Neil Simon is 89 years old today. His best quotes:

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Read the best quotes of the iconic playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon.  If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet. Talent is the gift plus the passion – a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. Once…

Short Screenplay – THE FACTS OF LIFE by Chris Beadnell

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THE FACTS OF LIFE by Chris Beadnell

Short Screenplay – FIRE! by Steve Biggs

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FIRE! by Steve Biggs

Today’s Entertainment NEWS: Sunday July 3, 2016

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Read the best of Entertainment NEWS for Sunday July 3rd, 2016. Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 87 Michael Cimino, Oscar-Winning Director of ‘The Deer Hunter,’ Dies at 77 Caroline Aherne, British Actress and Writer, Dies at 52 Box Office: ‘The Purge 3’ Tops ‘Tarzan,’ Spielberg Bombs…

Today’s Birthdays: July 3rd, 2016

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Today’s Celebrity Birthdays: Tom Cruise, Olivia Munn, Robert Patrick, Connie Nielsen, Tommy Flanagan, Shawnee Smith, Kurtwood Smith, Thomas Gibson, Matt Schulze, Yeardley Smith, George Sanders, Bruce Altman, Peyton Reed

RIP Elie Wiesel. Read his best quotes:

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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate, Died yesterday at 87. Here are his best quotes: “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” “There may be times when we…

RIP Michael Cimino. Read his best quotes:

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Oscar winning director Michael Cimino died today at the age of 77. Here are his best quotes about life, Hollywood, and directing: When asked by “People” magazine, Nov. 11, 1996 issue, how the disaster of Heaven’s Gate (1980) affected his life: “It was really a great trauma, as everyone knows.…

Deadline July 5th: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL

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Deadline July 5th: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL. Get script performed at the festival. Full feedback http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html – Submit the first stages of your film, get it performed at the festival, and get full feedback! WATCH past 1st Scene Festival readings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-0CVDAfvxiqRIHL84Zl94Ez6I4hdKbSn Watch the January 2016 Winners Watch the…

Deadline July 4th: Animation Screenplay Festival

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 Festival Deal – SAVE $10 off the regular submission. Due Date July 4th: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV or SHORT SCREENPLAY. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.…

Deadline TODAY: Romantic Screenplay Festival

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 Festival Deal – SAVE $10 off the regular submission. Due Date July 3rd: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV or SHORT SCREENPLAY. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for…