News and Notes: Miracle in the O.C.

Miracle on 42nd Street, the doc on subsidized housing, artist communities and the origin story of Seinfeld that I co-wrote with Steve Ryfle, will screen April 29 as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival. Tickets, as they say, are now on sale.

In other business:

• Ask me anything about South Korean military might. (For CBS News.)
• Oscar-winner Greer Garson saying “Staaaaar Wars!” is everything. (For Yahoo!)
• The good news: Hey, there’s a picture of me now available for your editorial needs at Getty Images! The bad news: I look like I’m being taken into custody.

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On Carrie Fisher

 

Carrie Fisher thought funny. Carrie Fisher wrote funny. Carrie Fisher was funny

And, yes, I guess she was pretty good as Princess Leia, too.

Here’s an appreciation I wrote for Yahoo! #RIP

Why “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Bummed Out the Parent in Me

Fortunately, I worked through my issues in a piece for Yahoo!

The First “Star Wars” Christmas There Ever Was (and Ever Will Be)

A look back at the toy-less, tie-in season of 1977 that I wrote for Yahoo! Movies.

For the record, I didn’t get an Early Bird Certificate Package. I didn’t ask for one. I didn’t see Star Wars until 1978. So there.

Latest Podcast: The Difference Between Channing Tatum and Elizabeth Berkley, Jake Lloyd Did Not ‘Go Bad’ – and Why Miley Cyrus Is the Madonna That Not Even Madonna Could Be

If gender inequality doesn’t come to mind when you think Magic Mike XXL and Showgirls, then you’re not thinking.

Fortunately, on Episode 19, I do the thinking for you!

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