Tag: Hollywood

February 2, 2014 /
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January 26, 2014 /

The Bad Boy Bieber syndrome is nothing new, it’s just that the babysitters have gotten so damn stupid. Look poppets, you know I don’t often weigh in on current events, but this latest frenzy has got me going. I can tell you, like any town with a prominent, well financed,…

January 21, 2014 /

As per the traditions of Hollywood, and my habit of turning conversations my way here’s the preface: Oh! Talk about me? Of course! Spoiled and sheltered, and can go Sicilian in an instant. On the other hand. There are people who restore, regenerate, thrive in self-invention, and don’t have a…

January 20, 2014 /

Left to right: James Baldwin, Burt Lancaster, Charlton Heston, Marlon Brando, Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte

January 18, 2014 /

Paramount just announced they are going to stop distributing film as film, they are going all digital, as of… NOW. The first studio to jettison an art form of a hundred years standing. I weep. And not because I have hideous allergies that require two forms of eye drops and…

January 17, 2014 /

Nothing major, but I have something that requires I go into the doctor’s again… If I don’t turn into a cranky shrew-bat there will posts up over the weekend. And if there are not you will know I’ve turned a skulking fussy mess. Not a hot mess like the lady…

January 16, 2014 /

I admit it; life on set is not all it’s cracked up to be. However, people do develop the most outrageous compensatory behaviors. One actor wiles away the boredom in between set calls by standing starkers in his trailer, arms uplifted, and demands to be dressed head to toe, without…

January 16, 2014 /

Just a thought, why do animators refer to their work places in terms such as these; The Termite Terrace, The Crypt, Mauschwitz, etc.? It’s kind of gloomy this morning in LA (as this is an update in January 2014, it’s most likely sunny and warm out, unseasonably warm…) — so…