me enough to actually seek out my counsel after my superiors would direct them to make changes to … Read more
The surest sign that the holiday season is finally over came in the form of of new episodes of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER returning to HBO last night. I for one anticipated it greatly because it’s one of the few original TV series of any ilk that still attempts to fill the void on … Read more