Don’t pretend there’s no connection: Hollywood Reporter gives prelim numbers for Obama’s acceptance speech.
Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was seen by 38.4 million viewers — 57% more than watched John Kerry four years ago — and was the most-watched convention speech ever.
Thursday night’s viewership set a new record [...]

Box Office Weekly #128 (MP3 - 17 MB - 23 min)
In today’s show, Weekend Box Office Figures, TV Ratings and these stories: Waiter, there’s a fly in my libretto… TinTin, Cap’n Haddock and Snowy are coming to the big - wait, I’m sorry, who? … and in this week’s commentary, the controversy surrounding Richard Cheese. [...]

 

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Talk about putting the cart before the horse - here I am defending Richard Cheese against his accusers and I haven’t bothered to quote his accusers! For example, Matthew Ebell, in HOW NOT TO TREAT YOUR FANS:
Apparently Cheese proved how completely devoid of class he is…
Todd Cochrane, who uploaded the YouTube videos of Cheese’s hand [...]

So I post my blog entry, go out to the Karaoke bar for a glass of merlot at a Rick Astley song, and when I get back, Richard Cheese has responded.
As I expected, he’s a thoughtful and well-spoken guy. I won’t quote the letter in full but I will give you this, because it’s important.
i [...]

“How can anybody dislike cheese?” - H.P. Lovecraft, 1931
How indeed. Last week I talked about my adventures (or singular lack of them) in Las Vegas at the New Media Expo. The high point of the trip for me was the Coverville 500 concert, a big revue show that was held in a ballroom at Bally’s. Coverville [...]

Microsoft is an enormous company. In some ways it’s like a battleship, in the sense that when they decide to make a course correction it takes a while for the rudders to move, then it takes even longer for the ship to start turning.
When I was at the New Media Expo last week, I noticed [...]

Box Office Weekly #127 (MP3 - 16 MB - 23 min)
In today’s show, Weekend Box Office Figures, TV Ratings and these stories: The world’s hottest dead actor still can’t sell a Terry Gilliam picture… does bubblegum cause acid flashbacks… and in this week’s commentary, I report on this year’s New Media Expo. All this and [...]

 

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This past weekend saw the spectacle of the New Media Expo in the sleepy desert community of Las Vegas, Nevada. Four years ago it was the Podcasting Expo and it was held in Ontario, CA, which really is sleepy. You’d think that the racier location would take some of the smell of geek off the [...]

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY TO PLANT PLACENTA IN ORCHARD
Eventually to result in a line of blond shirtless trees, protected by bellicose surfers.
HOLLYWOOD POWER BROKER BERNIE BRILLSTEIN DEAD
Hollywood mourns the death of the possibility of a CONEHEADS sequel.

KATY PERRY’S “I KISSED A GIRL” TIES BEATLES RECORD
WTF?
AD SALES FOR OLYMPICS TOPS $1 BILLION
Considering they’re going to be [...]

Box Office Weekly #126 (MP3 - 17 MB - 23 min)
In today’s show, Weekend Box Office Figures, TV Ratings and these stories: Scotty’s ashes caught in endless transporter loop… Iggy Pop finally loses the ability to use his equipment, if you know what I mean… and in this week’s commentary, my cable confessions. All this [...]

 

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