The posts here have slowed to a crawl for a number of reasons; one of the biggest being that I’m dealing with an extraordinary amount of stress in my private life. For the benefit of anyone who may be reading me or this blog for the first time, I’ll tell you upfront this post will […]
I was approached recently and asked if I would be willing to use this space to help promote a ’cause’. I have several personal ‘connections’ to this particular cause so I’m more than happy to use this space to help out. Several years ago, the idea of a Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in […]
It’s the public image of Bruce Wayne. It’s the Napoleonic Complex of Ari Gold. She calls it my ‘smartassness’, but one of my close buddies gave it the best nickname of all: ‘Hollywood’. The ‘Hollywood’ persona gets its roots in the pro wrestlers I looked at as a kid. Guys like Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, and […]
I’ve talked about the Lakers, the Dodgers, the Royals, and the Chiefs, but the only team I’m writing a season ticket check to right now is the Athletic Department of USC. (And that check got quite a bit bigger this year, thanks Coach Kiffin.) As someone who grew up going to several Sunday and […]
While hiking is not my forte, Runyon Canyon has over time become a favorite spot when I need to change my cardio routine. Starting at the bottom of the Hollywood Hills, Runyon is one of the trails that has portions so steep, running is just not realistic. But I didn’t pick this spot strictly […]
If you’re a regular reader of mine, you know I look at (my) life through three prisms: spiritual happiness, professional growth, and personal relationships. As I look at where I am now, compared even to 12 months ago, I’m incredibly humbled. At 33, I’ve written and directed a professional short. I still can’t say enough […]
I woke up this morning, jumped in the car and turned on the radio. The radio version of ‘Ambitions as a Ridah’ was on, leading me to almost kill my engine on the way to work. And you’re right, there is no radio version of that song. But that didn’t stop me from yelling […]
So last year when I first heard about this film, I made the gut decision I wasn’t going to see it. I was at the NAACP Image Award nominated memorial service, and as I wrote at the time, to be there was as draining for me emotionally as anything I could imagine. I understood the […]
Last week I had to drop off some CDs to a friend of mine who lives in Brentwood. Rush hour traffic on the 405…yeah. So I took the scenic route home, traveling on Sunset Boulevard through Hollywood. Traveling east, you pass by two of the three things I’ve already written about in this space: […]
In a company town like this, there is no shortage of screens to see films, old and new. I get out to the Landmark once in a while, the Grove is still nice just because of the shopping center that surrounds it. From a purely film geek, filmgoer experience, I will always have a […]
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