Change of Scenery Brings Miami Heat to NATPE
A change of venue from the gaming tables of Sin City to the tropical breezes and Latin influence of Miami re-energized this year’s NATPE market and conference, headquartered at the beachfront Fontainebleau Resort. More than 4,500 attendees and 700 buyers descended on the hotel for three days of dealmaking, networking, information gathering and partying– something that has been sorely missing from the conference in recent...
Newest Additions to a Very Exclusive Club
Television history from its very earliest days came to vivid life during the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 20th Hall of Fame induction gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Seven television trailblazers, people who’ve had a major impact on the industry and American culture, received the lifetime achievement honor. They are now part of an exclusive club that numbers only 133 who have gained entry since the Hall of Fame was...
Gangster Truce Called on the Boardwalk
In HBO’s recently concluded first season of “Boardwalk Empire,” the characters and the milieu are haunting, an intermingled stew of real and fictional political and criminal personages– and innocents caught in their web– from a bygone era that still resonate today. If you didn’t know any differently, you could be excused for thinking that what was the second-to-last episode was the season finale, culminating as it did...
Conan: Over the Moon to be on Basic Cable
Conan O’Brien is in full victim mode. So much so that he got gunned down. Not once, not twice but three times last night in his debut talk show on TBS. It’s okay, Coco, we get it. You got screwed by NBC after lasting just seven months as host of “The Tonight Show.” But now you have a whole new ballpark in which to play, and you can really make it your own. Basic cable isn’t so bad. Just ask Jon...
Don & Megan: The Madness Begins
The shock waves are still reverberating from the turn of events in the life of Don Draper that left viewers of “Mad Men” literally gasping during the stunning finale episode of Season 4. Fans of the highly-awarded show will have months to debate whether Draper’s surprise proposal to his secretary Megan was as crazy as it seemed—or if it will make perfect sense in the world of the mid 1960s that’s spinning out of control of the...