500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend
American Power (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... to be a Reality Show Star these Days ." So folks might understand my peeve at this entry from Hollywood Today , " Palestinian Organization Tied to White House Gate Crashers, Hollywood Today Confirms ." Okay, sure, sounds good. But where'd Hollywood Today "confirm" Salahi's ties to ATFP? From my blog? The Hollywood Today author, Jeffrey Jolson,...
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... sees one, was so impressed by the film that he immediately set up a meeting in New York with Park. Hollywood has been attempting to mount an English-language remake of the film for some years, an effort that has just hit another speed bump, with news surfacing that prolonged negotiations between DreamWorks and Mandate Pictures to produce the film together have fallen apart. DreamWorks was...
Truman's Take (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Will Hollywood say, "call me"? (Via Rex de City Paper) Rex was recently thumbing through his copy of the Hollywood Reporter and stumbled upon the news that Harold Ford Jr. was up for the job as head of the Motion Picture Association of America. For the last five years, former Kansas congressman and agriculture secretary Dan Glickman has held the post, and for nearly...
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... was [an] important element, anyway, in the film, so I kind of left it out.” The next time some Hollywood jerk-off preaches about how damned brave they are for taking on Chimpy McBushitler, or battling McCarthyism, I’m going to fly to L.A. and punch them in the face. In Will Ferrell’s case: twice. The solution to winning the culture wars now seems obvious. Since the entertainment industry...
Barrie Summy (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
And here we are again--another My Town Monday post! We're back in Hollywood. Fair warning--I crammed so much into my recent weekend away in LA/Hollywood/Beverly Hills that I could write SEVERAL My Town Monday posts on this area! Today, we're at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (circa 1927) where I dragged Famous Author and Newbery Winner Susan Patron and Mary Hayward, Employee Extraordinaire...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Will Hollywood ever look past the financial attractiveness of the PG-13? Or are we forever at the mercy of adolescent buying power?
BigPictureBigSound.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Van Wilder's Taj. Fantastic 4's Silver Surfer. Underworld's Lycans. Will Hollywood (and audiences) never learn to think twice before committing to anything with "Rise" in the title? At least Joe delivers plenty of action in impressive quality.
Ypulse (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Mobile social networks (like MocoSpace and the growing number of young people replacing PCs with smartphones, open up some considerable possibilities to marketers. Plus SuperGlued launches an iPhone app to harness the mobile potential of the concert experience) (USA Today) (Next Great Thing) - Will Hollywood suck vamps dry? (Let the ...
PAXALLES (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Politico's Whiteboard reports that on Monday the White House will reverse US policy on Sudan in which President Bashir was isolated and instead will "work with" the thug who oversees the genocide in Darfur - reaching out a hand to yet another dictator. Will Hollywood and all the liberals who have raised funds and cried out about Darfur buy into this embrace of Bashir? Obama now: The new...
