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Media Musings

At Least Here It’s Post Time

I may no longer be recognized at a studio commissary as a frequent buyer, but at least the resillient gentleman who works the night shift at my nearby 7-11 still treats me as such.  He specifically orders copies of New York-based newspapers which his neighboring stores have long since stopped carrying because, let’s face it,

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Media Musings

Sundance Sundown

As it has been since 1982, the tony ski village of Park City, Utah played home to hundreds of the world’s most brilliant and beautiful people with the mid-winter celebration of cinema called the Sundance Film Festival.  This year’s edition, which began last Thursday and continues all this coming week, has already seen its share

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Media Musings

Believe Me, We Can All Be Replaced

There was once a time–and it honestly wasn’t THAT long ago–that I was in a position to give sage advice to creatives who were hell-bent on having their own way data be damned.  Some of them trusted me enough to actually seek out my counsel after my superiors would direct them to make changes to

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Media Musings

Is It Hate Or Is It Jealousy?

The surest sign that the holiday season is finally over came in the form of of new episodes of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER returning to HBO last night.  I for one anticipated it greatly because it’s one of the few original TV series of any ilk  that still attempts to fill the void on

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Media Musings

Surprises Right In Line With The Sun Coming Up

It’s pitch black where I am right now, and the only traffic on the road is actually moving–a good deal of it being autonomous vehicles that may or may not be carrying passengers.  Those that were occupied were probably en route to the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills for a ritual that few here

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Media Musings

We’re Forever Searching For Something.

By definition, we’re a species forever seeking something that we either used to have and loved or never haved and craved.  That’s especially true when it comes to television, and if you happened to be one of the unfortunate ones who were hoping to see the end of yesterday’s PRICE IS RIGHT showcase only to

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Sports Summises

U Can Go Home Again. But So Did I.

Just about everything was set up for the homecoming game of all time last time at Hard Rock Stadium in beautiful downtown Miami Gardens.  The conquering hero Hurricanes, the #10 and the lowest Power Four seed in the College Football Playoffs, had rolled through a juggernaut of three consecutive high-pressure games in College Station, Texas,

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