I grew up in a decidely lower middle class upbringing in Flushing, Queens, not even as well as the likes of my onetime neighbors Fran Drescher, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Going out to eat was a rare treat, usually reserved for alternate Sunday nights, and quantity often trumped quality in our options. Fortunately, there … Read more
If you can, try and cut me some slack today. Against my better judgement and out of an abundance of frustration and exhuastion, I succumbed to the temptation last night of a quick fast food meal on my way home from a day of networking. For far too long, that was often the way I … Read more
Boy, our old friend Yosemite Zas sure can pick a clickbaitable posse, can’t he? Mere months after we learned exactly how petty and juvenile the now-former head of CNN Chris Licht was in his quest for success after Tim Alberta of THE ATLANTIC revealed such details, we got an unexpectedly juicy bombshell yesterday from ROLLING … Read more
You regulars will note that I often cite the works and thoughts of one Alan Wolk frequently, and there’s plenty of good reasons why I do. His TVREV.com site is one of the better compilations of media analysis and forethought out there, and his white papers are often filled with WTF insights that you tend … Read more
If you’re old enough to want to seek content like this out on your own, you’re probably too old to have known much about Freddy Fazbear, or exactly why his big screen debut has turned out to be the most impactful event on the film industry of 2023 this side of Mattel IP and/or armageddon. … Read more
When 2023 sunsets in a couple of months, once again the list of celebrities we’ve lost will be lengthy and emotional, a sobering reminder of the passages of time and, for those of us of a certain age, our own mortality. But there’s always some comfort in the fact that as beloved as someone may … Read more
You know a convention is about to open when an agenda finally goes live. In the last few days, the details of the one for this week’s INFINITY FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD were posted. If your curiosity wasn’t already whetted before, it should be. This year’s events are grouped by day into buckets and tracks with specific … Read more
I have been as robust a booster of Apple TV+ since it started, and only partially because so many people I admire and like have worked there. I didn’t pay a penny for it for the first two years I had access to it, as at the time I was upgrading my devices and Apple … Read more
As almost any striking actor or writer has learned over the past few months, how Wall Street and the investment community defines success is a lot different than the barometers their world tends to use. Awards, critical acclaim, buzz and, in many cases, even actual audience, publicly available or not, is secondary to the perception … Read more
Go ahead, bring on your jokes. We’ve heard them all, and we can make better ones when given the opportunity to do so. Today will be yet another day of reckoning for the troubled Warner Brothers Discovery executives, and our friend Yosemite Zas and his posse will be doing their best to assuage the concerns … Read more