Little Shock: It’s a Horserace Out There
In no way can this be even remotely shocking: The media is covering this presidential campaign like a horse race, just as they have in recent election cycles. That’s according to a new report from…
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Drew Carey’s Reasoning
Drew Carey says he has little time in his "Price Is Right" gig to comment on issues, but he’s taking to another forum to do so: Reason.tv. The newly launched website of the Reason Foundation, the…
Grey talks to Scorsese on ‘Shutter’
Brad Grey, en route to his son Sam's "parent's weekend" at Brown University, was in town for Jerry Seinfeld's "Bee Movie," and talking to Martin Scorsese about the coming filming of Paramount's…
Wedge Issues
That, and other news, in today’s Political Panorama. Updated The Obama’s campaign’s Embrace the Change tour went off as planned on Sunday in South Carolina, drawing some 2,500 supporters and a…
Response to WGA-AMPTP dispute
Important executive for three major studios and two television networks. Member of the WGAW for over 40 years. I have lived on both sides of this fence for over 50 years and learned that both sides…
‘Frankenstein’ drama
I’m in New York and we saw "Young Frankenstein" last night in preview but without the star Roger Bart, who injured his back last week in one of the lovemaking scenes. He was replaced by chorus…
TV mantra: In Bewkes we trust
So what will life be like in Bewkestan? The world's biggest media company, Time Warner, will imminently get a new CEO, and its 96,000 denizens (indeed, the industry in general) are eager to discover…
British director heads to Broadway
Brit legit helmer James Macdonald is on a roll. His arrestingly spare productions have turned heads on both sides of the Atlantic, his West End revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" just…
Fall proves fruitful for femmes
After decades of slim pickings when it comes to decent films made by women, there's now a batch of femme-friendly movies in theaters.
Right Around the Corner
That, and other news, in today’s Political Panorama. With Iowa Democrats looking to caucus on Jan. 3, suddenly the protracted presidential race doesn’t look so short anymore. But the move probably…
1967: D. Zanuck returns to Fox lot
"This was the western street," Darryl Zanuck noted to Richard Z. as they entered the Century Plaza hotel to meet 20th toppers. Zanuck, fils, took his father on a tour of the newly painted, and…
