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The Long Tail Of Bad Choices by The Hot Blog

One of the central ongoing issues of my column and now, this blog, is that choices that are made in the moment - decisions that often seem to mean little beyond the moment - can mean a great deal. Very smart people forget this all the time. We get caught...
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The Personal Objection Lie Unfolds by The Hot Blog

It seems like Paramount is getting a lot of attention here this week... I guess it's the combination of a big opening, a stock drop both last Friday and yesterday, a first quarter operating loss in the movie division ($63m, down from last year's...
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No Excuses by The Hot Blog

You know, this happens every year. A movie opens. I like it more than some. I dislike it more than some. And people who post - often cowardly waiting to be "proven right" become coming out of the woodwork - want to turn it all into some big...
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Hot Button - Message, Misogyny Or Misunderstanding? by The Hot Blog

It seems like we all need a reminder of some of the basic rules of Hollywood… again. I will proceed down that track at another time, but the thought hitting my brain pan today is this one… Hollywood is neither monolithic nor terribly interested in the...
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The Culture Of The Apolo-Lie by The Hot Blog

I just saw all this crap about Miley Cyrus and her exposed back and lipstick. OMFG! People do know that 15-year-old breasts, while they really have no business being shown in public, do exist, whether covered in a sheet or a t-shirt, right? Really, bottom...
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Ebert @ 17 (Years Ago) by The Hot Blog

A number of commenters have noted the MCN Front Page link to a Roger Ebert essay from 1991, " A film critic's modest proposal ," so I thought it should have its own space. This piece was a bit of a swipe at The Chicago Tribune, where the...
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Getting Out Of The Box by The Hot Blog

Two front page stories in the Wall Street Journal this weekend really caught my eye. First, there was the story of how Alex Rodriguez is on the Verge of resigning with the Yankees for more money than ever in history by taking his agent – the most powerful...
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Just Saying... by The Hot Blog

"When I was a child, my mother lectured me on the evils of 'gossip.' She held a feather pillow and said, 'If I tear this open, the feathers will fly to the four winds, and I could never get them back in the pillow.' That's how...
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GREAT News for Hot Blog Fans!!! by The Hot Blog

( The following came from a promotion house... a few minor edits are italicized ) HOSTILE : PART II - UNRATED ( HACK )'S CUT Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is gearing up to release the Unrated Director's Cut of Hostile : Part II which ( abuses...
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