General Entries for 2003
This page provides links to all of our entries in all categories for 2003.
This defines a big bug
Dec 28, 2003 – Clear Channel has a huge electronic billboard at Toronto’s Yonge and Dundas corner. As thousands… (more)
Happy holidays
Dec 24, 2003 – I’m off to spend a few days with family. I hope you get to do… (more)
Uptown Theatre collapses
Dec 08, 2003 – I was attending a 10 a.m. screening of Fox’s Stuck on You, when the assembled… (more)
Guiney Pig
Nov 26, 2003 – According to Televison Week, the producers of The Bachelor are considering offering Bob Guiney a… (more)
Winestoned Plowboy
Nov 25, 2003 – Seeing the arrest video of Glen Campbell reminded me of the comedy song “Winestoned … (more)
Saving Private Lynch…from spin
Nov 17, 2003 – Jessica Lynch may not have fired a round in Iraq, but she’s taking a few… (more)
Budget Smudget
Nov 16, 2003 – Ming the Mechanic had (or should I say has]) a customer service nightmare with Budget… (more)
Joe Sent Me
Nov 15, 2003 – It sounds like something that you say through the peephole at a Prohibition era speakeasy… (more)
Paris Hilton Sex Video
Nov 15, 2003 – Just noticed that our poll on the Paris Hilton sex video is on the first… (more)
It’s a wrap
Oct 28, 2003 – Shot my segment for VH1’s look at the People’s Choice Awards. Lots of fun. Can’t… (more)
Greetings from Parsippany
Oct 26, 2003 – I’m here in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Why? Why not!
Actually, I’m here on my way to NYC… (more)
Letterman zings Leno
Oct 09, 2003 – David Letterman ran a video segment called something like Bored Arnold Schwarzenegger Supporter of the… (more)
I know, I know, it’s around the corner
Oct 05, 2003 – It’s October and you can tell the stores are just aching to start hawking their… (more)
TIFF Journal
Sep 04, 2003 – Burning TIFF question: Why oh why is the press office at the not-close-to-anything Delta Chelsea?… (more)
TIFF Journal – Java
Sep 04, 2003 – First Tribeca, now Toronto: Starbucks is providing free coffee to journos, who usually take the… (more)
This is news?
Aug 27, 2003 – Lemme get this straight…
Multilateral talks are taking place with the wackos on North Korea. There’s… (more)
What would Sun Tzu say?
Aug 27, 2003 – There’s an old military axiom that says, “No battle plan survives its first contact with… (more)
Apparently the blackout only affected ONE city
Aug 18, 2003 – The folks over at TV Barn ponder the question “Why was blackout coverage so New… (more)
Arnie’s In
Aug 07, 2003 – Arnie’s running. Check out the poll. … (more)
Almost there
Aug 06, 2003 – The 28th Toronto International Film Festival is now just 29 days away…
Wow. Time does fly…. (more)
I really hate spam
Aug 04, 2003 – I really, really hate spam mail.
Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it…. (more)
Can’t get no satisfaction
Jul 30, 2003 – Music channel MuchMoreMusic said they’d be providing 11 hours of live coverage for today’s massive… (more)
Breaking news?
Jul 21, 2003 – This just in…
Watching the start of Inside Edition…Deborah Norville says, “We have some breaking news…let’s… (more)
The Six Degrees of Jack
Jul 18, 2003 – I always thought Nicholson was everywhere. … (more)
Is it just me?
Jul 12, 2003 – CNN ran an article on how child murderer Susan Smith is running a personal ad… (more)
Hooters misses the Cluetrain
Jun 30, 2003 – In the Cluetrain Manifesto, written by Doc Searls and friends, the authors state that “Markets… (more)
Would you like a hair with that donut?
Jun 17, 2003 – Nothing like a good cup of coffee after a hard day of writing. We Canadians… (more)
Dennis Miller
Jun 08, 2003 – I haven’t been enjoying Dennis Miller’s material as much as I used to. This piece… (more)
Early Oscar predix
May 25, 2003 – Kangaroo Jack will not win Best Picture. Just a gut feeling. … (more)
Memorial Day Weekend
May 23, 2003 – Our summer starting weekend (Victoria Day) was last week…so I’ll just sit back and think… (more)
Friday in Tribeca
May 09, 2003 – Looking out the window at Ground Zero, I see the construction work is continuing at… (more)
And the number one reason to walk by Letterman is…
May 08, 2003 – During our walk today we went in search of the Hello Deli, arriving just in… (more)
Celebrity Sightings
May 08, 2003 – Walking through the Times Square area this evening we saw both Darryl Strawberry and… (more)
Crossing the Street
May 08, 2003 – It’s been a few years since I’ve been in New York and I’d forgotten … (more)
Fast Construction
May 08, 2003 – Man, I can’t believe how fast construction is these days. As I mentioned in … (more)
Ground Zero
May 06, 2003 – Staying at the Millenium Hilton as we cover the Tribeca Film Festival. The hotel has… (more)
High-tech security at X-2 screening
Apr 30, 2003 – I was at the X-2: X-Men United presser yesterday and security was tight: bag inspections… (more)
Anxious over email
Apr 23, 2003 – Jeremy Zawodny points to an article on email anxiety. I get that sometimes. During the… (more)
The jargon of war
Apr 21, 2003 – Russell Smith discusses how the networks have abused Pentagon jargon instead of acting like journalists…. (more)
Hotel update
Apr 21, 2003 – Zoinks…haven’t blogged for a while.
An update to our LA hotel comedy: they’ve removed the term… (more)
Buyer beware
Mar 31, 2003 – – Internet access.
In this day and age, when a hotel lists “internet access” as one… (more)
Thank you
Mar 31, 2003 – I called 411 today to get a number. When I thanked the operator, she seemed… (more)
Blogging the Oscars
Mar 23, 2003 – For the fifth straight year, we’ll be blogging the Oscars®, giving you minute-by-minute commentary and… (more)
Off to the Spirit Awards
Mar 15, 2003 – For the first time, DigitalHit.com has landed credentials to cover the Independent Spirit Awards which… (more)
Freedom Fries
Mar 11, 2003 – Jeremy points out that the US Congress has more important matters to feast on. … (more)
It’s kinda like the Dow…
Mar 11, 2003 – As mentioned in our news section, we’re heading off to cover the Oscars. I’ve been… (more)
Tivo rocks
Mar 07, 2003 – Call it a hunch, but I get the feeling that Dan really likes his Tivo…. (more)
Party at Hef’s place
Mar 05, 2003 – This is why the internet was invented: Ebay is auctioning off a chance to party… (more)
Would you like a DVD with that?
Feb 25, 2003 – Here’s a neat marketing idea…
Starting January 31st, Twentieth Century Fox started attaching a Movie Buzz… (more)
Joe ain’t over yet
Feb 18, 2003 – It ain’t over yet.
You may think that Joe Millionaire is over, but we’ve got one… (more)
Joe Millionaire
Feb 17, 2003 – Joe Millionaire: Todd Dominey says it so that I don’t have too. … (more)
Coffee house hell
Feb 16, 2003 – I’m sitting in a coffee house right now, doing some work with pen and paper…. (more)
American Idol’s porn past
Feb 12, 2003 – First we discover that Joe Millionaire golddigger Sarah Kozer starred in bondage videos. Now TV… (more)
And the surprise is…
Feb 08, 2003 – Oscar® nominations on Tuesday…can’t believe it’s that time again.
I always like it when the Academy… (more)
What about Randy?
Feb 06, 2003 – Why is it that both Randy and Simon can diss a contestant on American Idol… (more)
NASA link
Feb 01, 2003 – Link to shuttle page on NASA: https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/ … (more)
Shuttle design debate
Feb 01, 2003 – One debate that is firing up: these shuttles are about two decades old and the… (more)
Wing problem during launch?
Feb 01, 2003 – One of the threads going though the coverage is that a piece of debris came… (more)
Shuttle Disaster
Feb 01, 2003 – Another disaster has hit the close-knit family of NASA as the space shuttle Columbia, with… (more)
One of the Joe Millionaire finalists was a bondage star
Jan 30, 2003 – The Smoking Gun has turned up evidence that one of the Joe Millionaire finalists, Sarah… (more)
World Champions?
Jan 26, 2003 – Umm, the NFL Commissioner Tagliawhatsit just told the Tampa owner that his team were world… (more)
Super something
Jan 26, 2003 – Is there a football game on today or something? Or is it a concert with… (more)
Blogging the Globes
Jan 19, 2003 – Just a quick note to let you all know that this is the sixth year… (more)
Daily reading
Jan 14, 2003 – When I’m not doing the entertainment-related stuff like watching flicks, taking photos and covering… (more)
Just Amazing
Jan 14, 2003 – Just Married made it to number one at the box office? Man, oh man, does… (more)
Smile for the camera
Jan 14, 2003 – If you haven’t seen The Smoking Gun’s collection of the “best mug shots of 2002”:… (more)
Maurice Gibb
Jan 12, 2003 – Maurice Gibb was always my favorite Bee Gee. I’m not sure why. I think it’s… (more)
Early present for Xmas 2003?
Jan 09, 2003 – I know you’re already thinking what to buy me for Xmas next December. I wouldn’t… (more)
The Bachelorette invents new football position
Jan 09, 2003 – I was watching The Bachelorette last night…I have to I’m an entertainment reporter…and it’s comforting… (more)
I guess Disney was right…
Jan 08, 2003 – It’s a small world after all. … (more)