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Soon after Al Pacino asked author Lawrence Grobel to join him on his quest to film the evolution of Salome, Oscar Wilde's notorious play, the actor decided Grobel should play an even bigger role. "I want you in my movie!" he declared, and so began a rollicking journey through the back alleys of Wilde's 19th century world, an exploratory jaunt, captured on film, that took the actor and author from Dublin and London to Paris, and finally to the hot desert sands of a dry lake bed and the neon lit stages of Las Vegas. Grobel makes his big-screen movie debut, appearing as Pacino's biographer, ...

Catch a Fallen Star is an insider’s look at Hollywood, where hype often takes precedence over substance and careers rise and fall and rise again like pork bellies on the Commodities Market. This is the story of Layton Cross, a man who fails upward: a private look at the Belushi-like fast-paced life of an actor who achieved stardom after marrying a superstar. But his career unraveled as she outshone him. His downward spiral touches all bases: drugs, divorce, violence, megalomania. Cross’s career is dramatically chronicled, as he sinks from bad films to worse TV and an embarrassing stint ...

We feel love. We spread love. We hide it away. We find love, fall in it, and get stuck in it. Love hurts, it stinks and it heals. There are lovebugs, love birds and puppy love. There are labors of love and tough love. We have love-hate relationships. We find one to love and sometimes create love triangles. We can make love and make a love child. Kids love sugar, and love can be pretty sweet. Love is the answer. Love is all we need. It’s so fine, it’s sunshine. Love is the light. Love is the way.

Alright, let’s talk about something that’s both a little uncomfortable and incredibly liberating: exposing yourself in the nude. I know, I know—you probably just squirmed a little. You might be thinking, “Kristin, there’s no way this is going to be as fun as you’re making it sound.” But hear me out, because living life without clothes—truly exposing yourself—might be one of the most freeing, fun, and unexpectedly life-changing experiences you can have. Let’s break it down. We live in a world where clothes are the first thing we put on in the morning and the last thing we...

The secret to writing better screenplays, faster. Learn to use the simple framework of great movies to make your unique story leap off the page. From the author of The Screenplay Outline Workbook, this concise-but-powerful guide demystifies 3-act structure and equips writers with an essential tool for crafting powerful stories. Screenplay consultant and screenwriting teacher Naomi Beaty has spent over a decade helping countless writers turn their movie ideas into great screenplays, and in Story Structure Made Easy she distills key lessons into concrete guidance you can apply to your writing...

Whether you've just felt the spark of inspiration for a new story idea, or you’re putting your finished screenplay in front of producers, managers, and agents… You need a logline. A logline is one simple sentence, but an incredibly powerful tool that can help you throughout the screenwriting process. In the development and writing phases, a good logline will help you unlock your story, understand the movie you’re writing, and keep you aiming for the right target so you don’t get lost along the way. And when your screenplay is finished, a good logline will intrigue listeners, stand ...

Discover the six plot points at the heart of every romantic comedy. Learn to use the simple framework of great movies to make your unique romcom leap off the page. From the author of The Screenplay Outline Workbook, this concise-but-powerful guide demystifies 3-act structure and equips writers with an essential tool for crafting powerful stories. Screenplay consultant and screenwriting teacher Naomi Beaty has spent over a decade helping countless writers turn their movie ideas into great screenplays, and in Romcom Structure Made Easy she distills key lessons into concrete guidance you can ...

The newest issue of Horror Monthly includes reviews of everything we reviewed last month. This month, we’ve got a weird mix of films, both good and awful as usual, but they were all fun! Each film contains a complete synopsis, including spoilers (so beware!), as well as our commentary on the quality of the story and production. Movie Reviews 1957 The Vampire 1972 Night of the Devils 1972 The Night Stalker 1973 The Night Strangler 1977 Dracula's Dog 1988 Slugs 1994 Funny Man 2012 Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter 2012 Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes 2012 Chernobyl Diaries 2013 Beneath 2013 ...

Horror Monthly April 2025 (#43) The newest issue of Horror Monthly includes reviews of everything we reviewed last month. This month, we’ve got a weird mix of films, both good and awful as usual, but they were all fun! Each film contains a complete synopsis, including spoilers (so beware!), as well as our commentary on the quality of the story and production. Movie Reviews 1976 Crash! 1982 Parasite 1983 Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn 1990 Meridian 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn 2000 Shadow of the Vampire 2005 Corpse Bride 2012 Byzantium 2013 Only Lovers Left Alive 2024 Drained 2024 ...

“Where trouble melts like lemon drops, high above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me…” Who hasn’t fantasized about being able to soar like a bird? This story told by Paula begins with her journey to Camp Hackenspit, where she meets and is forced to tolerate the two-day car trip in the company of the most annoying boy she had ever met, 13-year-old Beanie Conway. She thinks he is juvenile, irresponsible, and certainly not someone that she wants to spend her summer around. Paula’s fortunes do not improve once they arrive at Camp Hackenspit. She, along with five other girls ...

In HodgePodge, best-selling author Robert Urban once again shows his mastery of blending his authenticity, irreverent humor, brilliance and unique perspective to create a book about the realities of life. Robert shares his most intimate sometimes uproarious, sometimes tragic, but always poignant experiences and thoughts about parenting, death, god, groupies, dating, drug addiction and other topics. Critics have described this book as an "R rated version of Chicken Soup for the Soul".

A captivating comedy about a man—rooted in the Sixties—who must choose between his career and the people he loves.

Wondering aloud about people, getting caught up in the simplicities and complexities of everyday life...Young people voice their feelings, thoughts, questions, worries, and experiences. Some are poetry in motion, some pure speculation. Great for discussion pieces, can also be used as monologues. Family will recognize each other in the rumination of the day. Everyone has puzzlements, some more than others.

From the bestselling author of Bitches Love Cheddar Biscuits, My Roller Coaster Life and HodgePodge comes a deeply relatable book filled with humorous stories about life and the people we meet in it. From events familiar to all of us-like a bad breakup- to the wilder stories of Chinese women drugging him or interactions with carnival workers, nuns and even the Devil himself, Robert Urban keeps you captivated and laughing out loud as he brings you along the journey of his hilarious and thought provoking recollections of various events in his life.

In Robert Urban’s 9th book he once again shows why he is often considered the king of short form comedy writing. Wisecracker is the literary equivalent of sharing a beer with your funniest friend—the one who always has a story to tell. With a sharp wit and a gift for transforming everyday nonsense into laugh-out-loud moments, Urban weaves a series of short, comedic essays, recollections and stories that explore the absurdities of modern life, relationships, and the occasional crisis. His humor is often irreverent and always brutally honest. Beneath the jokes, there’s also a surprising...

This memoir is a love letter to the 80's, told through the lens of music, memories, and the misadventures of a small-town teenager. Eddie's story is a relatable and heartwarming reminder that even in the midst of chaos, there's beauty to be found in the journey.

For more than five decades, Twyla Tharp has been a phenomenon in American dance, a choreographer who not only broke the rules but refused to repeat her own successes. Tharp has made movies, television specials, and nearly one hundred riveting dance works. Her dance show Movin’ Out ran on Broadway for three years and won Tharp a Tony award for Best Choreography.

What's a girl to do? What's a guy to do? THESE MONOLOGUES EXPLORE LIFE. They confide in the listener. THEY ARE PERFECT FOR AUDITION PIECES, AS THEY ARE UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL. They offer commentary that is INTROSPECTIVE, MOODY, and INSPIRING. Sometimes to get things off your chest, all you need is an audience. Writing is a great tool for sharing. You may decide you too want to pick up a pen and share. Things can get clearer when you offer your thoughts up for interpretation. Enjoy these, whether you use them for performance, entertainment, or pure comprehension of the human spirit. I would ...

WHEN YOU ARE IN FRONT OF THE PROFESSIONALS, pleading your case, you want to come across as a natural. These pieces are very easily memorized, and very easy to perform. You can truly try them out, using different personas, really as they are every young person, trying to make sense of the world, with the tools they have been given. aka their experiences. USE AN AUDITION PIECE THAT'S GOING TO GET YOU NOTICED. THESE ARE UNIQUE AND VERY EASY TO RELATE TO. GREAT CHOICES of reading pleasure, if you are not a performer, but truly seek to be enlightened by the reminiscences of youth.Great for ...

A series of essays about the craft of acting, the various major techniques actors use, and some information about a specific technique that makes acting fun, exciting and a joy to engage in, without the self-imposed suffering actors sometimes inflict on themselves.