Oscars 2015: The first role for Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton, Bradley Cooper, and Steve Carrell

2015 Best Actor nominees

I did this last year for Best Actress and Best Actor; basically the idea is, I find a person’s career journey to be interesting — so for the five men who could win Best Actor tonight at the Oscars, where did… Continue Reading →

Super Bowl ads work (EDIT: if you’re Budweiser)

Budweiser Super Bowl Ads

Super Bowl ads are costing about $4.5 million for 30 seconds this year — highest-ever — which makes sense because each year seems to get another million in that audience column; last year’s game absolutely sucked and still, somehow and… Continue Reading →

Netflix’s success isn’t really about algorithms

Netflix and Algorithms

We live in this algorithm-dominated world now, and part of the reason that emerged — aside from simply better technology and people focusing on it — was because for generations, a ton of big decisions were made on the gut… Continue Reading →

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TV needs to stop canceling Emily Kapnek shows

Emily Kapnek Selfie

Emily Kapnek is known for a handful of sitcoms: Emily’s Reasons Why Not, Suburgatory, and Selfie. The other three things those shows are known for? They were all cancelled — in the case of Why Not and Selfie, that happened pretty fast (within the first season). Suburgatory lasted… Continue Reading →

Honestly, maybe Joe Flacco IS the best QB in the NFL

Joe Flacco

You know those absurd rumors you hear sometimes from friends of friends? Once, in about 2007 — give or take before he was in the NFL — I heard that a girlfriend of mine once had sex with Joe Flacco.… Continue Reading →

Olivia Munn is somewhat of a Cowboys fan? Oh, here we go.

Olivia Munn Aaron Rodgers

You may be aware of the fact that Olivia Munn, she of The Newsroom and Magic Mike and a handful of Internet-friendly GIFs, is dating Green Bay Packers’ QB Aaron Rodgers — and thanks to Andy Cohen, you’re also probably aware of the fact… Continue Reading →

Jennifer Lawrence’s e-mail, peanutbutt, should be a lesson to marketers

Jennifer Lawrence Hot

Jennifer Lawrence’s e-mail alias is apparently “peanutbutt.” If that’s true — it’s info from the Sony hacks — then it furthers America’s obsession with Jennifer Lawrence and how real / authentic she is (depending on whether you believe she really is). Think… Continue Reading →

What if Blake Bortles rebounded from Lindsey Duke to Taylor Swift?

Taylor Swift Blake Bortles Lindsey Duke

If there’s anything I love to do with my free time, it’s harmless and hopeless speculation about people I’ll never meet and whether or not they had some kind of rendezvous at some point. I think that probably makes me… Continue Reading →