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Maybe it was because I was otherwise consumed with the practically nonstop news about late night television hosts and the state of democracy.  Or maybe it was because at least I completely missed any alert or e-mail highlighting this particular story which as it turned out practically every significant media news site, even ones not

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve seen Michael Chiklis face-to-face, let alone chromedome-t0-chromedome.  Actually, by my dimly calculated count, it’s been tens of millions of them.  The last time I can recall was when I paid a visit to the set of THE SHIELD late in its production run along with a group of

No, neither democracy nor Jimmy Kimmel died yesterday afternoon, contrary to the shrill views of a sizable percentage of my social media “family”.  Last time I checked, most of us did not have federal agents tearing down our front doors and yanking the plugs for our internet connections out of the wall–even those of us

When someone as enduring and prolific as Robert Redford passes, it’s hard not to get overwhelmed.  Simply a list of the breadth and depth of his accomplishments and the realization that there’s been nary a moment of your own life that he’s not somehow touched is enough to take one’s breath away and yes, shed

I drive a Kia and I do love me some Kogi barbecue, especially when the lines at their ever-popular food truck isn’t snaking around the block.  That’s not often, mind you.  So I’m clearly partial to Korean culture. But apparently my fervor pales in comparison to those who have been watching movies lately.  Judging by

The Emmys were given out last night; there was a time not long ago when it would have been a VERY big deal.  I used to attend on a regular basis, and I even got to ride by limo on occasion.  During last night’s ceremonies there were a number of anniversaries that were celebrated and

Last week, among other far less consequential events in the real world, a brand new syndicated game show called SCRAMBLED UP premiered.  You’re forgiven if it was something you missed.  In fact, if you noticed it at all you’re likely an insomniac, a TV addict or, more than likely, both. Creatively, SCRAMBLED UP is a

The ink is barely dry on the paperwork that put Paramount under the purview of those mavericks (pun intended) from Skydance when we learned yesterday that was apparently merely step one on the way to global domination.  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’s well-wired Jessica Toonkel dropped this hot coal onto the media pyre yesterday afternoon: Paramount