I hire what would become one of my closest friends and rivals.

A love song to the LA dining scene in the 90s and the beauty of Hollywood expense account.

My first Sundance was a revelatoin in so many ways...

It took a minute to get off Mike Medavoy's desk after my promotion, and it only happened after I really started to mess things up and thought instead of getting my own office; I might get fired!

The slow early days of Phoenix looked a little bleak and I thought I might never find that opportunity to get promoted...

hey, now-- after taking a break from writing about Hollywood (and publishing the first 12 episodes as a book), I'm back talking about the transition from William Morris to Phoenix Pictures - an independent film financing studio run by Mike Medavoy.

This is kind of a long episode as it delves into what brought me to Hollywood in the first place and the pathology that makes me tick.

It's all kind of boring but this whole thing is an experiment so take it as you will!

This is a story about my daughter's graduation, the insane welter of emotion it caused, and the unlikely way I made it through it.

A life of childhood crime...