Pap Fight on the Beach
Amazing how much coverage this story has gotten….duh, because there’s good video. A bunch of Malibu surfers trying to protect shirtless (and brainless) Matthew McConaughey–and the world–from more pictures of him surfing. It’s the aught’s version of West Side Story: surfers versus paps, and I’d call it a draw. But it would be very disconcerting if a bunch of paps converged on “my”...
Stupider than Spitzer
Well, maybe not quite. Did you hear the one about the 9th Circuit Appeals Court judge presiding over an obsenity trial discovered to have reams of beastie porn on his website? Alex Kozinski then tried to blame it all on his son, after saying he didn’t know anyone else but him could view it. What a perv! He also thought a picture of a guy giving himself head was hysterically funny. I bet! Hey, I’m all for free speech but...
Cannes Opener/Indy Kicks Ass/Dinner of Champions
Talk about bad PR. As the festival got underway, the LAT ran a story of brazen crimes that have victimized film people doing business in the South of France. Yes, they dug up ten years worth of stuff, but there was a similarity and a cautionary tale. Thieves rifling through hotel rooms while the occupants were there, and the hotel staff didn’t seem to really care....
Must See Diversity
So, we’ve come a long way with a woman and a black man battling it out to be the Democratic candidate for presidency. An historic campaign, everyone agrees. Score a couple points for diversity. In the entertainment industry, not so much. Every year, a San Diego State professor does a thorough report on women in below the line positions in TV and film, and although the numbers fluctuate (and this was a banner year for women...
818 Stigma: Like, It’s So Over!
A shout-out to all you Vals….number redemption is at hand! New numbers over the hill will get the kinda cool sounding 747 area code. I’m like…..dude, wasn’t that a plane? But really, being something of an area code freak–yes, I’ve even written an op-ed about it, when the 310 went to 10-digit dialing because of the 424 overlay. And I’m still not happy about it. But back to the...