Backstage at the Oscars: 2016
Okay, so where am I? It’s late February so that means that I’m on the red carpet at the Academy Awards®, awash with the symphonic melody of whirling cameras, screaming photographers and swooning fans. The statues need a good polish / credit: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Usually I begin my Oscars® Backstage column with an […]
OSCAR WEEK 2016: Bathrooms and Chickens
“Oh yes barkeep, one vodka tonic, dirty with three olives and chase it with an Oscar…” About a year ago, I spent an afternoon with an Oscar winner who took out their shiny new 8.5 pound, 24 carat statuette everywhere we went. Talk about attention…Uncle Oscar was best attention grabber this side of a Bugatti in […]
OSCAR WEEK 2016: My Picks
Behind the Scenes – Rehearsals continue at the Dolby Theatre. If there’s anything you can bank on, it’s my Oscars picks. Since I started covering the Academy Awards five years ago, my picks have been scorchingly accurate in the major categories with 29 out of 35 correct selections. Last year I banked a little heavy […]
OSCAR WEEK 2016: Yes, We All Dream in Gold!
Yeah, well, I’m an Oscars nerd. I picked up my Oscars credential (sorry, no pictures allowed of the priceless, laminated pass to the biggest awards show on the planet) and was dazzled with the new Oscars print and web media campaign art. I’ve been part of many creative teams that produced some classics for television […]
OSCAR WEEK 2016: Day One
It’s Oscar® Week and who’s more excited than me? No one, that’s who! Between hockey games at Staples Center I’ll be spending a whole lotta time at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater participating in the overview symposiums. Take a look at this lineup: February 23rd – OSCAR WEEK: SHORTS / Hosted by director Jennifer Yuh. February […]
The Original King of Inglewood
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the day the National Hockey League came out of the dark ages and expanded from six teams (really NHL, six teams?) to 12. My soon-to-be beloved Los Angeles Kings joined St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Oakland as expansion franchises and started play in 1967-68. I’ve been around for […]
At first I was like, “Holy F#%king Super Bowl Tickets, Batman!” …
At first I was like, “Holy f#%king Super Bowl tickets Batman!” I mean tickets to the Golden Game? Super Bowl 50? In San Francisco? Club Level? Running elbows with the bourgeois of the world like Beyoncé, Pres. Obama, The Mannings, and Katy Perry? I mean who wouldn’t want that? But then “$3K PER TICKET” smacked me on […]
Media Day at the Super Bowl
Okay, so where am I? Super Bowl 50 officially kicked off with Media Day Super Bowl Opening Night and there’s a lot going on in Northern California. I mean this could be Peyton Manning’s last rodeo, players are wearing wrestling masks and the game will be on in Hungary! The SAP Center, which is usually home […]
