From: Matthew Milam Subject: Poker As someone that works in the movie business, this email hit close to home.  I often wonder why TV has eclipsed movies in terms of great content and you basically lay it out in the below email. In the 80s, you had 15 – 20 movie studios each putting out [...]

We hate him, but he wins. In other words, the execs come and go, but the talent remains. Jimmy Fallon has a terrific show. But if NBC lets Jay Leno go, he’ll just jump to FOX and trounce everybody. Comedians are not athletes, their skills don’t wane over time. This is ageism at its worst. [...]

It’s about the awards, STUPID! What kind of crazy, messed up world do we live in where the Golden Globes are better than the Oscars? One in which the foreign press knows that its trophies are meaningless and does its best to focus on stars and faux pas. The Golden Globes is sold as a [...]

EVERYBODY’S HIP Did you catch LL Cool J imploring viewers to tweet, to participate? Once upon a time the music industry was clueless as to tech. It specialized in following as opposed to leading. Even more, it tried to keep people in the past, fruitlessly, even suing to try and maintain an old paradigm. But [...]