Planet of Pop

06/19/2026

One of the greatest, not just a Spielberg movie, but one of the greatest movies ever:)

06/05/2026

Do you see it? Disclosure Day billboard near Universal Studios and unbelievable UFO/EYE like cloud opening with the sun right above it. Wonder how much Universal Studios had to pay to have that happen...

05/30/2026

Everyone at Lucasfilm was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Marcia Lucas. One of three Oscar-winning editors who worked on Star Wars: A New Hope, she also contributed to American Graffiti, among other early Lucasfilm productions. We join the global filmmaking community in mourning her loss.

A statement from Lucasfilm: http://lucas.film/6003B8jkM1

05/26/2026

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05/22/2026

Just watched Stephen Colbert’s final guest on The Late Show, Sir Paul McCartney. Remember the one time I saw Paul in the wild (have seen Paul twice in concert) - when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame back in 2012. So cool that Paul is still with us, still rockin’ and was the perfect final guest to shut the lights on the old Ed Sullivan theater where he, John, George and Ringo fist stood some 62 years ago. He even gave Stephen a large framed photos of The Beatles from that first performance. Bittersweet end to a storied institution.

05/21/2026

"Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" was released in the U.S. on this date in 1980!

05/20/2026

Sadly, I just now discovered Ann Robinson, most famous for her role in the 1953 sci-fi classic, War of the Worlds, passed away last year (the family did not publicly reveal the news until now.) She 96 years old.

Not only did I get to meet Ann, I got to tell her we both had something in common - we both were directed by Steven Spielberg and even better, that movie was War of the Worlds, his remake of the classic 1953 version she originally starred in (I literally had just worked as an extra on the movie earlier that year). I grew up watching the original classic so it was great to meet Ann the same year we both worked on the remake (I would meet her co-star Gene Barry 2 years later:)