Category: Op Ed
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What will we remember from the 98th Oscars?
Op-Ed by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You couldn’t make up the backstory to the 98th Oscars, the black cloud of the Reiner murders with a night-before party at comedian Conan O’Brien’s house where Rob and Michelle Reiner’s now-jailed son had a run-in, then the actual Ides of March (March 15) show date, complete with…
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Is Alex Honnold Today’s American Houdini?
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent For those of us who watched Netflix Sports SKYSCRAPER LIVE last week on Sunday, Jan. 25, that being the live climb of the Taipei 101 building by FREE SOLO phenom climber Alex Honnold, staring at the screen was an exercise in itself. Full disclosure, even with Netflix’s 10 second…
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Hwood 2025: The Year of the Cat… in the Hat?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent On the night of Dec. 14, 2025, by about 8:44 pm on that fateful Sunday night before Hanukkah, 99% of Hollywood knew or believed that Rob Reiner had been a victim of parricide. Texts have been flying since. But in those crucial hours post-slaying, in a small town like…
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Hollywood: The “Je Penske, Donc Je Suis” Era?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s 4:03 am in Hollywood, most of Malibu on the PCH is unrecognizable after the fires, and it could be argued that the Town itself is in a “Je Penske, Donc Je Suis” Era. What does that even mean? Roger Penske’s son Jay Penske (born 1980) now owns, or…
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Nobody TOLDJA Nikki Finke would die at only 68
Nikki Finke pioneered, literally owned Live-Snarking, real-time Oscar coverage. Yet AMPAS pulled her credentials at one point? Nikki created her own Oscar mystique, even made all the more relatable with the snark, which was for the people, the fans, the masses, all of us.
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The Gong Show: Should Will Smith’s Oscar melee go down to a vote?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent UPDATED: (3/30/2022) The Academy members will take this to a vote, no kidding. We were way ahead on this one… On Japanese TV they carried the entire unedited melee when KING RICHARD’s Will Smith crossed from his front row seat at the 94th Academy Awards to clock comedian Chris…
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Screenmancer 25th Flashback: Mark Ebner’s WHAT MAKES RONNIE RUN?
by Mark Ebner, At Large “Boffo” business was predicted for My Best Friend’s Wedding, but Sony Pictures’ claim to the biggest romantic comedy opening ever sent the entire industry reeling. The movie’s star writer, Ron Bass, (Sleeping With The Enemy, Rain Man) has since enjoyed much acclaim for his foray into the hit or miss…
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#Anonymous gender-bias gaffe in #ElonMusk mad mini-movie
by OG Screenmancer Okay, who goes after Anonymous when they are such a powerful collective? With all due respect to the white hats with black mad-hatter h4ck3r skills? Please direct your attention to the use of label “fanboys” in the Matrix green Guy Fawkes faced hoodie fronted recent little mean movie for Tesla and SpaceX…
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Were the 93rd Oscars really about Mogul vs Mogul?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent ‘Congratulations to Searchlight Pictures for NOMADLAND that just swept the 93rd Oscars with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.’ You can hear the echo of the celebrations (however low-key) last night after the telecast beamed ‘round the world, online and on Zoom. But what was this Oscar year…
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Just in time for The 78th Golden Globes: HFPA vs LAPC & big money?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Updated: Yeah, some bad blood is coming out in Hollywood, with the worst timing ever for The 78th Annual Golden Globes, at least for insiders and entertainment industry watchers. What’s this all about? Short answer: long-simmering feuds in Awardland. First the Rona, as Covid-19 is called in LA, shuts…
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LA Times HFPA story sparks clapback from LA Press Club
by Screenmancer Staff On Feb. 21, Los Angeles Times did an in-depth article on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the “checkered” history of its Golden Globes Awards. The incendiary headline reads: “Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses,” and it is a bell ringer within the…
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Screenmancer celebrates 25 years, and how long did Quibi last?
by Screenmancer Staff Yeah, we’re not Quibi with a billion and a half reasons to quit… Screenmancer was founded out of UCLA Film School in 1996 by two women, including Emeritus Robinson Rea, and continued for 25 years by Founder Quendrith Johnson. The concept originated on a kitchen table in Venice Beach, now Silicon Beach.…
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Screenmancer signs on to Johnny Depp’s return as Jack Sparrow & more
by Screenmancer Op-Ed Okay, even though the High Court in London has made its opinion known that Johnny Depp, who began his career as a musician and rolled over into “21 Jump Street” on TV as a segue to movies, is a so-called monster, we beg to differ. Because there are real monsters in Hollywood, ask…
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Read Glenn Greenwald’s story scrapped by The Intercept for balance in the press
by Screenmancer Op-Ed We like the idea that media is independent and can run stories that even our Editorial Staff may not agree with entirely. That said, Glenn Greenwald is a co-founder of The Intercept who recently resigned due to censorship. Screenmancer is a champion of Greenwald’s based on his CITIZENFOUR coverage, CitizenFour being the…
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New Doc Follows Tinder-Addicted Pilot, Lands on VOD Sept. 15: Director’s POV
by Al Bailey, Special Correspondent Introduction: Al Bailey’s DTF, a documentary about one pilot’s search for love and sex through Tinder and the friendly skies. DTF will premiere at LA’s Dances With Films before a VOD launch in the United States. DTF will be available to rent or own September 15th on Amazon, iTunes, Comcast,…
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