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For twenty-one excruciating minutes in a southbound cab last night, I was pretty sure that my performing days were nearly done. I was explaining the treatment for my “Mr. Rogers & Me” documentary to Christofer Sunday afternoon. Like my ill-fated “Jackie Chan” music video (we shot and released it, but Chan’s lawyers sent a cease…

Chris and I co-directed our first film in 1981. It was a big-screen remake of the beloved television show, “The Greatest American Hero.” I played Ralph Hinkley. He played the bad guy. We didn’t cast a William “Bill” Maxwell (Robert Culp). But we had our Pam. Jenny DeLuca was a dead ringer for Connie Sellecca.…

I love Phil Collins. I can’t help it. He’s from a time before hip, from those precious days before my judgment. I don’t miss those times, solely because I never left them. While my colleagues can’t get past Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah, or The Unicorns, or whoever is the Flavor Of The Week,…

It gave me pause. It was one of those moments where CNN is all you can hear in the newsroom. Everyone’s tuned into the same story, and listening closely. Commissioner Kelly (Commissioner Gordon’s nephew) sounded dire, warning of a “credible but unsubstantiated threat” in the coming days. I was talking with my colleague Ben Cosgrove…

Speaking by phone with Jesse Eisenberg, it quickly becomes apparent that the young actor will probably never make the gossip rags for causing a ruckus or a scandal at a Hollywood party or club. That’s not why the 21-year-old co-star of the upcoming film, “The Squid and the Whale,” is in the game. Eisenberg’s seriousness…

Rock ‘n roll is a fire set by young bodies. One day you wake up and smell your own flesh burning. Pete Townsend said that. I didn’t catch on to The Who right away. Chris had “It’s Hard” on vinyl, but his Sears Solid State stereo didn’t do it any justice. It wasn’t until one…