Month: September 2016

Deadline TODAY: 1pg. Short Story Contest

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Submit a short story that is only 1 page long (maximum 400 words) and have it performed at the Writing Festival by a professional actor. Also garner FULL FEEDBACK on your work.

 Submit for only $15. Most of the stories will be accepted and performed. If there is a beginning/middle/end, and the grammar is sound, we will perform it.

A great way to get your words out there, obtain the Agent you’re looking for or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

The RULES are simple:

1. Write a story that is 1pg. maximum. Edit the heck out of it. We accept novels in all genres.

2. Email your story to novels@novelwritingfestival.com

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Died Today (September 12): Raymond Burr

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raymondburrBorn: Raymond William Stacey Burr

May 21, 1917 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Died: September 12, 1993 (age 76) in Geyserville, California, USA

Read reviews of the best of the actor:

MOVIE POSTERA PLACE IN THE SUN
1951
dir. George Stevens
Stars:
Montgomery Clift
Elizabeth Taylor		 Rear WindowRear Window
1954
dir. Hitchcock
starring
Jimmy Stewart
Grace Kelly
GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERSGodzilla King of the Monsters
1956
dir. Ishiro Honda
Terry O. Morse
Starring
Raymond Burr

Died Today (September 12): Johnny Cash (1932–2003)

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johnnycashJohnny Cash (1932–2003)

Born: February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
Died: September 12, 2003 (age 71) in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Married to: June Carter Cash (1 March 1968 – 15 May 2003) (her death) (1 child)
Vivian Dorraine Liberto (7 August 1954 – 3 January 1968) (divorced) (4 children)

[in acknowledgment of his similarity to today’s “gangsta” rappers] I wouldn’t let anybody influence me into thinking I was doing the wrong thing by singing about death, hell and drugs. Beause I’ve always done that, and I always will.

How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

Died Today (September 12): Anthony Perkins (1932–1992)

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anthonyperkinsAnthony Perkins (1932–1992)

Born: April 4, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 12, 1992 (age 60) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Berry Berenson (9 August 1973 – 12 September 1992) (his death) (2 children)

[on Norman Bates] I do have affection for Norman as a person. He does the best he can out of the diminished circumstances with which his personality stranded him, and Norman’s childhood was difficult and traumatic. Norman is, at heart, a benevolent soul, with a dark side, but Norman’s conscious mind is always on the positive things in life.

DAMN YANKEES
1958
dir. George Abbott
Stanley Donen
Stars:
Tab Hunter
Gwen Verdon

PsychoPsycho
1960
dir. Hitchcock
starring
Anthony Perkins
Janet Leigh

 

Happy Birthday: Jennifer Hudson

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jenniferhudson.jpgJennifer Hudson

Born: September 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jennifer Hudson is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actress and best-selling author. Bright and booming talent Hudson is a perfect example of how NOT winning the title of American Idol (2002) can actually be a boon to your career and not necessarily the end of a childhood dream.

I never gave up hope of playing “Effie”. They’d talk to me and then look at other people and then come back to me… but I always had the faith. I had to separate myself from the process and not think about it too much or I’d go crazy. – regarding her role in Dreamgirls (2006).

THE THREE STOOGES
dir. Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
Stars:
Sean Hayes
Chris Diamantopoulos		 Sex and the CitySex and the City
Directed by Michael Patrick King
Starring
Parker
Kim Cattrall

The Secret Life of BeesThe Secret Life of Bees
dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Starring
Fanning
Latifah
Jennifer Hudson
BLACK NATIVITY
2013
dir. Kasi Lemmons
Stars:
Forest Whitaker
Angela Bassett
MOVIE POSTERDREAMGIRLS
2006
dir. Bill Condon
Stars:
Beyonce
Jamie Foxx

 

Happy Birthday: Ian Holm

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ianholmIan Holm

Born: September 12, 1931 in Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK

I’ve always been a minimalist. It was Bogart who once said, “If you think the right thoughts, the camera will pick it up.” The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you’re halfway there.

TIME BANDITSTime Bandits
1981
dir. Terry Gilliam
Starring
Craig Warnok
David Rappaport		 BRAZILBrazil
1985
dir. Terry Gilliam
Starring
Robert DeNiro
Jonathan Pryce
Kim Greist
FRANKENSTEIN MOVIE POSTERFrankenstein
1994
dir. Kenneth Branagh
Starring
Robert DeNiro
Kenneth Branagh		 THE FIFTH ELEMENT MOVIE POSTERThe Fifth Element
1997
dir. Luc Besson
Starring
Bruce Willis
Gary Oldman
Garden State
2004
dir. Zach Braff
starring
Zach Braff
Natalie Portman		 THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGThe Fellowship of the Ring
2001
dir. Peter Jackson
Starring
Elijah Wood
THE RETuRN OF THE KINGThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
dir. Peter Jackson		 The Day After Tomorrow
2004
dir. Emmerich
starring
Dennis Quaid
Jake Gyllenhaal
MOVIE POSTERTHE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
dir. Peter Jackson
Stars:
Martin Freeman
Ian McKellen
Renaissance
2006
dir. Christian Volckman
Cast
Daniel Craig
Ian Holm,		 Aviator
2004
dir. Martin Scorsese
starring
DiCaprio
Cate Blanchett		 RATATOUILLERatatouille
2007
dir. Brad Bird
Jan Pinkava
Voices by
Patton Oswalt
Ian Holm

 

Happy Birthday: Hans Zimmer

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hanszimmerHans Zimmer

Born: September 12, 1957 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany

When you write a theme one of the things you want to do is you want to see how much life it really has. How many possibilities there are. Can it speak to you in joy? Can it speak to you in sorrow? Can it be love? Can it be hate? Can you say all these things with just a few notes? That’s the thing when you figure out if a tune is any good or not. Does it have more than one shallow little character? Does it have just one little thing to tell you. Can it get underneath there under your skin? Can it get dark? Can it talk about the death of a father or something like that.

[on his score for The Lion King (1994)] The main emphasis to me was how we were going to get, in a children’s movie, to the idea that a father dies and make it an emotional yet not horrifying experience but make it something that children might want to start asking some questions about. It’s very simple. It’s my point of view because my dad dropped dead when I was six and I had nobody to talk to about it. So, it’s a very personal sort of thing.

Happy Birthday: Rachel Ward

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rachelward.jpgRachel Ward

Born: September 12, 1957 in Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Married to: Bryan Brown (16 April 1983 – present) (3 children)

You’re in a movie because you’re appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal. I resisted that but, when you’re in the business, when you’re making a film, one doesn’t have to take it all too seriously. We’re not curing cancer . . . it’s entertainment. We want to get people into theatres.

DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID
1982
dir. Carl Reiner
Stars:
Steve Martin

 

Happy Birthday: Joe Pantoliano

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joepantoliano.jpgJoe Pantoliano

Born: September 12, 1951 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Married to: Nancy Sheppard (18 February 1994 – present) (3 children)

My real fear playing Ralphie in The Sopranos was that I would be typescast. Luckily, like Jimmy Gandolfini, I was able to get plenty of other work – Bad Boys 2 and Daredevil in particular. But in a way, Ralphie encouraged me to do more, to ensure he didn’t define me. That’s why I did Frankie & Johnny on Broadway and, to be honest, it’s why I took the role in The Handler – to show my fanbase that there’s more to me that just that nutcase, Ralphie.

LOOSIES
2012
dir. Michael Corrente
Stars:
Peter Facinelli
Jaimie Alexander		 RISKY BUSINESSRisky Business
1983
dir. Paul Brickman
Also Starring
Rebecca DeMorney
Pantoliano
Midnight RunMidnight Run
1988
dir. Martin Brest
Starring
Pantoliano
Charles Grodin		 BOUNDBound
1996
dir. Wachowski Bros.
starring
Pantoliano
Gina Gershan
Jennifer Tilly
The Matrix
1999
dir. Wachowski Bros.
starring
Reeves
Carrie-Anne Moss		 MEMENTOMemento
2000
dir. Christopher Nolan
starring
Guy Pearce
Carrie-Anne Moss
BAD BOYS 2Bad Boys 2
2003
dir. Michael Bay
starring
Will Smith
Martin Lawrence		 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Movie PosterPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
dir. Chris Columbus
SOPRANOS SEASON 3Sopranos
Season 3
Watch reviews of the season		 SOPRANOS SEASON 4Sopranos
Season 4
Watch reviews of the season

THE IDENTICAL
2014
dir. Dustin Marcellino
Stars:
Blake Rayne
Ray Liotta

Happy Birthday: Amy Yasbeck

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amyyasbeck.jpgAmy Yasbeck

Born: September 12, 1962 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Married to: John Ritter (18 September 1999 – 11 September 2003) (his death) (1 child)

“After you play husband and wife on camera multiple times, it becomes easy to be husband and wife off camera as well.” -About her relationship and marriage to the late John Ritter.

GHOST
1990
dir. Jerry Zucker
Stars:
Patrick Swayze
Demi Moore

DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING ITDracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
dir. Brooks
Starring
Leslie Nielson
Stephen Webber
THE MASK
1994
dir. Chuck Russell
Starring:
Jim Carrey
Cameron Diaz