New Book from the Media Guy Coming soon!
New Book Cover Art Many of you emailed me regarding my SHEESH! blog where I talked about the frustrations of dealing with book editors and the delays in book publishing. Last week, I received some wonderful news: as part of a two book deal, my “LANDSCAPES OF LIFE: Behind the Lens” (ISBN: 9781622091324) will be out […]
MGS Chat: UFC President Dana White
It seems that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been a media darling since it was founded. President Dana White is everything the pundits want. From straightforward answers, to matching the best fighters to organizational transparency, White is the complete package. But event disaster struck this week as the UFC 151 card cancelled its lucrative pay-per-view
BAD MEDIA: Porn Ruining Relationships
There’s good media and bad media. I know in the days where I used to work with The Walt Disney Company, if you had a client on your roster that was even remotely close to pornography, your business relationship would be in serious jeopardy. Porn is very bad for work, we all know that, but […]
Dreaming of a Career in the Movies?
Hollywood Director Offers Tips for Hopeful Writers, Actors, Cameramen Film and TV director/writer/producer Guy Magar has worked for more than thirty years in the industry with some amazing credits: “La Femme Nikita,” “The A-Team,” “Dark Avenger” and “Blue Thunder.”. Recently, he published his Hollywood memoir, “Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot: A Filmmaker’
The Chuck Norris Chat
Q&A: CHUCK NORRIS TALKS ABOUT ‘EXPENDABLES 2’ By the way, he’s not 72: ‘I’m 39 years old with 33 years of experience’ WASHINGTON – “The Expendables 2” opens in theaters nationwide and some of the mega-action stars are talking up the movie. But arguably the biggest action icon internationally gave his first exclusi
QUICK HITS: Uniform Advertising
The allure is there. The commercialization of sports. The money grab. The spontaneous dismissal of tradition. I’ve heard it all this week in response to the National Basketball Association’s announcement that they will soon sell advertising on their jersey—a move the league says could generate an additional $100 million. The outrage is borderline c
Sheesh!
Random thoughts from the road… For the tenth summer in a row it’s the summer of super heroes at the box office. We’re right in the middle of it now…Avengers ($1.5 billion worldwide so far), Spiderman ($140 million domestically so far), and Batman coming in a week. With all of this this box office smashing […]
A Gift from the Hockey Gods
Just a quick column that no one will read, because, well, hockey! Starting in 1973, I was sucked into the thrill of hockey and the not-so-great Los Angeles Kings. Dad’s second wife worked in the ticket office at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood. That meant that any non-sellout game was available to attend. And why […]
MGS CHAT: MISS USA 2010 RIMA FAKIH
A QUEEN SPEAKS OUT: One-on-one with former Miss USA Rima Fakih Article can also be read at ALO magazine story link These days, Rima Fakih has one rule for her life: Don’t put encumbrances on her. And who can blame her! The first Arab-American queen in the history of the Miss USA pageant was put under […]
The Ghost of Marty McSorley’s Stick
May 30, 2012 enters uncharted territory for Los Angeles Kings hockey. Never before has a Kings squad entered the Stanley Cup Final as the favorite – – ESPN’s “experts” picked L.A. to take Lord Stanley’s Cup home by a vote of 10 to 3. Heck, they have only been in the Finals once. (Sheesh once? Why […]
