With the just announced death of Fidel Castro, and the confused and confusing responses of world leaders, let’s ignore the politics and the law, and take a moment to consider the humanity. Oh, the humanity! (Where did I hear that before?). This is a true story, worth the telling, crying out for a screenplay and
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SULLY. My Very Personal Review of the Movie
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This film was shot in IMAX and released September 9, 2016. It stars Tom Hanks as Captain Sullenberger, was filmed by Clint Eastwood, written by Todd Komarnicki, and edited by Blu Murray. The event, now famous as “The Miracle on the Hudson” took place on January 15, 2009, at around 3:30pm. The plane, an Airbus…
Donald Trump, NAZI MAN No More!
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Post Election Day November 8, 2016:
I had been asked earlier this year what I thought of Donald Trump. That was like being asked what I thought of Adolph Hitler. But rather than going into the gory details, I decided to make a little comedy sketch with my two young talented friends Seth Garben and…
Sir David Attenborough, Guilty!
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Members of the entertainment community have always marveled at the idiocy which brought about the downright willful destruction of much of the BBC’s television and radio history. It never made any sense that those old shows simply disappeared. Now we know part of the answer.
The Daily Telegraph last week reported on statements from Sir…
Delta Airlines – Mayday!
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As the father of a Delta Airlines captain, I have a travel pass that allows me to travel anywhere on their routes for nearly free. Or does it?
Used to be I could walk up to the counter, and check in. No more. Now I’m told I have to go through my son. Trouble is,…
Hollywood News, up-to-the-minute
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Nikke Finke has a free site which I rather like, it’s where you go for the latest breaking news on the Hollywood front. It’s called DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD.
Today, she informed her readers that the managers were at it again, pleading their cause before a federal judge, but were thrown out. Here, she can speak for…
Time to Party
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As I approach my eightieth birthday on November 1st (“All Saints Day”, thank you very much), I attended a party given by my oldest friends, Max and Suzy at their studio downtown.
Gee, what a party. I tried to email this clip to my kids, but the size is too big as an attachment. Use…
Winter Storms on the East Coast
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November 4, 2012
HOLLYWOOD, HERE I COME!
I’ve followed the horrors of Hurricane Sandy, and tried to check on the welfare of my 2 kids who live there, pilot Benjy by the Housatonic river in Connecticut, and photographer Annabel near the water in Brooklyn. I’ve noticed the crane hanging over my old apartment building the Osborne, and how West 57th street was evacuated and Carnegie Hall closed. And now another storm is headed there, a Nor’easter, and it’s only early November.Continue Reading Winter Storms on the East Coast
Fiona Apple Arrested
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Fiona Apple, daughter of Brandon Maggart, was arrested on Wednesday while on a tour bus in Sierra Blanca, Texas, for possession of hashish and marijuana.
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John Le Mesurier radio history
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This is a very narrow discussion centering on the accuracy of written biographies of this man, as publicized in Wikipedia, where it’s published that his first appearance in radio was with me. I am claiming that he did not appear in any of the radio series in which I starred as the first BBC William,…