Showbiz Sandbox 11: Wild About Michael Jackson (…and Neil Diamond)
July 13, 2009
Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild joins us this week to discuss the Michael Jackson memorial. Wild is an Emmy-nominated television writer and a best selling author. on top of his work with Rolling Stone. He recently worked on the magazine’s Michael Jackson tribute, and was also instrumental in putting together the pop star’s memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. He explains some of the realities and feelings taking place behind the scenes at the event. He also has a new book out titled He Is… I Say: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Neil Diamond
Audiences weren’t wild about “Bruno,” which won the weekend box office race, but didn’t perform as expected. Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock’s “The Proposal” continues to perform well – well enough that Reynolds has been offered the role of The Green Lantern in Warner Bros’s upcoming movie. Was he a better choice over Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake? Does anyone even care about “The Green Lantern”? Anne Thompson addresses that, and the future of film criticism in her blog Thompson On Hollywood. Read more
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