Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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When Ellen came back with the Emmys (in November 2001), she was coming back to a culture that had been put on total and complete hold, ... a felicitous coincidence.
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There are religious activities; there are wedding receptions; there are a lot of family reunions there.
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This story is way more interesting than the 70 up-close-and-personal feature stories that ran during the Olympics.
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Twenty years ago when Live AID or Farm Aid played, that was a big deal. That was something very different. Now these things seem to be the response to big very bad disastrous events.
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To have a public intellectual host the Oscars, that doesn't happen too much. My biggest worry would be that he'd upstage the entire night.
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When you've won an Oscar, everyone is really scrutinizing what you do, including every movie you do. So if it's bad, they're noticing it more.
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There are two revolutions taking place. One revolution is taking place in the living room with high definition, bigger and wider screens. The second revolution is portable television.
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We're so awash in tongue-in-cheek-attitude, ... it may get to a point when it burns itself out.
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What I see of change -- to the extent that there is change -- is a shift from trade-distorting payments to non-distorting trade.
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There are some people for whom it will always be too soon, but that doesn't mean we have to reduce ourselves to silence.
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There is certainly some award-show fatigue. I lost count a few years ago of all of them.
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The peanut-butter-and-banana sandwich is part of the whole Elvis mystique. He wasn't only the king, he was one of us.
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Those days are over. Forget leaving your radio off in the car or not watching CNN. Whatever your Internet service is, it's likely to announce all the results.
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There are a lot of people not doing well in their alternative rock acts, who are turning around and looking at their friends in Grateful Dead bands, Elvis tributes, who are getting gigs. There was a demand for the original groups.