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Writers Guild Awards Names New Media Winners For Second Year
The Writers Guild Awards occurred on both coasts last night, honoring the best writing in television, film, news, radio, video…
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DCTV Interview with Elisa Donovan
Generations of chicks know Elisa Donovan from her role in Clueless (both the film and tv series) and Sabrina The…
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Ok, Ok, Is Dance Moms Scripted?– A Look At the Storylines So Far
We are three episodes into Dance Moms Season 2, and the storylines have emerged. (We all know they use writers,…
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Goddess Circle (Motherhood): Jennifer- Battling Resistance
Since becoming parents, my husband and I have had precious little time to have actual adult conversations. Recently, thanks to…
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SOPA Dead? Is PIPA Next?
Shortly after President Obama announced he would veto SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act), House leaders also announced that all…
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DCTV Interview: Whole Day Down’s Tai Fauci
Some people just know how to do web tv. Tai Fauci is one of them. She co-created the hit teen…
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BOOK REVIEW: Why Women Need Fat
Fat… It’s such a cute, short, innocuous word that brings with it such baggage. In the new book, Why Women…
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Downsized Nominated For Writers Guild Award
Digital Chick TV’s original series Downsized was amongst the nominees for the Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing…
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Dance Moms Season 2: There’s No Crying in Dance Competitions!
My addiction (and yours, admit it), Dance Moms, returned for Season 2 last night, and hold on to your top…
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Lena Dunham Goes From Web Series to HBO Series
We’ve seen all different paths connecting web series to television. Shows like Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock created derivative…
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The Guild, Web Therapy Nominated for Producers Guild Award
The 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards announced its nominees today, with five well-known web series taking the new media noms….
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What Women Did in Online Video in 2011
2011 felt like a bad a case of PMS– moody weather, protests, desperation, and general unpredictable bitchiness. But as it…
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DCTV Interview: Broad City’s Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson
The Great Wall between Online and TV has been diminishing this year — with Netflix taking on Arrested Development, YouTube…
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YouTube Launches Redesign Focusing on Channels
The world’s most popular online video service YouTube released a new redesign to their website, as part of its shift…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Lake of Dreams
I have not read The Memory Keeper’s Daughter nor have I seen the movie, so I went into Kim Edwards’…
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ABC Soaps Won’t Be Moving Online After All
Despite excitement from the soap community and soap fans, All My Children and One Life to Live will not move…
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FX Picks Up Female Comedy Web Series Broad City
FX is currently developing a TV version of the comedy web series Broad City, created by and starring Ilana Glazer…
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Would You Crowdfund Your Baby?
If you have Facebook, Twitter, or even just an email account, you have likely gotten an invite at one point…
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DCTV Interview: Tina Cesa Ward
DCTV Creative Director Daryn Strauss chats with writer/director/producer Tina Cesa Ward, winner of the first Writers Guild of America Award…
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What Premium Online Video Is and Isn’t– Recap & Thoughts on Digiday Video
Digital media professionals gathered at the fancy Roosevelt Hotel in New York City yesterday to talk online video and what…
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YouTube Announces Premium Channels
Rumors have swirled around the www, but today it’s official. YouTube announced its plan to roll out premium channels, somewhat…
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Transmedia: Books and Web Series, a Social Love Story
Books and Video sitting in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. For all of you A.D.D. readers out there that hate looking at…
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The Rundown on Awards Shows for Online Video
Awards Season is upon us, and for union members, it means screeners and lots of glossy mail. For viewers, it…
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Lifetime’s FIVE Mixes Humor and Heart
Lifetime’s film FIVE tells the intertwined stories of 5 different women and their battles with breast cancer. Each story was…
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Qwikster Suffers Quick Death
Rest in piece, Qwikster. We never really got to know you. We never really knew how to spell your name….
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Chicks Rule Fall TV, So Who Is the Queen Bee?
The big news about Fall TV: LADIES. They’re in. And everywhere. There’s NEW GIRL, the first show to get a…
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DCTV Interview with Koldcast TV’s Marti Restighini
Web vs. TV… is there a difference? Popular online network Koldcast TV is blurring the line, recently announcing a television…
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YouTube Going Premium, How Will That Change What You’ll Be Watching?
Rumors and insiders have been leaking small bits of info about the changes to come at YouTube as the mega-site’s…
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Blip Adds Subscription Feature, Now What Do You Subscribe To?
Oh, it’s on! Blip.tv now allows site visitors to subscribe to shows. Yes, that’s right. Blip has been a favorite…
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DCTV Interview: Bandwagon’s Emma Caulfield, Camilla Rantsen & Karri Bowman
Perseverance and reinvention are some of the traits required for a successful career in the film industry. And while that…
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Netflix Splits Itself- Messing Up a Good Thing?
Netflix, that service that everyone was using instead of Blockbuster. That service where you could get an unlimited amount of…
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DCTV Interview with Alessandra Torresani of Husbands
So, we brought you an interview with Husbands’ Writer/Producer Jane Espenson. Now it’s time to get the scoop on the…
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DCTV Interview with Jane Espenson of Husbands
Jane Espenson is a cool chick. She’s written for Buffy, Angel, Firefly, The O.C., Gilmore Girls, Dollhouse, Caprica, Game of…
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Susan Lucci Passes on Online All My Children
Waaaaaah. For AMC fans, the online version of All My Children may look a bit different. According to Deadline, La…
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Is Dance Moms Turning Into Black Swan?
First of all, whoever decided to air Dance Moms and Toddlers & Tiaras at the same time should be grounded…
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We Made It Through Hurricane Irene Playlist
Yes, East Coasters, we took it… and we have extra water bottles and non-perishable food to spare! So, if you’re…
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Goddess Circle (Beauty): Karen- How to Find the Perfect Shade of Red Lipstick
It’s wedding season, which means it’s time for some GLAMOUR. Here are some great tips from make-up artist Karen Cecilia…
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Online Video– Cable Is Trying to Pull Your Hair & Give You Raspberries
So, as you may have heard, people watch lots of stuff online. In fact, they watch so much online that…
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Alloy Reinvents Peter Pan in New Web Series for Macy’s
Alloy Entertainment, the publishing and media company that brought us Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars, previously ventured into web…
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DCTV Interview with Martha Byrne
Two years are a long time in the world of web series! Martha Byrne (ex-Lily/Rose, As The World Turns) was…
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Red Carpets and New Media Marketing
If you’ve got your google alerts and your facebook preferences set, then you already know that online video has added…
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DCTV Interview with Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl’s Issa Rae
If you’re a regular visitor to Digital Chick TV, you are already familiar with The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,…
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Goddess Circle (Motherhood): Jennifer- Everyone Struggles
I’ve been struggling lately with balancing mommyhood and an acting career — or what feels like lack of an acting…
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Dance Moms, a YouTube Viral Redux?
Last year, a video of scantily clad seven year old girls gyrating (rather expertly) to Single Ladies at a dance…
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Jane Espenson Brings A Few Husbands to the Web
Jane Espenson, known for her writing/producing gigs on all things Whedon, is again taking to the web with the upcoming…
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Web Television for Dummies
Every major press outlet is reporting on it. All of the studios have dabbled in it. Many celebs have tried…
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IAWTV Board of Directors Candidate Videos
As a non-member of the IAWTV, I have always tried to stay non-partisan on the issues regarding the organization. However,…
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YouTube Has a Panda & Why You Should Know About It.
Adding to the recent rush of changes to online video networks lately, YouTube is now testing a new re-design called…
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Cancelled ABC Soaps to Become Web Series?
At about 11 PM EST last night, while I was watching either I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant or Toddlers…
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IPF To Finance $1.4 million in 15 Scripted Web Series in 2011
For the second year in a row, Canada’s Independent Production Fund will be financing over one million dollars in dramatic…
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2011 Pride Web Series Marathon
Happy Pride! And in honor of the legalization of gay marriage (finally!) by the wise state of New York, DCTV…
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Video: Digital Chick TV Talks Internet Policy in Washington, DC
On June 14th, working writers from the Writers Guild of America East and staff members briefed legislative staff in Congress…
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Inside The YouTube Partner Meetup New York City
Many of you wonder what happens inside the little invite-only club of YouTube Partners, and since I happen to be…
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The Fight for Net Neutrality
On Tuesday, June 14th, I was invited by the Writers Guild of America, East to speak at a briefing in…
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Watch Blip.TV’s co-founder and COO Dina Kaplan on Beet.TV
It aint easy being a smart, innovative, powerful and adorable female but Blip.TV co-founder and COO Dina Kaplan works it…
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Watch Susan Miller & Tina Cesa Ward At Internet Week
So, you weren’t in New York and unable to make the Anyone But Me panel at Internet Week? Well, you…
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DCTV Interview with Fumbling Thru the Pieces Creator Julie A. Smith
With only two episodes left in the first season of the chickeriffic Fumbling Thru The Pieces, DCTV Creative Director Daryn…
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Tips for Building An Audience and Monetizing Your Web Series
Canada’s Independent Production Fund has been an amazing resource for raising the bar in web series production. They funded over…
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GRITtv takes a break to relaunch a weekly show
First, I love Laura Flanders. She’s one of those chicks you aspire to be– smart, cool, stylish, opinionated, and caring….
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DCTV Interview with Out With Dad Star Kate Conway
With over 1,000,000 views on YouTube, teen drama Out With Dad will be back for Season 2 on July 7,…
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My Birthday Web Series Picks!
So, it’s my birthday today, and I decided that the best gift this year is for all of you to…
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Not Just a Blip Anymore!
I will preface this by saying I love Blip. It’s like IFC with pre-rolls. In a world where independent web…
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Goddess Circle (Beauty): Karen- Gym Bag Essentials
Now that we’re finally getting some warm spring weather, it’s time to think about bearing some skin… Yikes! After a…
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Are Parents Addicted to YouTube?
After watching a recent YouTube video of a topless toddler playing with a dead squirrel while her parents shifted between…
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Web Series Gotham and Venice Earn Daytime Emmy Nods
Congrats to Martha Byrne and her team at Gotham The Series and Crystal Chappell and her team at Venice The…
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How to Closed Caption Your Web Series
Thanks to Jamie Berke from Guide to Deafness at Deafness.about.com, we now have a guide to closed captioning your web…
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DCTV Interview with Ragged Isle’s Meghan Benton
If you’ve been waiting for David Lynch to make a web series, wait no longer and check out Ragged Isle,…
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Get Your OLTL Fix with New Episodes of Fumbling Thru The Pieces & Then We Got Help!
For all of you One Life To Live-philes out there, you best be checking out two of our favorite online…
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Black Women’s Entertainment Network Launches $10,000 Web Series Screenplay Contest
Ladies, start writing. Black Women’s Entertainment Network wants to help you fund and distribute your web series, and we want…
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Inside the Downsized Season 2 premiere!
Digital media personalities, on-camera and off, gathered at the well-lit Copia restaurant in New York City on Tuesday night to…
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DCTV Interview with Dominion’s Maia Nicholson
After a few years of comedy dominating the web, drama has come up with some fighting spirit. One of the…
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Ode to the Soap: The 2-Person High-Conflict Scene
With the surprise cancellation of All My Children and One Life to Live and the previous cancellations of As The…
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Financing Web Series- An Interview with Andra Sheffer, Executive Director of Canada’s Independent Production Fund
Securing financing for web series is probably the most difficult part of being a producer, which made us particularly curious…
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ElfQuest Fan Imagined Trailer Is More Than We Imagined!
Stephanie Thorpe & Paula Rhodes show their love for the ElfQuest comic in this creator-blessed “fan imagined” trailer. Fans of…
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Mingle Media TV Adding Production and Development Divisions
One of DCTV’s favorite and female-friendly online networks Mingle Media TV Network announced today that they are expanding into web…
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Downsized Returns April 27th!
Critically acclaimed web dramedy Downsized is back for Season 2 beginning April 27, 2011. With generations of soap viewers watching…
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DCTV Interview with LA WEB FEST Director
Today marks the first day of the all-web series festival, LAWEBFEST, and we thought you all needed a little inside…
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Oh, So We Need to Interact Too? Can’t We Just Tell Stories?
Two words that haunt online video storytellers. When web television first started to emerge as a viable platform for filmmakers…
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Web Creators Create High-Quality Pilots in 7 Days for Celebrate the Web
The challenge — conceive, produce, and complete a pilot in 7 days! Celebrate the Web, a fantastic project created by…
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Then Digital Chick TV Went to the Then We Got Help Launch Party
Watch Digital Chick TV Creative Director Daryn Strauss at the Then We Got Help Season 2 launch party with creator…
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YouTube Next… Time to Get Scripted, Please!
Though news has been abuzz for awhile, the official announcement that YouTube has purchased Next New Networks was made today,…
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Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral for Smart Water
Jennifer Aniston pokes fun at viral video trends in this hilarious video for Smart Water. Now that she’s a viral…
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Digital Chick TV Backstage Camera at the Indie Soap Awards 2011
Digital Chick TV’s Creative Director Daryn Strauss gives you the backstage experience at the Indie Soap Awards February 21, 2011…
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VIDEO: Women Win the First Ever WGA Award for New Media
Not that we don’t love men or the fabulous boys nominated for the WGA Award for Writing in New Media,…
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What to Fund? Crowd-Source Funding for Female-Centric Shows (February 2011)
Back in October, DCTV ran a piece listing the current crowd-source funding campaigns for female-centric online projects, and we thought…
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Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward Keep Bringing Us Ladies Good Drama
It’s safe to say we love Susan Miller and Tina Cesa Ward at Digital Chick TV. Not only have they…
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Quirky New Dramedy Gray Matters Releases Trailer
We, at Digital Chick TV, have a high appreciation for shows that push the awareness of social issues, so we…
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Digital Chick TV Celebrates 2010 with OMFGeek
One day before we said sayonara to 2010, the digital pros on the east coast gathered to celebrate the achievements…
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What You Should’ve Watched Online in 2010
2010 was the Year of the Creative Voice in Online Video. Mainstream stars did make a big play for online…
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Holiday Message From Daryn at Digital Chick TV
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Dance Video: Tap by SYTYCD Melinda Sullivan
Missing your dance fix now that Dancing With the Stars is over? Then watch Melinda Sullivan (So You Think You…
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Mindy Raf as feminist folksinger Leibya Rogers
For all of you gals with Ani DiFranco on your ipod, you’ll appreciate this one. Take a trip back to…
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10 Keys to Running the Show Without Losing Your Marbles- # 10 GO WITH THE FLOW!
#10: Go with the flow. Be prepared to alter your plans. I pushed back my projected release date three times….
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Watch Makeup Artist Jamie Blair Transform Jamie Fishback into an Alien in a Minute and a Half!
A minute and a half for you, at least! Thanks to the gang at Zimm the Series for their behind-the-scenes…
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Bridalplasty: Stepford 2010
In 1976, Paddy Chayefsky put the finishing touches on the script to a movie called Network, which satirized the exploitations…
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Suite 7 Brings Web Series Creators Together
Wilson Cleveland and his intrepid gang at CJP Digital Media are great at bringing a stellar cast together with a…
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Interview with the Ladies of Vag Magazine
With the first season of the feminist satire Vag Magazine completed, DCTV creator Daryn Strauss chatted with the funny stars…
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10 Keys to Running the Show Without Losing Your Marbles- # 9 SET CLEAR DEADLINES, BABY!
Post-Production! Thank god you survived. And your footage is intact. And your crew didn’t mutiny. And you didn’t rip out…
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Cursed, New Drama Series to Debut in December
Directed by Jeff Kanew, who edited Robert Redford’s Oscar winning film Ordinary People and directed a long list of Hollywood…
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Actors, Sony May Cast Online Fans Before You
Thoughts on this, actors? Sony launches Online Casting Call Service, but it’s not what you think. Hint: it’s not called…