Rob Reiner’s Legacy

Written by Mitch Santell By Mitch Santell The death of Rob and Michele Reiner has sent shockwaves throughout Hollywood over the hours and days since their death on December 14, 2025. My heart aches for their children. In the natural order of things, you will always bury your parents first, and to have your own … Continue reading Rob Reiner’s Legacy →

Hollywood 1925 ~ 2025 (RIP)

The entertainment business is going through a huge shift and as I dialogue with many actors, writers, directors and producers that I have known since 1998 where I had offices on the Warner Brothers Lot, I’m going to have a lot to say about what is coming down. At the end of the day? It … Continue reading Hollywood 1925 ~ 2025 (RIP) →

Happy Thanksgiving 2025

Diane Keaton Passed Away Today ~ October 11, 2025

What can I say? It was a mind blower to read that Diane Keaton has passed away today. Diane may be without a doubt one of the most authentic women that I truly admired and never met. As actress, as a producer and also as a Mom. Why? Who Diane Keaton was on Camera and … Continue reading Diane Keaton Passed Away Today ~ October 11, 2025 →

Mindset

Do you see the glass as one half empty or one half full? For me? Throughout my life, I always see it as half full and most of the time I need a bigger glass. Let people come into your life that you are supposed to and let go of always needing to be right … Continue reading Mindset →

Living In A Post Truther World

The truther movement as I usually like to call it may be full of shills, or controlled opposition or even “controversial control freaks,” regardless of where the path takes you, all you can do is authentic to yourself. Over the past few weeks I have found a new peace in my own life because I … Continue reading Living In A Post Truther World →

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up ~Living In A World Of Pop Up Relationships

It hit me pretty hard this morning as the tears were rolling down my cheeks. We are truly living in a world of “pop up relationships.” What is that? It is a deep soul connection with another long distance who you will never see or meet and when one of those relationships wrote to me … Continue reading You Can’t Make This Stuff Up ~Living In A World Of Pop Up Relationships →

Hollywood’s Post Covid Era

The one thing that blows my mind living in Hollywood's Post Covid era is how everyone was duped. There were all these rules during the lockdowns including "wearing a mask," "social distancing," and "being forced into taking an experimental vaccine." Do you remember this from 5 years ago? Here is an initial list of celebrities … Continue reading Hollywood’s Post Covid Era →

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Over the days, weeks, and months ahead I will be writing about my family in old Hollywood. It was a very special time that will never come again and I feel an obligation to my children and my grandchildren to share these stories. One family member said to me about five years ago, "we don't … Continue reading You Can’t Make This Stuff Up →

You Actually Make 3 Movies

It is often said in Hollywood that you actually make three movies. The first movie is what is written on the page, the script. The second movie that you make is what you film. The third movie you make is what you edit. Billy Wilder, one of my favorite directors liked to "edit in the … Continue reading You Actually Make 3 Movies →