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As always, relationships matter; Dipoto and Tampa Bay head honcho Erik Neander love to do business together, and Chaim Bloom ran the Rays for years alongside Neander.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Second City’s co-founder and longtime head honcho, the late Bernie Sahlins, was vehemently opposed to improv as a performance medium, insisting for decades that its value was as a tool to create satirical material that could then be shaped, honed and, well, scripted.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Jud bristles against the church’s charismatic, problematic head honcho, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), who spreads a gospel of judgement, paranoia, and resistance to the slough of vague outside threats—sound familiar?
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025
Robbie has been a mainstay in DC, and there were talks that DCU head honcho James Gunn would bring her back.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Second City’s co-founder and longtime head honcho, the late Bernie Sahlins, was vehemently opposed to improv as a performance medium, insisting for decades that its value was as a tool to create satirical material that could then be shaped, honed and, well, scripted.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Jud bristles against the church’s charismatic, problematic head honcho, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), who spreads a gospel of judgement, paranoia, and resistance to the slough of vague outside threats—sound familiar?
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025
Robbie has been a mainstay in DC, and there were talks that DCU head honcho James Gunn would bring her back.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Head honcho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20honcho. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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