The Mad Scramble to Save Dr. Ben Carson, Inc.
NOVEMBER 10, 2015 GOP front-runner Dr. Ben Carson has had a pretty tough week. Last week, the internet site Buzzfeed unearthed a 1998 commencement speech by Carson in which…
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Will “Spectre” Be the Film That Changes James Bond Movies Forever?
NOVEMBER 9, 2015 You will not be surprised to learn that the latest James Bond film, “Spectre,” has its own Facebook page. But if the folks behind that page…
Cate Blanchett Is the Only Reason To See the Superficial “Truth”
NOVEMBER 6, 2015 Let’s time-travel back to 2004. On September 8 of that year, two months before the Presidential election, “60 Minutes Wednesday,” anchored by Dan Rather and produced…
Houston’s “Bathroom Ordinance” — Have We Learned Nothing From the Prop 8 Wars?
NOVEMBER 5, 2015 Sorry, everybody, but I’m about to go on a rant, because I’m really pissed. On Tuesday, Houston voters overwhelmingly rejected the city’s year-old anti-discrimination law, the…
“Steve Jobs” — A Big, Difficult Film About a Big, Difficult Life
NOVEMBER 4, 2015 On Sunday, October 11, the movie world was all agog talking about the opening weekend gross of Danny Boyle’s new film, “Steve Jobs.” The film had…
Chaos in Debate Land — Are the Inmates Taking Over the Asylum?
NOVEMBER 3, 2015 The Republican candidates for President are revolting. No, seriously, they’re in total revolt mode. They are so angry at the way they felt treated by the…
Best Actress — Ten Performances To Put On Your Oscar Radar
NOVEMBER 2, 2015 Every year we get the same Oscar party line about the Best Actress race — if only there were more leading women who could turn in Oscar-worthy…
The GOP Debates: Round 3 — The Main Event
OCTOBER 29, 2015 That was just a hot mess. The third Republican Presidential debate took place on Wednesday night in Boulder, CO, sponsored by CNBC in a debate that…
Why Do I Still Watch “Survivor?”
OCTOBER 28, 2015 (Almost) everything important in business that I have learned in the last 15 years, I have learned from “Survivor.” Yes, a TV reality/competition show. And in…
A New Out-Of-Left-Field Awards Contender — 1 Mother, 1 Son, 1 “Room”
OCTOBER 27, 2015 No one saw “Room” coming. At this year’s Toronto Film Festival, all the talk was about the Oscar bait, films that use the festival to launch…
