WHERE WAS JENNIFER HUDSON WHEN I JOINED WEIGHT WATCHERS?

My friend Rob and I were fanatical AMERICAN IDOL fans way back when Jennifer Hudson was an aspiring contestant. I think that was the year Fantasia won. But we were devoted Jennifer fans… Continue reading

THE DAY I STUDIED WITH AN ACTING LEGEND

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a ham. In my twenty plus years working in the entertainment business, I managed on more than one occasion to insert myself into several TV shows and… Continue reading

THE DAY I DISSED THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

In November of 2007, my buddy Rob, a fellow political junkie, suggested we make the journey to Des Moine, Iowa for the Jefferson Jackson Dinner, a gala affair that takes place every election… Continue reading

WHY I AVOID BED AND BREAKFASTS AT ALL COSTS

Bambi Didn’t Make It After All Some years ago I had the romantic notion of renting a car and driving across country. I would start by dipping my toes in the Pacific Ocean… Continue reading

THE DAY I MADE THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND’S GRANDDAUGHTER CRY

“He’s desecrated the memory of my grandmother,” Princess Beatrice wailed to her mother Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. Tears streamed down her face. According to Fergie, it was a horrible moment for… Continue reading

3 REASONS KATHY BATES HATES MY GUTS

“I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here!” First let me be clear. Kathy Bates has absolutely no idea who I am. If you mentioned my name you’d probably get a blank stare followed… Continue reading

THE DAY I ALMOST SOLD FAYE DUNAWAY’S HAIR ON E-BAY

I had always heard Faye Dunaway had a prickly reputation. But honestly who cares? Faye played the sexy and impressionable Bonnie in the ‘60s crime classic Bonnie and Clyde. The ruthlessly ambitious network… Continue reading

Fingerprints & Facelifts

Working on the teleplay for the Lifetime TV movie adaptation of FINGERPRINTS & FACELIFTS so hopefully the film version will air sometime next year and will lead to more books in the LA… Continue reading

Mexico Melodrama

Okay, I just touched down in LA after a few days in Mexico. Just as I arrived, the swine flu scare exploded, and the streets of the Zona Rosa, my home away from… Continue reading

Really Good Movie…

Just saw a Mexican sci fi drama called SLEEP DEALER at the Laemmle Sunset 5. Great cast, interesting story, with a futuristic theme that incorporates the global economy, the future of immigration, our… Continue reading