The television and motion picture writers are back on the job. But in many cases, they don’t have anyone to write for since the union representing actors and actresses remains on strike. Artificial intelligence has been a significant factor in the negotiations, but revenue sharing is the primary factor keeping everyone on the picket line….
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This Fall, things will look much different than usual. I’m not talking about politics or the weather, although they’ll likely have an influence. I’m talking about your television screen. Every Summer, about this time, the TV networks start promoting their new prime-time shows. But thanks to both the writers and actors walking the picket line,…
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Television and movie writers went on strike over two months ago. In the last few weeks, they’ve been joined on the picket lines by the actors and actresses of SAG-AFTRA. People showed concern when the writers walked off the job. But now, everyone’s obsessed since celebrities started walking…
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Because of COVID-19, the television industry has been forced to make some big changes. Filming new TV shows continues to be a challenge. So, one quick and easy way to create new programming is to bring back game shows. But I’ve noticed that today’s game show hosts may be famous, they’re missing one big thing……
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Have you ever noticed in the movies that once an actor portrays a famous person you never view each the same way ever again? Now this doesn;t happen with every actor, but sometimes it’s eerie…
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For some reason, I’m often drawn to flawed characters on TV. And that has me wondering if I see parts of those characters in myself. Hopefully not, because some of them have some big emotional challenges. And that might just say something about me too…
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I can’t begin to count the number of movies that I’ve seen numerous times. And it always shocks me when I finally notice an actor before they were famous. I could watch a movie dozens of times, but there always seems to be at least one person you finally notice for the first time…
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If you’re of a certain age, you hear the name Hawkeye or the Fonz you know exactly what we’re talking about. But that’s only a portion of today’s podcast…
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Celebrities continue to take over our world. And recently I’ve noticed that they have seemed to take over another part of our lives…
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I know that I’m just an old guy, but this IS a fun time of year…
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