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After the tabloid-incindiery antics of last year’s Academy Awards presentation, anything that didn’t produce a potentially incarceratable incident that would eventually ban a nominee from the next decade’s worth of ceremonies would have been considered a step in the right direction,  Thankfully, last night’s event took more than a few steps toward redeeming and even

Later this afternoon, two major events will occur live, back-to-back, and their results will be played out over national broadcast television.  Both will involve hundreds of candidates looking for recognition, with the emotion of waiting to see if they are acknowledged to be covered by ongoing close-ups and explosions of emotion when they find out

It’s pilot season, which used to be a time of year where dozens of contenders would be hurriedly cast, filmed, tested and retested, all in a quest to grab a slot on one of three networks’ fall schedules.  These days, with so few even being produced, even fewer by companies without corporate ties to the

Allow me to preface this with the caveat that I like and respect Bob Bakish for the most part.  In a company that has seen more than its share of drama and questionable behavior in recent years under the tumultuously toxic regimes dominated by the libidos and egos of Sumner Redstone and Leslie Moonves, in

For the record, I love the Los Angeles Times, and have no intention of ever unsubscribing so long as I’m in this city and they continue to print issues.  Even if they’re consistently delivered later than any other paper, including ones that have origins in New York and Washington, and they now charge sometimes as

I’ve never known a world of entertainment without Mel Brooks, and, more than likely, neither have you.  I was first exposed to his unique brand of puns and humor with his 60s-era spy spoof GET SMART, one of the few shows I was allowed to stay up late for, and a favorite of my dad. 

Once again, fans of daytime television were shaken with the announcement of yet another long-running series ending original production.  On Friday, the 17-year-old RACHAEL RAY SHOW announced that this spring will see its final batch of original hours produced.   In a press release issued by CBS Media Ventures, Ray made the following concession and bestowed