I’d say it was a busy week, but, these days, every week is a busy week, but, hey, the alternative is much worse. So, at firstforwomen.com, here’s a breakdown of what I wrote over the past few days. 10 Greatest Fictional Presidents on Film — Guiiding America on the Big Screen: An interview with Dale […]
Ape Nation is the YouTube channel dedicated to all things Planet of the Apes, and I recently had the opportunity to spend about an hour talking to the channel’s creator, Josh, about The Unofficial Oral History of Planet of the Apes that I’ve co-written with Joe Russo and Larry Landsman, volume I of which has […]
Well, I’ve obviously lost my mind! In 2023 I wrote the definitive (that’s what Mark Waid calls it!) unofficial oral history of Superman in the form of Voices from Krypton from Nacelle Books, and this year I co-wrote with Robert Greenberger November’s Superman: The Definitive History from Insight Editions. I’m hard-pressed to find a similar […]
An official inside look at the 85+ year history of Superman in all media.
Back in 1990, following its second season, I wrote a book titled Secret: File: The Unofficial Making of a Wiseguy, published by a nightmare company called Pioneer Books (which I’ll have to discuss in a future post). The book was an episode-by-episode behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first two seasons of Wiseguy, the […]
Hundreds of interviews take you inside the making of every Planet of the Apes film and TV series
In my new position as Senior Entertainment Editor at womansworld.com, I’ve been cranking away at Classic TV articles. Recent pieces have taken a look at Ernest Borgnine and the rest of the cast of McHale’s Navy, Jon Provost and the cast of Lassie (including quotes from my interview with Jon), the cast of One Day […]
Losing cast members from Dark Shadows is, unfortunately, something that oldtime fans of the show have gotten used to, yet it’s always a sad moment and that’s particularly true with the loss of Lara Parker, who made such an impact in her role as Angelique Bouchard. I had the opportunity to interview Lara a number […]
There’s no denying the obsession AI has triggered in me for Beatles-related AI music, especially original songs being done in the style and voices of the Fab Four, cover versions of other artists (Raffi’s “Bananaphone”) and inserting a couple of Beatles into a solo Beatles song (Paul’s “New” and “Return to Pepperland” and John’s “Grow […]
The Beatles AI version of the song “Bananaphone” became something of a sensation online, but then was yanked down (understandably). Originally created in 1994 by Raffi, who specializes in children’s songs, someone had the bright idea to kick the originator out (sorry, Raffi; nothing personal) and replace him with the Fab Four. This was the […]