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"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

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Saturday, September 18, 2021

As You Look At The Emmys, Remember That It Is Only Streaming and Entertainment That is Bringing the World Together

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It wasn’t very long ago that to see a foreign language film, you wound up in the smallest theater in the multiplex or a little art theater s...

Monday, February 15, 2021

Mike Nichols: A Life

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Amidst the cacophony of social and cultural noise that’s all around us, we have too often neglected the role of the arts in shaping who we a...

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

To Live and Work In Hollywood

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Hollywood is a place where the assets go home each night. Not just the Stars, but the hard-working men and women who make magic happen. Who ...

Friday, May 5, 2017

The Rise of A Woman In Hollywood

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There was a time, not that long ago, in a galaxy not that far away, when Hollywood made movies that were both entertaining and substantive....

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

"Stoking the Star-Maker Machinery"

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Hollywood has always served a dual role, as both a reflection of the times is operates in and a projector sending out its light showing the...

Friday, August 5, 2016

Why Streisand Still Matters

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Pick up any celebrity magazine in any grocery store line and the people gracing the cover were almost certainly unknown five years ago and m...

Thursday, September 24, 2015

This woman changed and defined Hollywood in the 70's

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Hollywood is a like sports or politics. Each generation gives us stars and personalities that both reflect the culture and tenor of the tim...

Monday, March 9, 2015

How the Constitution Invented Hollywood and Silicon Valley

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Few classes in law school are drier and more arcane than courses on patents and copyrights. And while the debate about intellectual propert...

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Films Not to be MIssed

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Think about the movies we remember. They are a little like old songs, or great books, or great meals. They are purveyors of a kind of doub...

Saturday, March 29, 2014

The Changing reality of the Business of Hollywood

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When it comes to Hollywood, William Goldman certainly may have been right when he said that, “nobody knows anything.” Certainly the forces ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Cold War in Movies

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This week we mark what was arguably the height of the Cold War, in the 50 anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. That Cold War would, for ...

Monday, March 30, 2009

The last tycoons

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Richard Florida takes on the end of Hollywood as we know it. Money quote: The world will always need entertainment, and Southern Californi...

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Jeff Schechtman: Napa, California, United States; I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.

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