It’s not easy to fathom that there’s been sort of an austerity movement at an outlet like Prime Video, especially at a time of year when those Amazon Prime members are getting their money’s worth from those annual subscriptions. But since outside of NFL games we haven’t seen a peep of bravado lately for anything … Read more
The joke I used to try to tell in order to determine how generationally disparate people were was to ask them to describe Paul McCartney. No matter how they’d respond, I’d always quip “We would have been in trouble if I would have had to remind you that he was in band before WINGS. We … Read more
There’s plenty one could say about Patrick Soon-Shiong that I’ll allow would be accurate observations. Rich? Heck, yes. Has made billions in biotech and doesn’t shy away from defending how it can save the world. Civic-minded? Gotta give him that; at least he was willing to step up and bail out the Los Angeles TIMES … Read more
I hope you had a better week that I have had. It began with a surprising convergence of recurring auto payments and annual subscriptions that even after I got last week’s paycheck left me overdrawn. That often happens to me around the 30th or so of a month; this time it was the 25th. … Read more
As if #GLICKED wasn’t enough to momentarily revive the theatrical industry, along comes Disney with the first of its holiday contributions to kickstart it further. Today a much-anticipated sequel to MOANA debuts across America just in time to give those who aren’t stuck on kitchen prep a place to safely go hide and lose themselves … Read more
You’d be hard pressed to find a performer who has been as resilient and as popular over the past four decades and change as Ted Danson. No, he never did quite below the theatrical breakout his phenomenal early success as a breakout sitcom performer might have foreshadowed; he’s not and will never be John Travolta. … Read more
I’m sometimes accused by those who seem to not look past the first sentence of a musing of being somewhat misognyistic and male-biased. Far from it. I’ve been blessed through my career with the presence of some truly talented and inspiring female colleagues, subordinates and superiors. That’s all the more reason that when I encounter … Read more
Yet another connection to my past has passed away, and this one came out of nowhere. Although he was of an advanced age, there was little indication from anywhere that we were going to see the news that broke last night, and in my particular social media algorithm was right up there with the passing … Read more
With a media landscape newly awash with rampant rumors about mergers and acquisitions, ostensibly to “save the industry”, at least one that was on track to reality is now apparently back to square one. Per THE VERGE’s Emma Roth: DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a … Read more
Two competing streaming services with linear extensions (based on what went down at Comcast this week, I’m grudgingly conceding that this is the pecking order in this brave new media world) both launched expensive, highly anticipated scripted dramas this week. Both leaned heavily on pre-existing fan bases to gain sampling, and both were providing something … Read more