COMEDY WALK in L.A. Times

If you weren't there last night for my COMEDY WALK show you really missed it! 30+ acts, 6 simultaneous stages. What a fun night! Please check us out in the L.A. Times and vote for my show! Thank you! Next COMEDY WALK is April 10th!

http://theguide.latimes.com/events-and-festivals/latcl-comedy-walk-event

Robin's Film Review: 'Doomsday" Hoskins to Save Scotland?

http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=4090

Stephanie Palmer Releases New Book...

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" is being published by Doubleday. Business consultant and former MGM Director of Creative Affairs, Stephanie Palmer reveals the techniques used by Hollywood's top writers, producers, and directors to secure financing for their projects, and explains how you can apply these techniques to be more successful in your own high-stakes meetings, whatever industry you are in. Read an excerpt or order here:

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

Camera Operator with Camera Wanted...

ScreenPlayLab member Sheila McCarthy is seeking a camera person (reality or doc experience helpful) to shoot broadcast quality segments for a short sizzle piece to be presented to networks and possible inclusion in behind-the-scenes look at a pilot about UFOs. Opportunity to work on series. Working with well-known UFO researcher Jose Escamilla. Google for more info. Weekend of March 29 and 30, in LA. Sorry, no pay. Broadcast HD or 24p camera preferred. Contact Sheila McCarthy at 818-985-6483.

Adobe Technology eXchange on March 15th...

ADOBE sponsored meeting on March 15, 2008 to show off new technologies. Video presentation by Adobe Chief Software Architect Kevin Lynch. Product news, giveaway. 9am to Noon. Toyota Training Center, 190th and Gramercy, Torrance.

http://www.atxsocal.org/about_atx.html

RED L.A. User Group Meeting on March 15th...

All camera owners and operators are welcome to attend as well as any other industry professionals who are interested in RED ONE production and workflows. Several working RED ONE cameras on display. Mark Pedersen of OffHollywood Studios. Kappa will demo Avid DS DI and FCPRO workflows. Light refreshments will be served. The RED ONE camera user group for Los Angeles will hold its first meeting at Kappa Studios, Inc. in Burbank on Saturday, March 15th from 9am to noon. FREE with RSVP:

http://www.productionhub.com/events/description.asp?item=17032

Ken Rotcop on March 15th...

Presented by The Writers Store, Ken Rotcop is former creative head of Embassy Pictures, Hanna-Barbera, Cannon Films, and Trans-World Productions. He's a Writers Guild and Neil Simon award-winning writer. He wrote the best-selling book on selling scripts, THE PERFECT PITCH, as well as the DVD LET'S SELL YOUR SCRIPT. Mar 15, 2008, 11am-noon. The Writers Store, 2040 Westwood Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90025. FREE with RSVP.

http://www.storylink.com/event/KenRotcop

Motion Graphics L.A.2 on March 18th...

For motion graphics professionals, Q&A with Dr. Sassi, Scott Novasic and J. Walt Adamczyk. Animation Tricks, both 2D and 3D. Inspirational Creative 3D. You don't need to know 3D software to appreciate our panel's presentation. It might just inspire you enough to learn 3D. Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. Tuesday, March 18, 7pm to 10pm. FREE courtesy of Adobe Systems.

http://www.mgla2.org/nextmeeting.html

Planet Shark Industry Social on March 18th...

Planet Shark and One World Music present a monthly mixer for film, TV, music and fashion peeps. Over 100 cool industry peeps last time. LIVE MUSIC & special Industry Insider HAPPY HOUR prices from 5pm-8pm. Most drinks under $5. $2.95 appetizers 5pm-8pm. NO cover charge. Biz casual. 21+. Maggiano's validates for 2 hours parking in The Grove. Maggiano's Little Italy at The Grove, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036. 5pm-10pm. RSVP via email (by 5pm on Monday March 17th, 2008): sharkzvip1 'AT' aol.com.

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.

Looney Toons on March 24th...

Tex Avery and Michael Maltese, the Warner Bros. collaborators who brought several Looney Tunes characters to life, will be honored in a double centennial tribute. Avery and Maltese, both born in 1908, crossed professional paths at the Warner Bros. animation studio back when it was Leon Schlesinger Productions. Avery began his career at Walter Lantz's Universal cartoon studio, working on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. In 1935 he moved to Warner Bros., where he would create Daffy Duck and crystallize the personality of Bugs Bunny. Maltese would collaborate primarily with Chuck Jones, writing and storyboarding some of the most memorable Warner Bros. cartoons ever made, including WHAT'S OPERA DOC?, DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24 1/2TH CENTURY and ONE FROGGY EVENING. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Linwood Dunn Theater, 1313 Vine Street, Hollywood. Free parking through the entrance on Homewood Avenue. $5. Tickets also may be purchased online until noon PDT on the day of the event.

www.oscars.org/events

Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group on March 26th...

Apple Aperture 2.0, Promise Technology Xserve RAID and XMiL Sequencer. Aperture 2.0 just shipped and features over 100 new features for the still photographer. How to use Aperture with Final Cut Pro, as presented by Apple's Kirk Paulson. XMiL Sequencer. converts an XML file exported from a Final Cut Pro timeline and turns it into an Avid Log Exchange (ALE) file. Show and Tells, FCP Tip/Tricks, Stump The Gurus and Raffle. 6pm. Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. $5.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

Women in Film Monthly Mixer on March 26th...

Speakers are Bill Immerman, Chief Operating Officer of Yari Film Group, producers of Oscar-winning "Crash", and famed accent coach Robert Easton. Wednesday, March 26, 6pm to 8pm. McCormick & Schmick's, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills. $35. Call (310)657-5144 to reserve.

GREAT DEBATERS writer on March 27th...

The Writers Guild Foundation presents ROBERT EISELE (The Great Debaters). A dessert reception will follow the formal part of the evening. Parking is free under the WGA building. Thursday, March 27, 2008, 7:30PM, Writers Guild of America, 7000 W Third St, Los Angeles 90048. $20.

www.wgfoundation.org

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

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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