Month: December 2024

Today’s Novel Deadline: POLITICAL Festival

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Submit your POLITICAL book by the deadline.

Deadline to submit your novel to the festival: https://politicalfeedbackfestival.events/political-novel-festival/

Political narrative is a term used in the humanities and political sciences to describe the way in which storytelling can shape fact and effect understandings of reality.

Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of professional writers and writing consultants.

Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.

NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published. (see examples on the video playlist below.)

SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.

Submit a novel book and get it seen by the world.

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.

Today’s Short Story Deadline: THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

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Submit your THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Accept only stories that fit into the thriller/suspense genres.

Go to the website and submit your short story: https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/thriller-short-story/

Today’s Screenplay Deadline: FAMILY Film & Script Festival

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Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Family Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get a audience video.

Go to the festival website to submit your family-themed screenplay: https://festivalforfamily.com/

The #1 Family Festival and Contest in the World today!

– 0ffers screenwriters, novelists and storytellers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance readings).

– Offers filmmakers to get their works showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Then the filmmaker will receive and audience reaction video on their film (see below for recent film festival videos)

– One of the best places in the world for the writers to sell their script and/or obtain and agent.

– No matter what happens, you will receive full feedback on your work by our established committee. No other place in the world will you get coverage for the price you pay.

– Even if you’re just looking for feedback of your work, this is the festival for you.

– It’s there for all to see. The proof is in the viewership. These videos garner 1000s of views online. Some of the screenplay readings are more popular than actual studio films made!

– We specialize in showcasing Family stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: Toronto/LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival

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Deadline Today to Submit via FilmFreeway:

The communication team of the festival did a marvellous job. They not only ensured that each stage of the festival was well updated with the film makers but also took their extended support in getting audience feedback, which is certainly a good gesture any film maker can offer.

Feeling Great to be part of the festival.
Love from India

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1393: Filmmaker Pat Mitchell (REMEDY)

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REMEDY, 30min., USA
Directed by Pat Mitchell
An intelligence agent must relive his past to remedy a mistake he once made.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2147487/

Get to know the filmmaker:

I love Sci-fi Films. Not just any sci-fi films but the surreal ones. The films that blur the lines of reality and fiction.

Films with heavy degrees of realism are my kind of films. Science fiction by definition is the belief that using science can explain what we can’t explain.


I have always been intrigued by how far reality can be pushed before becoming fantasy. Once you can’t explain your story grounded in science, your film is fantasy.

Don’t get me wrong. Fantasy can be intriguing but it comes at face value at times. Basically any existing nature leaves unexplained like fully industridalized extraterrestrial planets, Middle Earth, magical beings.
But nothing tops an imaginative story with its limits bound to what is right outside your window. Star Wars vs Star Trek debates always come to mind.


There is a major disconnect between the real world and Star Wars. As much as I love those movies, I prefer the rooted reality of Star Trek.

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Turning 44 Today: Eliza Dushku. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1980 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Birth name
Elizabeth Patricia Dushku

Spouse
Peter Palandjian (August 18, 2018 – present) (2 children)

QUOTES:

[When asked how being in prison has changed her angry and aggressive Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Angel (1999) character, Faith:] “How would prison change anyone? There was something about the fact that she’s a Slayer, so she wouldn’t really be there unless she wanted to be because she’s got superhuman strength. She could have busted out of that joint if she really wanted to, but she and Angel developed this relationship. He was leading her down the road to redemption, kind of facing the things she’s done and recovering from that and hopefully being a better her. She’s been in there, doing the time, thinking. She’s still a tough girl, but she really has to suppress her demons a little more. In these past few [“Angel”] shows, that’s what we’re seeing — her teetering on the line between the old her and the new her” [Buffalo News, March 17, 2003].

I love leather and it’s great to be a bad girl at times. But there is a time and place for everything. When I’m with Grandma it’s flowers, and when I’m out on the town scoping guys, you know…

There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge.

Turning 42 Today: Kristin Kreuk. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1982 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Birth name
Kristin Laura Kreuk

QUOTES:

Sometimes I love acting but then sometimes I think it’s too much for me. And I don’t know if it is something that I could do for the rest of my life.

On keeping herself looking beautiful: “My skin is a little sensitive, so I try not to use too many products. After work I’ll just clean it with Neutrogena Deep Clean facial cleanser and put on a bit of lotion like Aveda Tourmaline Charged Hydrating Creme or a moisturizer by Kiehl’s. I don’t always use the same one. After a while my skin starts to get annoyed with one, and then I’ve got to move on to another.”

I’m not surrounded by the business. That makes all the difference in the world, ’cause it’s so easy to get caught up in it. If you were living in L.A., it’d be like ‘Bull—-, bull—-, bull—-… you’re this, you’re that, you’re wonderful, get caught up in this tornado, get caught up, get caught up, get caught up, and the minute it’s all gone, you fall and you’ve got no one to catch you because you let yourself get swept away, when it’s all ‘Pouff!’ And it’s all made up and none of it’s grounded or real.

Someday I’d like to do some real traveling. I’m obsessed with Brazil and I’ve always had this dream of backpacking through South America.

Turning 75 Today: Tracey Ullman. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1959 · Slough, Berkshire, England, UK

Birth name
Trace Ullman

Spouse
Allan McKeown (December 27, 1983 – December 24, 2013) (his death, 2 children)

QUOTES:

I’m not jealous over the success of The Simpsons (1989). Not at all. They used to appear for 30 seconds in the middle of my show. Maybe they’ll let me appear for 30 seconds in the middle of their show.

After spending two months in France where the air is great, I genuinely noticed how ill I felt returning to Los Angeles. The way we’re going, if they keep building and building, there will be no space any more.

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

As you get older, you realize it’s work. It’s that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I’d love to know how to make that last.

Turning 47 Today: Lucy Punch. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1977 · London, England, UK

QUOTES:

I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, ‘I chose to do this part.’ A lot of times it’s ‘you’re lucky to get the job.’ We’re like, ‘Thank you so much.’

I’m a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me.

I tend to eat geographically. When I’m in L.A., I like to eat L.A. food.