With the movie “Molly’s Game” (starring Jessica Chastain, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin) opening today (listen to my review here), here’s my 2014 conversation with Molly Bloom, the former underground high-stakes poker game organizer, who wrote about her experiences in the book the movie is based on… For several years, Molly Bloom ran the […]
Stephen Davis has written books about Jim Morrison, Bob Marley, Miles Davis, and other musicians. Now he has a best-selling biography of Stevie Nicks, “Gold Dust Woman.” In my conversation with him, we talked about: How the version of “Rhiannon” we all know isn’t the same one Fleetwood Mac recorded; The huge fan base of […]
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max was out sick, so I reviewed “Molly’s Game,” written/directed by Aaron Sorkin, starring Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom, the high-stakes underground poker organizer (listen to my interview with her here). I also talked about the Golden Globes, David Letterman’s new Netflix series, the return of […]
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max and I run down our separate lists of the Best Movies Of 2017. Because we don’t go see the same movies, and our opinions sometimes differ greatly, there isn’t much crossover, so you’ll have a bunch of titles you might want to add to your […]
Here’s my conversation with Josh Dean, author of a book with a very intriguing title: “The Taking Of K-129: How The CIA Used Howard Hughes To Steal A Russian Sub In The Most Daring Covert Operation In History.” No, it’s not a novel — it’s a true story, and I won’t be surprised when it’s […]
Here’s my conversation with Vulture TV critic Jen Chaney about the past year in television. We started by dissecting Sunday night’s live Fox broadcast of the musical, “A Christmas Story,” adapted from the classic 1983 movie based on Jean Shepherd’s radio shows and books. I couldn’t take more than half of it, but Jen soldiered […]