Hollywood
Disney’s Problems are Not Going Away
The problems surrounding The Walt Disney Company over the last two months is a cultural battle that is not dying down. While news cycles are typified these days by day-long rage bait articles that titillate the ears of both extremes...
The 2022 Academy Awards Are Not Likely to be a Knockout
And This Year’s Oscar For Most Disingenuous Rationalizing Goes To… …just about everyone. The preliminary television ratings are not out yet for the 2022 Academy Awards, but the speculation is that even the rather ineffective right cross to the chin...
Woke: The Final Frontier
On September 8th, 1966, the world was introduced to the greatest science fiction franchise in history. Star Trek: The Original Series hit the TV screens 56 years ago and has since amassed 13 movies, 8 television series, 3 animated shows,...
He Came to Dinner 55 years Ago
Renown screen actor Sidney Poitier died recently at the age of 94. Mr. Poitier was the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field in 1964....
Film Set Firearms Ban Proposal Changed Following Industry Backlash
Senator David Cortese (D-San Jose) has backed off from a proposed total ban on real firearms in movie sets this week, opting instead to focus on banning live ammunition in most film productions and instilling movie armorer credentialing requirements. In...
Will Hollywood completely ignore CNN’s sex scandals?
“What started with a whisper… will end with a bombshell” read the tantalizing trailer for the 2019 political drama “Bombshell.” This film depicts the 2016 fall of Roger Ailes at Fox News after Gretchen Carlson sued the media mogul for...