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Fresh AIR
I still love going to the movies, though I’m well aware I’m part of a generation that is rapidly becoming a minority in that opinion. There’s a threefold assault on the future of actually putting butts in the theatres: the cost of the experience, the availability of home theatre systems that are often nearly as
Bipartisan Ignorance
Politics and Hollywood have always had a symbiotic relationship. Studios and their leaders have often provided opportunities for fund-raisers during crucial campaigns, and depending upon particular circumstances both parties could take full advantage of it. The one significant political event I was able to afford to attend was a fund-raiser for Al Gore at the
There’s A New Sheriff Of First-Run TV. And Not A Moment Too Soon.
Yes, I’m enough of a Luddite to still believe there is a legitimate business in first-run TV syndication. I admit I’m biased, having personally benefitted from it for decades, both as a strategist abetting sellers and as a discerning buyer who often frustrated those trying to make deals with me. I’m sure I didn’t make
A Fan Takes Center Stage. Stand Up And Cheer For Him.
As many of you know, I am a passionate believer of face-to-face, actual human contact. I freely admit the pandemic was disarming to me, and its timing and the destruction of what I thrived on for decades–a work family to make up for my lack of anything concrete or supportive elsewhere, opportunities for chance encounters
It’s Not Easy Being Greene
I suppose there are a lot of expectations that people have when one’s last name is Green or Greene. After all, green is one of the most descriptive adjectives and theoretically positive words in the English language. Green means go. There is usually an association with movement. Green is the color of money. There is
Dumb? These Dum-Dums?
The story you are about to read is true. No names have been changed to protect the innocent. since no one named is. Monday, April 3rd, 4:27 a.m. It was unseasonably cool in Los Angeles. As I tend to do at that time of the day, I was doomscrolling through my overnight e-mails and alerts
Combat Sports Build An Impressive Media Entourage
The news wasn’t unexpected, given that it was teased relentlessly by media “leaks” over the weekend, while thousands of enthusiasts and media execs convened at SoFi Stadium in finally sunny Los Angeles for one of the preeminent live events of the year. But the impact of the story that broke just a few minutes ago
Write History. Don’t Rewrite It.
I want to go on record that I fully endorse and support the concerns of the talented members of the Writers Guild of America in their battle with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that has led Hollywood, in the centennial year of its iconic sign and two of its largest studios, Warner
There’s No Fool Like This April Fool
Maybe you’re in a frame of mind to live up the promise of this day, but I’m nowhere near that jovial. In fact, I’m feeling far more like a fool than ever. If I’m to believe the urban myth that CNBC18.com attributes the origins of April Fools Day to, I guess I have to thank,