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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…

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Gay Moroccan Poetry Is Not Going To Save Our Publishing Business

Last night, I had dinner with Cyrus Weinstein – President of the Manka Bros. Publishing Group. He informed me that his group is in ‘super-duper danger’ (as opposed to the ‘super danger’ he told me about last year) with books and magazine sales way down year-over-year (a ‘reverse hockey stick’,…

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Bilderberg Conference – Khan Manka, Jr. Keynote Address

[The following is a transcript of Khan Manka, Jr.’s keynote address to the 2011 Bilderberg Conference in St. Moritz, Switzerland.  Mr. Manka insisted a word-for-word translation be put up on the blog.  While physical and legal threats against our lives and livelihoods have been made,…

Manka Bros. Triathlon Team Finishes Last… Again

Unbe-fucking-lievable! If I didn’t know better, I would think that my employees only live to embarrass me. I was just informed that the Manka Bros. Triathlon Team (led by the freakishly pathetic Jay McBee – nice swim trunks, Jay) finished last at this year’s Nautica…

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Vanity Fair Can Suck It

Good evening from the Seychelles. While I wasn’t planning on contacting anyone except the bartender during my final vacation of the summer, this morning I was forwarded the 2010 Vanity Fair 100 List.  Most people consider this list to be an annual ranking of the…

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Khan Manka, Jr. – Comic-Con 2010 Keynote Address

Before I get started, I just want say that I am not a geek. I am not a freak. I am not a dork. So why am I here today? I’m here because you geeks, freaks and dorks help keep me in private planes and…

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Song Of The Mogul – Sun Valley 2010 – Day 4

Sun Valley Conference 2010 Day 1 — Day 2 — Day 3 — Day 4 —————————————– Day 4: I’m told Harvey Weinstein was the first to arrive at The Drankin’ Hole – an Idaho-friendly way of saying ‘bar’. During the conference, the bar has been…

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Davos World Economic Forum – Khan Manka, Jr. Keynote Address

[Manka Bros. Studios Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. gave a keynote address today at the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland.  He wanted me to post a transcript of his speech for everyone at the studio to read.  It is posted, unedited, below. —…