Wednesday night. Dave and I were chatting with each other in the crowd—at the Lovely Bones premiere after-party being held at the The Plaza Hotel—and suddenly Steve Buscemi walks up to us. With a big grin, Buscemi gets into Dave's face and...

Here are my TV Series nomination votes for the Writers Guild Awards. I have a pretty strong feeling that "Michael and Michael Have Issues" probably won't win anything, but I do have a tradition of picking non-winners. Outstanding Achievement in...

Let's break down the past several X-mas Seasons... 2006 Uncertainty but this was my breakout year. Around this time, I was in the midst of a 3-month "sabbatical" from Bear Stearns as I cranked out the first draft of the "Butcherhouse Chronicles" film...

Maybe it was spurred by spending the better part of the long Thanksgiving weekend alone with me. Gotham the Cat—the cat that belongs to the roommate who's away in Asia until December something—began to venture into my bedroom Sunday night. This...

I've been playing a friend's copy of ARKHAM ASYLUM, a terrific videogame that has a remarkable number of references to Batman's extensive rogue's gallery, from the popular to the obscure. I started to notice that there were a number of Batman villains...