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Popularity of 3-D is Affecting How Screenplays Are Written
When Matt Pitts, a writer on “Fringe" and a former assistant to J.J. Abrams, recently began shopping his first film script to movie studios, he knew he had a marketable idea on his hands. The title of his screenplay, after all, was “ Spring Break Zombie Cruise" and its storyline followed, well, just that. But the ...
Gonzalo Bergara Quartet at Lord of the Strings Concerts May 7th & 8th
World Renown Gypsy Jazz King, Gonzalo Bergara and his Quartet come to Orange County for two shows. After having toured the world extensively with the John Jorgenson Quintet, native Argentinean Gonzalo Bergara is now presenting his new CD Portea Soledad to glowing reviews all over the world. Gonzalo began playing professionally at age 16 in Buenos ...
A Love Letter to Latin Jazz
Calle 54 is clearly the work of an enraptured lover of Latin jazz, and the film looks marvelous. This 2000 documentary was directed by Spaniard Fernando Trueba, who also directed the wonderfully sexy film Belle poque (1992), starring Penelope Cruz. Here, he films some of the all-time greats of Latin jazz playing their music, including Tito ...
Top Scribes Reap Pic Rewrite Riches
Once upon a time, the ultimate Hollywood ambition was to direct. Nowadays, clients are more likely to tell their reps: “What I really want to do is polish scripts." For Hollywood's dozen or so top-tier script doctors, that means commanding $250,000- $300,000 a week, being booked months in advance and keeping their efforts largely cloaked in ...
Gene Lees Jazz Historian and Critic Dies
A Canadian by birth who moved to Ojai more than 30 years ago, he wrote highly personal essays and biographies of such jazz greats as Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman and Johnny Mercer. Gene Lees, a jazz historian and critic known for his pugnacious, highly personal essays and biographies of such jazz greats as Oscar Peterson, Woody ...
3-D Hollywoods Latest Hot Trend
On a recent afternoon, a dozen cinematographers, directors and camera assistants huddled inside a sound stage on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, wearing black plastic glasses as they watched a monitor. The object of their gaze: the body movements of a USC acting student sitting at a kitchen table on a set a few ...
Los Angeles Times Book Festival at UCLA Weekend
Authors and publishers address the biggest issues facing the print medium in the age of technology. In an age when economic downturns and new technology pose huge challenges to the publishing world, public events like the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this weekend at UCLA offer a different type of interactivity than can be found ...
32nd Annual Playboy Jazz Festival
Your Guide to the Playboy Jazz Festival 2010, Saturday and Sunday June 12 and 13 at The Hollywood Bowl. Presented in Cooperation with The L.A. Philharmonic Association The 32nd annual Playboy Jazz Festival is just around the corner! This landmark event continues its rich tradition of featuring the biggest names in jazz, along with future jazz ...
Muslim Extremist Can't Take a Joke, Post Death Threats Against "South Park" Creators
Threat against South Park creators highlights dilemma for media companies. Comedy Central bleeped out all references to the prophet Muhammad in the show after he was depicted dressed as a bear. The shows creators disagreed strongly with the decision. In its 200 shows, the irreverent animated program “South Park" has mercilessly satirized Christianity, Buddhism, Scientology, the ...
