Writers, producers and an agent reveal secrets of successful spec screenplays during session at Showbiz Expo on Sunday, April 25th By Robin Rowe - Note: Rowe is one of the spec screenplay panel organizers HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 4/24/2010 – “The amazing thing about writing a spec script is that for that moment you’re your own [...]

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By Karen Ostlund HOLLYWOOD CA (Hollywood Today)  3/21/10 — Fashion Week continues with a 1 year anniversary of What Goes Around comes Around vintage store at Space15 Twenty,  in the heart of Hollywood . (1520 N.Cahuenga blvd) The two co-founders Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione were pleased to celebrate the success of making their vintage [...]

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B y Jeffrey Jolson LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK (Hollywood Today) 2/23/10 – – The Hurt Locker felt no pain and Up in the Air flew high at the Writer’s Guild awards at simultaneous ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in [...]

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WGA Headliners also include Morgan Freeman and Jason Alexander By Lorne Heller Hollywood, CA (Hollywood Today) 2/16/10 — The host and presenters are set for this years Writer’s Guild Awards in Los Angeles, and it’s a star-studded cast. Hosting this year’s Awards is Family Guy script and creator Seth Macfarlane. Presenters range from beloved eight-time [...]

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Academy Noms Are in and Race is on By Jordan R. Young HOLLYWOOD,CA(Hollywood Today)2/2/2010–The scenario repeats itself every year: media types of every sort, from snoozing nooze reporters to bleary-eyed blogsters, report for dawn patrol. At 5:30 a.m. they dutifully gather at the Beverly Hills HQ of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences [...]

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Final BAFTA Noms Also Are In By Jordan R. Young LONDON (Hollywood Today) 1/22/10 –The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) upped the ante in the Oscar race this morning, announcing their final nominations—narrowing each category to five selections from the 15 noms in their preliminary “long list.” Only the Academy Award noms themselves, and [...]

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Oscars 2010: Hurt. Precious, even Hangover in running – Air still running in Pole Position By Jordan R. Young HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/19/2010 – It’s an atypically wet day in Los Angeles, but the heat is on. That would be the steam heat of the Oscar race, natch, with the Golden Globes on the [...]

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GBK provides 2009 Emmy nominees and celebrities with latest in gifts By Gabrielle Pantera HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 10/4/2009 – The 2009 Emmy Awards celebrated the best of television as voted by the Television Academy. It’s also a commentary on the culture of today’s television. Referring to the new Jay Leno Show that airs at [...]

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Tina Fey’s Upper West Side story ’30 Rock’ gets 22 Emmy noms, while ‘Mad Men’ follows suit with 16 By Darrah Le Montre HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 8/1/09 – The 2009 Emmy Awards bestowed nominations to Hollywood’s most watched actors and actresses, including New York’s sweetheart Tina Fey, whose brainchild “30 Rock” tipped the scales [...]

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Robin Rowe asks TV executives from the Discovery Channel, Fox Reality Channel, and Zodiak Entertainment what we can expect to learn about the market for reality television at the NATPE LATV Fest conference and market on July 8th and 9th HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 7/4/2009 – “Reality shows have a higher rate of success than [...]

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Suites take a bit of a beating but no Obama to bail them out By Karen Loftus HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 2/20/09 — Oscar, the biggest and glitziest award week of the year hit Hollywood with  whimper, not a bang. Due to the economic climate, The Big O arrived in slightly more tempered fashion. He’s [...]

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Only a real strike could shut down Academy Awards, but producers play hardball in sensitive time By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 2/20/09 — The Screen Actors Guild and studio chiefs broke off negotiations last night, just days before the Oscars. The producers said it was ‘the last and final offer,” mostly over Internet [...]

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