RB's News, Videos, and Tips (Weekend Reading Style) - August 23rd, 2013
Posted 12 years ago by
Richard "RB" Botto 
Hope you’re all having a creative weekend.
This week, one of the greats, Elmore “Get Shorty” Leonard, has passed, Netflix scores a win, Duck Dynasty roars, 7 box office questions heading into the fall, Melanie Griffith says Hollywood screenplays are shit, Ben Affleck dons tights, and Woody Allen goes pimpin’. Plus, 23 literary query letters that worked, 17 reasons why women are better film directors, and we’re still talkin’ Breaking Bad!
And, of course, it’s still Introduce Yourself Weekend… Support a fellow creative!
Enjoy!
RB
NEWS
- Legendary novelist and screenwriter, Elmore Leonard, has passed
- Elmore Leonard's Characters Captivated Hollywood For Over 60 Years
- A big win for Netflix - Netflix, Weinstein Co To “Reinvent” Pay-TV Experience With New Multi-Year Pact
- 7 of Fall's Burning Box Office Questions
- Kenneth Branagh to Make NYC Stage Debut With Macbeth
- Melanie Griffith Says Most Hollywood Screenplays Are Sh**ty, Stupid, and Superficial
- Duck Dynasty Poised to be Biggest Cable Show of All Time
- Cannes winner, Blue is the Warmest Color, to be released with a NC-17 rating in the US
- The Wrap presents – 20 Movies We're Dying to See This Fall
- Fans Furious Over Ben Affleck Being Picked to Play Batman in Upcoming Man of Steel Sequel
Some trailer action…
- Woody Allen as a pimp? I'm in. The trailer for John Tuturro's Fading Gigolo
- The goings on at Parkland Hospital the day Kennedy was shot – Parkland
- In remembrance of the great Elmore Leonard – 10 Tricks to Good Writing
- For all the novelists on the site – 23 Literary Agent Query Letters That Worked!
- From Raindance – 17 Reasons Chicks Make Better Film Directors (their title, not mine!)
MEETUPS AND WRITING GROUPS
- Stage 32 member, Adam Dallas, looking to form a STAGE 32 MEETUP in West Hollywood
- Kathy Thomas, screenwriter, looking to form a writing group in Montreal
And…
- It's Introduce Yourself Weekend on Stage 32 – Say hello or support those who do!
- And we're still talking Breaking Bad!
Let's talk! Comments and remarks welcome below!
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