Internet Killed The Book Store
Kathleen Kelly just shed another tear. 1998’s You’ve Got Mail saw Meg Ryan’s surprising convincing turn as the second generation owner of The Shop Around The Corner whose spirits sank as she secretly fell in love while her dreams were getting bulldozed by Tom Hanks’ Darth Vader-ish Fox Books. …now it seems the same thing […]
Las Vegas in the Oh-Tens
Back in Los Angeles, I was sitting at The Media Guy’s field office [read: Starbucks] when the good folks at the home office decided it was a good idea to send me back to Vegas. It’s only been 18 years since the whole Desert Inn incident and since the court documents incident reports are sealed […]
No More Original Recipe
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The Handler
You have to be both bouncer and caretaker when the client starts drinking after the event. “Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up and see the pretty ladies in their tight dresses who haven’t eaten in a week. Now direct your attention the handsome men in the penguin black and whites with […]
MGS Chat: New England Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft
New England Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft speaks at Gillette Stadium on Monday, January 23, 2012. RKK: For not being here [the podium] in quite a while, I’m showing up a few times [lately]. We’re really excited, needless to say. We were trying to think – this year has been dedicated to volunteerism and people […]
Lost and Found at the Sundance Film Festival
I have to get to the Sundance Film Festival red carpet in Park City, Utah for the screening of “Ethel,” a documentary about the 83-year-old political matriarch Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy. Word has it that Taylor Swift will be there and we all know that the chance to interview her is […]
MGS Chat: Sir Tom Jones
He’s not unusual. In fact, for a man who saw Elvis eating deviled eggs on an exercise bike, he’s surprisingly normal. Sir Tom Jones talks exclusively to the Media Guy. The snake hips have gone, but the charm is all intact. Celebrated lothario, knight of the realm, Hollywood Walk of Famer… He’s clocked up more Vegas appearances than […]
Coffeehouse Screenwriting
FADE IN: EXT. MORNING METROPOLITAN SKY A cool wind smooths the morning haze. Distant sirens come closer. As the camera pulls back, we see that the burning building is mostly hidden by dense, Los Angeles traffic that causes more turmoil than the buzzing emergency vehicles arriving on the scene. We’re watching from across the street. […]
Love Notes from the Abyss
My cape needed cleaning so I stopped by the mailbox. There it was, the dinosaur of communications: a hand-written note. Yes snail mail, not an e-mail or a text–an enigmatic scribble that has spun my mind in a million directions. Hey, Mo-Mo. Remember when I came up with that nickname for you? Oh, I […]
Perseverance
There is a repulsive trend in society that we need to stomp out like a dandelion before it spreads. Psychologists call it the “Wow, look what I did!” syndrome. Then, there are others who humbly support the world at large, like Adnan. Adnan Gill: A hero of perseverance Last year, I was volunteering at a charity […]
