A television critic and entertainment/media columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, Ray Richmond is a longtime fixture on the Los Angeles journalism scene. He pens the weekly column The Pulse, which is globally syndicated by Reuters. Richmond has also worked variously as a feature and entertainment writer, beat reporter and TV critic for a variety of publications including the Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Variety, the Orange County Register and the late Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He also logged time as a talent coordinator and segment producer for "The Merv Griffin Show" and is coming off a short stint doing publicity for the cable network E!. His articles also have appeared in Los Angeles magazine, Buzz, the Los Angeles Times, New Times Los Angeles, DGA Magazine and Penthouse. A graduate of California State University at Northridge, Richmond spends the majority of his free time removing mattress tags under penalty of law.

Blog Entries by Ray Richmond

'Cautious Optimism': The Hollywood Term Meaning, 'Pssst...Everyone Pretend to Be Negotiating'

Posted January 28, 2008 | 01:02 PM (EST)


Now that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards are in the books and showbiz has given America a timely reminder of what a red carpet looks like (hint: it's still red), we can all go back to the business of keeping tabs on Hollywood's ongoing nosedive courtesy of the three-month-old...

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This Is Your Brain On Strike. Any Questions?

Posted January 18, 2008 | 06:06 PM (EST)


So on Thursday we learned that it took the Directors Guild of America (DGA) less than a week to cut a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) while the studios continue their unique negotiating tactic of non-negotiation with the striking Writers Guild of America. The...

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