OSCAR WEEK 2014: Dreaming in Gold
Once upon a time, a boy dreamed of winning an Oscar. He wrote and wrote and wrote. Fingers numb and calloused as he searched for the perfect combination of words that created the scenes that would ultimately build a story that could be made into movie that would move the soul. This movie would go […]
Stage Fright
I remember the first time I had to speak in front of a big crowd. It was 1993 at the New York City’s Marriott Marquis. Epson was giving me their MVP Award for an advertising campaign and the luncheon was filled with 1,000 or so industry mucky-mucks and some of the holdovers from the Mad […]
Nude Modeling
It’s been a whirlwind month. It’s award season. That means that my trusty Canon and I have traveled the red carpets around Los Angeles and Hollywood at the American Music Awards, the Golden Globes and the Grammys. And let’s not forget that the Oscars are only a month away… Lots more on Instagram It also means […]
Anchors Away
Have I mentioned how much I love Starbucks? Some rail on them for the bitterness of their coffee, others for their (alleged) political ties. Personally, I think they just love money. But my love of Starbucks extends beyond the superficial coffee beans and scones. Starbucks is loved in the Media Guy’s house for two simple […]
Going Gluten-Free!
Geez. How many articles can a Media Guy handle about weight gain during the holidays? More than ever, though, people understand that our bodies just weren’t designed to handle the amount of processed flour found in many of today’s food. Some people with vague, undiagnosed illnesses feel better after cutting out gluten, a protein in flour-based […]
The AMAs and the One-Armed Man
A funny conversation happened to me during my mad rush to reach Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater to cover the American Music Awards for Fox. Cover might be a reach; I mean working the red carpet isn’t exactly a Pulitzer Prize assignment, but it helps pay the bills. I know what you are saying right now, […]
Monica: The Proofreader
Typos give me nightmares. Really they do. In my early days as the PR Guy, you would have to get your news releases printed at an offset printing facility. You would have to collate multiple pages together, staple the pages neatly in the upper left hand corner, make a tight z-fold and stuff them into an […]
Family Travel in the Electronic Age
In the Don Draper Mad Men Days you could bring your secretary to watch the kids on a family trip and then fall in love with her and get married on a whim. The kids had a good time at Disneyland and you could even cram in ten or twelve meetings. God knows I lived […]
MGS Chat: Derek Jeter
Well. A little while back I wrote about how a tweet about Alex Rodriguez stopped a commercial shoot. You can imagine what happened when Yankees shortstop sat down for a quick (less than 15 minutes) interview discussing being shut down for the season. Here’s the full interview… How disappointed are you having to sit out […]
Writing Tips from the Master (Not Me!)
#5. “Never write more than two pages on any subject.” Many days it seems, I am asked how to be a good writer. To be sure, I don’t know why people come to me. Humbly I say, you either love my writing or you hate it (but geez, I hope more love it than hate […]
