Hollywood Obsessed Blog

Matthew Weiner dreamed up the idea for “Mad Men” while working as a writer on the Ted Danson sitcom “Becker.” He wrote the pilot in 1999. Creator Matthew Weiner thought Jon Hamm was right for the role of ‘Don Drap…

Happy Pride Month friends!  One of my favorite LGBTQ+ films is the hilarious and touching romantic comedy “Jeffrey” (1995), written by Paul Rudnick (adapted from his off-Broadway play of the same name,) directed by Christ…

The characters, Laverne and Shirley, made their debut in a third-season episode of "Happy Days" titled "A Date with Fonzie" in 1975. Originally the full title of the show was officially "Laverne Defazio and Shirley Feeney", " Laverne and Shirley" f…

Back in 2017, my best friend Jason Boegh invited me to go with him to a wrap party for a web series that he had just finished filming called “CLIMAX! The Series”  Little did I know that that night I would meet the actress who portr…

Most of the full-body puppetry for E.T. was performed by a 2'10" tall stuntman, but the scenes in the kitchen were done using a 12-year-old boy who was born without legs but was an expert on walking on his hands. Steven Spielberg shot most of …

In the summer of 1982, a heartwarming film called “E..T. The Extraterrestrial” - directed by Steven Spielberg - opened in theaters nationwide. It became an instant classic and the entire world fell in love with it - including yours truly…

"Grease", the off-Broadway musical, opened at the Kingston Mines in Chicago, Illinois in 1971. The original Broadway production opened at the Eden Theater on February 14, 1972 and ran for three thousand three hundred eighty-eight performances, sett…

When I was ten years old, I saw “Grease” for the first time and it changed my life forever! The music, the sets, the costumes, the dancing, and all those amazing actors playing all those memorable characters sparked the creative fire in …

“Dynasty” premiered on Monday, January 12, 1981, on ABC at 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. PST, for the initial run. Then, after the show moved to Wednesday, it stayed there for the following seven years, being at 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT, the …

I've been a super fan of Aaron Spelling’s 1980s mega-hit prime-time soap opera “Dynasty” my entire life!    So the moment I heard that there was going to be a one-night-only event in December 2021 - with some of the sta…