Titles are important. My Dad was an editor and sometime in the 1950s a manuscript crossed his desk entitled, “Big Yeller Dog.” He liked the book and decided to publish it, but he asked the author if he could change the title
First of all, Ellen DeGeneres is an amazing performer. She is relaxed (or appears to be), self-effacing, and playful–not mean, like some of the previous hosts of the Academy Awards. And instead of joking about things going on “in the
I will be glued to the TV on Oscar night because I’m fascinated by the power of the acceptance speeches. They’re a balancing act between emotion and concision; between sincerity and craft. Too much emotion and the speech can be