Celebrity
Harold Evans Dies at 92, Pioneering Editor Who Stood up to Rupert Murdoch, Ran US News, Random House, NY Daily News
Harry Evans has been on my mind for a month. Isn't it weird when that happens? I felt like something was wrong. This was...
Media
Worrying Hollywood Consolidation as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and All Their Subsidiaries Merge into One Company with Many Awards Shows
Um, this is a little worrying.
The companies that own Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Billboard, Rolling Stone and all the secondary awards shows...
black lives matter
RIP Erudite, Curmudgeonly Stanley Crouch, 74, A Friend, a Hero, A Culture Critic and Jazz Man
There are a lot of good obits today for Stanley Crouch. I liked the ones on NPR and the NY Times, and Leonard Greene's...
Business
UPDATE Read the Disingenuous Memo from Fox News Chief About Layoffs: Firing Hair and Make-Up People, Lowest Paid and Most Vulnerable
Fox News is starting a round of layoffs by firing the most vulnerable, nicest group in the building: hair and make up. When I...
Fashion
Time Magazine Annoints Brit Edward Enninful as Next Vogue Editor — And Anna Wintour Bites Off Heads of Assistants
I don't know why this stuck in my head, but on an episode of thirtysomething, Michael Steadman says to an old man, "Time heals...
Media
Exclusive: Peter Travers Exits Rolling Stone after 36 Years as Chief Film Critic, Made Magazine Important in Hollywood: “It’s been a hell of a...
The great movie reviewer, Peter Travers, has exited Rolling Stone as full time movie critic after 36 years. He started there in 1984. Peter...
Crime
Former Journalist Megyn Kelly Doubles Down on Racist Comments, Attacks Paralyzed Jacob Blake on Twitter
It's nice to see that Megyn Kelly -- fired from NBC for advocating wearing blackface-- doesn't change. She only gets worse. Responding to news...
Media
Fox News Ignores Jennifer Griffin Appearance on Neil Cavuto, Refuses to Acknowledge Her Trump Military Scoop and “Unimpeachable Sources”
Remarkable: Fox News and its website, foxnews.com, continues to ignore the network's national security correspondent, Jennifer Griffin. Griffin confirmed The Atlantic story by Jeffrey...