Even to current-events junkies, the notion of a 24-hour news channel sounded like a gimmick when the Cable News Network launched more than 30 years ago. Steve Erickson agocablechannel Change image and share on social
Besides inquiries as to our general well-being, the first thing asked about us, in our first seconds of being alive, is whether we're a boy or girl. Our first passport through this world is our genitals. Steve Erickson aliveaskboy share on social
Notwithstanding the likes of 'All the President's Men' in the 1970s or HBO's recent 'The Newsroom,' film and TV have always loved to hate the press. Steve Erickson 1970sfilmhate Change image and share on social
Nothing is more linear than a street; nothing has a more fixed beginning, middle, and end. Steve Erickson beginendfix Change image and share on social
'Homeland' is necessarily open-ended since the idea behind television is to spend as much time as possible resolving as little as possible, with a story's usual need for resolution replaced by an unrelenting urgency that always defers answers and constantly postpones closure. Steve Erickson answerclosureconstantly share on social
In retrospect, 'Pulp Fiction' isn't just the template for everything Tarantino has done but the yardstick by which everything else he does is measured one way or another. Steve Erickson fictionmeasurepulp Change image and share on social
Slavery was the betrayal of the American Promise at the moment that promise was made. Steve Erickson americanbetrayalmake Change image and share on social
Born in the silent era, with the first ceremony hosted by Douglas Fairbanks at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Oscars are a tradition in a business that doesn't have much of it, and the biggest spectacle in a business that's often nothing but. Steve Erickson bearbigbusiness share on social
Beautiful actors are learning what beautiful actresses like Charlize Theron discovered a while ago - that they get taken more seriously when they trash the same beauty that got them taken seriously to begin with. Steve Erickson actoractressago share on social
Ironically, if only because over the years I've known so many - from college deans to studio executives to European expats - who come to Los Angeles aspiring to nothing other than living in Topanga, I wound up there by accident. Steve Erickson accidentangelesaspire share on social