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Mark Stone is the Hollywood and television reporter for kelowna.com, the fastest growing media organization in British Columbia. Follow his daily take on the world of celebrity with Celebrity Sizzle. ...
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Ester Goldberg is the International Glamourpuss of all media. Loved by young and old, Jewish and Gentile, black, white, brown and in-between, all love Ester's irreverent take on life and her positive ...
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A veteran of the video and entertainment industry with more than 25 years experience, Mitch Lowe was named CEO of Redbox in 2005 and president in April 2009. Widely credited for the development of the...
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November 5, 2009, 3:47PM CSTRedbox Increases Demand for DVDs
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Michael Lee is a novel writer, blogger and freelance journalist living in L.A. He's been a judge for the prestigious PAGE Awards and blogs about his two biggest passions, screenwriting and food, at Sc...
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November 4, 2009, 5:57PM CSTScreenwriter Chases His Dream
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September 28, 2009, 2:17PM CDTIn Hollywood, There Are No Longer Any Dreams to Crush
September 14, 2009, 4:09PM CDTThe Truth About Josh Olson's Rant
Flackback will explore the art and artifice of entertainment PR. The author has 25 years' corporate experience and has finessed everything from a celebrity's drunken surprise marriage to his bes...
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September 3, 2009, 11:43AM CDTHollywood Sinking Its Teeth Into LinkedIn
Richard Stellar grew up in the motion picture industry as the son of a very colorful and respected executive secretary at MGM Studios, who is now a resident of the Motion Picture Home Long Term Care C...
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September 17, 2009, 2:09PM CDTSharing the Stage with Villains of MPTF
Valery Satterwhite is a mentor and coach who teaches people to tap into their inner power authentically so that they can get out of their own way and successfully invest themselves in their creative e...
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Naomi Serviss has covered Broadway, celebrities, lavish resorts and high-end spas. After many years in New York, she is now based in Tucson, Arizona, still hooked on Hollywood, the Great W...
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September 16, 2009, 4:25PM CDTTween Kids Books = B.O. Gold
September 9, 2009, 8:34PM CDTAt Last, a Spooky as Hell Kids' Movie
Mali Perl lives on the East Coast but her mind is always on Hollywood time. She enjoys A-listers, G6 travel, VIP treatment, Us Weekly and having a security detail. Her pet peeves include actors with...
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July 1, 2009, 1:53PM CDTOscars: A Look Back At Coulda-Been Contenders
David Comfort is the author of three popular Simon & Schuster titles, and the recipient of numerous literary awards. His latest title from Citadel/Kensington, "The Rock and Roll Book of the D...
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Adam Rifkin is a writer/director/producer/actor/author whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty urban dramas. As a studio writer, Rifkin is known for...
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May 4, 2009, 7:41PM CDTThe Post Office Hates Me
Amy Kaufman is a reporter at TheWrap.com who is, despite her best intentions, thoroughly obsessed with "The Bachelor."
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July 7, 2009, 7:12PM CDTToday, We Were All Fans
March 4, 2009, 2:10AM CSTWhy I Can't Hate "The Bachelor" - Even Though He's a Jerk
Andrew Breitbart runs the news portals Breitbart.com and Breitbart.tv. His latest endeavor, Big Hollywood, is a group blog off of Breitbart.com on Hollywood and politics from the center/right pe...
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March 16, 2009, 11:24PM CDTThe Truth About Ron Silver
Anthony E. Zuiker is the creator of the hugely successful "CSI" franchise, which now includes "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: New York."...
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July 27, 2009, 1:06PM CDT'Level 26': The World's First Digi-Novel
Aviva Kempner investigates non-stereotypical images of Jews in history and focuses on the lesser known stories of Jewish heroes. She was the screenwriter, director and producer of "The Life and T...
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October 5, 2009, 4:55PM CDTRoman Polanski: A Call Out to Female Directors
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Actor, writer and commentator Ben Stein repeated the now iconic words, "Bueller ... Bueller ... " in John Hughes' 1986 film, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
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When he's not writing movies for DVD, pulp fiction and new media, Bill Cunningham is the Director of Marketing for Firebrain Inc., where he creates marketing campaigns for movies, books, gourmet food...
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Bob Beitcher, most recently president and CEO of Panavision, Inc., and co-chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes Media Group, has been a senior executive in the entertainment and media industry for more than...
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Comedian Bobby Collins has starred in his own Showtime specials and has hosted VH1's "Stand-Up Spotlight." He has also opened for Cher, Dolly Parton, Julio Iglesias and Tony Bennett. Collins...
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Brad Bose is a personal trainer representing clients from soccer players to movie stars to members of the Los Angeles Lakers. He earned a PhD in physiology from the University of Stockholm and went on...
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Brian Riordan is president and founder Levels Audio in Hollywood. His latest projects have been “American Idol,” “Flight of the Conchords,” “So You Think You Can Dance&rd...
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Bruna Papandrea was president of Michael London’s Groundswell Productions for three years. She was executive producer of Gus Van Sant’s acclaimed "Milk," Rawson Marshall Th...
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Calvin Naito is a strategic communications professional in Los Angeles. His website is www.CalvinNaito.com.
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Carl Capotorto has been a playwright, screenwriter, and actor for more than 20 years. He made his acting debut in the cult classic "Five Corners"; performed principal roles in &quo...
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Charles Taylor writes about books, movies and politics for a variety of publications including the New York Times, Dissent and the Nation. He lives in Brooklyn.
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Chuck Braverman has been producing and directing documentaries for 30 years. He is well known for his fast cut “kinestasis” montage films, including the classic three-minute history of the...
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Dan Jinks and his producing partner Bruce Cohen produced "Milk," directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Harvey Milk, and "American Beauty...
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Dave White is the film critic for Movies.com and a writer for MSN. He and Alonso Duralde have been married since June 27, 2008.
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May 26, 2009, 6:26PM CDTA Gay Man, Still Married, But ...
In 2002, Quentin Tarantino contacted David Carradine and asked him to be in his new film, “Kill Bill.” The director had been working on the film for a year, and had been wooing Warren Beat...
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David Comfort is the author of three popular Simon & Schuster titles, and the recipient of numerous literary awards. His latest title from Citadel/Kensington, "The Rock and Roll Book of the D...
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October 29, 2009, 1:23PM CDTThe Great Ghosts of Rock 'n' Roll
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September 13, 2009, 1:28PM CDTRevisiting a Legend's Final Days
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Iranian-American David Diaan is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, director, producer, who can be last seen in the feature film “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” which premiered at the 2009 ...
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July 1, 2009, 5:27PM CDTIran's Silent Majority
Academy Award-nominated producer David T. Friendly is a 20-year veteran of the film business and one of Hollywood's most prolific producers. His movies have grossed over a billion dollars worldwide.&n...
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Dea Lawrence is a seasoned senior executive in the online industry specializing in sales and marketing. Currently she is responsible for the management and expansion of PointRoll’s West Coast sa...
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August 31, 2009, 7:56PM CDTBuy Those Oscar Ads Wisely
July 17, 2009, 1:40PM CDTHey, Marketers ... What's So Bad About Mobile?
Dean Butler is a producer of documentary content for broadcast, internet and DVD distribution. He is also an actor, best known for his work on the classic family drama, "Little House on the Prair...
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Desson Thomson was a film critic for the Washington Post for 21 years. Since leaving the Post in May 2008, he has become a freelance writer, a pop-cultural commentator on NPR's "Weekend Edition,&...
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May 14, 2009, 4:56PM CDT'Angels' Shines a Light on Ron Howard's Filmmaking Faults
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From Presidential politics, celebrity culture & Hollywood, microeconomics,rock 'n' roll, the NoBrow tabloid obsessions of modern America & a touch ofeverything else in-between, Dominic Patten ...
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September 15, 2009, 2:13PM CDTFarewell to the Poet With the Snarl and Prickly Pen
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July 21, 2009, 4:49PM CDT'Watchmen' Director's Cut: Bigger, Longer, Still Dull
July 20, 2009, 7:44PM CDTCronkite & the Men on the Moon
July 14, 2009, 5:08PM CDTThe Best of L.A. on a Summer's Night
Don Hardy is an independent documentary filmmaker in northern California. He and his filmmaking partner Dana Nachman released their first film, "Witch Hunt," this year. They're currently in ...
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June 10, 2009, 4:43PM CDTAfter a Witch Hunt, Redemption in Bakersfield
Douglas Preston is a best-selling author; his latest book is "The Monster of Florence," about Italy's answer to Jack the Ripper, written with Mario Spezi.
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Eric Hughes is an actor and writer whose credits include AGAINST ALL ODDS and WHITE NIGHTS. His web site, screenrights.net, contains documents which impact the lives of writers and actors, but which h...
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Eric Kohn is a freelance film journalist and critic whose work regularly appears in indieWIRE, New York Press and several other outlets. His thoughts on new media and film can be found at Screen Rush.
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August 14, 2009, 4:45PM CDTObama's Campaign? Inspirational ... The Movie, Not So Much
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May 31, 2009, 6:16PM CDTWerner Herzog Takes 'Bad Lieutenant' for a Southern-Fried Spin
May 28, 2009, 3:11PM CDTA Sad Coda to the 'Tyson' Movie
May 12, 2009, 2:00PM CDTFilm Funders Goin' to the IndieGoGo
Eric Taub has covered the intersection of technology and entertainment for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications for more than 15 years. A former pay TV analyst for Paul Ka...
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May 4, 2009, 5:32PM CDTLet There Be (Cheap) Light
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Erik Buckman is the man behind ReelLoop.com and is a Denver-based entertainment writer, critic and purveyor of pop whimsy.
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May 18, 2009, 6:40PM CDTSuperman Is Dead, and We Killed Him
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Ester Goldberg is the International Glamourpuss of all media. Loved by young and old, Jewish and Gentile, black, white, brown and in-between, all love Ester's irreverent take on life and her positive ...
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October 15, 2009, 5:16PM CDTEster's Weekly 'Wrap': Lesbian Kisses & 'Southland'
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September 22, 2009, 1:44PM CDTThe Days of Awe at Disney
September 3, 2009, 11:43AM CDTHollywood Sinking Its Teeth Into LinkedIn
Frank Swertlow is an awarding-winning journalist who covered a 2002 civil trial against Michael Jackson and the 2005 criminal trial, both for People magazine. He is the co-author of "We, the Jury...
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Fred Silberberg is a Los Angeles attorney who has been specializing in family law for more than 20 years. For more than 10 years, he has authored an often controversial and oft- quoted opinion column ...
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September 30, 2009, 3:18PM CDTHollywood Success Is No Free Pass for Molesting a Child
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June 1, 2009, 4:32PM CDTChildren of Celebs Are Less Equal Than Others
Gene Rosow, aka DirtDoctorG, is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and feature film producer who brings it all home to planet Earth and gets us all down in the dirt.
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Gina Nahai is the author, most recently, of "Caspian Rain." She teaches creative writing at USC.
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Gotham Chopra is a journalist, entrepreneur, and Boston Sports fan. He is the founder of Liquid Comics (formerly Virgin Comics) and frequent commentator on everything from suicide bombers to strippers...
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Holly Goldberg Sloan is a writer-director of family films. She wrote "Angels in the Outfield," "Made in America," "The Big Green" and "The Crocodile Hunter: Collisio...
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Howard Rosenberg is the Pulitzer Prize-winning former television critic for the Los Angeles Times, where his column was distributed nationally and read by decision makers in the media for 25 years. He...
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Jacquie Jordan is a two-time Emmy-nominated television producer, author of “Get on TV!” and founder of Jacquie Jordan Inc./TVGuestpert.com. TVGuestpert.com is a media development company s...
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James Sims got his start in news while serving as a radio and television reporter in the U.S. Air Force. After a few years in South Korea he returned to Los Angeles where he worked at "Entertainm...
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September 14, 2009, 7:36PM CDTExpanding the Narrative
Jeff Dowd is a Los Angeles-based writer/producer, producer’s representative and a nationally recognized authority on marketing, distribution and exhibition. He is a political activist and a freq...
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Jeff Gross is a writer and director who collaborated with Roman Polanski on the writing of “Frantic” and “Bitter Moon.” He was in Cannes with a half-dozen projects, including a...
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Jim Dorey is the creator and editor of MarketSaw.com, a site focused on 3D movies and technology. Jim has been featured in many media outlets such as Wired, Slate and Computer Graphics World, he...
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Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s body of work includes “Paradise Lost,” Brother’s Keeper” and “Some Kind of Monster,” featuring Metallica. His latest is ...
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John Marmaduke has been president and CEO of Hastings Entertainment Inc. since 1976. He also serves on the board of directors of the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association. Hastings is a mult...
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John W. Kennedy is the founder of JWKMedia, a television/movie script development company, and a development manager/consultant at illumination productions, the production company run by forme...
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August 19, 2009, 3:47PM CDT10 Out-of-the-Box Ideas to Save the Networks
Jonathan Alcorn is an editorial photographer based in Los Angeles with an emphasis on News and Hollywood, blogging his adventures at jonathanalcorn.blogspot.com. His successful freelancer career inclu...
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June 23, 2009, 4:32PM CDTChris Brown Goes to Court
April 24, 2009, 5:36PM CDTDepeche Mode Closes Down Hollywood Blvd.
Jonathan Reiner is an Emmy-winning writer/producer specializing in reality programming. Several of his concepts have been optioned by high-profile networks and production companies, and he is currentl...
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Longtime publicist Julian Myers' favorite day was waking Marilyn Monroe for an appearance on a ship in San Pedro, in front of 3,000 soldiers. A former Fox publicist, he still has his own firm, Julian ...
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September 24, 2009, 9:52PM CDTWe Could Sure Use Frank Liberman Today
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Kathy currently works as an independent writer-producer. She is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s MFA in Screenwriting program. In addition to penning multiple feature-...
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Kent Youngblood is a freelancer who writes about the business side of entertainment. With over 20 years of producing experience on some of television’s most acclaimed series, Youngblood has...
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June 15, 2009, 6:50PM CDTNot Everyone Lives in a TiVo/YouTube World
May 25, 2009, 3:49PM CDTIt's Time for a Vote, but Many SAG Members Feel Betrayed
Documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick has made a career of taking on uncomfortable topics, from sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to the secret world of movie ratings. In his latest film, “Outrage,...
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Laura Clark is the editor of L.A. Story, which chronicles her adventures in the city with toddler in tow. She's also a contributing writer at Los Angeles Moms Blog and has worked as an editor at Woman...
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Laura Ziskin is one of Hollywood’s leading independent producers and studio executives. This year, she produced the third chapter in the "Spider-Man" film series. In 200...
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A civic activist, Leslie Dutton is a twice nominated Emmy Award-winning producer-host. In 2002, she received a Southern California Emmy Award for a public affairs series (Host and Producer) from the A...
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Lionel Chetwynd's over 40 feature and long-form television credits and 21 documentaries have received both Oscar and Emmy nominations, six Writers Guild of America nominations, including an award, the...
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Liz Shannon Miller is the reviews editor for NewTeeVee.com and a webeditor at Variety. She blogs at lizlet = lsm online.
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October 8, 2009, 3:11PM CDTWelcome Back the TV Miniseries
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Mali Perl lives on the East Coast but her mind is always on Hollywood time. She enjoys A-listers, G6 travel, VIP treatment, Us Weekly and having a security detail. Her pet peeves include actors with...
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July 31, 2009, 2:30PM CDTMemo to You Crybaby WME Assistants ...
July 1, 2009, 1:53PM CDTOscars: A Look Back At Coulda-Been Contenders
Marc Clebanoff, head of Odyssey Motion Pictures, made his feature directorial debut with "Unspoken," which earned Best Screenplay and Best Feature Film nominations at various festivals throu...
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June 30, 2009, 7:17PM CDTThe Day Michael Appeared on My Street
April 1, 2009, 6:24PM CDTOn the Set With the Porn People
March 4, 2009, 5:14PM CSTReally No Country for Old Men
Mark Linfield is the co-director of Disneynature's "Earth," which is being released on Earth Day (April 22). He also has produced "Capuchins: The Monkey Puzzle" and two episodes of...
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April 21, 2009, 6:10PM CDTShooting Disney's 'Earth'
Mark Lynch lives and works in London, where he writes an online novel, The Republic of Truth, about teen survivors of a climate disaster.
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October 27, 2009, 12:38PM CDTIn Life and Death, Jackson Brings Out Our Baser Instincts
October 12, 2009, 5:08PM CDTBrit TV and the Art of Barrel Scraping
September 7, 2009, 4:07PM CDTThe Lost Oscar Plot
September 1, 2009, 12:36PM CDTGood Luck, Newspaper Business!
July 22, 2009, 2:16PM CDTEnd Celebrity Fasts & Boycotts Now!
Mark Stone is the Hollywood and television reporter for kelowna.com, the fastest growing media organization in British Columbia. Follow his daily take on the world of celebrity with Celebrity Sizzle. ...
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November 6, 2009, 3:51PM CSTSurvivor: Personal Attacks Backfire
October 30, 2009, 12:47AM CDT'Survivor': Well, at Least Foa Foa's Good at Something!
October 23, 2009, 12:45AM CDTJeff Probst: 'The Scariest Moment I Have Ever Had on the Show'
October 9, 2009, 12:53AM CDT"Survivor" Recap: Chicken 1, Eric O
October 1, 2009, 11:59PM CDTWill 'Survivor' Lose Some Eye Candy?
Matt Brown has been producing and directing short films for the past two decades while working as a post-production technical consultant by day. A master of short film, Matt learned his craft by first...
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June 10, 2009, 6:13PM CDTYes, Indie Filmmakers Can Use Big Effects
Matthew Heller has written about the entertainment industry as a Reuters correspondent in Los Angeles and as a contributor to, among others, the Los Angeles Times Magazine and the Hollywood Reporter. ...
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May 17, 2009, 3:31PM CDTParis Hilton Is SO Not a Real Producer
For over 25-years, Merv Bloch has been a dominant, creative force in the field of motion picture advertising and has been acclaimed for many of his award-winning ad campaigns, posters and trailers. In...
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October 16, 2009, 12:14PM CDTBefore Linda Lovelace, There Was 'The Telephone Book'
Michael Adams is an editor with the international movie magazine Empire and his writing has also appeared in Rolling Stone, FHM, Interview, Men's Style, Top Gear and Jobson's Mining Year Book. His upc...
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March 1, 2009, 9:14PM CST"Watchmen": A Heady Mix That Will Infuriate Many
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February 2, 2009, 8:08PM CSTSome thing wicked this way comes . . . again
Michael Ayers is a New York-based journalist. He writes regularly for Billboard, the Village Voice and AOL, and his work has been featured in Reuters, New York magazine, Stop Smiling and Filter, among...
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May 21, 2009, 4:37PM CDTNo, 'Parks and Recreation' Doesn’t Suck
Michael Janofsky is a veteran journalist who spent 24 years at The New York Times, where he was a Washington and national correspondent .Now an L.A.-based writer, he remains a big fan of politics, mov...
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July 3, 2009, 3:24PM CDTJackson Goes to Washington
March 25, 2009, 4:39PM CDTFilmmakers Roll Out Pro-Military 'Identity'
Michael Kokernak has written about the disruption of the traditional television business model for virtually every industry trade magazine since 1998. He is also an inventor and the company he founded...
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October 4, 2009, 1:44PM CDTTV Industry's Fear of Digital Age Is Getting Old
September 20, 2009, 8:41PM CDTClickable TV Needs the WGA
September 3, 2009, 10:40AM CDTSo, Merge TV and the Internet Already
August 23, 2009, 12:44PM CDTNetworks Need to Forget About Nielsen
Michael Lee is a novel writer, blogger and freelance journalist living in L.A. He's been a judge for the prestigious PAGE Awards and blogs about his two biggest passions, screenwriting and food, at Sc...
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November 4, 2009, 5:57PM CSTScreenwriter Chases His Dream
October 14, 2009, 6:56PM CDTGood News for Scribes, for a Change
October 9, 2009, 2:01PM CDTFor Writers, Some Joy in Mudville
September 28, 2009, 2:17PM CDTIn Hollywood, There Are No Longer Any Dreams to Crush
September 14, 2009, 4:09PM CDTThe Truth About Josh Olson's Rant
Mike Binder began his career as a stand up comedian in Detroit. He is currently working on a comedy pilot for the Fox network and studio called 'Two Dollar Beer,' as well as a new soon to be reve...
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February 2, 2009, 7:26PM CSTMy long-distance plan for Hollywood, Part II
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Mike Medavoy and Nathan Gardels are co-authors of “American Idol After Iraq: Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age,” which willbe be out in April/May.
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March 10, 2009, 6:58PM CDTThe Academy vs. the Ayatollahs
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September 20, 2009, 12:04PM CDT5 Reasons for Optimism in the Music Industry
A veteran of the video and entertainment industry with more than 25 years experience, Mitch Lowe was named CEO of Redbox in 2005 and president in April 2009. Widely credited for the development of the...
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November 5, 2009, 3:47PM CSTRedbox Increases Demand for DVDs
October 2, 2009, 5:44PM CDTRedbox Chief: 'We Are an Engine for Industry Growth'
Born and raised in Chicago, Mitch Paradise is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West, and United Teachers of Los Angeles. He has worked in both television and film, wrote and produced "Bl...
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August 12, 2009, 3:22PM CDTLet's Obama-ize LACMA's Film Program
Ms. Jackson is an emerging producer whose side job is gainful employment at a celebrity-driven production vehicle.
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June 18, 2009, 6:52PM CDTWomen in Film -- We're Not There Yet
Naomi Serviss has covered Broadway, celebrities, lavish resorts and high-end spas. After many years in New York, she is now based in Tucson, Arizona, still hooked on Hollywood, the Great W...
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November 1, 2009, 7:10PM CSTHollyblog: Halloween's Over. Vampires, Too.
October 7, 2009, 1:20PM CDTDavid Letterman, the Gap-Toothed Man-Pig
September 21, 2009, 2:58PM CDTA Survival Manual for Blockbuster
September 16, 2009, 4:25PM CDTTween Kids Books = B.O. Gold
September 9, 2009, 8:34PM CDTAt Last, a Spooky as Hell Kids' Movie
Legendary TV producer Norman Lear’s shows such as “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons” n...
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April 27, 2009, 6:54PM CDTI Remember Bea Arthur
"Few former child stars can claim to have overwhelmed their childhood success as thoroughly as Paul Petersen who literally "grew up" in front of America as "Jeff" on "The Donna Reed Show" (1958-1966)....
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October 1, 2009, 5:40PM CDTSupport for Polanski Makes My Blood Boil
Peter Broderick is president of Paradigm Consulting. My goal is to create a living document that evolves with the latest hybrid experiences and empowers filmmakers to realize their full potential. Vis...
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September 22, 2009, 3:40PM CDTDeclaration of Independence: The 10 Principles of Hybrid Distribution
A truly multi-faceted musician, Peter Himmelman is a critically lauded rock troubadour, a Grammy nominated creator of children’s music, and an Emmy nominated film and television composer.
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April 14, 2009, 5:51PM CDTThe Benefits of the Fear of Serious Embarrassment
February 26, 2009, 5:35PM CSTFrom Waves to Wax to Ones and Zeros
February 4, 2009, 4:43PM CSTJumping Through the Web Into a Furious World
Peter McAlevey is a motion-picture producer and former correspondent for Newsweek. Not only did he attend Woodstock, but knew many of the participants later as a Hollywood executive. This is ada...
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October 28, 2009, 7:55PM CDTIs Tarantino Following the Downward Spirals of Spielberg, Ford & Kubrick?
October 12, 2009, 7:10PM CDTBoobs as Leading Indicators: an Economics Lesson
October 5, 2009, 5:52PM CDTAu Revoir, Roger Avary
September 29, 2009, 4:06PM CDTOnce You're a Jet, You're a Jet ...
September 14, 2009, 4:35PM CDTArmy, Where Are You Now That We Need You?
After graduating from the University of Maryland, Peter Mehlman started his career as a writer for the Washington Post. He slid from print journalism to television when, from 1982 to 1984, he wr...
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August 28, 2009, 2:34PM CDTStranger in a Strange Google Land
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February 17, 2009, 11:42PM CSTSeven Phrases That Are Killing Our Economy
February 10, 2009, 8:15PM CSTHugh Hefner’s Hollywood Love Lessons
January 26, 2009, 10:13PM CSTWhy They Hated 'Seinfeld'
Peter Samuelson is president of Splashlife, Inc., which launches as a media-rich AARP for Millennials later this year. He has produced two dozen movies, including "Revenge of the Nerds,” &q...
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May 10, 2009, 4:22PM CDTWhy Can't Baseball Learn From Hollywood?
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October 22, 2009, 5:22PM CDTBook Publishers Face the Prisoner's Dilemma
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July 7, 2009, 3:22PM CDTAEG Making The Very Best Out of a Bad Situation
June 16, 2009, 1:04PM CDTA Proposal to Solve Concert Ticket-Pricing Woes
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April 23, 2009, 9:24PM CDT'Super Capers': An Odyssey in Self-Distribution
An entertainment journalist since 1984, Ray Richmond has served variously as a television reporter, critic and columnist for Daily Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, the L.A. Daily News, the Orange Coun...
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September 30, 2009, 3:53PM CDTRe-Name That Film!
September 17, 2009, 6:29PM CDTFangs, But No Fangs
September 4, 2009, 2:56PM CDTEnough Already With The Never-Ending Trailers
August 30, 2009, 1:20PM CDTWho Needs Friends? I Have Facebook!
August 20, 2009, 12:56PM CDTGive George Carlin His Emmy Now!
Reed Martin has taught "Film Marketing, Distribution and Exhibition" at NYU's Stern School of Business since 2003. More recently, he has served as a research associate in the Global Research Group at ...
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October 26, 2009, 7:37PM CDTExperts’ Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers
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May 13, 2009, 6:31PM CDTLocal HD Is Finally on the Way
Richard Farrell is an author, filmmaker, teacher, journalist and adjunct
professor of English at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell. His
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September 17, 2009, 2:09PM CDTSharing the Stage with Villains of MPTF
Rick Ellis is a journalist currently living in the Twin Cities. He has written about television and the media business for more than a decade. His reporting has been cited in Vanity Fair, The Nation, ...
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October 25, 2009, 2:05PM CDTIn Defense of 'The Jay Leno Show'
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February 3, 2009, 7:32PM CSTThe trades shall rise again!
Roberta Marie Munroe is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, entrepreneur, international film festival programmer, and consultant. From 2001-2006, she programmed short films at The Sundance Film Festiv...
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Scott Macaulay is the Editor of Filmmaker Magazine and the co-president of the New York production company Forensic Films. Among his producing credits are "Raising Victor Vargas," "Gummo" and the Sund...
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Simon Abrams writes about comics, books and movies for the Comics Journal, the L Magazine, the New York Press and Slant Magazine. Since last year, he's been obsessively keeping a film journal where he...
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March 1, 2009, 10:05PM CSTPost-Oscar Blues
Suzette Valle was recognized by Time Warner Cable as one of San Diego's 50 Best Moms. Living in San Diego with her husband and two teenagers, she is a"golf and softball mom" who blogs about ...
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July 27, 2009, 1:10PM CDTIf George Romero Were a 16-Year-Old Girl ...
July 8, 2009, 2:22PM CDTA Goodbye Filled With Mixed Emotions
Ted Hope has produced over 50 films and co-founded both This Is That and Good Machine. His eye for talent is demonstrated by the feature directing careers he’s initiated, including Ang Lee&rsquo...
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July 29, 2009, 4:00PM CDTDear Roger Rabbit: Screw You, Bunny
July 8, 2009, 4:39PM CDTNBC Needs a College Course in Marketing
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Todd Holland has directed three feature films and more than 250 episodes of televison and has been honored with three Emmy Awards, five CableAce Awards, eight Emmy nominations, a DGA award and a WGA n...
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Todd Leavitt was President of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from 2002-2005. He is now a managing partner at film financing and television-packaging boutique Tulip Media.
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ABOUT TOM BENEDEK:Screenwriter and photographer Tom Benedek wrote the screenplays for Cocoon, Free Willy and other films. He has written and rewritten screenplays for Robert Zemeckis, Lawrence K...
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March 26, 2009, 5:54PM CDT'Change Agents': the New Web-Series Gurus
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January 19, 2009, 11:51PM CSTVintage Ovitz
Tom Teicholz is a film producer in L.A. Everywhere else, he's a journalist and author. Tommywood is his column and blog on arts and culture.
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Zorianna Kit is a print and television journalist. She was most recently the resident film analyst for the TV Guide Network and a guest host on "Ebert & Roeper." Prior to that she ...
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Bob Beitcher, most recently president and CEO of Panavision, Inc., and co-chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes Media Group, has been a senior executive in the entertainment and media industry for more than...
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Charles Taylor writes about books, movies and politics for a variety of publications including the New York Times, Dissent and the Nation. He lives in Brooklyn.
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September 13, 2009, 1:28PM CDTRevisiting a Legend's Final Days
August 25, 2009, 4:19PM CDTThe King of Pop's Neverland of Truth
Iranian-American David Diaan is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, director, producer, who can be last seen in the feature film “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” which premiered at the 2009 ...
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July 1, 2009, 5:27PM CDTIran's Silent Majority
Academy Award-nominated producer David T. Friendly is a 20-year veteran of the film business and one of Hollywood's most prolific producers. His movies have grossed over a billion dollars worldwide.&n...
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February 12, 2009, 10:20PM CSTWhy I Blog
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February 3, 2009, 7:47PM CSTSuper Bowl winner is . . . Hollywood
February 1, 2009, 7:39PM CSTLay off 'Slumdog'!
Dea Lawrence is a seasoned senior executive in the online industry specializing in sales and marketing. Currently she is responsible for the management and expansion of PointRoll’s West Coast sa...
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August 31, 2009, 7:56PM CDTBuy Those Oscar Ads Wisely
July 17, 2009, 1:40PM CDTHey, Marketers ... What's So Bad About Mobile?
Dean Butler is a producer of documentary content for broadcast, internet and DVD distribution. He is also an actor, best known for his work on the classic family drama, "Little House on the Prair...
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September 19, 2009, 3:59PM CDTMPTF Intimidation Tactics Are Alive and Well
April 29, 2009, 3:40PM CDTMPTF: What Country Is This?
Desson Thomson was a film critic for the Washington Post for 21 years. Since leaving the Post in May 2008, he has become a freelance writer, a pop-cultural commentator on NPR's "Weekend Edition,&...
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May 14, 2009, 4:56PM CDT'Angels' Shines a Light on Ron Howard's Filmmaking Faults
May 8, 2009, 3:28PM CDTMike Tyson Explains Himself
From Presidential politics, celebrity culture & Hollywood, microeconomics,rock 'n' roll, the NoBrow tabloid obsessions of modern America & a touch ofeverything else in-between, Dominic Patten ...
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September 15, 2009, 2:13PM CDTFarewell to the Poet With the Snarl and Prickly Pen
September 2, 2009, 10:31PM CDTWGA Candidates Wine and Dine
July 21, 2009, 4:49PM CDT'Watchmen' Director's Cut: Bigger, Longer, Still Dull
July 20, 2009, 7:44PM CDTCronkite & the Men on the Moon
July 14, 2009, 5:08PM CDTThe Best of L.A. on a Summer's Night
Don Hardy is an independent documentary filmmaker in northern California. He and his filmmaking partner Dana Nachman released their first film, "Witch Hunt," this year. They're currently in ...
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June 10, 2009, 4:43PM CDTAfter a Witch Hunt, Redemption in Bakersfield
Douglas Preston is a best-selling author; his latest book is "The Monster of Florence," about Italy's answer to Jack the Ripper, written with Mario Spezi.
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April 10, 2009, 4:18PM CDTThe True Monster of Florence
Eric Hughes is an actor and writer whose credits include AGAINST ALL ODDS and WHITE NIGHTS. His web site, screenrights.net, contains documents which impact the lives of writers and actors, but which h...
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February 5, 2009, 9:12PM CSTWho is Mary C. McCall, Jr.?
Eric Kohn is a freelance film journalist and critic whose work regularly appears in indieWIRE, New York Press and several other outlets. His thoughts on new media and film can be found at Screen Rush.
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August 14, 2009, 4:45PM CDTObama's Campaign? Inspirational ... The Movie, Not So Much
August 4, 2009, 4:37PM CDT'Sita' Singing the Distribution Blues
May 31, 2009, 6:16PM CDTWerner Herzog Takes 'Bad Lieutenant' for a Southern-Fried Spin
May 28, 2009, 3:11PM CDTA Sad Coda to the 'Tyson' Movie
May 12, 2009, 2:00PM CDTFilm Funders Goin' to the IndieGoGo
Eric Taub has covered the intersection of technology and entertainment for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications for more than 15 years. A former pay TV analyst for Paul Ka...
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May 4, 2009, 5:32PM CDTLet There Be (Cheap) Light
March 23, 2009, 3:43PM CDTLEDs Light the Way to Cost Savings for Studios
Erik Buckman is the man behind ReelLoop.com and is a Denver-based entertainment writer, critic and purveyor of pop whimsy.
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May 18, 2009, 6:40PM CDTSuperman Is Dead, and We Killed Him
April 21, 2009, 7:28PM CDTIn Hard Times, Hollywood Does Something Right
Ester Goldberg is the International Glamourpuss of all media. Loved by young and old, Jewish and Gentile, black, white, brown and in-between, all love Ester's irreverent take on life and her positive ...
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November 5, 2009, 7:55PM CSTEster's Weekly 'Wrap': 'Gossip,' 'Melrose' and Alcohol Abuse
October 29, 2009, 6:01PM CDTEster's Weekly 'Wrap': Polanski & Glambert
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October 15, 2009, 5:16PM CDTEster's Weekly 'Wrap': Lesbian Kisses & 'Southland'
October 8, 2009, 7:02PM CDTEster's Weekly 'Wrap': Letterman to Clarkson
Flackback will explore the art and artifice of entertainment PR. The author has 25 years' corporate experience and has finessed everything from a celebrity's drunken surprise marriage to his bes...
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November 3, 2009, 8:52PM CSTJay Leno Displays His Crisis Management Skills
October 19, 2009, 5:53PM CDT'Balloon Boy' ... and a Defense of Publicity
October 11, 2009, 5:34PM CDTSex, Lies, Videotape & Publicity
September 22, 2009, 1:44PM CDTThe Days of Awe at Disney
September 3, 2009, 11:43AM CDTHollywood Sinking Its Teeth Into LinkedIn
Frank Swertlow is an awarding-winning journalist who covered a 2002 civil trial against Michael Jackson and the 2005 criminal trial, both for People magazine. He is the co-author of "We, the Jury...
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July 14, 2009, 5:44PM CDTJackson's Drug Testing: It's All Over but the Paperwork
July 13, 2009, 8:30PM CDTRowe 'Quietly' Trying to Work Out Custody Deal
July 13, 2009, 8:29PM CDTJackson's Body at Forest Lawn Until Brain Returned
Fred Silberberg is a Los Angeles attorney who has been specializing in family law for more than 20 years. For more than 10 years, he has authored an often controversial and oft- quoted opinion column ...
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September 30, 2009, 3:18PM CDTHollywood Success Is No Free Pass for Molesting a Child
July 21, 2009, 5:33PM CDTWanted: a Code to Save Kids of Reality TV
June 1, 2009, 4:32PM CDTChildren of Celebs Are Less Equal Than Others
Gene Rosow, aka DirtDoctorG, is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and feature film producer who brings it all home to planet Earth and gets us all down in the dirt.
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July 11, 2009, 9:19PM CDT'Eco-Mindful Media' Is Now a Reality
June 3, 2009, 5:14PM CDTClimate Change? We're the Ones Who Can Help!
Gina Nahai is the author, most recently, of "Caspian Rain." She teaches creative writing at USC.
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May 12, 2009, 1:08AM CDTIran's Never-Ending Movie
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June 26, 2009, 8:48AM CDTMy 15th Birthday Present: Meeting Michael
Gotham Chopra is a journalist, entrepreneur, and Boston Sports fan. He is the founder of Liquid Comics (formerly Virgin Comics) and frequent commentator on everything from suicide bombers to strippers...
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May 6, 2009, 5:35PM CDTMedia Leaders in Need of a Worldly Vision
Holly Goldberg Sloan is a writer-director of family films. She wrote "Angels in the Outfield," "Made in America," "The Big Green" and "The Crocodile Hunter: Collisio...
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April 14, 2009, 7:54PM CDTCuba Si, Agua No
Howard Rosenberg is the Pulitzer Prize-winning former television critic for the Los Angeles Times, where his column was distributed nationally and read by decision makers in the media for 25 years. He...
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January 17, 2009, 11:52PM CSTJoe the Plumber as a reporter? With prime time's banal view of journalists, that's a sitcom waiting to happen.
Jacquie Jordan is a two-time Emmy-nominated television producer, author of “Get on TV!” and founder of Jacquie Jordan Inc./TVGuestpert.com. TVGuestpert.com is a media development company s...
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April 6, 2009, 8:19PM CDTI Was Punk'd by Sacha Baron Cohen
James Sims got his start in news while serving as a radio and television reporter in the U.S. Air Force. After a few years in South Korea he returned to Los Angeles where he worked at "Entertainm...
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July 6, 2009, 3:45PM CDT Will '10 Things' Add Up to TV Success?
June 28, 2009, 6:37PM CDTLet's Hear It for Maya Rudolph!
May 12, 2009, 5:30PM CDTIt Takes a Frog to Save Disney
April 7, 2009, 6:16PM CDTHey NBC, What the 'Chuck'?
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September 14, 2009, 7:36PM CDTExpanding the Narrative
Jeff Dowd is a Los Angeles-based writer/producer, producer’s representative and a nationally recognized authority on marketing, distribution and exhibition. He is a political activist and a freq...
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May 5, 2009, 4:00PM CDTHow 'The Dude' Came to Love the Lebowski Fest
Jeff Gross is a writer and director who collaborated with Roman Polanski on the writing of “Frantic” and “Bitter Moon.” He was in Cannes with a half-dozen projects, including a...
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May 25, 2009, 5:28PM CDTA Slimmed-Down Cannes Was the Best Cannes
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February 22, 2009, 6:29PM CSTThe Problem with Chris Brown's Apology
Jim Dorey is the creator and editor of MarketSaw.com, a site focused on 3D movies and technology. Jim has been featured in many media outlets such as Wired, Slate and Computer Graphics World, he...
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March 20, 2009, 4:04PM CDT3D Conversion: The Gauntlet Has Been Dropped
February 22, 2009, 8:41PM CSTThe New, Headache-Free 3D Universe
Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s body of work includes “Paradise Lost,” Brother’s Keeper” and “Some Kind of Monster,” featuring Metallica. His latest is ...
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September 10, 2009, 2:11PM CDTA Filmmaker's Wake-Up Call
John Marmaduke has been president and CEO of Hastings Entertainment Inc. since 1976. He also serves on the board of directors of the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association. Hastings is a mult...
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October 7, 2009, 2:06PM CDTRedbox Roulette: Gambling With the Industry's Future
John Ridley is an Emmy Award-winning commentator and writer for Esquire and Time magazines as well as a contributor to CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and NPR. He is the author of seven published novels and nume...
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May 27, 2009, 4:46PM CDTLack of Progress in Minority Casting Is as Maddening as Ever
April 24, 2009, 1:47PM CDTYes, 'Obsessed' is the Most Significant Film of the Decade
John W. Kennedy is the founder of JWKMedia, a television/movie script development company, and a development manager/consultant at illumination productions, the production company run by forme...
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August 19, 2009, 3:47PM CDT10 Out-of-the-Box Ideas to Save the Networks
Jonathan Alcorn is an editorial photographer based in Los Angeles with an emphasis on News and Hollywood, blogging his adventures at jonathanalcorn.blogspot.com. His successful freelancer career inclu...
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June 23, 2009, 4:32PM CDTChris Brown Goes to Court
April 24, 2009, 5:36PM CDTDepeche Mode Closes Down Hollywood Blvd.
Jonathan Reiner is an Emmy-winning writer/producer specializing in reality programming. Several of his concepts have been optioned by high-profile networks and production companies, and he is currentl...
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September 15, 2009, 4:01PM CDT 'Guiding Light' Changed the Face of Broadcasting
Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Pure West, a film, web and interactive company, and director and editor of "Second Skin," a documentary on v...
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September 2, 2009, 2:13PM CDTVirtual Worlds Are Not Just Time-Wasters
Longtime publicist Julian Myers' favorite day was waking Marilyn Monroe for an appearance on a ship in San Pedro, in front of 3,000 soldiers. A former Fox publicist, he still has his own firm, Julian ...
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September 24, 2009, 9:52PM CDTWe Could Sure Use Frank Liberman Today
September 8, 2009, 11:13PM CDTGood-Bye, Dear Army
August 31, 2009, 1:49PM CDTA True Hollywood Solution for the MPTF
Kathy currently works as an independent writer-producer. She is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s MFA in Screenwriting program. In addition to penning multiple feature-...
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October 28, 2009, 3:38PM CDTLynchings Through the Eyes of Young Filmmakers
Ken Scherer is Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation, a non-profit organization offering health and charitable services to Southern California’s entertai...
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August 25, 2009, 8:30AM CDTMPTF Closure Hurts Everyone Involved
Kent Youngblood is a freelancer who writes about the business side of entertainment. With over 20 years of producing experience on some of television’s most acclaimed series, Youngblood has...
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October 26, 2009, 6:57PM CDTStray Balloons at the Media Circus
August 11, 2009, 1:21PM CDTWho Killed the Soundtrack?
July 3, 2009, 3:54PM CDTStill Wrapping My Arms Around Oscar's Decision
June 15, 2009, 6:50PM CDTNot Everyone Lives in a TiVo/YouTube World
May 25, 2009, 3:49PM CDTIt's Time for a Vote, but Many SAG Members Feel Betrayed
Documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick has made a career of taking on uncomfortable topics, from sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to the secret world of movie ratings. In his latest film, “Outrage,...
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May 15, 2009, 1:08PM CDTThe MPAA vs. Gay Sexuality
Laura Clark is the editor of L.A. Story, which chronicles her adventures in the city with toddler in tow. She's also a contributing writer at Los Angeles Moms Blog and has worked as an editor at Woman...
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May 5, 2009, 4:27PM CDTRole Models? Depends on Where You Look!
April 24, 2009, 2:04PM CDTBiz Moms: Et Tu Hollywood?
Laura Ziskin is one of Hollywood’s leading independent producers and studio executives. This year, she produced the third chapter in the "Spider-Man" film series. In 200...
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May 26, 2009, 5:32PM CDTStand Up to Cancer Announces First Round of Dream Team Funding
A civic activist, Leslie Dutton is a twice nominated Emmy Award-winning producer-host. In 2002, she received a Southern California Emmy Award for a public affairs series (Host and Producer) from the A...
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April 29, 2009, 12:36PM CDTRestore Public Cable Channels to L.A.
Lionel Chetwynd's over 40 feature and long-form television credits and 21 documentaries have received both Oscar and Emmy nominations, six Writers Guild of America nominations, including an award, the...
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March 16, 2009, 7:01PM CDTRon Silver R.I.P.: An Appreciation
Lisa Vinton, sharing her parenting skills with TV viewers this spring in the new CMT original reality series, "World’s Strictest Parents," is President/CEO and founder of Services for ...
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June 3, 2009, 4:52PM CDTConfessions of a Reality TV Star
Liz Shannon Miller is the reviews editor for NewTeeVee.com and a webeditor at Variety. She blogs at lizlet = lsm online.
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October 8, 2009, 3:11PM CDTWelcome Back the TV Miniseries
March 12, 2009, 4:40PM CDT'Dollhouse' a Fixer-Upper
Mali Perl lives on the East Coast but her mind is always on Hollywood time. She enjoys A-listers, G6 travel, VIP treatment, Us Weekly and having a security detail. Her pet peeves include actors with...
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November 1, 2009, 4:34PM CSTNot so Much 'Mad' Men as Miserable
September 29, 2009, 3:04PM CDTMy Do-It-Yourself TV Season
August 9, 2009, 1:59PM CDTThe Legacy of John Hughes: Lost Youth
July 31, 2009, 2:30PM CDTMemo to You Crybaby WME Assistants ...
July 1, 2009, 1:53PM CDTOscars: A Look Back At Coulda-Been Contenders
Marc Clebanoff, head of Odyssey Motion Pictures, made his feature directorial debut with "Unspoken," which earned Best Screenplay and Best Feature Film nominations at various festivals throu...
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June 4, 2009, 8:08PM CDTRemembering David Carradine
Marc Flanagan is a television writer/producer. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Marc has written and produced "The Tracey Ullman Show," "Grace Under Fire," "High Societ...
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August 3, 2009, 10:13AM CDTA Comedy Lesson From Mel Brooks
June 30, 2009, 7:17PM CDTThe Day Michael Appeared on My Street
April 1, 2009, 6:24PM CDTOn the Set With the Porn People
March 4, 2009, 5:14PM CSTReally No Country for Old Men
Mark Linfield is the co-director of Disneynature's "Earth," which is being released on Earth Day (April 22). He also has produced "Capuchins: The Monkey Puzzle" and two episodes of...
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April 21, 2009, 6:10PM CDTShooting Disney's 'Earth'
Mark Lynch lives and works in London, where he writes an online novel, The Republic of Truth, about teen survivors of a climate disaster.
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October 27, 2009, 12:38PM CDTIn Life and Death, Jackson Brings Out Our Baser Instincts
October 12, 2009, 5:08PM CDTBrit TV and the Art of Barrel Scraping
September 7, 2009, 4:07PM CDTThe Lost Oscar Plot
September 1, 2009, 12:36PM CDTGood Luck, Newspaper Business!
July 22, 2009, 2:16PM CDTEnd Celebrity Fasts & Boycotts Now!
Mark Stone is the Hollywood and television reporter for kelowna.com, the fastest growing media organization in British Columbia. Follow his daily take on the world of celebrity with Celebrity Sizzle. ...
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November 6, 2009, 3:51PM CSTSurvivor: Personal Attacks Backfire
October 30, 2009, 12:47AM CDT'Survivor': Well, at Least Foa Foa's Good at Something!
October 23, 2009, 12:45AM CDTJeff Probst: 'The Scariest Moment I Have Ever Had on the Show'
October 9, 2009, 12:53AM CDT"Survivor" Recap: Chicken 1, Eric O
October 1, 2009, 11:59PM CDTWill 'Survivor' Lose Some Eye Candy?
Matt Brown has been producing and directing short films for the past two decades while working as a post-production technical consultant by day. A master of short film, Matt learned his craft by first...
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June 10, 2009, 6:13PM CDTYes, Indie Filmmakers Can Use Big Effects
Matthew Heller has written about the entertainment industry as a Reuters correspondent in Los Angeles and as a contributor to, among others, the Los Angeles Times Magazine and the Hollywood Reporter. ...
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May 17, 2009, 3:31PM CDTParis Hilton Is SO Not a Real Producer
For over 25-years, Merv Bloch has been a dominant, creative force in the field of motion picture advertising and has been acclaimed for many of his award-winning ad campaigns, posters and trailers. In...
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October 16, 2009, 12:14PM CDTBefore Linda Lovelace, There Was 'The Telephone Book'
Michael Adams is an editor with the international movie magazine Empire and his writing has also appeared in Rolling Stone, FHM, Interview, Men's Style, Top Gear and Jobson's Mining Year Book. His upc...
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March 1, 2009, 9:14PM CST"Watchmen": A Heady Mix That Will Infuriate Many
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February 11, 2009, 7:51PM CSTThe Curious Case of "The Curious Case"
February 2, 2009, 8:08PM CSTSome thing wicked this way comes . . . again
Michael Ayers is a New York-based journalist. He writes regularly for Billboard, the Village Voice and AOL, and his work has been featured in Reuters, New York magazine, Stop Smiling and Filter, among...
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May 21, 2009, 4:37PM CDTNo, 'Parks and Recreation' Doesn’t Suck
Michael Janofsky is a veteran journalist who spent 24 years at The New York Times, where he was a Washington and national correspondent .Now an L.A.-based writer, he remains a big fan of politics, mov...
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July 3, 2009, 3:24PM CDTJackson Goes to Washington
March 25, 2009, 4:39PM CDTFilmmakers Roll Out Pro-Military 'Identity'
Michael Kokernak has written about the disruption of the traditional television business model for virtually every industry trade magazine since 1998. He is also an inventor and the company he founded...
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October 4, 2009, 1:44PM CDTTV Industry's Fear of Digital Age Is Getting Old
September 20, 2009, 8:41PM CDTClickable TV Needs the WGA
September 3, 2009, 10:40AM CDTSo, Merge TV and the Internet Already
August 23, 2009, 12:44PM CDTNetworks Need to Forget About Nielsen
Michael Lee is a novel writer, blogger and freelance journalist living in L.A. He's been a judge for the prestigious PAGE Awards and blogs about his two biggest passions, screenwriting and food, at Sc...
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November 4, 2009, 5:57PM CSTScreenwriter Chases His Dream
October 14, 2009, 6:56PM CDTGood News for Scribes, for a Change
October 9, 2009, 2:01PM CDTFor Writers, Some Joy in Mudville
September 28, 2009, 2:17PM CDTIn Hollywood, There Are No Longer Any Dreams to Crush
September 14, 2009, 4:09PM CDTThe Truth About Josh Olson's Rant
Mike Binder began his career as a stand up comedian in Detroit. He is currently working on a comedy pilot for the Fox network and studio called 'Two Dollar Beer,' as well as a new soon to be reve...
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February 2, 2009, 7:26PM CSTMy long-distance plan for Hollywood, Part II
January 29, 2009, 9:30PM CSTMy long-distance plan for Hollywood
Mike Medavoy and Nathan Gardels are co-authors of “American Idol After Iraq: Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age,” which willbe be out in April/May.
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Mitch Bainwol is Chairman & CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its members are the leading record companies t...
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September 20, 2009, 12:04PM CDT5 Reasons for Optimism in the Music Industry
A veteran of the video and entertainment industry with more than 25 years experience, Mitch Lowe was named CEO of Redbox in 2005 and president in April 2009. Widely credited for the development of the...
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November 5, 2009, 3:47PM CSTRedbox Increases Demand for DVDs
October 2, 2009, 5:44PM CDTRedbox Chief: 'We Are an Engine for Industry Growth'
Born and raised in Chicago, Mitch Paradise is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West, and United Teachers of Los Angeles. He has worked in both television and film, wrote and produced "Bl...
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August 12, 2009, 3:22PM CDTLet's Obama-ize LACMA's Film Program
Ms. Jackson is an emerging producer whose side job is gainful employment at a celebrity-driven production vehicle.
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June 18, 2009, 6:52PM CDTWomen in Film -- We're Not There Yet
Naomi Serviss has covered Broadway, celebrities, lavish resorts and high-end spas. After many years in New York, she is now based in Tucson, Arizona, still hooked on Hollywood, the Great W...
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November 1, 2009, 7:10PM CSTHollyblog: Halloween's Over. Vampires, Too.
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September 21, 2009, 2:58PM CDTA Survival Manual for Blockbuster
September 16, 2009, 4:25PM CDTTween Kids Books = B.O. Gold
September 9, 2009, 8:34PM CDTAt Last, a Spooky as Hell Kids' Movie
Legendary TV producer Norman Lear’s shows such as “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons” n...
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April 27, 2009, 6:54PM CDTI Remember Bea Arthur
"Few former child stars can claim to have overwhelmed their childhood success as thoroughly as Paul Petersen who literally "grew up" in front of America as "Jeff" on "The Donna Reed Show" (1958-1966)....
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October 1, 2009, 5:40PM CDTSupport for Polanski Makes My Blood Boil
Peter Broderick is president of Paradigm Consulting. My goal is to create a living document that evolves with the latest hybrid experiences and empowers filmmakers to realize their full potential. Vis...
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September 22, 2009, 3:40PM CDTDeclaration of Independence: The 10 Principles of Hybrid Distribution
A truly multi-faceted musician, Peter Himmelman is a critically lauded rock troubadour, a Grammy nominated creator of children’s music, and an Emmy nominated film and television composer.
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April 14, 2009, 5:51PM CDTThe Benefits of the Fear of Serious Embarrassment
February 26, 2009, 5:35PM CSTFrom Waves to Wax to Ones and Zeros
February 4, 2009, 4:43PM CSTJumping Through the Web Into a Furious World
Peter McAlevey is a motion-picture producer and former correspondent for Newsweek. Not only did he attend Woodstock, but knew many of the participants later as a Hollywood executive. This is ada...
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October 28, 2009, 7:55PM CDTIs Tarantino Following the Downward Spirals of Spielberg, Ford & Kubrick?
October 12, 2009, 7:10PM CDTBoobs as Leading Indicators: an Economics Lesson
October 5, 2009, 5:52PM CDTAu Revoir, Roger Avary
September 29, 2009, 4:06PM CDTOnce You're a Jet, You're a Jet ...
September 14, 2009, 4:35PM CDTArmy, Where Are You Now That We Need You?
After graduating from the University of Maryland, Peter Mehlman started his career as a writer for the Washington Post. He slid from print journalism to television when, from 1982 to 1984, he wr...
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August 28, 2009, 2:34PM CDTStranger in a Strange Google Land
March 25, 2009, 5:32PM CDTL.A.'s No Place to Experience the Depression
February 17, 2009, 11:42PM CSTSeven Phrases That Are Killing Our Economy
February 10, 2009, 8:15PM CSTHugh Hefner’s Hollywood Love Lessons
January 26, 2009, 10:13PM CSTWhy They Hated 'Seinfeld'
Peter Samuelson is president of Splashlife, Inc., which launches as a media-rich AARP for Millennials later this year. He has produced two dozen movies, including "Revenge of the Nerds,” &q...
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May 10, 2009, 4:22PM CDTWhy Can't Baseball Learn From Hollywood?
Rafi Mohammed, Ph.D. is a pricing strategy consultant and author of pricing strategy books, "The Art of Pricing" (Crown Business, 2005) and the forthcoming "The 1% Windfall" (Harpe...
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October 22, 2009, 5:22PM CDTBook Publishers Face the Prisoner's Dilemma
September 9, 2009, 8:40PM CDTWhy All the Rage at Redbox?
July 20, 2009, 6:16PM CDTThose e-Books Are Here to Stay ... Get Used to Them
July 7, 2009, 3:22PM CDTAEG Making The Very Best Out of a Bad Situation
June 16, 2009, 1:04PM CDTA Proposal to Solve Concert Ticket-Pricing Woes
Ray Griggs is an independent producer-writer-director whose short, "Lucifer," has won awards at several film festivals. He self-financed his second outing, an independent $2 million B-...
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April 23, 2009, 9:24PM CDT'Super Capers': An Odyssey in Self-Distribution
An entertainment journalist since 1984, Ray Richmond has served variously as a television reporter, critic and columnist for Daily Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, the L.A. Daily News, the Orange Coun...
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September 30, 2009, 3:53PM CDTRe-Name That Film!
September 17, 2009, 6:29PM CDTFangs, But No Fangs
September 4, 2009, 2:56PM CDTEnough Already With The Never-Ending Trailers
August 30, 2009, 1:20PM CDTWho Needs Friends? I Have Facebook!
August 20, 2009, 12:56PM CDTGive George Carlin His Emmy Now!
Reed Martin has taught "Film Marketing, Distribution and Exhibition" at NYU's Stern School of Business since 2003. More recently, he has served as a research associate in the Global Research Group at ...
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October 26, 2009, 7:37PM CDTExperts’ Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers
Rich Fickle has spent over 25 years in the media industry, focusing on the launch of new technology-driven businesses in the cable, satellite and content segments. In his current role as SVP of Busine...
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May 13, 2009, 6:31PM CDTLocal HD Is Finally on the Way
Richard Farrell is an author, filmmaker, teacher, journalist and adjunct
professor of English at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell. His
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