John mclellan articles
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City’s good life is really provided by the financial services sector - John McLellan
The optimistic presentation of the city council’s latest Edinburgh by Numbers report reflected higher-than-average pay (median hourly rate £17.70), halved unemployment (down from 6.2 per cent in 2014 to 2.6 per cent last year) and 81.2 percent of 16 to 64-year-olds in a job, half of which are highly-skilled. It’s undeniably positive. The front page reminded me of an edition we produced at the end of June 2007 to mark what we declared was “Good News Day” because there was so much to celebrate....
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John Mulaney Recalls His Sobriety Battle And Lorne Michaels Warning Him About John Belushi: “John Didn’t Want To Die”
In a new interview with David Letterman’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, John Mulaney revealed something Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels shared about sobriety and addiction. Mulaney recalled how Michaels invoked John Belushi, who died in 1982 at 33 after struggling with addiction. While in rehab, Mulaney received a call from […]
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John Mulaney shares Lorne Michaels' words of wisdom about John Belushi and addiction
The entertainment industry is full of troubled characters and addictive personalities, and Saturday Night Live is no exception. More than one talented star from the long-running sketch show has experienced tragedy, and it’s clear that SNL godfather Lorne Michaels has taken even more care with the younger generation to prevent history from repeating itself. This is evidenced in a rehab anecdote John Mulaney shared during his appearance on the latest episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction...