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Hollywood Flocks to San Diego Comic Con
Throngs of grown men wearing tights and capes converge this week to revel in all manner of superhero lore and merchandising at the 39th annual Comic Con Convention.

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The Maine Media Workshop Chronicles, Part The First: Getting Here & Getting Settled
I made it to Maine AOK. The bus out was on time. I got into Boston and was met by equally oppressive heat as what I'd left behind, and by a friend from way back (we actually met when I...

The Pressure Cooker Hath Exploded
My director and I had our first spat today! It's a miracle we've lasted this long. She said I'm not doing anything for the benefit, but my friends just haven't learned how to RSVP. She said she's working her Jewish...

Drop Off Wha-Zoooo!
I just got back from doing my very first drop-off! Well...not ever ever ever, but pretty much ever. I feel wonderfully proactive and terribly hip and cool. I've joined the elusive drop-off world! Like joining an exclusive club, it feels...

Lunch With Tom
A little follow up... Remember a bit back, they were running a commercial of mine that I wasn't being paid for. A friend told me he saw it, but had no details to back it up. A few weeks later...

Never Say Always
I can't count how many times in my life I've considered myself a certain type of person - someone who did or did not do certain things, believe certain things, participate in certain things - only to look back years...

Vaughn Creates Opposition Slate for SAG Elections
Backed by well-known performers and upset by the current state of contract negotiations with producers, actor Ned Vaughn has formed a new political party within SAG to try to unseat ruling faction Membership First in national board elections this fall....

IFP's Independent Film Week
IFP's 2008 Independent Film Week is coming up this fall, and needs volunteers. "We are only able to do events like this with the help and commitment of our volunteers," says Rema Sayge, Manager of Hospitality and Volunteers for Independent...

Filmmaker's '25 New Faces of Independent Film'
Filmmaker Magazine's 10th annual "25 New Faces of Independent Film," showcasing 25 up-and-coming filmmakers poised to shape the next generation of independent film, is featured in their summer issue and online today. "The people on Filmmaker's '25 New Faces' list...

'Peaches' Bears More Fruit
Alex Jones??? futuristic play Canned Peaches in Syrup, which had its world premiere in October 2007 in an acclaimed staging by the Furious Theatre Company at Pasadena???s Carrie Hamilton Theatre, is being adapted into a film. D??maso Rodriguez, Furious??? artistic...

Two Broadway Ladies in NoHo
The El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood will team veteran Broadway stars Carol Lawrence (pictured) and Donna McKechnie in the West Coast premiere of Joni Fritz???s comedy Girl???s Room. Lynne Taylor-Corbett directs the play (Oct. 8???Nov. 2), about a ballet...

Illuminating day at TCA
So much to glean from Week 3 of the Television Critics Association tour. Like this stuff from the General Electric TV Empire: NBC's resident party boy/entertainment chief Ben Silverman blames the Lakers for his network's sucky summer, never mind the...

Bright day for 'Dark Knight'
Who says Disney's the happiest place on earth? Today that just might describe Warner Bros., where an early lunch on the lot saw people skipping along (well, let's just say they had spring in their steps atypical for a Monday...

South Park's big make believe
A beautiful breezy SoCali summer night under the stars, singing our little hearts out to Matt Stone and Trey Parker's subversive musical masterpiece, "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," one of the inspired choices at this year's Outfest. Everybody, all...

Mom, 'Mad Men' and TCA
Here's just how far-reaching the "Mad Men" aura has become -- our 78-year-old Southern mom, a network fan who ventures over to cable almost exclusively for crafting on HGTV and a little "edgy" drama in "The Closer," caught part of...

Obama -- Emmy, Emmy -- Obama
Barack -- Hollywood feels your pain. That's right, the Ivy League-educated Man Who Would Be President isn't the only one being called elitist. In chats and coverage about yesterday's Emmy nominations, words like affluent, high-brow and niche keep coming up....




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