They say “you’re nobody till somebody loves you,” and many of us take that to heart in more ways than one. The stakes are even higher when you factor in the mechanisms of our discontent that line up all the instruments — utilized to judge how many hearts we are able to collect from shifty strangers. Shit […]

Being a moviegoer used to be easy. You’d see a trailer for the new Star Wars or James Bond flick, get excited, maybe read a review or an interview with the director in your local paper, and then you’d go see the movie. End of transaction. All you would know of the casting process is who ended […]

When friendship is peddled as a means to a different end, it makes it hard for both sexes to build the intimacy that being friends requires. The events of the last year — the #MeToo movement and its exposure of rampant sexual harassment in the media and Hollywood, as well as accusations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaughassaulted a fellow high school-aged girl more […]

Wanted: Actor dude to wear Superman’s cape. Muscles, heart and a winning smile needed. Mustaches need not apply. It seems Hollywood may be in need of a new Man of Steel after a post from The Hollywood Reporter about Henry Cavill stepping away from the role following his stints in “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice […]

The new rules? Be careful of objectionable language when assistants are listening in on business calls At a dinner party in Hollywood this weekend, for once the talk was not about Trump. Instead it was about the pervasive anxiety within the entertainment industry over the prevailing rules for conduct. Since Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo […]