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World Series, 1919 -- On location with 'Eight Men Out'
Many seasons ago John Sayles and his young stars went on the road to make his realistic baseball movie about the time the 'Chicago Black Sox' threw the…
Oct 27, 2023
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February 2022
What TV and movies do to reality is a dramatic crime
In ancient times, the mid-1980s, I wrote this helpful guide to spotting the 'Truth' and the BS hidden in TV docudramas about real people and real…
Feb 6, 2022
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November 2021
Don't rest in peace, Berlin Wall
My grim tour of East Berlin’s gray streets and empty stores 32 years ago taught me all I needed to know about life under Communism.
Nov 10, 2021
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September 2021
When the Soviets invaded Tinseltown, I laughed -- and fought on the American side
In 1977 200 Communist bureaucrats, propaganda specialists and KGB agents put on a pathetic propaganda show in downtown L.A. The booster media cheered…
Sep 6, 2021
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When the Soviets invaded Tinseltown, I laughed -- and fought on the American side
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June 2021
Stand-up comedians in the Age of Reagan
At the dawn of the Decade of Greed LA's comics didn't think President Reagan was that funny -- even after he was shot.
Jun 30, 2021
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May 2021
The sacking of Timothy Leary
Orange County's most dangerous radio host didn't last long at a rock station that purported to "Kick Ass,' but he had fun
May 29, 2021
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LA in the 80s: From Hollywood to Baja and back
A quick car trip into Mexico meant an immediate dip in the look and feel of civilization -- and lots of clues for why immigrants enter America…
May 14, 2021
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LA in the 80s: From Hollywood to Baja and back
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April 2021
Lenin, Beatty and a roomful of Reds
One dreary night in Hollywood in 1981, when the Soviet Union was still an evil empire, I watched the hit movie 'Reds' with some of communism's oldest…
Apr 27, 2021
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March 2021
My sober evenings with Bukowski
The poet laureate of L.A.'s brothels and taco stands, who died in 1994, read his poetry, got drunk and put on his infamous one-man show for the last…
Mar 15, 2021
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My sober evenings with Bukowski
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Riding the back of the No. 1 bus, Hollywood style
Life was weird in Hollywood, and a trip on a RTD bus was no exception.
Mar 12, 2021
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LA in the '80s: Supply side Rockonomics
In 1984 Bruce Springsteen would go on stage at his sold-out concerts in LA and rail against ticket scalpers. It was because the Boss knew nothing about…
Mar 9, 2021
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Docudrama -- The awful truth
Sorting out fact and fiction, real and fake, actual and made-up in any Hollywood production about real people and real events takes a professional. I…
Mar 6, 2021
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