I hear there’s another writers’ strike about to hit Hollywoke. Once upon a time this was a big deal. When the entertainment business actually entertained. When people of different ideologies could share movies and television shows that tilted left but…
If you’re like me, you’ve always been somewhat dissatisfied with the annual Academy Awards telecast — and, for that matter, with the Emmys and Golden Globes — because they waste precious time handing out trophies to all kinds of boring…
Those of us who grew up in the 1960s have fond memories of one of the best World War II television series — 12 O’Clock High. The series ran on ABC for three seasons — from September 1964 to January…
I first discovered HBO’s hit series The White Lotus through the hosts of the controversial Red Scare podcast, upon whom two of the characters in the first season were based. Director Mike White inhabits the cultural realm of the podcasters…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2023 — It’s a dreary, cold day here in glorious LA. I am still suffering terribly from my “complete knee replacement.” But I have my wifey next to me in bed all day. Wifey and…
Many comedians root their humor in the images they’ve chosen to project. The premise of Jack Benny’s comedy was that he was cheap. Rodney Dangerfield didn’t get any respect. Phyllis Diller was unsightly. Woody Allen was a nebbish. Back when…
In today’s America, that of the depraved 2020s, corporate America doesn’t dare utter the word “Christmas” in December but spends the entire month of June drooling about gay pride. Our cultural revolutionaries resist calling a Christmas tree a Christmas tree…
T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, hosts of the Good Morning America afternoon spinoff GMA3: What You Need to Know, have remained off the air for six straight shows after being removed from television by ABC after they were discovered to…
With the disappointing election now behind us, I can forsake politics for the rest of the year and jump back into the even more disappointing arts culture beat. Not deeply enough to actually watch the dreck being shoveled on modern…
“It’s the smell, Jeff. I keep getting complaints.” – Landlord of convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer In the first episode of the clunkily titled Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the new 10-part Netflix series created by Ryan Murphy…