There has long been a disconnect with originals in FAST. Many assume originals can only be scripted, or that FAST simply cannot sustain any originals. As I noted in Variety VIP+’s Life in The FAST Lane report in December 2022 and again in August 2023 in this commentary, FAST originals have existed for quite some time and continue to grow in number, mostly in unscripted categories. Trusted Media Brands has been one of the pioneers in the space, and it was a pleasure to sit down recently with TMBI’s Chief Business Officer Cameron Saless and TV-turned-FAST star Scott McGillivray to discuss both the launch of Scott’s Income Property show on At Home with Family Handyman as well as the potential that FAST offers.

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Welcome to our weekly column offering perspectives on lit mag publishing, with contributions from readers, writers and editors around the world. My prose has for years been mainly about other poets. It never occurred to me to write about a poetry magazine. Why write about the container when you could be writing about the contained? Then I began reading Hanging Loose Magazine, founded by four William Carlos Williams disciples. A new window of intoxicated light flew open.

Film Yap is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I’ve always been a fan of writer/producer/director Brian Helgeland to a large degree. He won an Oscar for co-adapting James Ellroy’s “L.A. Confidential” (one of the best crime films of the 1990s) alongside director Curtis Hanson. I honestly preferred Mel Gibson and Paramount’s version of “Payback” to Helgeland’s, but both iterations have their merits.

As somebody who, especially as of late, has done a lot of my gaming with family, I’m here to tell you that not only are simple card games a great way to introduce people to the world of modern gaming, but they’re also great fun in and of themselves. Too often, we see simple games and think that a simple ruleset negates the presence of fun. I’ve been there, and I understand the temptation, but there’s something impressive about a simple game that works well; there’s joy in a game with a parsimonious rule set that manages to draw you in deeply.