Late in my Hollywood writing career, I almost got the Big Break. I’d written a “spec” script (industry lingo for…
For reasons too dull to disclose, I didn’t become an American citizen till age 26, 20 years after arriving in…
If a dove arrives/ At your window, /Treat her with affection/ For she is my own self./ Tell her your…
Of all people, the mercurial Geraldo Rivera had the clearest take on the Trump-ordered U.S. strike on Iran last weekend….
Turner Classic Movies is really shining this month with its annual 31 Days of Oscar marathon leading up to the…
There are very few screen legends left. Last year deprived us of three of them: Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, and…
If you live long enough, you can trace the river of history apart from the smaller tributaries and streams. You’ve…
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles here, I have not been blessed with a family. The increasingly likely prospect that…
In the real world, Star Trek Starfleet Academy would have marked the end of Hollywood — a hundred million dollars…
