Phil Hall
Expertise
Entertainment, Business, Technology
- Phil Hall is a versatile journalist and broadcaster with extensive media experience.
- His writing has appeared in the New York Times, New York Daily News, Wired, and The Hill's Congress Blog.
- He is also the host of the WAPJ-FM talk show "Nutmeg Chatter."
Experience
Phil Hall is a former United Nations-based reporter for Fairchild Broadcast News and the author of 11 books (including the upcoming "100 Years of Wall Street Crooks," published by Bicep Books). He is also the host of the SoundCloud podcast "The Online Movie Show," host of the WAPJ-FM talk show "Nutmeg Chatter" and a writer with credits in The New York Times, New York Daily News, Hartford Courant, Wired, The Hill's Congress Blog, Profit Confidential and StockNews.com. Phil also writes "The Bootleg Files," a weekly film and TV history column, for Cinema Crazed. Outside of journalism, he is also a horror movie actor - usually playing the creepy villain who gets badly killed at the end of the film.
Education
Phil Hall has a B.A. from Pace University, where he majored in journalism, minored in religious studies. and worked as the film critic for the campus newspaper.
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Stories By Phil Hall
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If you need a larger than life character to leave a lasting impression about your product in 30 seconds, contact a wrestler. Here's the best examples of that.
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WWE Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross said television and talent are crucial for Billy Corgan's NWA to grow.
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TNA/Impact Wrestling co-founder Jeff Jarrett reflects on the life of his friend and former colleague Don West, who passed away on December 30.
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WWE Vice President Bruce Prichard says Nailz and Shane Douglas will probably never get into the WWE Hall of Fame.
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AEW star Ethan Page says he's trying to bring back larger-than-life characters to pro wrestling in the vein of "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
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Former IWGP Tag Team Champion Dax Harwood looks back at this past November's AEW Full Gear and the circumstances that led to him missing the event.
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An AEW star talked about what's motivating Mercedes Moné (formerly known as Sasha Banks) as she moves away from WWE and into the broader pro wrestling world.
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On his podcast, Freddie Prinze Jr. detailed storyline plans he had for Bray Wyatt, Karrion Kross, and Bo Dallas in his planned wrestling promotion.
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Jim Ross took issue with a comment from Tommy Dreamer, who said Ross wouldn't be a good choice to mediate issues between CM Punk and the Young Bucks,.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced its attendance for Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 17. How many wrestling fans were in attendance for NJPW's big show?
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WWE Hall of Famer Road Dogg feels that a current WWE act is the best thing that's happening in pro wrestling and that there's not a close second to it.
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Booker T feels AEW signing a former WWE producer may not be the game-changer that many think it would be, and mentions how WCW made a similar move in the '90s.
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Jim Ross recalled his memories and his reaction to complaints about a legendary WWE performer who frequently upset other talents in the locker room.
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Kip Sabian makes some requests of AEW President Tony Khan before his scheduled match against All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy at AEW Battle of the Belts V.
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A former WWE star has said that he had a cordial relationship with Triple H during his stint with the company and that he never had an argument with him.
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WWE Hall of Famer Jake "The Snake" Roberts reminisces about the time he crossed paths with legendary World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali.
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AEW fans know that Jade Cargill is not to be underestimated, but that hasn't always been the case, as evidenced by a coach back in her student athlete days.
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French-speaking Canadian AEW fans will have to watch "Dynamite" in English next year — Canada's Francophonic sports network is dropping the show in 2023.
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Executives at Warner Bros. Discovery are expected to be in attendance at an upcoming AEW show in Los Angeles. Why is that a big deal for the promotion?
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WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley thinks that this taboo-breaking women's wrestler's lack of recognition is "total bull****" in a new episode of his podcast.
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Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella says that there was supposed to be a sitcom-style show about his storyline relationship with Beth Phoenix.
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Former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas thinks that WWE has loosened promo restrictions under the new creative direction of Paul "Triple H" Levesque.
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AAA stripped AEW's Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo of their Mixed Tag Team Championship last night, and here's more on what happened between the two parties.
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Jake "The Snake" Roberts says this legendary Universal Wrestling Federation promoter was an "ugly, racist bully" who would throw out slurs like candy.
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Actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. was recently asked whether he'd prefer to work a creative job in either WWE or AEW, and here's his response.
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AEW Commentator Tony Schiavone believes that AEW is doing a better job of focusing on the in-ring portion of professional wrestling than their competitor.
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Will Kurt Angle be joining the list of WWE talent who relocated to Tony Khan's AEW?