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Did You See These?
By: Brian Medavoy
Tags: Actors, Directors, Hollywood, Movies

2020 has been a strange year, but one thing that’s remained consistent year over year is the gratitude I’ve felt for all the likes, shares, support, and interest you’ve given my blog. This project has been quite cathartic for me and knowing that it’s been at least a little helpful to many of you makes it all the more meaningful.

To put a fine point on this year, I’ve pulled together the six posts that most resonated with my readers this year, just in case you missed any of them.

1. HOLLYWOOD QUARANTINE: A LONG, DEEP BREATH

“Though it’s hard to find a silver lining in the time of coronavirus, if there is one, it’s this: we all get to reboot.”

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2. HOW TO MAKE CONNECTIONS IN HOLLYWOOD

“If you want success in Hollywood, you’ll need relationships. Here’s my 3-step process to forming those connections.”

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3. WHAT THE OSCARS TAUGHT ME ABOUT JEALOUSY AND ADMIRATION

“I often tell actors to pay attention to how they are watching their colleagues’ success. Is it with jealousy or admiration? “ I always recommend the latter, but I have to admit it’s difficult for me to move past jealousy as well.

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4. HOW A GREAT COLLABORATION COMES TOGETHER

“When you cultivate the relationships around you, you create greater opportunities to make something magical.”

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5. YOUR CAREER IS LIKE BETTING ON HORSES

“In horse racing, you have to bet the right horses or you’re going to wind up going home early with a big hole in your pocket… You have to have the instincts to know who has the discipline, who has the willingness, who has the desire…

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6. YOU’RE THE GUN AND I’M THE BULLETS

“People who most inspire me. All of them aren’t afraid of hard work. They weren’t born on third base; they hustled their asses off to get there on a blooper down the right field line. They know what it means to do The Work.

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Thanks again for reading, and don’t forget to join my mailing list so you don’t miss out on what I’ve got coming for you in 2021!
Rom-Coms of a Simpler Time. Movie Prompted Poetry — this was fun…
Tags: Poetry, Hollywood, Prompted

Rom-Coms of a Simpler Time

Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

So handsome smooth and debonair you could have kept your name,

Archibald

Worked with all the best ladies (Kate Grace Audrey Ingrid and Sophia), but for its cheeky comic brilliance and the lady reporter who bested all the men my favorite might be with Rosalind any day of the week

you only worked with Jimmy once but in my mind’s eye I can see you lithely on one roof while he watches from a window on a different set and you each have the Princess on your arm

your married life converged with another movie of mine when she conspired with Charles to shoot the quarterback taken by the angel of death before his time

going back in time again oh tears in your eyes and tears in my eyes and down my cheeks like I’m crying now when you realize Deborah can’t get off the couch — that was your finest moment as an actor, Nicky, I can hear Kerr lovely voice saying your name

Lastly, had it been another age, you would have been Hugh lining the birdcage with yesterday's news and She would have been yours earlier because you would not take any shit from a poser like Alec Baldwin

YG
WarnerMedia: Γιατί η εταιρεία κινδυνεύει να χάσει 1,2 δισεκατομμύρια δολάρια
By: Christos Arfanis
Tags: Hollywood, Hbo Max, Warnermedia, Cinema, Wonder Woman 1984

Filmmaker (film producer, screenwriter, film director) and Author and Editor (Movies & Series) for Three Pixels Lab Media Production.
Tom Cruise’s rant was everything we all feel right now.
By: Glad Doggett
Tags: Hollywood, Rant, Tom Cruise, Pandemic, Covid 19

Tom Cruise’s rant was everything we all feel right now. Tom Cruise lost his shit on the crew members during the filming of a new movie in the Mission Impossible franchise. According to The Sun tabloid , a couple crew members were standing too close to each other. Cruise released the Kracken and let the two crew have a tongue lashing for not following COVID social distancing rules.

Cruise’s outburst is indicative of what all of feel right about now! Raging rage!! I wish I could boldly drop a few F-bombs and threaten to fire everyone within earshot every time I encounter someone who flouts the rules set up to protect all of us.

In his rant, he reminded the crew of the impact COVID has had on Hollywood, an how the powers that be are watching and waiting for them to break the rules and shut them down. All it will take is one selfish, careless numb skull to bring the plague to the set and shut it down. That would mean millions of dollars lost and jobs disappeared. I get why Cruise is pissed. What he said was spot on, and I’m happy someone finally got to use a fire thrower on idiots for all of us!
WHAT INTERESTS YOU THE MOST?
By: Paul Maxwell Godfrey, Artist Muralist
Tags: Handpainted Murals, Hollywood, Paul Maxwell Godfrey, Hollywood Stories

It is of course up to you to decide as a business owner to promote for different type of public or just one type of public.

An example for these would be, well I am an Artist, painting Murals and Faux Finishes to beautify homes and offices and I can offer to my customers to just view my art and enjoy aesthetic. These type of public are viewers and are there to see my art, enjoy the beauty.

Then I can promote to those public who actually want a Handpainted Mural in their home or Faux Finish and Art Projects. These are buyers they want a Mural they will send you a contact form and ring your phone, they want a Mural so they are looking for you and ask you to paint one for them.

Then we have those public who want to paint, be an artist or learn how to paint, These is again different kind of public. We of course help them with that too.

Then there are the public who want to play a referral game with us and earn some commission for referring people to us who do want a Handpainted Mural. We of course make sure we do have a great referral game running and award those with great commission who do want to refer.

Regards, Paul Maxwell Godfrey LLC
I watched the movie Girl, Interrupted today.
By: Kevin Ervin Kelley
Tags: Life, Hollywood, Self, Personal Growth, Movies

I watched the movie Girl, Interrupted today. The last time I saw it was in 2000. I thought about how much my life has changed in 20 years.

I also thought about how many changes the actors went through and I wondered if they could’ve imagined the lives ahead of them

Theatrical release poster

Angelina Jolie was an unknown actress in 1999. Her future (ex)husband, Brad Pitt, was dating Jennifer Aniston. But she had to marry/divorce Billy Bob Thorton first.

Winona Ryder, who produced the film, was a massive star, the “it” girl of my generation. But too few know of her talent today.

Elisabeth Moss was a minor actor but is now a giant, award-winning star.

Brittany Murphy died ten years later — almost to the day of the release — in odd circumstances.

You never know how life will turn out for you or the people around you.
The elites of society are so frustrated dealing with working slobs.
By: Hershey Squirts
Tags: Celebrity, Hollywood, Humor, Satire, Movies

The elites of society are so frustrated dealing with working slobs. It’s no different than yelling at your dog for shitting on the carpet. It’s not their fault. They are dumb animals. You are their master. It’s your responsibility to train them properly. The elites in America have neglected the bewildered herd. America’s masters have purposely dumbed down and confused the masses, in order to exploit them. Tom Cruise has a very large carbon footprint. Tom’s behavior as a wealthy man acting entitled to hyper consumption is more dangerous to his fans than any virus. I wouldn’t be surprised if the virus was spread around the world by rich pigs like Cruise and Travolta flying around in their private jets to exploit underage girls from outside the eyes of the law. It’s ironic that a little rich asshole can get away with screaming at a group of grown men, when in reality, rich white men are the primary threat to their existence. Apparently nobody on his crew was a proud boy.
Spec Script Deal: “Tin Roof Rusted”
By: Scott Myers
Tags: Screenwriting, Hollywood, Screenplay, Business, Writing

TriStar Pictures acquires comedy spec script “Tin Roof Rusted” written by Michelle Harper. Via THR:

After they discover that they’re both pregnant, two lifelong best friends promise to embark on their journey together. But with the constant pressure of outsiders, the two struggle amid personal differences and must relearn that what connected them as children can still be their glue as adults.

Harper’s script made the 2020 Black List. She is repped by UTA and Kaplan Perrone Entertainment.

By my count, this is the 25th spec script deal in 2020.

There were 32 spec script deals year-to-date in 2019.
Tom Cruise Panutan Hollywood
By: Tanamtumbuh Medium
Tags: Film, Hollywood, Actors, Tom Cruise, Movies

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Studio Notes for Pandemic 2: The surge
By: Carolyn Abram
Tags: Hollywood, Coronavirus, Humor, Satire, Pandemic

Hey Steven (Speilberg or Soderberg),

Stoked to be working with you! As you know, Pandemic killed at the box office this spring, which is why we are fully behind the sequel happening on such a quick timetable. And I have to say, the set-up for this one is really effective: an isolated family, pushed to the brink, under the shadow of a geopolitical catastrophe like the world has never seen…I haven’t had chills like this since I had a fever of 103 and and a blood oxygenation level of 85%. As I said, there’s a lot to love in what already has been produced, but wanted to share a couple of quick notes:

· Especially considering how recently the first film was released, we’re concerned about this one feeling too derivative, or not having anything new to say. Let’s make sure that beyond “people are dying” there’s a real point to this movie. Right now the entire thing can feel, well, like it could have been prevented somehow, so give us a reason to care.

· Raising the stakes with both Thanksgiving and Christmas was a canny choice, but it might not play internationally, as Thanksgiving is only celebrated in the US.

· Again, love the set-up of the family — Mom, Dad, kids, grandma, “the pod”, will they turn on each other or support each other? — it’s a perfect powder keg. A few notes on the mom character though. She doesn’t seem very likeable. Maybe have her in sexier clothing? Have her throw on some mascara? Something? Anything?

· Along the same lines, the kid characters seem more on the annoying side of the annoying/cute line. Seems like wanting to spend time with their parent is being portrayed as awful, instead of sweet, which is clearly some sort of error.

· This would benefit from more callbacks to the first Pandemic film. Bring back the sourdough! The sourdough tested really well with focus groups in every demographic except Keto and Paleo

· Now some feedback on the geopolitical backdrop: again, it’s a great set up, it’s just some of the background details are a little far-fetched — the president of the united states is just golfing?? — and some, like the fact that POC extras die at a way higher rate than non-POC extras — seems downright racist.

· Similarly, there are too many subplots to keep track of — work, kids, professional sports, the presidential election, vaccine development, dolly parton (?), tiktok memes — let’s hone in on the most important ones. Ration your resources, if you get my drift.

· Finally, the ending needs some work. Right now it’s just too depressing. Maybe instead of focusing on how much needless death there was you should just focus on the fact that the vaccine has arrived so we can all go back to normal and those deaths/months spent apart won’t have any lingering effects on our lives or the lives of our loved ones. The end should be iconic — maybe the mom puts an underwire on again? That feels right.

Looking forward to the next revision!
Broadening Horizons
By: Gaston King
Tags: Hollywood, Acceptance, Improvement, Actors, Poetry

Photo by Jake Blucker on Unsplash

Too many nights spent hoping, wishing and praying for an opportunity to be better.

A boy and his classmate muster up the courage to move to the city of angels.

Pursuing their talents in hopes for unrealistic careers in an uncaring society.

The two arrive and split invoices to cut cost, a promising marketing strategy.

For months, the two would perform attempting to strike their names in the same ground as their role models.

Hurtful looks, rejected friendships, and fake personas are allowanced to each of them.

Setting aside happiness for the hopes of becoming something bigger became their daily routine.

Lifting, pushing, and sprinting their way through each day “In order to better our bodies” they said.

Occasional performances followed humbling gratitude, dismissing cockiness with confidence.

The thought of improvement rang in the back of their minds like the liberty bell.

Smoke scented furniture surrounded them as they got lost nightly.

The two mindlessly began walking at all hours of the night in search for a greater task.

The boy began losing his sense of self, lost in his thoughts, hopes and dreams.

The classmate found other previous students from past teachings and disagreed with comfort.

Acting the role of a starving artist in order to play dumb and move up from within.

Darkness began knocking on the boy’s mind, he remembered his hidden childhood hobby.

Instead of fearing the demons climbing up from within, the boy embraced them and wrote them down.

Sharing his phrasing and verbiage with the classmate felt like momentary victories.

A sense of self-discovery began to wiggle out from the rubble of what remained of the boy.

Awareness became clear, happiness became a priority, and a conclusion seemed verifiable.

A year an unending sense of improving as an actor paused, and an important decision to grow elsewhere played.

The boy chose to return to a childhood home, one filled of nostalgia, escape, and acceptance.

The classmate continued onward with his dream, cutting ties with the boy once he returned.

Without deciding to be happy or accept the little victories one cannot accept one’s self.

The boy and classmate improve each day becoming more of the individuals they were supposed to be.

Themselves.

© Gaston King, all rights reserved
The Mortal Kombat movie is now set for release in April
By: Muthupandi Venkateswaran S
Tags: Mortal Kombat 11, Hollywood, Warner Bros, Mortal Kombat, Movies

The new film will be released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max.

(Image Credit: Warner Bros)

The new Mortal Kombat film that was scheduled to come out in March has a new release date: Warner Bros. announced on Twitter that the movie will arrive in theaters and the HBO Max streaming service on April 16. The new date follows a couple weeks behind Warner’s surprise December 3 announcement that its entire lineup of films for 2021 will be available on HBO Max alongside their theatrical releases.

The “hybrid” release model was developed “as a strategic response to the impact of the ongoing global pandemic, particularly in the US,” Warner said at the time. After one month on HBO Max, films will be removed from the service, but will continue to be available in theaters in the US and other countries.

“We’re living in unprecedented times which call for creative solutions, including this new initiative for the Warner Bros. Pictures Group,” WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group CEO Ann Sarnoff said. “No one wants films back on the big screen more than we do. We know new content is the lifeblood of theatrical exhibition, but we have to balance this with the reality that most theaters in the U.S. will likely operate at reduced capacity throughout 2021.”

Warner says the plan is a one-year one-off to help compensate for box office losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but even so it’s drawn significant backlash from critics who believe that it will do long-term damage to the film industry. Tenet director Christopher Nolan told The Hollywood Reporter that the film industry “went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service,” while Dune director Denis Villeneuve wrote in Variety that “streaming alone can’t sustain the film industry as we knew it before COVID.”

“Warner Bros.’ decision means Dune won’t have the chance to perform financially in order to be viable and piracy will ultimately triumph,” he wrote. “Warner Bros. might just have killed the Dune franchise.”

A film like Mortal Kombat isn’t likely to have much impact on that situation one way or the other: It was never going to be a box-office smash (and I say that as someone who loved the 1995 flick), nor is it likely to spur anyone to spring for an HBO Max subscription. It will make for an interesting early test-case, though, and in fact that option was on the table prior to the announcement of the 2021 release plan. According to this Variety report, Warner had considered giving Mortal Kombat a simultaneous theatrical and streaming release before deciding to delay it — and then, ultimately, to do both.

Producer Todd Garner said on Twitter that a trailer will be released “in the new year.” We can only hope that it will it live up to the original magic.
Dec. 13, 2020
By: Kyle Harris
Tags: Letter To Myself, Hollywood, Acting, Actors, Family

Actor, Creator. Learning, doing. You’ve stumbled across my journal entries. I write kinda sloppy so I’ve transcribed them for you.
The 3 H’s of Acting
Tags: Acting, Advice, Hollywood, Actors

I don’t know what it takes to make it in this business, because I haven’t. However, I’ve devised three indicators of what might be helpful to consider whenever you’re in a slump. I call it the “3 H’s” and without making a meal of it they are:

Hungry

Happy

Humble

Hungry means ambitious. It means going after it. It means wanting more. It means putting the work in.

Happy means finding joy in things, even if its just auditioning. Finding joy in your everyday life too. I think this is important because it feeds your ambition not diminishes it as so many people will try to persuade you. Have a life.

Humble means accepting that this is a bitch of a profession and no matter how special you think you are or how hard you’ve worked, that you must stay humble. Humility can feel counter to being Hungry, but if you pair them together they are powerful. Be hungry for more but accept with grace when it doesn’t come. It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t hurt but humility will keep you from becoming embittered and let you fight another day.
All the upcoming projects by Marvel Studios
By: Vitmor Gomes
Tags: Hollywood, Avengers, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Movies

Disney’s Investor Day was not only a great day for Star Wars fans but for Marvel fans as well.

Kevin Feige made a series of announcements, showcasing the upcoming movies and series that will be released in the near future.

Let’s start with the weirdest project of them all:

Scheduled to be released on December 2022, James Gunn will helm a Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will come the following year.

Then we received another update on the Black Panther sequel.

Next we have a series I didn’t know I needed:

Next we got the confirmation that Tatiana Maslany will indeed play She Hulk, even though she denied it a couple weeks ago. I guess she didn’t want to spoil the surprise.

Next we have yet another unexpected show:

I have a funny feeling this will be a childrens show, but I can’t wait to see it.

Next we got the news that IronHeart is coming to the MCU:

I wonder how she’s gonna take on the Iron Man mantle in the film.

Next we got the confirmation that there will be a Secret Invasion storyline in the MCU, but it won’t be in an Avengers film as many fans wanted:

Next we got the official title for the Ant-Man and the Wasp sequel:

Next we got the confirmation we’ve all been expecting since hearing that Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, Andrew Garfield, Kirsten Dunst and possibly Tobey Maguire will be in the film:

Next we got news of a recasting:

Next they revealed which role Christian Bale will play in the Thor sequel:

And the biggest and (in my opinion) most disappointing news:

Don’t get me wrong, I really want a Fantastic Four franchise in the MCU but I don’t want it to be directed by Jon Watts.

I really dislike his Spider-man films, but hopefully he’ll show more interest in the Fantastic Four.

Next we got new trailers for the Loki, Falcon and Winter Soldier, What If and WandaVision shows.

Thank you for reading.
Joan James Muixi Is One Step Closer
Tags: Film, Hollywood, Actor, The Adversary, Joan James Muixi

What would happen if a campaign manager witnessed the murder of a high profile client by a hitman? Well, in the case of the very well executed movie The Adversary, she would find herself in protective custody with someone from her past and on the run while being chased by the assassin who is determined with finishing his job.

The hitman is played to the hilt by European actor Joan James Muixi known for roles like the popular video game character, homicide detective Max Payne. Joan James conveys in a self possessed fashion all the intensity of a real contract killer . Joan James has an old school masculine appeal and his athleticism is showcased in the physical scenes. His performance as the Hitman is both minimalistic and nuanced.

His laser focus as an actor enhances his charisma and specially his naturally strong presence. When you first see him on the screen you see he has all the attributes of a leading man . It’s easy to see why he can pull off those rugged , tormented outsiders, and action hero leading roles convincingly. As in different roles Joan James has played, his hitman has an aura of mystery and his stoic, silent and composed persona reinforces the relentless willpower that the character has in order to fulfill his assignment.

Joan James chases the murder witness and her protector through the film in a non-stop performance that constantly injects suspense. One really never knows what will happen when a hunter is chasing his prey. He could win or the tables could turn on him, but nothing is guaranteed in a fast-paced movie like The

Adversary.

The Adversary was written, produced and directed by Brandon Kyle, who also stars as the character Brett Wells. Brandon is the CEO and owner of Creative One Entertainment, the production company that produced the film.
Pardon Me While I Blaze Some Trails- Dorothy Parker
Tags: Hollywood, Women, History, Movies, Writing

“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” -Dorothy Parker

In February 2020 (before EVERYTHIIIIINNNNGGG) I had an art exhibit in Santa Monica spotlighting trailblazing women. Dorothy was one of them.

Dorothy Parker has always been a favorite of mine.

I enjoy her wild wit and brilliant snark. She was a poet, a critic for The New Yorker, and co-founder of the Algonquin Round Table where she and her clever peers would have dinner, drink heavily, and exchange jabs. Oh, how I’ve longed to sit at that table!

The Algonquin roundtable. Source: PBS.org

I think I fell for her after I saw the 1990s movie starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker, and the Vicious Circle. Then I found her books and ate them up! I would love to have had a drink with her. Or two. Or three… but like she says,

“I like to have a martini,

Two at the very most.

After three I’m under the table,

after four I’m under my host.”

Parker co-wrote the 1937 film, A Star is Born. She left all of her money to the Martin Luther King Jr. estate. Parker’s ashes are stored at the NAACP headquarters in Baltimore.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. -Dorothy Parker

The artwork Dorothy Parker inspired:

And here’s a mask I designed with a quote that really sums up 2020.

What fresh hell is this? -Dorothy Parker

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Haiti McDaniel, the first black actress to win an Oscar
By: Sheedi Yaqoob
Tags: Black Actress, Hollywood

, a black American made a name for herself in Hollywood and worldwide with her talents and art, but her journey was not an easy one. The reason was that by the time the black actress entered Hollywood, racism was on the rise in the United States. Under such circumstances, it was very difficult to make a place for oneself in the film industry.

Today’s developed and civilized societies were also victims of slavery, racial discrimination, and gender discrimination centuries ago and man has long struggled and sacrificed his life and property to eradicate them, but still, these societies Differences and distinctions exist in one form or another.

Recently, after the death of a black man at the hands of the police in the United States, once again discrimination on the basis of race and color was no longer a topic of discussion in American society.

The short story of Haiti McDaniel’s life and film career is that this great artist, born in 1893, will always be remembered in the history of Hollywood. She was the first black woman to begin her career as a singer on American radio. He later established himself as a songwriter and comedian.

Haiti has acted in about 300 Hollywood films, but most of them have minor roles. There were 83 films in which the name of the actress also appeared on the screen, but then the goddess of fortune became kind and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to her. The movie was ‘Gone with the Wind’ in which the black actress played the role of a maid. It proved to be the most popular film of 1939.

Racial discrimination and prejudice against blacks were common in the United States at the time, but Haiti’s success encouraged blacks living there and gave them hope for their future.

made it to the Haiti McDaniel Oscars despite obstacles, and it wasn’t easy. Due to racial discrimination, she was not able to attend the premiere of the film and it is noteworthy that despite her brilliant performances in the film, she did not get a chance to play a major role later.

At the age of 59, the chapter of the life of this black American and actress was closed forever. This is 1952. The artist was later inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recognition. Haiti McDaniel was also featured on a commemorative stamp in 2006.

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Update: 2020 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 3 New Scripts
By: Scott Myers
Tags: Screenwriting, Movies, Hollywood, Screenplay, Writing

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

As in years past, I will be tracking the year’s movie scripts as links become available.

Current total of 2020 scripts for download: 8. Newly added scripts (3): Da 5 Bloods, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Borat: Subsequent Movie Film (Amazon Studios)

Da 5 Bloods (via Deadline Hollywood)

Herself (Amazon Studios)

I’m Your Woman (Amazon Studios)

Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features

One Night In Miami (Amazon Studios)

The Personal History of David Copperfield (Fox Searchlight)

Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

You should download the scripts ASAP because these links have a way of disappearing.

To access 100+ movie scripts made available by studios and production companies since 2009, go here.

Reading movie screenplays is absolutely critical to your development as a screenwriter. Along with watching movies and writing pages, it is a fundamental practice you should put into place. Make it a goal to read at least one movie script per week.

Where can you go to get access to many of the top movie scripts from 2020? Right here!

THESE SCRIPTS ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!

NOTE: Our annual Go Into The Story Script Read and Analysis series will begin in January 2021. If a 2020 movie script becomes available and you would like to read it and provide a scene-by-scene breakdown, let me know. This is a great tradition and provides a major benefit to the online screenwriting community.

Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis Series

Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns

Here is the current slate of volunteers:

I’m Your Woman / Priya Gopal

Thanks to everyone who participates in this annual project! Please email me your scene-by-scene breakdowns: GITSblog@gmail.com.
Sir Patrick Stewart Opens Up About The Abuse He Witnessed As A Child
By: Vitmor Gomes
Tags: Star Trek, Hollywood, Patrick Stewart, Trauma, Movies

Back in 2018 in an interview with Loose Women Sir Patrick Stewart opened up about the abuse he witnessed his father put his mother through when he was a child.

My brother and I lived with my mother and her sister across the road, we were treated so well.

Suddenly there was this big, hairy man in the house. Increasingly things became more and more difficult.

What I only learned about a few years ago was that he had suffered what the newspapers described as severe shell shock. Of course he was never treated for it — what we now call PTSD.

He was a weekend alcoholic and it was partly brought about because of his transformation from Regimental Sergeant Major to basically a semi-skilled labourer with no authority at all.

Monday through Friday he was dedicated to his work, he brought in a modest income. On Friday nights he would bathe in front of the fire, he would get himself dressed up and he would drink for most of the weekend.

He would come home from the pub or the working men’s club. We would hear him singing. He loved to sing. The kind of songs he was singing would give us an advance warning of the mood he was in.

Very often it was bad. He would initiate arguments and then those arguments advanced into something more extreme — violence.

He never abused his children. It was all directed at my poor mum. If we could have done, yes [we would have taken the blows]. Standing between them would stop it, he would stand back.

We became experts at knowing when the moment had arrived in the shouting when we had to physically put our bodies between our mother and our father.

Children should not [have to] become experts at this kind of thing, but we knew when violence was about to happen because we’d seen it so many times.

I knew that all of our neighbors knew what happened in our house, and it humiliated me, shamed me.

My brother and I felt ourselves responsible for what happened, but of course we were not.

To know that you were surrounded by people who were aware of the horror stayed with me, and that’s why I never talked about it.
Spec Script Deal: “The Black Belt”
By: Scott Myers
Tags: Screenwriting, Movies, Hollywood, Screenplay, Writing

Monarch Media is producing comedy spec script “The Black Belt” written by Randall Green. Via The Wrap:

The coming-of-age film will star [Chris] Pratt as an eccentric uncle who trains his shy teenage nephew in the ways of karate.

You know how I talk about Hollywood’s operating business ethos when it comes developing content: Similar But Different? Put on your studio executive hat for a minute. You know The Karate Kid is a popular movie franchise spawning sequels and a remake. You know Cobra Kai is a hugely popular TV series. You know that Miyagi is a beloved Mentor figure.

Here comes this project The Black Belt with a comedy spin on similar material.

Precedent and analogy. This mindset runs deep with Hollywood decision- makers.

Congrats to Randall Green! He is repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

By my count, this is the 24th spec script deal in 2020.

There were 31 spec script deals year-to-date in 2021.

Check out over 2,000 spec script deals since 1991: The Definitive Spec Script Deals List [1991–2019].
Shraddha kappor beauty tips
Tags: Actress, Hollywood, Beauty, Shraddha Kapoor

Shraddha kappor beauty tips

shraddha Kapoor is one of the most gifted and beautiful entertainers of B-town. Other than having astonishing acting aptitudes she likewise has some incredible skin.

Stay Hydrated

Shraddha Kapoor consistently tries to drink a ton of water for the duration of the day to keep herself hydrated.

श्रद्धा कपूर लगातार खुद को हाइड्रेटेड रखने के लिए दिन की अवधि के लिए एक टन पानी पीने की कोशिश करती हैं। इसके अलावा, वह इसी तरह से हर दिन एक बार नारियल का रस पीती हैं। एक मुख्य दिन के साथ एक बैठक में, श्रद्धा ने कहा, “मैं एक दिन में एक टन पानी पीती हूं,

Apply sunscreen

The Saaho entertainer is specific about applying sunscreen when she ventures out to keep her skin shielded from unsafe bright radiation.

साहो एंटरटेनर सनस्क्रीन लगाने के बारे में विशिष्ट है जब वह अपनी त्वचा को असुरक्षित चमकदार विकिरण से बचाए रखने के लिए बाहर निकालती है।

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El mito del éxito
By: Marco Velez Esquivia
Tags: Cine, Hollywood, Proceso Creativo

in Go Into The Story
MONESE BANK ONLINE
By: Lara Smith Publishers
Tags: Celebrity News, Monese, Hollywood

MONESE BANK ONLINE

NEWS NOW

MONESE BANK

Make move in silence.

https://monese.com/gb/en/blog/monese-for-web

Monese an online bank,

having problems with costumers, due to the Brexit rules in UK and other Country’s.

Monese decides close accounts,

without any notice, or contact, or permission.

at the time of Covid-19 season,

"where no one’s work due to the Covid-19",

Costumers very upset,

Due to be One of the hardest time of the year,

without any notice, or contact, or permission,

Monese decide to close account’s with with customer money inside.

Costumers have their money blocked from November until now. Costumers Contact the support team, "support team says,

they are enable to tell you what’s happen’s,

and is nothing they can do about it."

At list is what the Support Team say.

Together with the same words,

By the Support Team,

tell again the costumers, "The Office Team" will get in tush with "you" Costumers.

“We” Online NEWS try to talk to Support Team,

And we didn’t get,

any concrete answer about it issue or this big Problem.

We also try to get in tush with Founder & CEO of Monese Bank.

By LinkedIn.

Is no way we can get in tush with the Monese CEO By Phone or Email.

Monese is Not Physic BANK, or Have a Physic Office.

Is an Online Banking system.

Sir. Morris Koppel

The E-mail was send by One of Monese Costumers to The CEO,

and the same Email send To Us “Online NEWS”,

By One of or writer’s,

and a yang CELEBRITY.

G.L.H and others source’s.

The information of

Sir.Morris Koppel profile don’t MATCH,

with the service from the Monese right now.

Could Be The End of the Monese?

We try understand what Mir.Koppel will do about this issue.

But till Now we don’t have any feedback from the Founder & CEO of Monese.

Costumers are tied of call And

E-mailing And the Office Team don’t answer back.

In the Facebook Of Monese is The Prove of every single person who complain.

Here the Prove.

https://www.facebook.com/MyMonese/

When this costumers have the Money Back.

And costumers will be compensate by this bank mistake?

Lara Smith Publishers

Ann Jones
ORPHANS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA
By: Lida Prypchan
Tags: Hollywood, Marylin Monroe, Orphans, Shirley Temple, American Cinema

Shirley Temple (1928–2014)

The United States is a country with an organization to be admired, however, behind this organization there is a message, a very clear intent to standardize the largest number of people possible, keep them in line, and show (even convince) both Americans and the rest of the world that the U.S. is a nation of happy people, a democracy that is just and perfectly stable.

Before continuing, I should add that the U.S.S.R., which according to the Americans is the total opposite of the U.S., is more similar than they think, since the Russians accomplish the same objective, the conditioning of the population, albeit by quite different means. We see, for example, the case of the news media. In the U.S.S.R. undesirable news is not published, while in the U.S. such an excess of news is published, that the citizen, under constant bombardment, totally loses interest in reading about it.

Having said this, I should like to address a theme in U.S. art that clearly demonstrates the intent to influence or impress the world with the image of a contented population (I refer, of course, to political contentment) — the American orphan.

It began in the films of the thirties, with Shirley Temple, not a beautiful child, but very cute. She wasn’t exceptionally gifted as a dancer, but people enjoyed watching her tap dance. Her voice wasn’t the greatest, but the songs she sang delighted Americans. In her era Shirley was a symbol of enthusiasm — a feisty, happy child, stymied by nothing. Her movies carried the voice of freedom in the midst of a society perpetually on the go. In other words, she promoted the image of American democracy.

Temple, along with other adult actresses, introduced the theme of orphan-hood demonstrating a carefree jauntiness in extricating themselves from their trials and tribulations. However, this all came to an end with the suicide of Marilyn Monroe. It was Marilyn who, ten years later, inadvertently demolished the myth created by Shirley Temple and other actresses. Marilyn — beautiful and at the peak of fame and fortune — bore the brunt of a devastating orphan-hood as a child. Marilyn didn’t experience what Shirley, in her role of little orphan, depicts in her movies. Unlike Shirley, Marilyn didn’t encounter any kindness or people willing to help her. Her only companions were drugs.

The U.S. has never recovered from this blow, this tragic exposure of a hoax. The women presented to us since then have not been very secure. Annie Hall is unstable and lives tormented by her neurosis, for which she consults a psychoanalyst; she needs marihuana to make love and is unable to extricate herself from a complicated love affair.

Annie Hall is no orphan. She has lovers, but she is an existentialist — she finds no meaning in life and dreams of a peace she will never find.
Spec Script Deal: “Switchboard”
By: Scott Myers
Tags: Screenwriting, Hollywood, Screenplay, Business, Movies

Newly formed production company Dark Hell acquires horror spec script “Switchboard” written by Devon Grave. Via THR:

Graye’s spec is set in the late 1940s and centers on a young female switchboard operator who finds herself communicating with, and possibly targeted by, an active serial killer. As their conversation intensifies, she begins to question her safety, her sanity and, ultimately, her very reality.

Graye is repped by UTA.

By my count, this is the 23rd spec script deal in 2020.

There were 31 spec script deals year-to-date in 2021.
Pardon Me While I Blaze Some Trails
Tags: Hollywood, LGBTQ, Women Empowerment, Women, Movies

#WomenDirect trends on Twitter because of the disproportionate amount of men getting directing gigs. That’s now, in 2020. Now, imagine the year is 1927. In the silent film era and when talkies first began, there were ZERO American women directing films. (French female film director Alice Guy-Blaché is noted as the first female film director and maybe she will inspire my next show, but for now back to trailblazer, Dorothy Arzner.) In her twenty-year, sixteen films, career, Arzner was the only female member of the Directors Guild of America. That’s 20 years of being the only woman in the guild!

Oh man, oh man. Or rather oh woman ,oh woman.

Arzner was an early pioneer during that classic Hollywood time that I so adore. The cars! The quick-witted banter! The hats! And everything looked so cool in black and white. Oh, wait, life was probably in color, just the pictures were in black and white. I don’t know. I wasn’t there.

Anyhow, Dorothy was also an inventor. While she was filming The Wild Party, Arzner used a fishing pole to create what we now know as a boom mic. While Arzner is credited with coming up with that invention, she never took out a patent so someone from a rival studio did. Damn.

Dorothy Arzner with actress, Clara Bow filming, The Wild Party — photo source: Wikimedia commons

Arzner was a lesbian in a time where most people, even in Hollywood, did not embrace such differences so she kept her private life, private. I think it’s pretty kick-ass that she managed to be successful in her career and in her love life. She and choreographer Marion Morgan lived together as a couple for 40 years, until Morgan’s death in 1971. That’s a good run, and by Hollywood standards, a freakin’ miracle.

Gotta love the Arzner.

When I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window. -Dorothy Arzner

I’m hopeful about the awareness recent years have brought to the unevenness of things in show biz and everywhere. Stay tuned for more badass women who blazed trails.

The artwork Dorothy Arzner inspired:

Part of all art sale proceeds from my Trailblazing Women series will go to Girls Inc, an organization that advocates on behalf of girls and delivers life-changing programs and experiences.

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Zac Efron Height: How Tall is Zac Efron and Is He Too Short?
By: Rui Carreira
Tags: Celebrity, Hollywood, Actors, Entertainment, Curiosity

Shorter Than Average: How Short is Zac Efron?

Let’s get done with it and share that Efron is 5'7'’, or 1,70m, making him shorter than most men according to statistics.

Heck, I was shocked to learn I am taller than him and I’m 1,74m or 5'9'’. On the other hand, The Rock is approximately 6'3'’ so you can see the difference.

Now watch the Baywatch movie and see if you can spot the difference — see the camera angles and positioning I was talking about? They seem the same height.

Now go watch how they pose together for photos and take your own conclusion.

Size doesn’t matter though, as Zac is a success and has been in the industry for about 20 years now, with movies like Baywatch, 17 Again and finally the much loved High School Musical.

Were you surprised to learn of Zac Efron’s height? Did you already know how short he was?

We definitely were, and this is something we can consider a little known fact, like Bhad Bhabie age number as well. Check it out if you feel like it.

On the other hand, we know how big of an actor he is and we’ll continue to love him
Make me a Star. Years later, my birthday rolled around…
By: Emily Goglia
Tags: Hollywood, Ufcjconline, Ethics, Gift Of Fame, Social Media

Image curtesty of Unsplash.com

Who doesn’t want to be a movie star? I know that growing up it was my absolute dream. I loved watching the film premieres on television and seeing the gorgeous outfits as the stars walked down the red carpet. I definitely remember walking down Hollywood Boulevard for the first time and seeing the names of the celebrities on the ground. I would be holding my mother’s hand and looking up to her asking for each star’s full resume.

Image curtesy of www.giftoffame.com

Years later, my birthday rolled around and to my delighted surprise a friend of mine handed me my very own Walk of Fame Star — complete with my own name engraved! It was a 12in x 12in square, beautifully hand painted to look exactly like the stars in the ground. I was floored (no pun intended). When I looked up the company, Gift of Fame Enterprises, I saw that my plaque was painted by the actual artist that hand-paints the stars that each celebrity gets to take home. You’ve seen them: the star that the movie stars get to hold to commemorate their special day. The one you see in the footage all over the news. So not only did I have my own Walk of Fame Star, but I had one made by the same person who makes them for the real celebrities! I will never forget the gift.

www.giftoffame.com

However, I digress. In researching the company, I did not find a strong social media presence. This disheartened me, as I believe the company would be gaining a lot of business through the social media atmosphere. I reached out to see if they wanted help running their pages, as I have some experience in the matter. I explained to them a plan of melding their product with photos of the celebrities holding the products as well. However in doing so, I realized that we had the possibility of running into a lot of issues when dealing with such high profile content. I decided to write out this Code of Ethics to ensure that everyone in the company followed the rules as we ventured into the new world of social media together.
MONESE BANK
By: Hollywood Celebrity News Today
Tags: Banking, News, Monese, Hollywood

MONESE BANK

Make mob in silence.

https://monese.com/gb/en/blog/monese-for-web

Monese an online bank,

having problems with costumers, due to the Brexit rules in UK and other Country’s.

Monese decides close accounts,

without any notice, or contact, or permission.

at the time of Covid-19 season,

"where no one’s work due to the Covid-19",

Costumers very upset,

Due to be One of the hardest time of the year,

without any notice, or contact, or permission,

Monese decide to close account’s with with customer money inside.

Costumers have their money blocked from November until now. Costumers Contact the support team, "support team says,

they are enable to tell you what’s happen’s,

and is nothing they can do about it."

At list is what the Support Team say.

Together with the same words,

By the Support Team,

tell again the costumers, "The Office Team" will get in tush with "you" Costumers.

“We” Online NEWS try to talk to Support Team,

And we didn’t get,

any concrete answer about it issue or this big Problem.

We also try to get in tush with Founder & CEO of Monese Bank.

By LinkedIn.

Is no way we can get in tush with the Monese CEO By Phone or Email.

Monese is Not Physic BANK, or Have a Physic Office.

Is an Online Banking system.

Sir. Morris Koppel

The E-mail was send by One of Monese Costumers to The CEO,

and the same Email send To Us “Online NEWS”,

By One of or writer’s,

and a yang CELEBRITY.

G.L.H and others source’s.

The information of

Sir.Morris Koppel profile don’t MATCH,

with the service from the Monese right now.

Could Be The End of the Monese?

We try understand what Mir.Koppel will do about this issue.

But till Now we don’t have any feedback from the Founder & CEO of Monese.

Costumers are tied of call And

E-mailing And the Office Team don’t answer back.

In the Facebook Of Monese is The Prove of every single person who complain.

Here the Prove.

When this costumers have the Money Back.

Lara Smith Publishers

Ann Jones