Category Archive: Hollywood History

Apr
22

The Last Hollywood Mogul Is… Me

With the upcoming death of Sumner Redstone (any day now based on how he looked in recent photos) and the increasing dementia of Rupert Murdoch, it’s clear there is soon to be only one true Hollywood mogul remaining. And that is me. As with the “Last of the Mohicans,” moguls in Hollywood used to be …

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Mar
12

A Waste Of Time – SXSW Keynote Address – Khan Manka, Jr.

[The following is an unedited transcript of the keynote address to the SXSW Festival by Manka Bros. Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr.] March 12, 2013 – Austin Convention Center – Ballroom G [Khan Manka, Jr. approaches a podium...] Khan Manka, Jr.:  Uh… Dave Grohl was supposed to introduce me – calm down, you idiots… …

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Jan
10

Again, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Can F Itself

What I said last year can be repeated this year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can F itself. The same goes for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association… And while I’m at it, The Producer’s Guild can suck it… … and any other suck ass group of idiots who wouldn’t know a quality movie …

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Dec
13

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Can F Themselves

So, this morning, I returned to the studio after a quick vacation at my house in the Seychelles - feeling relaxed, very tan and ready to make 2013 the biggest and most profitable year in Manka Bros. history. I even had a smile on my face. One of my assistants (Vicky, I think??? – the one with the thing …

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Jul
12

Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2012 – Day 2 – The Acid Trip

Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2012 Day 1 – Day 2 - Day 3 ————————- “One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don’t do anything at all Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall.” Yeah… so that was the song that woke us …

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Jul
10

Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2012 – Day 1 – Disappearing Mogul

Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2012 Day 1 – Day 2 - Day 3 “The sun was warmer then.” This may be the last year I come here. If I was looking for a complete waste of time, I would have gone back to Comic-Con. You know the world is f-ed when you realize you …

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Mar
12

The Death Of A Mogul

Good morning. I noticed on today’s This Date In Manka History (March 12, 1958) that 54 years ago today, my Uncle Simeon died. The next day, his body was flown back his birthplace (Yambol, Bulgaria) for burial. My asshole father, Harry, did not attend nor did he talk to Simeon during the last five years …

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Jan
24

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Can F Itself

Good evening from Davos! I am here preparing for my keynote address tomorrow to the World Economic Forum (I also spoke here two years ago). The subject of my speech will be the importance of media in the global economy and how Hollywood will defeat Silicon Valley after their recent challenge to bring us down. …

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Jan
03

The Producers Guild Can Suck It

And while I’m at it – the Hollywood Foreign Press can suck it, too! So, this morning I returned to the studio from a month long vacation at my house in the Seychelles – feeling relaxed, very tan and ready to make 2012 the biggest and most profitable year in Manka Bros. history. I even …

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Sep
28

Hollywood Is Out Of Visionaries

UPDATE:  And now we can add Bob Iger to the list below. The coward couldn’t stick it out like a real mogul would.  Real moguls don’t retire. ——– This morning, about 11:00, I had an epiphany. I was trying to think of someone in this fucking town that I wanted to have lunch with today. …

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