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THE TEN-CENT PLAGUE! Author David Hajdu Live on Mr. Media, Friday, May 16,
2008-05-16 03:15:00
David Hajdu, author of the bestseller The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, will be the live guest on the Mr. Media podcast on Friday , May 16 at 1 p.m. EST.The one-hour show is broadcast live over BlogTalkRadio.com and takes listener calls. There is also an accompanying web chat.Listeners can catch the interview live - or later as a downloadable archive - by clicking here! Amazon.com Widgets
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Frenemies (Draft Magazine)
2008-05-15 13:50:00
"I remember with Jennifer, the oddest thing was there was a tremendous death threat against me the whole time I was dating her, but I never once felt frightened by it. I think she was thrown off by it, though."- Tate Donovan , co-star of the FX series "Damages ," recalling his experience dating Jennifer Aniston in Draft magazine. Poor bastard.
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Smoke and Mirrors (Cigar Aficionado)
2008-05-14 13:26:00
"Maybe because a cigar gives you a natural pause, you start to examine whatever it is you're trying to articulate and maybe somehow, for a moment, have the illusion that you're being more articulate than you are. It's not bad, the illusion being articulate!"- Armand Assante, the actor who starred in one of Mr. Media's all-time favorite films, The Mambo Kings. He is featured in the Cigar Aficionado cover story, "Hollywood's Tough Guy," by someone whose byline does not appear in the magazine or online. (Bet there's a good story lurking there, too.)
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Sandra Beckwith, "The Do(o)little Report" editor: Mr. Media Interview Class
2008-05-13 21:53:00
Originally Published February 3, 1997If you've seen the NBC sitcom "Men Behaving Badly," Sandra Beckwith says you're already familiar with her field of study.The editor of The Do(o)little Report , a bimonthly newsletter that answers the musical question, "Why can't a man be more like a woman?," says the TV show touches the same nerve as her newsletter's popular "Stupid Men Tricks" column."When the commercials for 'Men Behaving Badly' started running last summer, it reminded me of my 'Stupid Men Tricks,' " Beckwith says. "I can't tell you how many people have seen the show and asked if it was based on my newsletter. The trick where the man dries his underwear in a microwave oven? For all I know, the producer does this himself."Coincidentally, Harvey Myman, an executive producer of "Men Behaving Badly," is a subscriber and fan of The Do(o)little Report. "I subscribed to it at the same time I was reading a lot of books on the subject," Myman says. "It speaks to the fact that bo...
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What the ??? (Sue Simmons/CollegeHumor.com)
2008-05-13 19:45:00
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Freaks Need Love, Too (Harper's Bazaar)
2008-05-13 13:10:00
"I think that less is better, especially as you get older. Too much makeup on an older woman can really make you look like a freak"- Julianne Moore , talking fashion with Harper 's Bazaar 's Amy Larocca for the cover story "Portrait of a Lady."
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"I am Iron Man, Yadda-Yadda" (Starlog)
2008-05-13 03:30:00
"I was so geared up when I did Comic-Con. I was putting on the (Tony Stark ) suit in the restroom when Avi (Arad) walks in. So I'm in there with him, in this big can, and I'm in the handicapped stall putting on these boots, and Avi tells me, '(The trailer) played really good on Thursday.' I just said, 'Wow,' but I was thinking, 'I've never heard of people's careers being enhanced and forwarded in a convention room restroom.'"- Robert Downey Jr ., who plays the title character in Iron Man and his alter ego, Tony Stark, in the summer's big movie, recalling his first sense that the movie might be a hit. He was interviewed for the story "The Man in the Iron Man Mask" by Pat Jankiewicz in Starlog magazine. Amazon.com Widgets

Katherine Fugate, ARMY WIVES, Lifetime TV show creator: Mr. Media Audio Int
2008-05-12 03:43:00
The last thing we need in our house is another serial TV commitment. But then someone turned me on to ? late, I know ? Lifetime?s ?Army Wives.?I am soooo screwed.If you?re already a fan of the first year drama, you already know it?s sort of like ?Desperate Housewives? on an Army base. It?s also the most successful series in the Lifetime cable channel?s history.If you?re not familiar with the show, check it out. The series is based on Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives, a book by Tanya Blank. It?s full of sex, lies, booze, and bitches.And I mean that in a purely professional sense.Hell, it?s even got a wife who isn?t a wife at all, but a dude married to a woman who is a lieutenant colonel.All of which is a brief introduction to my guest, Katherine Fugate, the creator of ?Army Wives,? which launches its second season on Lifetime on June 8. Katherine is also the niece of TV legend Barbara Eden, star of ?I Dream of Jeannie? and a few million grown-up men?s fantasies.You...
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Legs McNeil, PLEASE KILL ME, THE OTHER HOLLYWOOD author: Mr. Media Audio In
2008-05-10 20:23:00
When Spin magazine started, its staff included two fascinating characters. First was Bob Guccione, Jr., the magazine?s founder and namesake son of the publisher of Penthouse.And then there was Spin?s senior editor, Legs McNeil.Legs McNeil!?!What the hell kind of stupid name was that for a journalist? I mean, I grew up with kids named "Plinky," "Jiggs," and "Doine," but "Legs"?Well, let me tell you, that guy Legs McNeil could write. Some months, the only copy worth reading in Spin was under his byline.It wasn?t until years later that I learned that in the early 1970s, McNeil was a co-founder, with John Holmstrom and Ged Dunn, of Punk Magazine, which gave name to an entire musical generation.McNeil has since written two remarkable non-fiction books, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, and The Other Hollywood : The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry He?s also involved in a new documentary series unspooling across VH1, Spike, and the Sundance Channel in Ma...
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Philip Shenon, THE COMMISSION: THE UNCENSORED HISTORY OF THE 9/11 INVESTIGA
2008-05-10 05:48:00
I think everyone remembers where they were when they first heard about the planes flying into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. For our generation, it?s that horrifying moment that matches up with when other generations remember the Kennedy assassination or the bombing of Pearl Harbor. But where were you when the horror of the Bush Administration?s handling of 9/11 began settling in? Its inability to scramble jets that fateful day or the President staying in an elementary school, reading to children about a goat rather than getting up and showing some leadership capabilities? Where were you when the Administration resisted a proper investigation of the attack on America? Philip Shenon, an accomplished and long-time reporter for The New York Times, has written a book that every American should read. The Commission : The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation is, of all things, a beautifully-written journey into the not-so-bipartisan investigation into the governme...
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Daniel Pink, THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY BUNKO, FREE AGENT NATION author: Mr.
2008-05-09 01:07:00
Daniel Pink has made a career of being first on business themes over the last seven years, ever since publication of Free Agent Nation in May 2001. His theory then? That more of us will be working for ourselves in the future.Well, it?s now the future, so I?ll ask him whether that came true.He also wrote A Whole New Mind, about the the move from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age.But Dan?s newest book may be his greatest leap yet: a manga-style graphic novel titled The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You?ll Ever Need. For my not-so-Japanese-media-savvy friends, what the Japanese call manga, Americans call comic books.Click on the BlogTalkRadio Audio Player to listen to this interview!open separate window© 2008 by Bob Andelman. All rights reserved.
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'Spirit' moves up release to Dec. 25! (Hollywood Reporter)
2008-05-07 15:26:00
Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson star in the filmBy Carolyn GiardinaMay 6, 2008, 10:52 PMHollywood ReporterLionsgate has moved up the nationwide release of its comic adaptation "The Spirit" -- written and directed by Frank Miller -- to Dec. 25.The film, based on the comic book series created by the late Will Eisner, was originally slated to open Jan. 16, 2009.Also slated to open on Dec. 25 are Disney's "Bedtime Stories" and Fox 2000 Pictures' "Marley & Me."Of the move, Lionsgate president of theatrical films Tom Ortenberg said: "Comic-Con fans (in New York in March) resoundingly confirmed what we felt in our bones about 'The Spirit': this is a great film and an irresistible piece of entertainment. ... For all of us, it was an easy decision.""The Spirit" stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes , Sarah Paulson, Stana Katic, Dan Lauria, Jaime King, Paz Vega and Louis Lombardi. Odd Lot Entertainment and Lionsgate are production partners.Internation...
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Bob Balaban, RECOUNT, BERNARD AND DORIS, actor, director: Mr. Media Audio I
2008-05-01 00:30:00
(Mr. Media is on vacation this week, so we're rewinding to some of the podcast's earlier, most popular interviews to catch up new listeners!)No matter what role he?s in, Bob Balaban always makes an impression, from Steven Spielberg?s Close Encounters of the Third Kind to playing the President of NBC on ?Seinfeld.? And the same is now true of his work as a director, in Bernard and Doris, starring Susan Sarandon and Ralph Fiennes, now showing on HBO. He's also in another new HBO film, Recount.Click on the BlogTalkRadio Audio Player to listen to this interview!open separate window © 2007 by Bob Andelman. All rights reserved.
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Milo Ventimiglia, HEROES actor: Mr. Media Audio Interview REWIND
2008-04-30 05:41:00
(Mr. Media is on vacation this week, so we're rewinding to some of the podcast's earlier, most popular interviews to catch up new listeners!)Milo Ventimiglia is not your average save-the-world superhero, although he does play one, Peter Petrelli, on NBC?s hit series ?Heroes .?In real life, he?s an ambitious actor and producer whose company, Divide Pictures, just completed a series of five animated holiday shorts available exclusively on the American Eagle Outfitters website. Milo narrated the first episode, ?Home for the Holidays?; others feature the voices of Kristen Bell , Lil Jon, Adrianne Palicki, and Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy.Click on the BlogTalkRadio Audio Player to listen to this interview!open separate window CLICK HERE TO READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW!© 2007 by Bob Andelman. All righ...
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Stephan Pastis, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, cartoonist: Mr. Media Audio Interview
2008-04-29 03:07:00
(Mr. Media is on vacation this week, so we're rewinding to some of the podcast's earlier, most popular interviews to catch up new listeners!)Stephan Pastis is a big fan of Ricky Gervais , creator of "The Office" and "Extras," and Larry David, co-creator of "Seinfeld" and creator of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." He also loves him some Cheryl Hines. As a matter of fact, I think the only reason I landed him on the show today is because I interviewed the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" co-star, and that gets him one degree closer to her.Pastis? ?Pearls Before Swine? comic strip has twice been named Best Newspaper Comic Strip of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society, in 2004 and again in 2007, and it is that funny and that weird.Well, Zeeba neighbors, prepare yourself for Stephan Pastis.LISTEN to STEPHAN PASTIS NOW!ALSO AVAILABLE AS A PODCAST ON iTUNES.Subscribe to Mr. Media's RSS Feed.CLICK HERE TO READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW!
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David Simon, THE WIRE, HBO show creator: Mr. Media Audio Interview Rewind
2008-04-29 02:45:00
(Mr. Media is on vacation this week, so we're rewinding to some of the podcast's earlier, most popular interviews to catch up new listeners!)Today, it?s January 26, 2007, and I am sitting across from David Simon, creator of the critically-acclaimed and Peabody Award-winning HBO series, The Wire. We are speaking at The Inn at the Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida, where Simon spent the last week working with students at Eckerd College. The fiftieth episode and fourth-season finale of The Wire aired just a few weeks ago, and the fifth season goes into production in March, so Simon is hopefully enjoying a vacation of sorts.I am an admitted late-comer to The Wire, having seen my first episode just last September in a New Jersey hotel room. I was struck by the show?s tension and extraordinarily tight script and character development, which has often been overshadowed by better-known HBO shows, such as The Sopranos and Deadwood. If you like those shows and you haven?t already caught The Wi...
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Paula Garces, HAROLD and KUMAR: ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY, actress. Mr. Me
2008-04-27 16:13:00
Paula Garces? lovely features may be familiar to you if you saw such movies as Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Clockstoppers, or Man of the House with Tommy Lee Jones. She also flirted with Meadow?s boyfriend on ?The Sopranos? and has guest-starred on ?CSI: Miami.? She was also promoted to series regular for the upcoming fifth and final season of ?The Shield .?In April, she?ll be in a Harold and Kumar sequel, Escape from Guantanamo Bay . I?m laughing just thinking about that. Today I?ve invited Paula on the show to talk about her current project in which she voices the lead character in Red Princess Blues: Animated. We?ll also be joined momentarily by the film?s producer, Alex Ferrari of Numb Robot Studios.Click the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below to LISTEN to this interview!open separate window
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Robert Schimmel, CANCER ON $5 A DAY, author, standup comedian: Mr. Media Au
2008-04-23 18:55:00
I tried my hand at stand-up comedy twice in college, once as a freshman at the University of Miami and again a year later at the University of Florida. And no, I wasn?t so bad at Miami that I was asked to leave. They were a lot more subtle than that. Anyway, I gave up that dream early. It?s a tough, humiliating life, not for me. Now, Robert Schimmel, on the other hand, is one of the best stand-up comedians of his generation. He, like Richard Belzer before him, is the guy other comedians watch and measure themselves against. He is naturally funny and naturally crude, rude, and not recommended for listeners under the age of 18. That?s my way of saying if you?re too young to drink or if you?re easily offended, tune out now. The button-down mind of Bob Newhart this definitely is not. These days, Schimmel is still out doing his job making people laugh, but there is a twist. In 2000, when his career was reaching new heights, he was diagnosed with Stage III non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, cancer. ...
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WILL EISNER & PS MAGAZINE Expert Roundtable Discussion: Mr. Media Interview
2008-04-22 17:14:00
In the pantheon of comic book masters, Will Eisner ?s name is at or near the top of pretty much everyone?s list. He was there at the birth of the genre in the late 1930s ? he famously turned down a submission from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of a comic book about a character named Superman. Will suggested they go back to art school in Cleveland and get a little better at his craft.Eisner himself is best known as the creator of an enduring but little known character called "The Spirit." This is a big year for The Spirit, with a major motion picture written and directed by Frank Miller currently in post-production and scheduled for release in January 2009.Eisner is also known as the grandfather of the graphic novel for producing one of the genre?s earliest and most enduring works, 1978?s A Contract With God.I spent three years with Eisner, interviewing him and researching his life for the biography, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, which was published by M Press/Dark Horse in 2005.There ...
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Jeff Kreisler, MY WALL STREET JOURNAL, INDECISION 2008, comedian, writer: M
2008-04-21 23:37:00
Joining me today is one of the executive editors of My Wall Street Journal - which he will insist is a parody, but seems true enough to me.Jeff Kreisler?s name may not be familiar to you, but if you?re a fan of comedy, you?ve certainly seen or heard his work. He writes for Comedy Central?s Indecision 2008, has a syndicated business humor column and video, "Funny Money," via Jim Cramer?s TheStreet.com, is author of the forthcoming book, Get Rich Cheating, and has joined the staff and cast of a new show from the creator of "The Daily Show."You can get a taste of what we?re talking about at www.WSJParody.com.You can listen to this interview by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!open separate window
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Get Smarter with Steve Carell (Wired)
2008-04-21 22:54:00
"Remember, it's always better to have a cursory knowledge of a lot of things than to actually know a lot about any one thing. This is called a liberal arts education."- Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, in this summer's big comedy remake Get Smart , offering to Wired magazine's Nancy Miller 10 ways to attain Carell-level smarts.. Amazon.com Widgets
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Eva Mendes as "Sand Saref" in New The Spirit Movie Poster! (CanMag.com)
2008-04-21 19:45:00
The folks at CanMag.com just put upthis image she signed exclusively at New York Comic-Con from Frank Miller 's Will Eisner's The Spirit movie. Not bad!
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Bill Adair, POLITIFACT.com, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES editor: Mr. Media Audio In
2008-04-21 05:23:00
If you wanted to pick a good presidential campaign upon which to launch a political web site devoted to truth, justice, and the American Way ? and those are my words, not theirs ? this would be the one. You?ve got a man running as the candidate of one party who was in Vietnamese prisoner of war camps for five years, plus the first woman and African-American man to ever challenge for a major party?s nomination ? and one of them will win it, one of these days.And before we reached this point, there were so many candidates on both sides that we needed scorecards to keep track.If you haven?t visited it before, take a minute and surf over to www.PolitiFact.com while you listen to this podcast.The site is an online extension of the St. Petersburg Times daily newspaper and Congressional Quarterly and it is just what an election of this magnitude and complexity needs: a lie detector!Literally!Joining me today is the editor of Politifact.com ? and Washington bureau chief for the St. Petersbu...
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Eva Mendes as "Sand Saref" in New The Spirit Movie Poster! (CanMag.com)
2008-04-20 17:04:00
The folks at CanMag.com just put up this new poster from Frank Miller 's Will Eisner's The Spirit" movie. Not bad!
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The Spirit Movie Trailer!!! (MTV.com)
2008-04-20 04:27:00
MTVMusic VideosMTV ShowsEntertainment NewsSo what do you think? The trailer, not surprisingly, looks quite stylish - a lot like Frank Miller 's Sin City, but distinctive nonetheless. But what do you think of the brief interview with Frank Miller that follows it? Why is he dressed as The Spirit ? Bright red tie, hat, shirt sleeves pushed up - shouldn't actor Gabriel Macht, who plays The Spirit/Denny Colt, be out there in the costume?And how about Eva Mendes ?Love to get your comments here!
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New Spirit Movie Poster on AintItCoolNews.com
2008-04-19 05:55:00
Quint was first was with the new poster for Frank Miller 's Will Eisner 's The Spirit. See what he had to say about it HERE. And as soon as the first trailer posts online, we'll get you the link. Stay tuned!
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Bill Adair, POLITIFACT.com, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES editor: Mr. Media Audio In
2008-04-17 23:37:00
If you wanted to pick a good presidential campaign upon which to launch a political web site devoted to truth, justice, and the American Way ? and those are my words, not there?s ? this would be the one.You?ve got a man running as the candidate of one party who was in Vietnamese prisoner of war camps for five years, plus the first woman and African-American man to ever challenge for a major party?s nomination ? and one of them will win it, one of these days.And before we reached this point, there were so many candidates on both sides that we needed scorecards to keep track.If you haven?t visited it before, take a minute and surf over to www.PolitiFact.com while you listen to this podcast.The site is an online extension of the St. Petersburg Times daily newspaper and Congressional Quarterly and it is just what an election of this magnitude and complexity needs: a lie detector!Literally!Joining me today is the editor of Politifact.com ? and Washington bureau chief for the St. Petersbu...
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Will Eisner & PS Magazine Discussion LIVE on Mr. Media, Friday, April 18, 1
2008-04-17 22:27:00
With the announcement last week that Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries has posted complete scans for 145 regular issues, 3 special issues, and 14 index issues of Will Eisner's rare PS Magazine , I thought it would be fun to have the VCU librarian in charge of the project, Cindy Jackson, as well as the author of the upcoming book, Will Eisner & PS Magazine, Paul Fitzgerald, come on Mr. Media and talk about this little known period in the comics master's career.As Eisner's authorized biographer -- you have read Will Eisner: A Spirited Life by now, haven't you? -- I certainly have a little extra interest in the topic. And with all the hype for Frank Miller 's upcoming film, Will Eisner's The Spirit, the time seems extra-ripe for this!Eisner drew and was artistic editor for PS Magazine from its inception in 1951 until 1972 and these are truly rare examples of his incomparable art work and direction. In an effort to encourage soldiers to keep better care of their equipment, ...
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That's Logical (TV Guide.com)
2008-04-16 14:24:00
"The first day I shot the movie, before it was over J.J. came to me with his phone and showed me a picture that he had downloaded from the internet of us standing in the room that we were still shooting in. It was already on the Internet! That's actually what instigated the heightened security. The next day I showed up and we had floor-length vinyl jackets with hoods [to cover costumes] and golf carts that were completely enclosed in black tarp. That persisted through the entire shoot, even when we were on the lot at Paramount. People were worried about camera phones and digital cameras and it's understandable because there were a couple of times that a background actor or someone who was working on the crew would snap a couple of photos and they would inadvertently end up on the Internet, and that's just a headache for the legal departments. People think they want to know, but they don't want to know. It's going to ruin the experience for them."- Zachary Quinto , who plays Mr. ...
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R.I.P., The Original Shrek
2008-04-16 03:16:00
"Shrek , in the Chris Farley version of the story, was unhappy at his place in the world, unhappy to be cast as the villain. For me, Chris's comedic persona was key to the creation of the Shrek character - a guy who rejected the world because the world rejected him."- Terry Rossio, screenwriter of Shrek reminiscing about the life of the actor originally cast to provide the voice of the animated ogre. When Farley died suddenly, the role was recast and the character was brought to live by Farley's old SNL friend, Mike Myers. The anecdote appears in "The Last Days of Chris Farley" by Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby and was published in the May 2008 issue of Playboy; it is an excerpt from the authors's forthcoming book, The Chris Farley Show. Amazon.com Widgets
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