Who is Herbie J Pilato?

Glad you asked. We at TVWriter™ have known long-time contributor Herbie J since the site’s inception over a decade ago, giving us lots of stories to tell. So many, in fact, that there’s no way we do them justice. So we cast about for somebody else who could pick up the reins. Here’s the result:

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By Leyla Salvade

Author, actor, producer and singer/songwriter Herbie J Pilato is a modern-day Renaissance man with a purpose; he’s an inspiration – a guiding force to a present and future group of what he calls “Hollywood hopefuls.”

“I love Hollywood – and I love it for all the right reasons,” he says with a gleam of bright light and enthusiasm in his warm brown eyes that glisten during an early spring lunch at the Casa Cabo Mexican restaurant in Burbank, California (where Pilato resides). “This is a very nostalgic place for me,” he says of Casa Cabo, formerly the famous Chadney’s eatery that sat across the street from the former NBC Studios. read article

WGAW Member Calendar for July, 2013

Some events may be open to non-members as well, so always call and check:

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Is the Web the Future of TV?

Um, in a word, yeah. We think so. And the geniuses at ArsTechnica.Com seem to agree:

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THE TRAJECTORY OF TELEVISION / AN ARS TECHNICA FEATURE
The Trajectory of Television—How the Internet dust-up will settle
by Casey Johnston

Right now, traditional TV and media and the Internet exist in uneasy tension. It’s far from an all-out war, but by no means have the two come to an agreement. The Internet is affecting everything from the services we use to watch conventional TV shows to the new hardware we do it on: laptops, tablets, and smartphones. read article

Peggy Bechko has a New Book Out

One of our favorite writer-contributors has turned to nonfiction. Her new book, The New Grown Ups Disney World Guide Book, is out on Kindle.

And if you download it today, tomorrow, or Friday, it’s Free.

The official Amazon description makes us wish we were in Orlando right now: read article

LB: Extra! Emmy Ballot Deadline is 5 PM (Pacific) Today!

This pic is for those who've said that showbiz is like high school. This changes your minds, right?
This pic is for those who’ve said that showbiz is like high school. This changes your minds, right?

Yep, this is a special shout-out to TVWriter™ers who are also Television Academy members.

Get those ballots in.

Both of you. read article