Director Kyle Broom wanted to take "Prevention of Injury (POI)" through the film festival circuit just like every other independent filmmaker, but this 20-minute film has the burden of being about something. The film's main character doesn't have a name. He's referred to in the credits on… Read full post »

Herman Cain is done reassessing his presidential campaign. He's out. Now this doesn't mean he won't reassess his reassessment at some later time and jump in the race again in a few weeks only to reassess all over again. This is Herman Cain we're talking about here. My one regret… Read full post »

The author now has a bad feeling about these Frank Miller comics that he fished out of his closet. Notice the book on the right is titled "Give Me Liberty, for whatever that's worth.

Frank Miller, the comic book writer/artist… Read full post »

Of all the things for Jerry Sandusky to have named his 2001 autobiography, he had to name it "Touched." No really, the creepy Penn State football coach who's been indicted for molesting boys in the showers, titled his book "Touched." I know I've said this twice alreadly (thrice if you count… Read full post »

In pro wrestling, victory isn't making your big comeback—it's staying away. I've dispersed this pearl of wisdom here and there since my last show with Incredibly Strange Wrestling in Bologna, Italy back in 2003. Bologna was an unusually glamorous destination for a low-rent, punk rock… Read full post »

Meg Whitman meets the media head on during an impromptu press conference at the 2010 California Republican Party Spring Convention in Santa Clara, Calif. (photo: Bob Calhoun).

Last year I went to as many conventions and trade shows as I could talk my way into. One of these cons was… Read full post »

A day of debt cieling sellouts has made my brain hurt. I'm tired of thinking about it, but I can't stop thinking about it. Just the way I couldn't stop thinking about the Florida recount. Just the way I couldn't stop thinking about those long-assed lines at the polls in… Read full post »

Captain America salutes reasonableness at the Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 2010. (Photo: Bob Calhoun)

There was a guy in a Captain America suit staking out his space on the lawn of the National Mall in Washington DC waiting for Jon… Read full post »

The producers of the Superman serial in 1948 couldn't let a good marketing opportunity go to waste.

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With eyes as black as pitch, conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart stormed a packed press conference about the state of my MacBook earlier this morning.

Originally posted on Anthony Weiner has my MacBook.

Earlier this morning, Andrew Breitbart of the conservative Breitbart media empire na… Read full post »

Oakland designer Joshua Kaufman's MacBook was stolen out of his apartment. He had a piece of anti-theft software installed on his MacBook called Hidden, which told him where the laptop was and also snapped pics of the guy who stole it. Kaufman told the Oakland police where it was, but they… Read full post »

Okay, the Sarah Palin/Paul Revere story just won't die. It’s like the Anthony Weiner twitpic saga, but without shots of bulging underwear.  On Sunday, Palin defended her creative interpretation of Revere's ride on Fox News. Meanwhile, her fans/supporters/followers (whatever the hell you ca… Read full post »

 
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump back when he still possessed an air of dignity.

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A whole pile of science fiction, horror and fantasy paperbacks that have gone untouched by Hollywood producers (pulled from the author's shelves and piled on his bed).

Remakes. Reboots. Re-imaginings. Prequels. Prequels to remakes. That's what 2011 is going to remembered for—the year… Read full post »

Left: Chris Jericho's latest rock and wrestling memoir, "Undisputed." Right: Jericho launches himself off the top rope during a match with The Rock AKA Duane Johnson. (Images: Grand Central Publishing.)

Pro wrestler/rocker/game show host Chris Jericho ends his first wrestling memoir, "A L… Read full post »

 
My book, "Beer, Blood and Cornmeal," makes its network television debut as a piece of set decoration on the NBC series "Parenthood" in the lower left corner of the screen.

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Last week, Obama picks General Electric’s CEO Jeffrey Immelt as his chief outside economic adviser. In last night's State of the Union Address,  Obama's big tag line was, "We do big things." GE's big slogan in the 1980s was, "We bring good things to life." Coincidence?

Left: Zach Galifianakis muscles his way into top billing with a winning smile in "Frenemy." Right: "Zombies of Mass Destruction" proves that not all zombies are a hit on cable TV (images: Lionsgate).

While other movie critics are mulling over the merits of "True Grit," "Black Swan" and "The… Read full post »

Lee Majors running in slow motion but at bionic speeds.

The first episode from the just released "Six Million Dollar Man" complete series box set that I popped into my DVD player not only has William Shatner in it, but it's a crazy Shatner who spouts beat poetry and can control… Read full post »

"Countdown to Lockdown" and its most reasonable author, Mick Foley (Images courtesy of Grand Central Publishing).

Mick Foley is the last person that you'd expect to be honored at something called the Rally to Restore Sanity. In the world of pro wrestling,… Read full post »

If Carly Fiorina was ever a competent CEO, then she'd know enough about statistics to understand that being over 10 points down with 96% of precincts reporting means she lost the damned election.

By claiming that the race was too close to call even though Boxer's lead was hitting double… Read full post »