Month: July 2016

Today’s Top Entertainment NEWS: Tuesday July 5, 2016

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Read the best of entertainment news for Tuesday 5th of July 2016. Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Director, Dies at 76 Robin Hardy obituary. Died at 86. Director of “The Wicker Man” ‘Dory’ Threepeats Over Holiday Weekend; ‘Tarzan’ and ‘Purge 3’ Open Well Above Expectations ‘Top Gear’ Host Chris Evans Steps…

Best Scene Screenplay – ELAN VITAL, TV PILOT by Maroun Rached

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Watch the July 2016 Winning Best Scene Screenplay Reading.  ELAN VITAL, TV PILOT by Maroun Rached https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_z4hV9NlBY SYNOPSIS: Genre: Fantasy, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi Synopsis: The world in the 2050’s is split into democratic regimes and Elohite theocracies, states run by the clergy of a new extremist faith. Elohite specially trained…

Today’s Entertainment NEWS: Sunday July 3, 2016

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Read the best of Entertainment NEWS for Sunday July 3rd, 2016. Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 87 Michael Cimino, Oscar-Winning Director of ‘The Deer Hunter,’ Dies at 77 Caroline Aherne, British Actress and Writer, Dies at 52 Box Office: ‘The Purge 3’ Tops ‘Tarzan,’ Spielberg Bombs…

Today’s Birthdays: July 3rd, 2016

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Today’s Celebrity Birthdays: Tom Cruise, Olivia Munn, Robert Patrick, Connie Nielsen, Tommy Flanagan, Shawnee Smith, Kurtwood Smith, Thomas Gibson, Matt Schulze, Yeardley Smith, George Sanders, Bruce Altman, Peyton Reed

RIP Elie Wiesel. Read his best quotes:

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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate, Died yesterday at 87. Here are his best quotes: “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” “There may be times when we…

RIP Michael Cimino. Read his best quotes:

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Oscar winning director Michael Cimino died today at the age of 77. Here are his best quotes about life, Hollywood, and directing: When asked by “People” magazine, Nov. 11, 1996 issue, how the disaster of Heaven’s Gate (1980) affected his life: “It was really a great trauma, as everyone knows.…

Deadline July 5th: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL

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Deadline July 5th: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL. Get script performed at the festival. Full feedback http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html – Submit the first stages of your film, get it performed at the festival, and get full feedback! WATCH past 1st Scene Festival readings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-0CVDAfvxiqRIHL84Zl94Ez6I4hdKbSn Watch the January 2016 Winners Watch the…

Deadline July 4th: Animation Screenplay Festival

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 Festival Deal – SAVE $10 off the regular submission. Due Date July 4th: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV or SHORT SCREENPLAY. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.…

Deadline TODAY: Romantic Screenplay Festival

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 Festival Deal – SAVE $10 off the regular submission. Due Date July 3rd: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV or SHORT SCREENPLAY. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for…