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James Franco Knows What’s Missing From Your Talent Agreements

James Franco has an obvious observation about the power of the celebrity selfie: “[S]tars know the power of their image, and how it is enhanced when garnished with privileged material — anything that says, ‘Here is a bit of my private life.’” Translated: when you give...

The Most Compelling Thing I’ve Read This Year

WARNING: BOTH VIDEOS ATTACHED TO THIS POST HAVE PLENTY OF NSFW AND ARGUABLY OFFENSIVE CONTENT I want to share something incredibly powerful that I read six months ago and re-read every month or so. Here’s James Altucher’s whole post on Techcrunch. You should read it....

YouTube: It’s The New Schwab’s Pharmacy!

Once upon a time, getting discovered required being in the right place at the right time.  You wandered into Schwab’s, the Brown Derby, or some other old Hollywood landmark completely unaware, and the next thing you knew – BAM! – you were on your way...

Kevin Spacey Sees The Future Quite Clearly

In addition to being a remarkably compelling performer, Kevin Spacey is right on target with regard to media convergence, to the idea that audiovisual media (film, television, etc.), audio only media (radio, music, etc.), and print media are all becoming one. Being...

A Lesson In How Not To Communicate

While a lot of what each group does is very different, one of the core things that broadcasters and lawyers both do is communicate in a very unique way. Both groups don’t just communicate; we communicate our messages to a diverse group of people, needing each person...