Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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It might be a little easier to pull off. The volume helps. And there seems to be a real demand for it. With metal bands, the live-ness of the act is really important. Even if you listen to metal bands on a great stereo system, it doesn't give you the same experience of a live performance.
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It really kind of works in its absolute, utter simplicity, its kind of stripped down Zen-like quality.
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The coverage we saw on September 11, and in that first week of Katrina, not only won't make this stuff go away, it ups the ante. You don't want to just see the Hollywood sign fall, you want the Statue of Liberty along with it.
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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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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 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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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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This story is way more interesting than the 70 up-close-and-personal feature stories that ran during the Olympics.
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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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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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Where else would you do this? If you do this in a serious venue, it would sound smarmy, produced and self-conscious. The best way to get out of (trouble) and get a few laughs is to have a late-night comic helping you through.
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Parents are now talking about kids staying home playing poker instead of going out to movies. It opened up this whole other area.
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They have the biggest audience of the year. And what we watch is the modern version of a 1950s variety show.