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On Stage with RB (September 2014 - With Guests Doug Richardson and Rex Pickett) Now Available for FREE!

We are excited to let you know that the special Stage 32 3 Year Anniversary On Stage with RB is now available On Demand for FREE! In a live and interective online webinar, Stage 32 Founder and CEO, RB spent 3 (yes, 3!) hours going over site features and answering your questions.  In honor of Stage 32's 3 year anniversary, we had on special guests Doug Richardson (screenwriter Die Hard 2, Bad Boys, Hostage) and Rex Pickett (writer, Sideways). RB opened up for Q&A with the …

Why Career Pivots Are More Interesting (To Me) Than Having Singular Focus

Today's guest blog comes from Stage 32 member Sarah McKinney, a highly talented singer, songwriter and composer. Sarah spent 10 years conducting market research within the tech and entertainment industry before going back to school to obtain her MBA in sustainable business. She launched a tech startup called Amp, which lead her to becoming a regular contributor to Forbes. It was during this period of increased creative permission that she began pursuing her passion for music, and bec…

RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (September 19th, 2014)

Welcome to the weekend everyone.  Cheers. In this edition of the Weekend Blog Imax's CEO says audiences are tiring of Hollywood tentpoles.  David Fincher thinks things are even worse, saying studios are treating audiences like cattle.  Supporting these claims, Hollywood box office continues to be in free fall, yet based on the word coming out of the major film festivals, independent films are back on the rise. Also under Entertainment News, how you can tell good …

Shining the Spotlight on Our Incredible Members

We appreciate you taking a trip down memory lane and letting us reflect on our history during this 3 year anniversary week, but now it’s time to turn the spotlight on you, our amazing, talented, selfless, brilliant members. I've said from day one that the community is what makes the network.  Below is proof.   We have pulled together some of our most recent success stories and collaborations which have formed through Stage 32 and The Stage 32 Happy Writers.  Al…

News on the March (Yes, A Citizen Kane Reference)

Our week-long celebration of our 3 year anniversary continues today with a look back at the best of the early days of the Stage 32 blog. Today we're going to feature some press, if you missed our previous blogs they can be found at the links below: Monday: Happy 3 Year Anniversary Stage 32...A Trip Down Memory Lane Tuesday: Best of the Stage 32 Blog (The Early Years)

Best of the Stage 32 Blog (The Early Years)

Our week-long celebration of our 3 year anniversary continues today with a look back at the best of the early days of the Stage 32 blog. If you missed yesterday's celebration entry, click here. I've been a creative my entire life. From acting and voice acting to producing to screenwriting, the journey in the pursuit of success in each discipline was never the same. There were no official "rules" to get to where I wanted to be. But that's the wonderful thing about…

Happy 3 Year Anniversary Stage 32...A Trip Down Memory Lane

Just about 3 1/2 years ago, I sent out 100 emails to my industry friends asking if they would be willing to participate in what I believed would become a global movement (and yes, I used those words).  A few snickered, a few thought me crazy (they were right, but not for this reason), but all humored me and gave this little site called Stage 32 a shot.  95 agreed to invite at least 5 fellow creatives.  And then those creatives invited at least 5 more creatives. And here w…

Special Events Coming Up This Week

Hope everyone is having a creative and productive weekend. This week we are going to be celebrating Stage 32’s 3 year anniversary all week right here on the Stage 32 Blog.  We'll be looking back at some of the highlights of the last 3 years. We hope you’ll join us! Also, our Founder & CEO, RB, is going to be a guest this coming Tuesday, 9/16 at 11am PDT on Seed and Spark’s #Filmcurious Twitter chat about building an online community. He will be tweeting …

RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions, and Other Fun Stuff (September 12th, 2014)

Another week in the books...Welcome to the weekend. In this edition of the Weekend Blog, I have a very cool look back at the life of Joan Rivers as 24 of her famous friends construct an oral history for The Hollywood Reporter.  Also under Entertainment News, want to live a Bill Murray life?  Bill Murray will tell you how.  Plus, a report that states in no uncertain terms that TV is for old people, Barry Levinson declares that Rain Man wouldn't get made today, some a…

Join Me for the Next On Stage With RB - FREE! - Sep '14

It's that time again.  Time for the next installment of On Stage With RB.  I'm inviting 1,000 Stage 32 members to join me LIVE this coming Tuesday.  I'll be covering some of the latest and greatest site features, speaking to members of the community and spending at least 90 minutes answering questions about the industry, your chosen discipline and just about anything else that's on your mind. We'll also be celebrating our 3 year anniversary with some…

Post and Share Your Photos - New Features!

We’re pleased to announce that we have dramatically changed the way you can post, share, organize, and manage your photos on Stage 32. Beginning today, you can now organize your uploaded photos into albums. After uploading one or more photos, you can easily select what album to place each photo in and quickly create new albums in just a few clicks. You can create as many albums as you like. And uploading your photos is also easier. You can post from your Home page by cli…

RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions, and Other Fun Stuff (September 5th, 2014)

Welcome to the weekend everyone. In this edition of the Weekend Blog we take a look at the future of film as 4 experts ring in on how the movie theater experience will change in 10 years and why Oculus Rift was worth 2B to Facebook.  In other entertainment news, I have a look back at American Beauty on its 15th anniversary, Tarantino's Hateful Eight is back on and the Weinsteins will distribute, the summer box office continues to slump and The Hollywood Reporter looks at some…

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