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Ruby!

We love this lady. No stereotype here. She is engaging and a true inspiration.

Writers Writing for Free

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We were perusing the websites today and came across a posting on Nikki Finke’s blog, (check out blogs we like) asking writers to create specific and what appears to be an extensive amount of material as part of the submission packet. As noted it is not unusual to ask for samples specific to the show. However, the producers have a virtual laundry list of requirements. In this case, it would seem, allowing writers to actually create material without specific direction might result in finding an unexpected gem. Considering the tough economic times, the producers will get all that they ask for. It is no secret in Hollywood that writers get little or no respect. Why? As legend has it, everybody knows the alphabet.

And that's the way it is... RIP Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite was a true professional. He reported on some of the darkest and most exciting times in our nation's history.

Working Vacation

The CC is working on a project and will resume regular postings in late August.

Is Half-Blood Half-Baked?

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Half-Blood Prince Only Half-Baked? By T.L. Heard www.being-heard.blogspot.com Although a rousingly entertaining yarn in the tradition of its franchise siblings, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is hardly the strongest member of the bunch. While most critics seemed to have disliked its predecessor’s shift into a darker mood, I welcomed it. It was highly appropriate in the wake of the Dark Lord’s Goblet of Fire return to finally see the shadows falling over Harry Potter. Yes, there were tonal problems in Order of the Phoenix. But those problems appeared in the early sequences featuring the creation of Potter’s ad hoc student army which offered up a jarring Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland “Let’s put on a show” gung-ho-ism that hardly made sense in the middle of that darkening epic. Whether due to this criticism or not, the filmmakers have jettisoned much of Phoenix’s emotional context. Half-Blood viewers will enjoy its sharp humor and fast pace as well as savor the acting riches provided