Elvis is back in the building. On March 14 at the Cinerama Dome, Elvis will return, one more time, in a special 40th anniversary screening of the “Singer Presents Elvis” special from 1968, or “The Comeback Special” as it is more popularly known, as the kickoff event of the Paley Center for Media’s PaleyFest 2008. […]

When it comes to Bob Dylan, I think it’s fair to say that I’m a fan of long standing — my wife still teases me about the time, shortly after we’d moved to Los Angeles, when in her car, radio on, she was surprised to hear me as a call-in contestant to KSCA’s “Lyrically Speaking” […]

In an underground office on the campus of Santa Monica College, Claude Brodesser-Akner is working with his producer, Matt Holzman, and associate producer, Darby Maloney, to describe the current status of the Oscar broadcast — and work in a pun. Finally, Brodesser-Akner says, with some satisfaction, “The Oscars are mired.” Welcome to the world of […]