Diana Vacc sees “Jason Bourne”

Hmm, looks a little off...
Hmm, somebody’s aim looks a little off…

by Diana Vaccarelli

*If you haven’t viewed this film yet be warned this review may contain spoilers!*

He’s back! our favorite spy since James Bond – Jason Bourne.  This fourth installment of the Bourne series has Jason Bourne living off the grid and in hiding until an old colleague comes back into his life with new information about the agency and his past.

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Cartoon: SNAIL’S PACE

The world’s greatest cartoonist when it comes to the subject of living the artist’s life proves he’s just as insightful about – all of life itself. Witnesseth:

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DASHING, DARING AND DEBONAIR book excerpt: Gene Roddenberry – “The Great Bird of the Galaxy”

EDITOR’S NOTE:  The following is an excerpt from Herbie J Pilato’s new book, DASHING, DARING AND DEBONAIR: TV’s Top Male Icons from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, published by Taylor Trade Publishing, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield.

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The Great Bird of the Galaxy
by Herbie J Pilato

The Great Bird of the Galaxy.

That’s how the iconic Gene Roddenberry, who died October 4, 1991, is mostly remembered. As the creator of the original Star Trek, its initial TV follow-up, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and ultimately the subsequent and ongoing legacy of sequels and remakes for both the big and small screen, Roddenberry’s uplifting and majestic vision of the future will forever live long and prosper. A pilot in the US Army during World War II, Roddenberry would decades later become one of the first people to be “buried” in space. It all seemed to fit. read article

Interview with Jeane Wong Part 1: The Thin Line

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by Kathryn Graham

Jeane Wong, a friend of TVWriter™ and previous People’s Pilot winner, recently won the First Universal Cable Pitchfest with her pitch for The Thin Line!

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HUMANITAS PRIZE Call for Entries

This one’s for all you pros: humanitas-cup-sepia1 =&0=& Sundance Feature Film Screenplay 60 minute Teleplay 30 minute Teleplay Feature Documentary Children’s Animation Children’s Live Action


Eligibility guidelines:

  • No entry fee nor limit to the number of submissions
  • Teleplay must be written and produced in the English language for U.S. Television (Broadcast, Cable, Internet and Satellite)
  • Teleplay must have had a national release on Television (Broadcast, Cable, Internet and Satellite)
  • Feature film screenplay becomes eligible in the year in which it receives a U.S. theatrical release
  • Teleplay or film must be aired or released January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016

Click HERE to submit.  Please help us celebrate what is right with television and film.

To learn more about the HUMANITAS Prize, please visit our website at http://www.humanitasprize.org read article