Celebrity, Major and Minor
Along with getting back to writing my blog, I’ve been catching up on a backlog of industry blogs. Today, I stumbled across this post from the Hollywood Juicer. Michael is like an internet big brother, and it’s nice to know somebody out there worries about me. Had I read that post at the time, I probably […]
Anonymous Assistant’s Annual Academy Awards Analysis! Part II
As happens every year, most of the talk around the office for the last few days has centered on the Oscar nominations. (Well, that and Lost.) Camera guys are bitching that District 9 didn’t get a cinematography nomination, writers are mocking Avatar for getting a best picture nomination but not a screenplay nod (which didn’t […]
Nobody Loses Money
A little while ago, I said everyone has two businesses: their business and show business. This doesn’t mean they actually understand the business. Chris Nashawaty wrote in this week’s Entertainment Weekly, “Universal spent $137 million on Ang Lee’s Hulk movie and it grossed $132 million. If I were a bean counter at Universal, I wouldn’t […]