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Who Are The Real Winners Going To Be?
Nominations for the 74th annual Emmy Awards were announced yesterday morning, the culmination of a six-week barrage of FYC events and a slew of e-mails to voters with literally thousands of hours of truly excellent television accompanied by heartfelt pleas to watch and, of course, vote. Thankfully, technology has eliminated the inevitable stuffing of mailboxes

A NiFTy And Timely Conference Is Coming
I have spent a lot of time and typed a lot of words of late looking backwards and pontificating about what used to be. Fact is, time is moving forward, and it’s all the more essential for those of us who have relied upon legacy behaviornfor our livelihoods to embrace both the complexity and the

Ode To Tragedy
Two men very close to me died on this day. I’ve written a lot about my dad, who finally let go in 2014 nearly a month after he spoke his last words on Earth. I still feel his loss daily, especially when the Dodgers are winning (sure enough, they’ve won seven in a row this

And When The Music Stops, I’ll Give You A Choice
Adam Wade died earlier this week. There’s been way too many deaths lately from all walks of life, so it’s understandable if you missed it. And unless you fall into one of two categories, you may never have heard of him at all. One would be a game show geek. Wade was the first African-American

A Musky Stench In the Aviary
I’m not going to use the name of the subject of today’s Leblanguage. Suffice to say you know who he is and you know what he did yesterday, indeed what he’s done for the past decade. So when said individual announced that he intended to purchase a struggling social media platform with what amounted to

No Bitching Today
I’ve been in a more than somber and dour mood of late, what with all of the strife and tragedy of recent days. Not today. Today we’re celebrating the birthday of my other niece. The one with the fur. Stella Allen is eight today, which depending upon which body type you believe she has translates to between

The Truth Shall Set You Free. Sometimes.
So Boris Johnson won’t make it through his term as British Prime Minister after all. After a tumultuous week where half his cabinet resigned in disgust after it was learned that he promoted Chris Pincher to a position in his government despite knowing about numerous sexual assault allegations against him, Johnson announced he was stepping

The Mayor Rules Again
I’ve documented ad nauseum my complicated history with John Landgraf, the FX Networks czar who I worked for during the first five years of his now two decade run. John is a remarkably intelligent, passionate and successful leader and visionary, who has the tenacity of a pit bull when he believes he is accurate in

Woke Up This Morning…
Now, PUH-LEESE stop worrying. No, no, NO, a thousand times no, I DID NOT ACTUALLY get myself a gun. I posed for that picture on a recent trip at the home of a friend’s friend, who is a legal owner, a well-adjusted father and husband, and who has a background with the military, And no,