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The Michael Jackson Biopic

1 He’s dead. The media has been positively shocked that a film with uniformly negative reviews is doing so well at the box office. After all, isn’t Michael Jackson a child molester in a zero tolerance era? Look at Cesar Chavez, he was scrubbed from modern life within a week. Whereas with Michael Jackson new […]

The Billy Idol Movie

1 You reach a point where you no longer believe. I was doing an interview and I was asked who my heroes were. Stunningly, I’ve never been asked this before. Normally you put a dime in my jukebox and you get endless spiel, these stories are embedded in my DNA. But I was stumped, I […]

The Hollywood Letter

“Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros. – The letter warns that the deal will result in fewer jobs for creatives, along with higher costs and less choice for audiences.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/hollywood-letter-opposing-paramount-warner-bros-deal.html You can’t stop progress… Or why does Hollywood continue to fight the last war? Do I like Bari Weiss in control […]

The Billy Preston Documentary-This Week’s Podcast

The three main principals involved in the film, director Paris Barclay and producers Stephanie Allain and Jeanne Elfant Festa, opine about their careers and testify as to the making of the movie. All three are major hitters. Barclay is one of the most in-demand television directors, having worked on “ER,” “The West Wing,” “The Watcher” […]