TV Alert: Oscar post-mortem -- with me! -- Monday morning on Great Day Houston!

I won't be able to stay up too late after Sunday evening's Oscarcast -- because I've been tapped to join in an Oscar post-mortem bright and early at 9 am CT Monday with the lovely and talented Deborah Duncan on KHOU-TV's Great Day Houston.

Hey, there are far worse reasons to wake up early on a Monday.

As promised: Me, on TV, talking 'bout Great Gatsby

Deborah Duncan looks like a frisky little flapper. Maybe I should have worn my tux for the occasion?

On the air: Talking about The Great Gatsby

I will be talking with the lovely and talented Deborah Duncan about The Great Gatsby at 9 am Thursday on KHOU-TV's Great Day Houston. Unfortunately, Leonardo Di Caprio is busy promoting the movie at Cannes. Otherwise, I'm sure he'd be on hand to join us.

Leydon tendencies

You know, it's not often I see my name misspelled two different ways on the same post, but...

It's Take 4 for Houston Cinema Arts Festival

The hits just keep on coming this weekend at the 2012 Houston Cinema Arts Festival. And so, being the shameless gravy trainer that I am,  I have hitched my wagon to it.

A few days ago, I got a chance to interview HCAF artistic director Richard Herskowitz for CultureMap and, as you can see in the above video, KHOU-TV. But wait, there's more: I offer a guide to promising HCAF offerings here, and my own tribute to HCAF special guest Robert Redford here. (Redford -- interviewed here by CultureMap editor Clifford Pugh -- will be honored with the festival's Levantine Cinema Arts Award.)

And don't forget: After the 9:15 pm Saturday screening of the most excellent documentary Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp at the Sundance Cinemas, I will host a Q&A with director Jorge Hinojosa.

Because, really, it's all about me.

Still smokin'

Here is a link to a recent KHOU-TV story about the debate over rating movies for their nicotine content. Naturally, I'm linking it because it includes an interview with moi. Note the strategic placement of my book over my shoulder....

And speaking of shameless plugs for myself, here's a link to one of my recent appearances as a talking head for MSNBC.