Cote de Pablo vs. CBS, The Cost of Doing Business: 'What You Lose When You...
A Question of Revenue What pays the bills in Hollywood is advertising revenue. The more ad revenue a show the larger it's salary budget. The key demographic that all advertisers seem to covet is that...
View ArticleThe SNL Debacle: Are Black Women Socially Invisible?
This post is largely adopted from this previous post on Psychology Today. This Saturday, Saturday Night Live (SNL) will add its fifth ever Black female to its full-time cast (Sasheer Zamata). This...
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Beautiful Dreamer: Discussing Facts and Fantasy With Author Peter S. Beagle
courtesy ITV plc Engaging fantasy author Peter S. Beagle in conversation is a remarkably lively experience, and fan, friend and/or interviewer should prepare to be surprised. I'm all set for unicorns...
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My Daughter Is Not a Princess
My 6-year-old son, Tristan, had soccer practice at the high school. I always brought Norah, my 4-year-old daughter, to practice so she could play with her friend Jill (they went to church together),...
View ArticleMovies to See at Sundance
For 30 years, the Sundance Film Festival (January 16 to 26; sundance.org) has spread the gospel of audacious, independent filmmaking from Robert Redford's mountain fortress nestled high in the peaks of...
View ArticleFive Reasons I'm Through With Downton Abbey
Sunday nights are crowded with the best programming of the week, and there's only so much time for time-shifting anyway. To make a little space in the crowded field, I'm through with Downton Abbey....
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Youth Unite: How Entrepreneur Otessa Marie Ghadar Created an International...
Otessa Marie Ghadar has written, directed, and produced Orange Juice in Bishop's Garden, a popular series about coming out, coming of age, and youth issues in the '90s. In its seventh season with...
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SVU Turns a Good Cop Bad
Every police officer who's ever walked a beat knows that dangers can lurk around any corner. Tonight's SVU highlighted the uncertainty that officers face -- and the regret that can follow a...
View ArticleCharlize and Sean...Robin and Ben. It's All Good in the World of -- It's All...
"SAUCE FOR the goose is sauce for the gander," goes the Olde English proverb. This is the basis of "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." Which means -- women can do what men do. Just...
View ArticleAftermath Film Powerfully Evokes Polish Anti-Semitism
After Germany itself, no country has been more scrutinized for its behavior during the Holocaust than Poland. This is understandable considering the fact that 3 million Jews lived in Poland and the...
View Article2014 ForgotScars: Celebrating the Oscar Forgotten
This morning, I watched the Oscar nominations on ABC, and was so befuddled by the omissions I scratched my head, and then turned to my 2-year-old son, and scratched his. They were, in a word, jarring....
View ArticleOscar Nominations: Lupita Nyong'o Needs to Trump Jennifer Lawrence
There's no comparison between the demands of Jennifer Lawrence's American Hustle ditzy wife and Lupita Nyong'o's role as the tortured Patsey in 12 Years A Slave. Let's hope the Oscar voters agree!...
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'Looking' Review: A Smart Look At The Lives Of Gay Men
Around this time last year, HBO debuted the second season of "Enlightened," which remains one of the finest seasons of television the network has ever produced. It still haunts me, and I'm still...
View ArticleLaw and Order: SVU, Season 15, Episode 11 Recap: Amaro Shoots a Kid, Farewell...
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 15, Episode 11 of NBC's Law and Order: SVU, titled "Amaro's One-Eighty." Luckily, this week takes a break from the Save Benson storyline. In fact, the...
View ArticleMy Conversation With Don Cheadle
Actor, producer and writer Don Cheadle joins me tonight on PBS. He has amassed a solid acting reputation with diverse roles in such films as Hotel Rwanda -- for which he received an Oscar nod -- Iron...
View ArticleWhy Jezebel's 'Bounty' For Unretouched Lena Dunham Images Is Seriously Misguided
Lena Dunham's long-awaited Vogue cover debuted yesterday and the Internet, being the Internet, was a frenzy. Many (predictably) speculated over what parts of the actress' body had been hacked away at,...
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'Frozen' Directors Credit Crew With Film's Academy Award Nomination
So was it glamorous and exciting for Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee earlier today when they learned that Frozen -- the Walt Disney Pictures release that they had co-directed -- had been nominated for Best...
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Philomena and Me... and Our Michaels
Now that "Philomena" is going into wide release and has been nominated for four Oscars -- I have a few words to say about the film and about the facts it was based on. You might say I have standing in...
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Dog Ears Music: Volume 315
The Velvet UndergroundThe Velvet Underground was a revolution and a rock band, founded by the late poet/pianist/guitarist Lou Reed and Welsh violist/composer John Cale in mid-'60s New York City. Doing...
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What Are Your Predictions for the Winners of 2014 Academy Awards?
This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Mark Hughes, Screenwriter, Forbes Blogger, @markhughesfilms Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave (close runner up -- Gravity)Best Director: Alfonso...
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