tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144345042011-04-21T13:29:59.039-07:00Opinions and commentary about today's changing entertainment . Occasional celebrity jabbing.Max Gigondashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05196890225377599780noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14434504.post-26282817221700534142008-03-30T15:19:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:41:51.960-07:00

I think we all were surprised by Hillary Clinton's dramatic exaggeration of here trip to Bosnia in '96. Frank Rich of the NY Times sums it up pretty well. Clinton was regaling audiences with her story for the past month, over three different speaking events. As Rich cites, this was part of here prepared speeches that were approved and vetted by her and the staff.Finally her camp acknowledged

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First Peter Jackson, director of the $6billion revenue Lord of the Rings Trilogy had to sue Time Warner's New Line film division to get his payments due to him. Now, the JRR Tolkien trust has to sue them again to get a scant payment of $150mm from the creative hollywood accountants over at Columbus Circle headquarters in NYC.What was New Line management thinking, that they could avoid paying the

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I checked out the launch of Dealbreaker today; the new finance gossip blog by Gawker founder Elizabeth Spiers. So far so good. It holds promise as a jossip rag for the shadowy and discreet Wall Street community. But the introduction of Muffie Benson-Perella as the blog's new gossip columnist was quite right on. This supposed blue-blood twit is, seemingly a work of ficition. But the intro post by

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It's been thirty years since the founding of Apple. Talk about turn around from PC victim to media innovator. Wired News has a great gallery on the Villians and Heros of apple over the past years.

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Ooof...what is Britney thinking these days. From marrying dicey guy Federline to driving with her kid on her lap in LA. Then smoking and leaving a gas depot's restroom with no shoes on. Have we no esteem for one's rep?And such a good start from The Disney Channel and all.

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Well, it looks like testosterone control freak Tom Cruise is now banging heads with the Parker brothers, creaters of South Park. Looks like South Park offended TC with the a Scientology bashing episode on the show. Not only did they stop there, they did a take of a Tom like character toiling around in the "closet!" The supposed episode repeat in question was suddenly canceled. Seems Viacom may

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We all realize the change happeing with today's youth - Gen Y and younger. This digitally tethered generation are losing more patience with simple etiquette and engaging life.Stuck at a red light on 36th street, I observed an attractive twentysomething in front of me nodding to the grooves of her earplugs. Then to my surprise she begins to cross the street and is confronted with a whale of

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I find this baffling. Jeff Zucker got promoted again. This time to CEO of the NBC Television Group. Is he that much of a genius? Didn't he just get promoted within the last 2 years to the big cheese of NBC Entertainment. I have to say I think he has it very easy. Consider that NBC has been trailing the other neworks all of this year. Joey and Martha Stewart were grandiose dissappointments among

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Carl Icahn, the pit bullseems to have picked up the habits of Mr. Rove. Nasty criticism and public denounciations of Richard Parsons of Time warner have been getting louder. It seems he senses his daunting challenge in stealing some board seats so now he turns to whining. Mr. Case should just stay out of it period. I think Mr. Parsons has done an admirable job at steering TW straight after its

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This exciting new board game from Milton Bradley, combines the mystery of the paranormal with the suspense of Bush White House. Made of 100% woven Indonesian cardboard and packaged in a unique Bush collectible box. White House Ouija Board: Simulate George W.'s divine decision making skills: Special sale at $15.99.

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CBS is having another good run of its Survivor reality series. Buzz quotient is getting up there as the last episode will determine who survives. I bet much of the male audience is privately rooting for Danni Boatwright, the KS sports radio talk show host. But in regards to the argument of evolution: Is a "survivor" such as Danni, a product of intelligent design or Darwin's evolution? Well maybe

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Peter Jackson, epitome of the scifi/horror fans you see at conventions, is about to pull off another Hollywood feat with the buzz surrounding KING KONG. Universal brass gave him plenty of rope to do it his way, but word is that the talented Mr. Jackson may have done it.The Kiwi leveraged his NZ team and landscape to deliver a very possible $110 million dollar opening for NBC's Universal. GE sure

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Well, maybe those days of $250k+ comp packages with fat country club expense accounts are finally over for the ad sales executives at the venerable Time, Inc. Social selling is feeling the pinch of Internet clicks as print reps have more of a difficult time justifying their high rates in the flood of performance based models.Who got the axe at Time?Heavyweights such as Jack Haire, exec VP in

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Ken Auletta breaks open an enticing story about Arthur Sulzberger Jr.in the latest New Yorker Issue. From declining profits to journalistic missteps, Auletta conveys skepticism about Junior's ability to steer the Gray Lady in these tough times. With the Googleites of media devouring ad dollars and Knight Ridder on the block; what conventional print mogul is really master of his domain?

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To no one's surprise the White House media machine kicked in again in launching another ad campaign slamming the Dem's with pacifist characterizations. Dean and Kerry apparently made anti-war remarks, according to the Repubs, which the propaganda minions jumped on to push their cause.Of course, if you look closer, these comments we're taken out of context and repackaged to deliver a different

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Well, Iwantmedia.com has chosen Anderson Cooper as person of 2005. Not a bad choice, but hardly an individual of notoriety as others. Martha Stewart, the Google Guys are just a few. Then there was talk of Condi Rice, Bush's foreign policy GI, as VIP for 2005. Rice as 2005's person of the year would be a stick in the eye of journalistic integrity. Then again Cooper is a very good choice.

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What is the story with this over confident sixty something woman? In jail, now out with a mediocre reality debut with The Apprentice. Not even remotely humbled from incarceration, word is that she starts knocking Donald by explaining to news sources that she was going to end up elbowing the Don out of the executive office to become the host. What? I'm sure the producer, Mark Burnett, coughed up

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Well, it sure came quickly and now the arc of network TV is screaming back down to earth. The fodder of scifi movies from the fifties and Arthur C. Clark novels are appearing on the paths of our media choices as we progress down the road of evolution. First Gameboys then wireless phones - to cable tv and debit cards. Now we are in the 3rd phase with PDA cell phones and Internet 2.0 rising from

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When I read this 1 year ago I was in moderate disbelief..Hey Bill O'Reilly, write this down and then ty to explain it to your viewers.Laura Bush, current First Lady..and an attractive one at that..was an intuitive librarian sometime back n her Texas career. As a student of literature and ace academic, Laura was well read in the world of fine lit and letters. Go figure then, that she dries out her

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Is it me or is television becoming frighteningly vanilla these days? Sitcoms are now fodder for celebrity magazines. High brow cable networks have succumbed to the lowest common denominator and questionable trends. Look at the Discovery Channel. It's signature show is a father and son team bickering over motor cycle choppers. Don't get me wrong, its not a bad program, but what did we sign up for

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