Learn to draw! Cartoonist Christopher Hart says anyone can do it–even you
When I was a little boy, it was common to see matchbook covers with ads saying things like “Learn to Draw!” The idea was that if you could draw the pokey little donkey, you, too, could one day become a...
View Article‘Be The Media’ isn’t just a social idea, it’s author David Mathison’s...
I start each show talking about “So much media, so little time…” But David Mathison sees the media differently. Instead of observing it from afar, he wants you to be the media—you, yourself. Mathison,...
View Article‘WWE Raw’ diva Brie Bella — Nikki’s twin — wrestles women and the occasional...
Image via Wikipedia It’s been like “Beauty Visits the Beast” around here lately at Mr. Media Radio, with recent drop-bys from “Supergirl” Laura Vandervoort, “10 Things I Hate About You” star Lindsay...
View ArticleAn assessment of Tiger Woods’ PR miscues by industry legend Robert...
Tiger Woods, image via Wikipedia No matter what form the media takes—print, broadcast, online or even telepathy—there will always be corporations, organizations and individuals that need to get the...
View ArticleHey, Don Draper! Better watch out for Danny Pudi on NBC sitcom ‘Community’!
Danny Pudi, image by Rob Poetsch via Flickr It’s a shame Lorne Michaels didn’t sign up Danny Pudi for “Saturday Night Live” before the producers of the NBC sitcom “Community” cast him as “Abed.” He is...
View ArticleTalking Yankees, Red Sox, Rays and NASCAR with sportswriter Peter Golenbock
Mickey Mantle, image via Wikipedia Sportswriter Peter Golenbock is one of my heroes, a guy I want to be like in many ways when I grow up. For now, however, I’ll settle for just being to call him a...
View ArticleDavid Gregory don’t need no stinkin’ fact-checking! (Maybe he’s holding out...
Image via Wikipedia By BOB ANDELMAN If you’re going to get called on the carpet for something you did right, might as well be by Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central’s whirlwind of truthiness, “The...
View ArticleRoger Lowenstein writes of ‘The End of Wall Street’; but first, a word from...
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! What’s that? The sky has already fallen? Damn, I hate being late to the party. Apparently, it’s old news that the world financial system was on the edge of...
View ArticleTanna Frederick takes emoting to a new level in Jaglom dramas
If you’re a woman in search of someone else’s emotional train wreck to make you feel better about your own life, film director Henry Jaglom has got a movie or two for you. Maybe it’s his latest, Irene...
View ArticleFarewell True/Slant, but not Mr. Media Radio!
If you’ve been enjoying Mr. Media Radio posts and audio here on True/Slant, don’t despair! The show continues on over at http://www.mrmedia.com with more than 600 archived celebrity and media newsmaker...
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