Turning 54 Today: Carla Gugino

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When my friends have a health concern, they call me. I’ve always been
a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and
supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone
changes.


When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because
the stakes are high. It’s black and white. It’s win or lose.
Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they’re fun.


Unfortunately, ‘chick flick’ has become a term to describe most movies
that I don’t even like. They’re these movies that, yes, have women in
them but they really don’t reflect who women are, and there’s
something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.


As an actor, you’re naked emotionally; you’re revealing yourself emotionally.
I feel like I’m the only person – or woman, at least – who hasn’t read
‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’


Well, first of all, I’m an incredibly gullible person – I’m so bad
that when I said that to someone, my friend said, ‘You know,
‘gullible’ isn’t even in the dictionary.’ And I said, ‘Really?’ As I
was saying ‘Really?’ I will acknowledge that I then realized what was
happening, but that’s how bad I am.

Turing 36 Today: Charlotte Ritchie

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She owns an orange hobby horse, an item she insists to be included in
any show she is involved in. It can be spotted in certain scenes.

Released an EP with brother, Luke titled ‘Light of Another’ in June 2014.
Member of All Angels.

Sister of musician Luke Ritchie, and journalist Alice Ritchie.

Turning 42 Today: Jen Landon

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“Sometimes, if I’m feeling sad, I’ll be like, ‘I need a dose of Dad.’
Or if I’m feeling like a real a–hole, I can’t watch the show at all.
I’m like, ‘Dad can’t see me like this!’ As if he can see me through
the TV.” – on watching her father’s shows in reruns.

Jennifer says of her learning of her father’s illness at the young age
of 7, “I was not ready. I wasn’t ready to hear it at all, not at all.”
Then after Jennifer was told to say her last goodbyes to her dad, she
says, “I cried when they did that. They took me over there. I was
like, ‘No, I don’t want to! I don’t want to.’ I think there’s a part
of me that has not gotten older, right since then.”

Turning 87 Today: Elliot Gould

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And I took a moment, and I said, “No, because there’s so many people
dependent on our work for their living or their livelihood. You do
something whether it works or whether it doesn’t. Once you’re
committed and you do it, it becomes a part of your life. I wouldn’t be
sorry about it. I’d learn from it.” So I felt that I was able to
impart at least a little bit of wisdom to him.

I mentioned that I’m friendly with Casey, but I’d never really talked
with Ben, so I decided to go to a gathering recently that George
Clooney was having, a party for the cast of Argo. When I told Ben that
I was there because I wanted to say hello and let him know how
impressed I am with his craft, I think he was pleased, but then he
asked me a question, which I thought was really great. He said, “Have
you ever done anything in all of this that you were sorry you did?”

(2013, on landing Friends) They’d done a pilot, they’d been picked up
by NBC, and I knew they were going to be on around Mad About You and
Seinfeld, but they were not yet in production. They sent me a script,
and… there wasn’t much in it, but they wanted me to play the father
of David Schwimmer and Courteney Cox. I didn’t know if I’d do it.
There wasn’t much money in it for me, so I didn’t think I would do it,
and my agents didn’t want me to do it at the time, either. But then I
saw on the script that it was to be directed by Jim Burrows. I’d
worked for Jim’s father, Abe, who directed Say, Darling, where I was
third assistant stage manager and I was a chorus boy, just a little
part. But that was one reason why I wanted to work with Jim Burrows.
That, and to see how he did it, because he was so successful. So I
wound up doing it, and we got along great. And all the Friends were
very nice to me, too.

August 2025 MOVIE TRAILERS Genre Festival

Festival played at the end of July 2025. Showcasing the best of NEW movie trailers from around the world.

AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best MOVIE TRAILER: One of Us Pt 1
Best Action: Joan & Talbot
Best Animation: A dream in waking life
Best Black & White: 3 Days
Best Cinematography: Doing Nothing, Going Nowhere
Best Comedy: The Christopher Nolan Experience
Best Documentary: Black Printmakers of Washington DC
Best Drama: Dilemma
Editing: In Hell With Ivo
Best Experimental: wur.
Best Fantasy: Kaelara: The Summoned Blade
Best Horror: Shadow of the Imposter
Best Montage Trailer: The Tank
Best Music Video: Blow Me Down
Best New Media: The Morgue
Best Performances: Black / White & the “Other Colours”
Best Sci-Fi: A Probability of Nature
Best Student Trailer: Mx.
Best Visual Design: Confession of a serial killer
Best Web Series: We Sock – End of the world

wur, 18 sec.,
Directed by Anthony Rodriguez

Blow Me Down, 30 sec., USA
Directed by Marta Renzi
By turns goofy, sexy and poignant, BLOW ME DOWN messes with 3 dimensions and the 4th wall – or is it the 5th?

https://www.instagram.com/renzimarta

BLACK PRINTMAKERS OF Washington DC, 4min. USA
Directed by Susan J. Goldman
Washington, D.C. has a rich history of Black owned printmaking workshops where artists thrived and formed community.

THE TANK trailer, 1min., USA
Directed by Richard G. Miller
761st tank divison battles the Nazi in the battle of the Bugle.

Joan & Talbot trailer, 30sec. USA
Directed by Megan Mann
In the heat of the Hundred Years’ War, English Lord Talbot and the fierce French warrior Joan la Pucelle clash on the battlefield outside Orléans.

https://www.instagram.com/nycstagecombat

3 Days trailer, 30sec. USA
Directed by Jared Kitt
A man must shield the truth from his lover during her three day visit to a labor camp.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36303714/?ref_=mv_close

Kaelara: The Summoned Blade, 1min, USA
Directed by Chris Vallone
In a realm shattered by decades of tribal war, an unstoppable horde rises, forcing enemy clans into a fragile alliance.

In Hell With Ivo Trailer, 2min., Bulgaria
Directed by Kristina Nikolova
Bulgarian queer artist Ivo Dimchev captivates audiences worldwide with his electrifying art shows, which blend singing and songwriting, theatre, dance, and visual art.

https://instagram.com/in_hell_with_ivo_movie

Shadow of the Impostor, 1min. UK
Directed by Ortino Yang
Shadow of the Impostor is a surreal psychological short film that follows Aiden, a struggling actor on the verge of a breakdown as he prepares for a major audition.

DILEMMA trailer, 1min., USA
Directed by Travan Jay Hiatt
Dilemma is a tense psychological thriller that delves into the consequences of a single, reckless decision.

One of Us Pt 1, 1min,. USA
Directed by Laquan D. Burroughs
Three college kids look to join the nations most prestigious joint Fraternity, Alpha Omega Phi, and there’s only one more step for them to compete.

https://www.instagram.com/l.a.quan_659

A Probability of Nature, 24sec., USA
Directed Eian Hazzard
A Probability of Nature is an experimental short I made on the Information Age.

Doing Nothing, Going Nowhere, 45sec., USA
Directed by Brandon Houser
“Doing Nothing, Going Nowhere” is a zero-budget experimental short film that emerged during the writing and recording of an original alt/indie EP inspired by the 2000s–2010s soundscape.

The Christopher Nolan Experience trailer, 3min,. Canada
Directed by Matthew Putnam, Diego Pereira
When struggling creative Christopher Nolan is dumped by his girlfriend upon her discovery that he is not the legendary director.

https://www.instagram.com/thechristophernolanexperience/

A dream in waking life, 35sec. Iran
Directed by Hossein Moradizadeh
A man is walking down the street in the dark and dreaming, suddenly the wind blows.

https://www.instagram.com/mora.films/

The Morgue, 11sec., Iran
Directed by Majid Farzolahi
A zombie girl comes out of the morgue and is horrified by the image of the movie The Ring on the TV.

We Sock – End of the world, 2min., Finland,
Directed by Petri Puroaho
I created a web series with my spouse in 2020 to pass the time while living in long distance relationship, and then the process started to have a life of its own and became bigger than us.

https://www.instagram.com/we.sock.pp

Mx., 14sec., UK
Directed by Wwenen Lusa
“Mx.” is a title used as a gender-neutral alternative to Mr. or Ms., reflecting inclusivity in gender identity.

Confession of a serial killer, 1min., Italy
Directed by Francesco Maffei
Max Rinaldi, a journalist and blogger with a past as a film critic, receives a phone call from a man announcing that he is a serial killer and wants to provide him with a confession of his heinous murders

Black / White & the “Other Colours”, 1min., Turkey
Directed by Doğa Yılmaz
A man gets ready to go out. When he steps outside and integrates into society, he becomes a different person.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: THE DIVINE HUSTLE – Doc Feature

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The Divine Hustle, 59min., India
Directed by Sonali Rajkumar Devnani
In India’s spiritual heartlands, faith fuels not just devotion, but survival. The Divine Hustle follows three performers — nine-year-old Khushi, legless Gopal, and 27-year-old Abhishek — who survive by embodying Hindu gods in crowded temples and streets. As they navigate poverty, performance, and power, the film reveals the business behind belief, and how blind faith feeds both hope and exploitation.

https://www.instagram.com/sonalid3/?hl=en

Director BIO:

Sonali was born and raised in Bombay, India. She has been a professional photographer for 5 years and has obtained a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong. She is passionate in sharing stories from some of the poorer and neglected regions of India, as well as showing the more intimate side of locals from other countries.

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1571: Writer/Producer Rani Sitaram (GREYTOWN GIRLS)

The true story of a small-town girl, born with physical limitations, abandoned as a baby, bravely builds her life and creates a love story that crosses continents through the romance of letter writing. An empowering and cinematic story of love and resilience.

https://www.greytowngirlthemovie.com/

Conversation with screenwriter and producer Rani Sitaram on the making of the film.

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Today’s FilmFreeway Deadline: FEEDBACK Under 5 Minute Film Festival

Submit to the festival via FilmFreeway:

Submit your short film that’s 5 minutes or less and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Short Film Festivals in Los Angeles and Toronto. A monthly film festival event!

In-person and hybrid multiple screenings. Plus interviews with creators!

(NEW: Also accepting smartphone made films.)

ALSO submit a short screenplay that’s 5 pages or under and get it performed by professional actors at the Writing Festival. FULL FEEDBACK on all entries.

Festival occurs 10 times a year! And gives accepted films multiple options to showcase and promote your film.

1) Screening #1 where you will also obtain your audience feedback video (private screenings).
2) Screening #2 virtually on the streaming service WILDsound TV
3) Podcast interview at Film Festival Radio on ITunes
4) Blog interview promoting you and your film.

Turning 56 Today: Jack Black

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The movie This Is Spinal Tap (1984) rocked my world. It’s for rock what The Sound of Music (1965) was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.

I’d rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools.

There’s nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you’re gonna eat it.

You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned The Pink Panther (1963) theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now, my music has to have some rock.