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Hollywood Needs A Very Serious Intervention

It's been gestating since 2008. Everyone kept saying "All these young kids, with their phones, iPads, and YouTube!" YES- it has ACTUALLY happened: The…

Nov 22 • 

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September 2025

Redemption and The Way of the Gun: The Most Compelling Story Trope (To Me)

My absolute favorite story trope is also- I believe- the most relevant to today. It's been explored in a few significant foreign films (most notably…

Sep 20 • 

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May 2025

Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights

On the heels of the rerelease, I'm posting this interview with my co-creator and myself on why-how we went about telling this crazy True Story about the…

May 24

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March 2025

When A Song Becomes the Movie: "Ode to Billy Joe" was THE Southern Gothic Narrative of the late 1960's... and into the 1970's.

Bobbie Gentry went from growing up without electricity or plumbing to being the biggest music superstar of the late 1960's. Her monster hit song…

Mar 2 • 

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February 2025

"Bad Kids Go to Hell" Or: "How To Stitch Your Wings Together Just Before You Hit the Ground."

A comIc book. Red Bull Records. Elizabeth Avellán. A wizard Set Designer. The world's luckiest casting... and 3D nipples. How a conversation outside a…

Feb 27 • 

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Going Full Gangster: How A 1980's Tale of Hollywood Political Favors Could (sort of) Mirror the Quagmire of the Paramount-Skydance Deal.

Did Shari Redstone pull a fast one? Is CBS going to sink her and David Ellison's deal? Regardless- here's an interesting tale of how friendship helped a…

Feb 18 • 

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Mean 1970's Cinema: How One Film Was In the Right Place at The Wrong Time.

The Film (and Play) "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder"(1979) is one of my favorites. It got lost in the shuffle as Hollywood was switching gears. But…

Feb 7 • 

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Ai 2025: Get Ready For the SECOND Psychedelic Revolution.

The 1960's ushered in the"psychedelic experience." But it was an individual, INWARD experience. Ai will soon bring us a collective OUTWARD psychedelic…

Feb 1 • 

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January 2025

Godzilla: King of the Art Exhibits. Or, "How A Sociopathic OG Nerd Made The Big Lizard Rock."

My Chapman University roommate was a sociopath. We got along great. He also created THE most amazing university art show EVER in collegiate history…

Jan 24 • 

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Sex, Drugs, Don Simpson... and Other Minor Evils

In a world filled with BIG Evils: Sex Trafficking; Political Assassinations; Medical, Political, and Environmental Corruption...we SHOULD stand and…

Jan 19 • 

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Revisiting "AMERICAN FOREST FIRES: The Untold Story."

Two years ago I wrote and co-produced what many in the forestry corridor believe to be THE most comprehensive understanding of how we arrived at the…

Jan 14 • 

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December 2024

The Man You Loved To Hate.

One particular character actor will always be my favorite. And not just because I'm related to him. He was a reminder that living life FIRST can help…

Dec 29, 2024 • 

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