The Loquacious Limey

Twenty years after it first left a tide-mark on America’s screens, Paramount have announced plans to produce a big-screen remake of that waterlogged soap known as ‘Baywatch.’
When NBC debuted the show in September ‘98 the public reaction was so universally bad, it was canceled after only one season. But like all monsters, it came back [...]

After a lot of debate and months of concerned speculation among its still numerous fans, CBS has just announced that ‘Guiding Light‘ will be put out for good on September 17.
According to The Guinness Book of World Records, ‘Light’ debuted on NBC Radio on January 25th, 1937, then moved to CBS Television in 1952. Created [...]

Tuesday’s earthquake only lasted about 15 seconds – and I must confess to being somewhat dismayed that none of its Earth shuffling influence made it up here — but it apparently caused some major discomfort in parts further south…

The “Big Brother” crew, located in Studio City, were close to the epicenter and the cast [...]

It seems the Writers strike is already bearing some fruit. First, the Producers are getting worried [That's good.] Second, some of the most mediocre examples of the television medium will fade to re-runs as their scripts disappear. ‘Desperate Housewives,” “Back to You,” “‘Til Death,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Old Christine,” and others will all [...]

Well, it’s official; The Writers will go on strike from early Monday after their negotiators recommended a walkout over royalties. A move that could shutter late-night TV shows immediately. The WGA vote was unanimous and the strike starts from 12:01 a.m. PT on Monday.
The walkout will be the first in 20 years. The last one [...]

As you might expect, a significant topic among those so blessed as to be allowed to pursue this reckless profession is the ever-growing prospect of a Writers strike. On Friday the evidence became almost unavoidable that the AMPTP’s collective cerebral prowess had determined the best strategy is to stall until the last possible minute, then [...]

As you might have heard, the talks between Hollywood Writers and Studios should resume tomorrow after a hasty adjournment for the weekend. And things are not looking good. The WGA has been talking to the studios since July, with studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The talks broke down on [...]

As you might have heard, the talks between Hollywood Writers and Studios should resume tomorrow after a hasty adjournment for the weekend. And things are not looking good. The WGA has been talking to the studios since July, with studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The talks broke down on [...]

Unless you’re [quite understandably] hiding in a cave you may have heard that a worthless, talentless, ungrateful, coke-snorting has-been with whose name I would never sully these pages got rightfully arrested yesterday for 1st-degree stupidity and terminal ignorance?
Now the patronizing PR machine that has kept this onanistic narcissist in the public consciousness is in full [...]

Oscar Wilde once said, “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” And this view is reinforced in a sickening trend that’s developing in the media, of which both those who perpetrate it, and those in the media who enable it should be ashamed: Negative Hype.
Not long ago, performers would [...]