Alicia Witt
Born: August 21, 1975 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
I like to play any character that allows me the freedom to explore it and teach the audience something they didn’t know, and show them a journey they identify with…or be inspired, or moved. Anything that touches someone’s heart is important for me.
 Best of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS TV series |
 88 Minutes2008 Directed by Jon Avnet Starring Al Pacino Alicia Witt |
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Carrie-Anne Moss
Born: August 21, 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Married to:
Steven Roy (November 1999 – present) (3 children)
“After The Matrix (1999), I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize me”.
| SNOW CAKE 2006 dir. Marc Evans Stars: Alan Rickman Sigourney Weaver |
 The Matrix1999 dir. Larry and Andy Wachowski Starring Keanu Reeves Hugo Weaving |
 Memento2000 dir. Nolan starring Guy Pearce Carrie-Anne Moss |
| The Matrix Reloaded 2003 dir. Larry and Andy Wachowski Starring Keanu Reeves Hugo Weaving |
 The Matrix Revolution2003 dir. Larry and Andy Wachowski Starring Keanu Reeves Hugo Weaving |
 Fido2006 dir. Andrew Currie Starring Carrie-Ann Moss Billy Connolly |
 Disturbia2007 dir. D.J. Caruso Starring LaBeouf Carrie-Anne Moss |
 VEGASReview of the 2012 action drama |
 SILENT HILL 3D 2012 dir. Michael J. Bassett Stars: Adelaide Clemens Sean Bean |
Laura Haddock
Born: August 21, 1985 in England, UK
Married to: Sam Claflin (30 July 2013 – present) (1 child)
I believe in love at first sight. It has to be true because it happened to me. I was at an audition with the actor Sam Claflin and we both felt the thunderbolt as soon as we met. I knew what I felt but it was only much later that I learned he’d run straight off to his agent and said, ‘I’ve just met the girl I want to marry.’
| THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE 2012 dir. Ben Palmer Stars: James Buckley Blake Harrison |
 CAPTAIN AMERICAdir. Joe Johnston Stars: Chris Evans Hugo Weaving |
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Hayden Panettiere
Born: August 21, 1989 in Palisades, New York, USA
You go on these Internet blogs and people say the meanest things. I’m a normal person. Just because I’m in the spotlight doesn’t mean I’m God’s gift to the world. I’m learning and making mistakes just like every other 17-year-old girl out there.
| I Love You Beth Cooper 2009 dir. Chris Columbus starring Hayden Panettiere Paul Rust |
 HOODWINKS TOO! HOOD VS EVIL2010 dir. Mike Disa starring Hayden Panettiere Glenn Close |
 ALPHA AND OMEGAdir. Anthony Bell Ben Gluck Stars: Hayden Panettiere Christina Ricci |
 SCREAM 4dir. Wes Craven Stars: Neve Campbell Courteney Cox |
 NASHVILLEReview of the TV music drama |
 REMEMBER THE TITANS2000 dir. Boaz Yakin Stars: Denzel Washington Will Patton |
TOP HAYDEN PANETTIERE PHOTOSSEE – WITHOUT MAKEUP PHOTO
SEE – AND ZACHARY QUINTO PHOTO
SEE – AND STEPHEN COLLETTI PHOTO
SEE – AND SCOTTY MCKNIGHT PHOTO
SEE – AND MILO VENTIMIGLIA PHOTO
SEE – AND WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO PHOTO
Save from 30% to 40% off. Garner FULL FEEDBACK on your script from the industry, plus get the chance to have it performed by professional actors.
Submit by the August 25th Deadlines:
Drama Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalfordrama.com/
Comedy Screenplay Festival:
http://www.festivalforcomedy.com/
Horror Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalforhorror.com/
Thriller/Suspense Screenplay Festival::
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/
Crime/Mystery Screenplay Festival::
https://crimemysteryfestival.com/
Action/Adventure Screenplay Festival:
https://actionadventurefestival.com/
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenplay Festival:
https://fantasyscififestival.com/
Family Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalforfamily.com/
Romance Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalforromance.com/
Animation Screenplay Festival:
https://feedbackanimationfestival.com/
Wanted to offer you a chance to submit either a 1 page screenplay, and/or a 1 page short story to the festival. As long as there is a beginning/middle/end, there is a 100% chance that we’ll have it performed at our festival using our rotation of professional actors. We love to get your work performed and this is a fun way to do it right away.
If you’re interested, you can simply submit here:
1pg. Screenplay Contest:
https://lafeedbackfilmfestival.com/1pg-screenplay-contest/
1pg. Short Story Contest:
https://novelwritingfestival.com/1pg-short-story-contest/
We’ll note that you are a connection with us and greenlight your work right away for a performance read. Then as soon as it’s posted online, we’ll send you a link.
There is also a chance for you to have a transcript of your novel performed by a professional actor too: https://novelwritingfestival.com
The Wasteland Film Festival is entering its fifth year and only growing bigger. The highlight short films with especially post-apocalyptic subject matter and, in addition, alternative films displaying a certain character right at home in the post nuke society. Films meeting certain criteria will be screened as part of the competition, others will simply be for exhibition.
http://wastelandweekend.com/wasteland-film-festival
Interview with Festival Director Jon Mercurio Knight
Matthew Toffolo: What is your Film Festival succeeding at doing for filmmakers?
Jon Mercurio Knight: We’re building exposure and bringing films from across the world into the hands of those who wouldn’t normally have access to many of these films. Also, many regular attendees to Wasteland Weekend, the event the Wasteland Film Festival takes place at, come from the LA area as well as from across the United States (and some from overseas). All tickets to Wasteland Weekend have already sold out, so we’re talking thousands of people.
MT: What would you expect to experience if you attend the festival this year (2016)?
JMK: A 4 day, post apocalyptic party in the desert with mandatory costume. The main area is built like something out of Mad Max.
MT: What are the qualifications for the selected films?
JMK: To fit in any of our categories. Post Apocalyptic. Sci-fi. Horror. Atmospheric/Weird. Music Videos. Animated.
MT: Do you think that some films really don’t get a fair shake from film festivals? And if so, why?
JMK: I think Post Apocalyptic is an often overlooked genre, that our festival showcases in addition to our other categories. There are a lot of fans of post apocalyptic films, but until the new Mad Max came out, the bigger studios had little to no interest in such films. Here and there, we’d see something, but I think it was adopted far more by independent cinema than maintream cinema.
MT: What motivates you and your team to do this festival?
JMK: The love of films and showcasing really solid work that meet our standards of excellence.
MT: How has the festival changed since its inception?
JMK: Our first year started with two queen bed sheets tied to the back of a trailer. Our next year, Wasteland Weekend built us a theater space and a nice sized post apocalyptic screen. Each year has seen some kind of new progression. Last year was our first having dedicated prize support money and we upped the money we’re awarding this year.
MT: Where do you see the festival by 2020?
JMK: We will have a fully enclosed, air conditioned daytime theater (actually, we’re planning on that for next year), which will allow us to show films during the day rather than wait for the night. We’ll also have encore based shows in LA with Wasteland Weekend support and possibly Sacramento. We’ll just keep getting bigger and better!
MT: What film have you seen the most times in your life?
JMK: So many, hard to count them all. But the fundamental core films would have to be the original Star Wars trilogy.
MT: In one sentence, what makes a great film?
JMK: A film that takes you along a journey without anything to pull you out, that moves you, that thrills you, that gets you involved in its characters, that makes you invest in it until the credits roll.
MT: How is the film scene in your city?
My city is Sacramento, which is not where the film festival takes place at. LA, the nearest big city to the festival speaks for itself.
Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wasteland-Film-Festival-202104576555906/
About Jon Mercurio Knight: A filmmaker, writer, and graphic designer. I have always had a passion for films and have always wanted to present and showcase films to others. That’s why I started up the Wasteland Film Festival, earned the respect of the WW staff by creating a professional end result, with quality films submitted from around the world. Each year presents new challenges, technical challenges, and stresses, and each year, the festival happens thanks to my unyielding determination to create the best possible film festival.
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Interviewer Matthew Toffolo is currently the CEO of the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival. The festival that showcases 10-20 screenplay and story readings performed by professional actors every month. And the FEEDBACK Monthly Fesival held in downtown Toronto on the last Thursday of every single month. Go to http://www.wildsound.ca for more information and to submit your work to the festival.
ETOILES DE JOUR (STARS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT) (Syria 1988) ***
Directed by Ossama Mohammed
Review by Gilbert Seah
ETOILES DE JOUR (STARS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT) screens on Saturday, August 27 at 4 p.m. as part of TIFF Cinematheque’s Syria Self-Portraits: Chronicles of Tyranny, Chronicles of War, running from August 26 to September 4. Video introduction by Rasha Salti.
This is my first Syrian film and I am sure it will be the first for most others. Mohammed’s film has an artsy experimental grainy look, being shot in black and white. If commercial Hollywood blockbusters is your cup of tea, better avoid this film like the plague.
Some more background information about the film: Premiered in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors Fortnight) at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, Ossama Mohammed’s first feature remains banned from screening in Syria due to its subversive critique of how the arbitrary and absolute power arrogated to men in a patriarchal society engenders a violence that pervades both familial and intimate relationships.
The film is set in a small village where a double wedding is about to take place. The first scene is a chicken through the window while a man chants about his dream during the night. The lead character is an all-powerful family patriarch, who dictates the fate of his family and kin with absolute authority and administers violence almost arbitrarily.
The film is a hard watch and demands concentration to figure who is who and what is going on. All Syrians sort of look alike, which is a problem. The humour is mostly Syrian and deadpan. It takes a while to get into the film, but once in, the film will captivate in its simplicity and subtlety. It is high drama – Syria style. One bride runs away and the other refuses the marriage. The eldest corrupt son makes a good villain.
The film is quite direct in its political views. The characters outwardly declare their hatred towards Jewish Israel. The film is also male chauvinist oriented. So political correct audiences should beware! See the film at your own risk!
Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)
Born: October 11, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: August 20, 2013 (age 87) in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA
Married to: Christine Kent (19 August 1993 – 20 August 2013) (his death)
Joan Shepard (15 September 1979 – 13 January 1993) (her death)
Beverly Claire Cline (30 July 1949 – 24 May 1977) (divorced) (5 children)
[his first rule of writing dialog] If it sounds written, it’s wrong.
[about the adaptation of his book “Get Shorty”] All the adaptations of my books all sucked. This one [Get Shorty (1995)] got it right for once.
If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
I think any writer is a fool if he doesn’t do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It’s fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can’t believe it when writers tell me, “I don’t want to show my work to anybody”. Well, what are you doing it for?
[on film versions of his work] I don’t remember all the bad ones. I know “The Big Bounce” was bad, though, and they made it twice. It wasn’t bad enough the first time [The Big Bounce (1969)]. I don’t think anybody in the picture knew what they were doing. The second time they made it [The Big Bounce (2004)], they shot it in Hawaii. They would cut to surfers when they ran out of ideas.
Phyllis Diller (1917–2012)
Born: July 17, 1917 in Lima, Ohio, USA
Died: August 20, 2012 (age 95) in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are.
It’s a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I’d be rotten to the core.
Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
Aim high, and you won’t shoot your foot off.
My house used to be haunted, but the ghosts haven’t been back since the night I tried on all my wigs.
“Fang” is permanent in my act, of course. Don’t confuse him with my real husbands. They are temporary.
I bury a lot of my ironing in the backyard.
I still take the pill because I don’t want any more grandchildren.
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