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Oh Yes, We Need A Little New Year’s
We’re in the middle of yet another oppressive heat wave in some parts of La-La Land, and the calendar has barely skipped to fall. Naturally, that meant it was the optimal time for my place of employment to devote two aisles to a massive array of Christmas decorations and tzatchtkes, displacing the Halloween displays that
They’re Still Doing Children’s TV On West 57th Street
If anything sums up the difference in significance and ultimate impact of this debate versus the prior one, the choice of venue should speak volumes. When Madame Vice President and Fat Orange Jesus duked it out last month, they did so at the pristine National Constitution Center in Philadelphia which, as USA TODAY’s Phaedra Trethan
Arriverderci, Tony
So another executive shakeup has gone down, this time at my old stomping grounds. VARIETY veteran Cynthia Littleton was among the many that broke the news yesterday afternoon: Sony Pictures Entertainment is set for a transition at the top in January when Tony Vinciquerra steps down from his role as CEO and hands the reins to Ravi Ahuja. Ahuja
Courage? Where?
It was a pretty busy weekend for our respective binary choice tickets. The big guns effectively chose their personal comfort zones. Madame Vice President stayed close to home and managed to coax $28 million more out of an entertainment industry that continues to fire staffers, move productions out of her home city, state and country
(Kinda) Live From New York, It’s (Still) Saturday Night!!!
The much-anticipated golden anniversary of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE kicked off last night , and you bet I watched. After all, unlike most of the folks who recently made a movie that celebrated that legacy, I was actually watching a half-century ago when it all began. So I guess I’m a creature of habit. These days,
Will, With Grace
I’ll confess, I’m predisposed to liking Will Ferrell. From Ron Burgundy to Alex Trebek to the CEO of Mattel, there has been nary a performance of his over the last 30 years that I’ve not at least chuckled at, if not burst into hysterics rewatching. And from all I have heard from my numerous well-heeled
Eye, There They Go Again.
Apparently, we can’t seem to go very long without some other negotiation between media companies being played out in the press. Last month, it was DirecTV and Disney, echoing the existential battle that Disney waged with Charter a year earlier. Yesterday, it was Paramount’s turn to revive its long-simmering feud with Nielsen, as VARIETY’s Brian
He Wrote The Book On Doing Business The Right Way. Again.
A long, long time ago I was considered a wunderkid, an overachiever who clawed his way into an executive position before my 30th birthday through tenacity, perseverance and yes, a little luck. Plus, I was known for winning a few bucks on a game show, which always provided some fodder for slightly more gentle teasing
A Complicated, Compelling ASS
Ryan Murphy and his team are no strangers to tackling stories of morally ambiguous and salacious protagonists. This has been particularly true with his series of AMERICAN STORIES that have cemented FX’s place in the entertainment ecosystem for such showcasings. AMERICAN HORROR STORY was the first of these anthologies, and was able to attract both