Le Blog
NOW We Can Say It–Happy 100th, Dick Van Dyke!
Call me either paranoid or pragmatic, but I just simply could not get on the bandwagon of celerating Dick Van Dyke’s centennial under now. You can blame a couple of game show personalities, a coach and perhaps a few of my ex-relatives for that. We are a culture that tends to obsessed with big numbers,
Well, We Have Been Referring To Him As Bob AIger
There are many adjectives that one could justifiably apply to Disney’s venerable czar Bob Iger, now four years into a board-requested second act after a 15-year that outlasted most of his peers. That run began with a groundbreaking deal that VARIETY’s equally seasoned Andrew Wallenstein recently revisited that he teed up thusly: On Oct. 12,
No Boos. Just YAH!!!!!s
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, The Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of media, sports, politics and life. I was literally on the cusp of the purported target demographic that ESPN was going after when it took full advantage of the demand for additional channels that the advent
Brave New Globes?
You would have been justified in calling me out for somehow completely missing the announcement of Golden Globes nominees that as per usual of late took place in the wee small hours of the morning in early December. If you’ve been a regulat reader. or at least someone with nominal Google skills, you’d note I
As Transparent As A Rock
Like most young lovers who get jilted on a Friday, David Ellison could have taken the weekend to regroup, reflect and regenerate. But most jilted young lovers aren’t nepobaby billionaires with ‘tude, so instead we got an over-the-top plan for revenge that would make his daddy’s bosom buddy proud. Instead of sitting down and putting
Could The Murdochs Actually Help Solve This Mess?
I get that the announcement late last week that Netflix was acquiring the sexier assets of Warner Brothers Discovery is a BIG deal. It’s not every day when a century-old media brand gets somewhere between $72 and $83 billion thrown at it by an upstart that didn’t even exist in the 20th century–and that price
Did We Learn Anything From World War II? Mostly , How To Best Deal With The One We’re Now In.
It was exactly eighty-four years ago to the day that America awoke on a Sunday morning planning for Christmas shopping and a day huddled around the radio listening to Christmas music or NFL football, depending upon which religion you adhered to more. Pretty much like the one I’m trying to wake up to as this
With Perfect Timing, Art Imitates Life
I saw a pretty good new movie last night, and I didn’t even have to leave my bed and heating pad to go out or worry about having enough in my bank account to afford dinner. My back, stomach and net worth are especially appreciative. The movie was JAY KELLY, a decidely mature and adult-appeal
Did Teddy And Sam Strike A Blow For Democracy?
The battle for Warner Brothers Discovery just shifted into fourth gear late last night, when news began to trickle out that despite the white-hot passion and intense lobbying that Paramount Skydance has demonstrated over the past few weeks–and even though he’d had been guaranteed a platinum parachute and a future role–our buddy Yosemite Zas and