OK – let’s say you’re 30 years old. Let’s say the average American reads three books a year (outside the U.S. the average may be a bit higher). Let’s say you have a good fifty years of reading before you die. That’s 150 books. [Fun…
And that’s fine with me. In 2010, when the Tea Party won quite a few House seats and a couple of Senate seats , many people were wrongly tricked into believing that a serious political movement had begun and a rise of the Far Right…
I actually watched last night’s “American Idol” Season 11 premiere. Yes, I’m the one. Just kidding. There were actually quite a few people who watched last night. But 23% fewer than watched last year. This show is dead. It may limp along and have…
OK – this is not much of a post. For a little more meat, check out “Facebook Must Be Stopped” or “The X Factor Is Terrible”. I was flipping through my Variety today and this full page ad stopped me in my tracks. The image…
First of all, I am not a television critic. I am a critic of the television industry – but not really on the content itself. That said, last week, while at a Manka Bros. corporate retreat, I actually sat and watched a full episode of…
… and Wall Street shrugged. Zynga announces a $1 billion IPO and every freakin’ investment bank in New York is clambering to get in on it. These are the very same banks that were recently slobbering all over LinkedIn and would most likely kill anyone…
Am I the only one in America who thinks she is undeserving of all these accolades? TOP 3 on American Idol? Seriously? Whenever she sings it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. About a 1/4 tone under the note with no life to her…
Another iconic American television show is dead. Simon Cowell (with impeccable timing as always) announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour he has decided to leave American Idol to become creator/producer/judge of the American version of his hit UK talent show The…
Yes, this deal is as DumbDumb as you can get. How to build a successful startup: Step #1 – Use Barry Diller’s money to fund a vanity production label with a friend from high school. Yes, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett (in particular) are talented…
Online celebrity gossip blogs need you to keep evading authorities and issuing bizarre statements on your website. It’s the only way many of them will be able to survive the current advertising slowdown. For a while, the crazy death of Michael Jackson and the pending…