Last Friday, with a storm drenching the Southland, I saw a very sad sight: Three chubby guys wearing bad Spartan costumes over their shorts and t-shirts, pedaling three-wheeled bikes attached to “chariots” promoting Meet the Spartans.
How much does that suck? You agree to take this one day gig on a lark [...]

Now on YouTube: Planet of the Arabs, an official selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Being an Arab American actor, or any actor that looks Arab has got to be one of the toughest things to be right now. Ask Aasif Mandvi, a frequent contributor on The A Daily Show. The [...]

So about a year and a half ago I did a staged reading of “Cowboy” in Chicago. The audience was large and extremely diverse: About a hundred black, white, Asian people of ages ranging from twentysomethings to elderlies.
I thought this was pretty great. The jackpot for a writer is [...]

American Idol is back on. I’ve never watched it before, but I think I’ll start watching it now to see what’s up.
Dave said something interesting about the show: We’re watching for the brilliant performers and the mediocre performers. It’s the average performers that wear down the judges. Brilliant performers are [...]