This Time Together

  Inspired by the women they watched on television was a theme at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards. Saturday Night Live comedian Kate McKinnon gave an emotional introduction of Ellen DeGeneres who was to accept this year’s Carol Burnett Award for Achievement in Television. Photo courtesy of LesbianNews.com “In 1997, when Ellen’s sitcom was at the height of its popularity, …

Kanye can’t keep it concise

Rapper and entrepreneur Kanye West’s appearance on Ellen had an uncharacteristic start with short answers about his personal life, but he lived up to expectations once asked about his business ideas. Mr. West, who recently tweeted Mark Zuckerberg (the founder of Facebook) to invest $ 1 billion dollars in his ideas, began a 6-minute rant after Ms. DeGeneres innocently asked, “Give me …

Be True to Yourself

Candor is one of the C’s of Communication preached at READY FOR MEDIA, along with Credibility, Compassion and Charisma. All were at play when Ellen DeGeneres was true to herself in responding (below) to an article written by a pastor accusing the TV host of promoting a ‘Gay Agenda’ on her show and  influencing her young, female viewers to turn …