By: Jon Finkel I’m reading Ron Chernow’s immense, important and incredible book, Alexander Hamilton. You won’t believe me but the book has been sitting in my virtual library to read for about five years now, long before the new play became a Broadway and cultural blockbuster. It’s a behemoth of a book and deserves every […]
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How Tommy Riles Became Ellen DeGeneres’ Ace Warm-Up Man
Written By: Jon Finkel While the world waits on the cure for the common cold, Ellen DeGeneres has found the cure for the common cold audience: Tommy Riles. Since no comedian wants to enter a chilly room, DeGeneres employs Riles as her warm-up man, a sort of weapon of mass entertainment, released on the audience […]