Of all of the news that’s been eminating of late from the smouldering remains of the dumpster fire Shari Redstone’s obstinance has turned Paramount Global into, none was as encouraging as what was widely reported yesterday, including THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’s Erik Hayden: Barry Diller is taking a look at Paramount Global. The mogul’s digital media … Read more
At just after midnight, I flipped my calendar over to the side where the pages now turn in the other direction. And then I threw up half of my dinner. I suppose I should be a tad more grateful than I’m capable of being this morning for officially making it to the second half of … Read more
Of all of the headlines that contained that five-letter word that begins and ends with the letters that stand for toilet paper (you know, that pesky substance that sometimes sticks to shoes) that are out in the ether this morning, this one from THE WRAP’s Umberto Gonzalez stood out as perhaps the one that best … Read more
Yeah, I suppose it’s my civic duty to at least pay attention to what will transpire tonight in Atlanta. You know, that debate thing. If you take the Associated Press at face value, and with the state of journalism these days one almost doesn’t have a choice, at least there will be a sizable audience … Read more
The braintrust at FX has seemed to have its finger on the pulse of exactly what a great deal of America wants and needs for decades. Never has that intuitive flair been more in evidence than this week. For weeks, they were set on a Thursday, June 27th release date for Season 3 of THE … Read more
On the calendar, it’s a Tuesday morning in 2024. To legions of eagerly anticipating Boomers, Xers and cartoon lovers, it’s a Saturday morning in some year from long ago, where the biggest worry you may have had was whether or not you would find the 3-D card or the toy you had hoped for inside … Read more
It’s bad enough that we can’t seem to find a truly objective source for news about politics or sports in this day and age. But that truth now seems to be spreading to even the rather mundane world of entertainment journalism. I’m a regular reader of THE HOT BUTTON, the daily newsletter from veteran movie … Read more
I’m yet again saddened by the passing of someone I had the chance to know and admire from up close, and considering this one came out of seeming nowhere and was far too soon it’s especially unnerving. On an otherwise quiet and unbearably hot summer Saturday VARIETY’s Michael Schneider was among the many who reported … Read more
I’ve been generally impressed with Donna Langley as both a creative executive and a leader, and I’ve yet to find anyone who truly knows her to refute that first impression. And an interview she did yesterday that many Hollywood trade reporters, including THE WRAP’s Jeremy Fuster, only enhanced those favorable views: Donna Langley knows there … Read more
There’s been a disproportionate amount of noise and internal strife at the WASHINGTON POST lately, enough to make it newsworthy even amongst Los Angeles-based sites that otherwise cover TV. This nugget from THE WRAP’s Natalie Korach hit my inbox earlier this week: Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, assured staffers Tuesday that the “journalistic … Read more