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 […]
In Search of Coffee and Art
Okay, so where am I? I’m at the LA Art Show rubbing elbows with Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway and Natasha Henstridge, the alien goddess from Species. Getting here was another story. The traffic from Hollywood to the dilapidated convention center in Downtown Los Angeles was nothing short of terrifying frustration. I mean, really? 58 minutes to […]
Backstage at the Oscars: 2015
Reason no. 1,341 why I love writing the annual “Oscars Backstage” column: My agent. I need a slightly smaller version of this one! Last year, I reported on my tear-inducing plea to my agent imploring him to draw a map for me so I could be in a position to bring him that wondrous eight-pound […]
The Emmys? Fugedaboudit!
Okay, so where am I? So Monday night the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences handed out their beautiful statues at the Nokia Theatre. As always, the Emmys were a snore-filled snooze fest , but luckily there was a brightly shining stoned star who guided us safely through that never-ending mess. (**-more on that in […]
Robin Williams R.I.P.
It’s been a rough year – Casey Kasem, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams… He was a brilliant actor and comedian who could go from light to dark in the blink of an eye. It’s the kind of thing that you wish you could do in meetings or at networking parties. Apparently the […]
The Diva and Odd Travels through Japan
Okay, so where am I? Yes, I’m back in Tokyo wrapping up filming of my wacky and oddly-popular Japanese television show. Let me be the first to tell you that Japan is a lesson in culture shock. I mean every country has its quirks and eccentricities, but few are on par with this island when it […]
Backstage at the Oscars: 2014
Awards Season is over and yet my dreams have only been elevated. My drive accelerated. A few minutes after the Academy Award telecast had ended, I whipped off an email to my agent begging him: The Media Guy at the Oscars. “I know I bore you with this…but I have to win an Oscar…Once you […]
OSCAR WEEK 2014: Magically Wet
Mother Nature must be mad at the Oscars. Perhaps her invitation came late. Or not at all. From the looks of it, she got impatient and decided to crash the party. And such, rain crushed Hollywood over the past few days. So there I was, searching the red carpet for stories, rain pelting me and […]
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 […]
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 […]
