New blog

Edward Jay Epstein (whose books and website i reference alot on this blog) now has his own weblog. Great stuff on the business workings of Hollywood.

Here he poses a really good question:

why entertainment journalists, instead of challenging these preposterous claims, act as the star’s smiling attendants on this organized flight from reality? The answer: deception is a cooperative enterprise. By suspending their disbelief, the entertainment journalists get the stars on their programs.

Maybe someday the founder of Entertainment Weekly could answer that.