MUSIC: Nézet-Séguin. It rhymes with "busy"We here offer one of our periodic updates on the peripatetic Montreal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who’s doing a residence in...
Networks Really Don’t Want Long Title SequencesOne thing about Fox’s experiment with longer running times (and shorter commercial breaks) is that it’s given us a chance to see...
Why this stimulus stuff will all soon be forgottenIt is raining money. Go outside without an umbrella and you’ll get largesse all over.
What Would Be Better, An ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT movie or a TAXI movie?I’m happy that Michael Cera appears to have dropped his opposition to doing an Arrested Development movie (I can’t be the only one...
This is your brain on more intelligenceScience tells us that we use only 10% of our brains – less if we were in any way involved in The Love Guru . But science is less...
A writer’s death, a new President, and a good bookIt might seem contrived to consider John Updike’s death in relation to the inauguration of President Barack Obama. After...
It’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Meets Ron Howard - What Could Go Wrong?It’s a barometer of changes in the TV business that when the movie Parenthood was last turned into a TV show, it was a half-hour...
Fun with media relationsHere’s an interesting question: Why is it that when the office of Lawrence Cannon, the minister of foreign affairs, sends an...
What a Creative Consultant DoesYes, I’m linking to Earl Pomerantz again, because in his latest "Story of a Writer" post he explains something I’ve been wondering...
Oh, come on!Arrested Development movie: Green-lit, says Jeffrey Tambo r. For a while there, I thought they were chicken .