ABC Disney Director speaking April 9th

ScreenPlayLab's April 9th speaker is ABC Disney Fellowship Director Frank Gonzalez, one of our most popular speakers. The ABC Disney Fellowship, the Nicholl, and Sundance are life-changing events for the winners. But ABC Disney offers the greatest array of outreach programs: actors, television series writers, film screenwriters, daytime television writers, directors, and a special program for American Indians. Find out how to take advantage of these FREE programs that help artists advance their careers. At the Fine Arts Theatre, Hollywood. Get FREE TICKETS at www.screenplaylab.com.

Another busy week for me. Getting ready for the next COMEDY WALK on April 10th. I'm executive producer. As a screenwriter, I'm keeping my agent Karl Sanger busy sending out my martial arts comedy BOOK OF Z to production companies. And, I'm busy writing as a journalist.

Robin's Articles this week in Hollywood Today...

Drillbit Taylor: The Return of Owen Wilson:
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=4122

George Clooney the Last Movie Star? He Says No:
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=4115

‘Horton Hears a Who!” Screams Carol Burnett:
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=4096

Celeste Moyers Singing on March 21st...

Folk rock singer/model and acoustic guitar player Celeste Moyers is singing on March 21st at 8:30pm. Pig N' Whistle, 6714 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028. http://www.pignwhistle.com/ http://celestemoyers.com/

Stephanie Palmer Book Signing March 25th...

ScreenPlayLab speaker Stephanie Palmer has a new book out. "Good in a Room: How To Sell Yourself (and Your Ideas) and Win Over Any Audience". Book signing on March 25th, 7pm, Barnes & Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market, 189 Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

http://www.goodinaroom.com/bookexcerpt.html

ABC Disney Fellowship Director on April 9th...

ScreenPlayLab presents Disney ABC Writing Fellowship director Frank Gonzalez. This event was packed last year, with 200 people in the audience. Don't miss it! ABC Fellowship winners are paid to write for a year and many have gone on to become studio executives. Fine Arts Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211, April 9, 7:30 PM. FREE with RSVP:

www.screenplaylab.com

COMEDY WALK on April 10th...

COMEDY WALK is a major comedy happening, a Los Angeles Times "Best Bet" event. See a different stand-up comedian or comedy act every ten minutes on each of six stages, as part of six simultaneous 90-minute shows. Venues include the Downtown Comedy Club, the cabaret theater in the New Los Angeles Theater Center, and commercial spaces taken over for the evening as comedy "rave" spaces. Second Thursday of each month. Thursday, April 10th, 2008, 8:30pm to 10pm. To promote tourism in downtown Los Angeles, COMEDY WALK offers FREE TICKETS:

www.comedywalk.com

REMEMBER THE DAZE opening April 11th...

This coming-of-age film about high school is the first feature film by new female director, Jess Manafort, who was discovered by Martin Scorsese. Cast includs Amber Heard (NEVER BACK DOWN), Alexa Vega (SPYKIDS), Leighton Meester (GOSSIP GIRL), Melonie Diaz (BE KIND REWIND), Douglas Smith (BIG LOVE), John Robinson (LORDS OF DOGTOWN), Stella Maeve (TRANSAMERICA), Michael Welch (JOAN OF ARCADIA), Wesley Jonathan (WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU), and more. Limited release in L.A., NYC, and D.C. opening April 11th.

Trailer: www.rememberthedaze.com

BBC College of Comedy Deadline April 14th...

The BBC invites comedy writers to apply for a place in its new College of Comedy. Six successful applicants will be attached to an existing production and mentored in the creation of original work. Includes first-look deal. Open to writers of half hour narrative comedy and to sketch writers. Some of Britain's top comedy writers involved include Armando Iannucci, David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Simon Nye. Micheal Jacob, formerly the BBC's creative head of mainstream comedy and executive producer of sitcoms My Family, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps and The Smoking Room, is running the program. Submit the first ten pages of a narrative comedy script, or a portfolio of six sketches, together with a CV.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/comedy_college.shtml

SoftImage|XSI 3D animation seminar on April 17th...

Gnomon School of Visual Effects presents Softimage 3D Evangelist Mark Schoennagel with an overview of the key tools in SOFTIMAGE|XSI. See how XSI’s non-destructive workflows allows artists to make changes and quickly add details to fully rigged and animated characters. Softimage client Ron Frankel of Proof will talk about how his studio uses SOFTIMAGE|XSI for pre-viz and final shots. Thursday, April 17th, 2008, 6pm mixer, 7pm-9pm presentation. Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Stage 15, 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038. FREE with RSVP:

http://shorl.com/brygrovotistajo

Free Screenings at the Fine Arts...

WARPED TOUR (90 min) Premiere Screening! March 21, 7:30 PM.
BEAUTYSLEEP SYMPHONY (95 min) March 22, 2:30 PM,
featuring ScreenPlayLab speaker Dee Wallace Stone!
SPIRITUAL WARRIORS March 23, 3:00 PM
EXTRA ORDINARY BARRY (107 mins) RED CARPET PREMIERE! March 23, 7:30 PM.
LA CUCINA (89 minutes) March 29, 2:30 PM,
featuring Christina Hendricks from "Mad Men"
Kings of the Evening (99:30 min) March 30, 7:30 PM.
MICHAEL LEVINE Live! April 5, 2:30 PM.
GHOST WHISPERER season return on CBS, April 5, 7:30 PM,
Hi-Def Screening/Q&A moderated by DAVID CONRAD.
TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE (91 min) April 7, 7:30 PM.

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Deadline May 1st...

The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program is an international competition open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Entry scripts must be the original work of a sole author or of exactly two collaborative authors. Up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded each year. $30.

http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/

Sundance Screenwriters Lab Deadline May 1st...

Applications are being accepted for the January 2009 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. All applications are reviewed by Institute staff. Filmmakers selected for the second stage of the review process are asked to submit full screenplays of their projects. In addition to the extensive creative and practical support provided throughout a project's development, Sundance Institute supplies airline travel, accommodations, and meals at Sundance Resort in Utah for one writer/filmmaker per project for the duration of the Lab. Application deadline for U.S. filmmakers: May 1, 2008. $30.

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