Columns
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Hollywood Warns Gays: Careful What You Wish For
Guest blog: From “Double Indemnity” and “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf” to “War of the Roses,” the silver screen is littered with bitter, vitriolic marriages scarred by regret, revenge and recrimination
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And Then There Was ‘Jim’ – My Time on ‘The Sopranos’ With James Gandolfini
Guest blog: Somehow, this huge, invincible-looking exterior contained a humble and vulnerable soul — that is what he brought to Tony Soprano
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Emmys: ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Gets Those Gorgeous Costumes Bloody
This could be the year "Boardwalk" finally nabs a lead-actor Emmy for Steve Buscemi and recognition as television’s best drama
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Paula Deen: When Diversity is Deep-Fried
The same Food Network that advocates an admitted shyster and a gonnif who took money from the pockets of his own employees is coming down on a working woman who spoke the truth in a deposition
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Gary David Goldberg Channeled the Colorful Experience of Growing Up a Brooklyn Jew – an Appreciation
Guest blog: Although Goldberg was most famous for shows as “Family Ties,” I was most enamored with him for “Brooklyn Bridge”
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Emmys: Why ‘The Americans’ FBI Agent Noah Emmerich Is Never Who You Think He Is
Emmerich’s ability to walk so many lines on "The Americans" make him a serious threat in this year’s Emmy race for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Emmys: ‘House of Cards’ Star Corey Stoll – ‘I Know What It’s Like to Be Out of Control’
"I’ll never not feel like a character actor. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I think feeling like you have to transform for a role is the only way I know how to do it"
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7 Characters From Cannes I Still Can’t Get Out of My Mind
Guest blog: Festival habitués I came across at the festival this year — you know them well, don't you?
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CNN’s ‘New Day’ Review: Serious News, Wacky Animals – and Nancy Grace
Show sets out to be newsiest morning show — but there's room for bears, too
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Top 9 Tips for WME on Doing a Better Negative Campaign Against CAA
Guest blog: WME should have partnered with a shill company (in exchange, say, for equity in the smaller firm) and then stayed out of the limelight, while quietly siphoning off CAA clients for years to come
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Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi, We All Cry: the End Is Nigh
Guest blog: Unlike sci-fi, cli-fi writing for movie scripts and novels comes primarily from a place of warning rather than discovery
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Interns No Laughing Matter for Entertainment, Media Companies
Guest blog: Recent rulings favor employers, but they should be aware of Dept. of Labor's critera on summer help
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I Sat Through ‘Hangover III’ Stone-Faced, Except for Melissa McCarthy
Guest blog: This franchise cannot endure a “Hangover 4”
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Film Festivals: A Firsthand Account From the Front Lines of 21st-Century ‘DIY’ Distribution
How can you make the most of the lesser film festivals and aid your film’s DIY distribution
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I’m a ‘Fast & Furious’ Naysayer No More
The dialogue is fast and wicked; the cast exudes a heat and a sexuality that burns up the screen