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Turning 42 Today: Jude Law. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1972 · Lewisham, London, England, UK

Birth name
David Jude Law

Spouses
Phillipa Coan (April 30, 2019 – present) (2 children)
Sadie Frost (September 2, 1997 – October 29, 2003) (divorced, 3 children)

QUOTES:

I honestly have no interest in celebrity whatsoever. If anything, I always cringe at it because it takes away from what I am, which is an actor who wants to be better and do better things.

I don’t want to do anything that I’m not passionate about.

Success, and even life itself, wouldn’t be worth anything if I didn’t have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me.

I have no problem with nudity. My friend Ewan McGregor and I are starkers in most of our films.

I think it’s a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

[on his role in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)] I told Anthony that if I play Dickie Greenleaf, I want to eat in the best restaurants and drink the best wines every night because he would.

Turning 77 Today: Ted Danson. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1947 · San Diego, California, USA

Birth name
Edward Bridge Danson III

Spouses

Mary Steenburgen (October 7, 1995 – present) (2 children)
Cassandra Coates (July 30, 1977 – June 3, 1993) (divorced, 2 children)
Randy Danson (August 8, 1970 – 1977) (divorced)

QUOTES:

If I had my way everyone would be in a 12-step program.

Smoking is a great prop. It’s a great prop in life.

Acting is pretending that you’re not pretending when you’re actually pretending.

I am the king of the faux pas. I call everybody by their wrong name, and I congratulate women who are not pregnant. I’ve done so many awful things by mistake, and usually it’s things that make me look totally foolish.

Turning 55 Today: Jennifer Ehle. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1969 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Birth name
Jennifer Anne Ehle

Spouse
Michael Scott Ryan (November 29, 2001 – present) (2 children)

QUOTES:

I always thought of Pride and Prejudice (1995) as more of a romantic comedy than a period drama. It just happens that they were the clothes people wore when it was written.

[on trying to fit in after moving to Britain from America] There were a few days when I was having trouble finding words to express feelings of enthusiasm. But when I discovered “brilliant”, I was fine.

[nudity in her first role] I wish I’d not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, The Camomile Lawn. When I took the job, I did not realize there would be so much nudity. But no one forced me to do it. I played the young Calypso (her English actress mother, Rosemary Harris, played the character as an older woman) and had some very full-on scenes. I went home one day and was physically sick.

Turning 42 Today: Alison Brie. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1982 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth name
Alison Brie Schermerhorn

Spouse
Dave Franco (March 2017 – present)

QUOTES:

[on growing up with a Christian father and Jewish mother] My mother, God love her, is a very proud Jew and would always make sure we knew we were Jewish. I remember being 6 years old and her saying, you know you guys are Jewish. If Hitler came today he would take you…

I enjoy doing drama, and I enjoy doing comedy equally.

I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don’t know if I ever quite perfected it.

A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they’re going to be famous, just like that.

Turning 47 Today: Kate Moennig. Happy Birthday

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[on what she’s learned from playing the role of Jake Pratt on Young Americans (2000)] “The clothes are comfortable…but on a deeper level I learned that the competition between boys and girls isn’t as strong as between women”

Watch Winning PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA Shorts: ABORTION HYPROCRITE

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ABORTION HYPROCRITE, 39min., USA
Directed by Josué Mastroianni
Abortion is one of the most controversial and divisive themes raging across the social and political spectrum of the US and Europe – making this new, compelling psychological drama perfectly timed. Would the most confident among pro-life and pro-choice rethink their arguments if confronted head-on with certain circumstances or opportunities? Who or what would any one be unwilling to lose for the sake of one’s pro life/choice argument?

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Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-abortion-hypocrite

Watch Today’s Festival: Best of COMEDY Shorts Festival

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Watch the Film Festival HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/comedy-shorts-december

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Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
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Sere the full lineup of films:

BRUSH ME, 2min., Austria
Directed by Nikolaus Jantsch
In a bustling bathroom, amidst the chaos of everyday life, two toothbrushes, find themselves drawn to each other. “Brush me” is a heartwarming tale of love, loss, and the resilience of the toothbrush spirit.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-brush-me



SLOPPY SECONDS, 12min., Canada
Directed by Colin Gervais
Just a total average day in the life of a crazy group of parking lot donation bin workers…

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sloppy-seconds

IT’S JUST MY THING, 7min., Canada
Directed by Jordan Bray, Chris O’Brien
We all have our “thing.” This is Frank’s.

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Today’s Novel Deadline: HISTORICAL FICTION Festival

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(3 options to submit): Deadline Dec. 28th

Submit your HISTORICAL FICTION Book by the deadline.

Go to the festival’s website and submit: https://festivalfordrama.com/historical-fiction-novel-festival/

A historical fiction story is a fictional story that takes place in the past and incorporates details about the time period to achieve authenticity. These details can include social norms, customs, traditions, and manners. Historical fiction stories can include actual historical figures or events, but the people and their actions are invented by the author.

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.

Today’s Short Story Deadline: MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Festival

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Submit your memoir & autobiography short story to the festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Submit your short story on their website: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/memoir-autobiography-short-story-festival/

Accept only stories that fit into the memoir & autobiography genres.

A memoir is often written to share a personal story or theme, while an autobiography is more about sharing facts about the author’s life.

 

Today’s Screenplay Deadline: SPORTS & RECREATION Festival

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Monthly Festival designed to showcase the best SPORTS/RECREATION Screenplays from around the world today.

Submit your sports or recreation screenplay on the site’s website: https://sportsfilmfestival.video/

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)

1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)

2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.

3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.

4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.

(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)

What this festival does is give the writer exposure. With our best scene video reading, plus the 2 interviews, this festival simply makes the screenwriter’s name and script searchable and out there to the world. Plus, submissions receive full feedback on their script no matter what.