Joe Corallo: Eddie, Are You Kidding?
Things coming down the pipeline from DC Comics seemed to be showing promise, with Rebirth, new imprints, and talent workshops. Then last Thursday happened.
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Martha Thomases: Gender Bender
The end of the year is often a time of renewal and reflection, an opportunity to look back at recent events and make plans for a better day ahead. I’m happy to say that the entertainment industry is at least going through the motions, but in a way that makes me face-palm. If you read the…
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“Into the Blue (Pants)!” The Weird Wild World of Leva Bates
First rule of pro wrestling(*) – you NEVER know what’s going to work. Mick Foley spent years breaking his body in the indies, but he became a superstar when he put a sock on his hand. Steve Austin barely avoided being called the “Ice Dagger”, made fun of a bible passage at King of the…
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Michael Davis: The Black Hollywood Shuffle, Part 2
Niggers, Get A Fucking Clue Please read last week’s installment . Last week I recounted what happened to me, at the hands of a black woman, while backstage at The Arsenio Hall Show some months ago. I’m not pointing out she was a black woman, that’s not important. What’s important is she’s black. Most, from what…
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The Tweeks Talk Oscars 2014!
The Twin Geeks revel in the celebration of the best movies of 2014– and also the films that got nominated for Oscars.
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Lots of Looks at Now You See Me
Now you see Me is an intriguing, showy looking film opening on May 31, opposite After Earth. The story pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against “The Four Horsemen”, a super-team of the world’s greatest illusionists. “The Four Horsemen” pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business…
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Michael Davis: Once You Go Black, Part 3
If you have not done, so please read last week’s article. Thanks. I’ve encountered quite a few things in my Hollywood journey. Some great some not so great and some that really sucked. Really sucked. I once sold a show on a Monday morning and by Monday night the show was gone and so was…
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The Point Radio: Joe Maddalena & The One Treasure He Won’t Touch
HOLLYWOOD TREASURE’S Joe Maddalena shares more of his reset finds with us, how the show has changed this season on SyFy and the one items he wouldn’t sell. Plus more with Gillian Jacobs & Jim Rash from NBC’S COMMUNITY and how they prefacing the future – meanwhile, The Dark Knight Returns again, this time animated….
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The Point Radio: Lorne Michaels & The Secrets Of SNL
He is the man who has made TV magic for almost four decades – Lorne Michaels talks about the process of creating another SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE episode and what we might be expecting for new (or departing) cast members. Plus. it’s AVENGERS Weekend, but do we have to tell you that? The mania spreads from…
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DENNIS O’NEIL: Who Watches The Wackies?
“…and I’d also like to thank the guy who parks my car on Wednesday nights and the waiter at the Chinese restaurant we ate at last month and, oh, I almost forgot – forgive me – the young mom with the wild mane of reddish hair at the deli counter yesterday, oh lordy, she was…
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MIKE GOLD: Movie Theaters Suck
I’ve said it before, and I can’t say it enough: John Ostrander is my oldest friend and a virtual brother. We grew up as Northsiders in Chicago, as Cubs fans and as comics fans, and we believe that politics is a more interesting version of cage wrestling. I’d take a bullet for the guy, I’d…
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Transformers 3 Star Tops Maxim’s Hot 100
No sooner do we get tired of thumbing through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue than Maxim gets temperatures rising with their annual Hot 100 issue. Coming to newsstands next week, we learn that model turned actress Rosie Huntington-Whitely has been crowed the top hot babe. She displaces Megan Fox, who tumbles to #17, in this…
