In the 1980s, musician Frank Zappa felt that he was going through a creative dry spell, so he came up with a plan. Instead of getting up at the same time every morning, each day he rose one hour later than the day before. This means that twelve days later, he...
George Lois in his book Damn Good Advice talks about an environment most of us grew up in where our parents told us to ‘be careful and take care of ourselves.’ The words ‘George, be careful’ were punctuated by George’s mother when he was growing up. They have been a...
Having read Jon Plowman’s book on How to Produce Comedy Bronze I thought I’d share with you some of his advice on how to get your humorous project on the big or little screen. After all, he did produce such noteworthy shows including Absolutely Fabulous, The Office,...
You’ll notice that the stories throughout history and since the beginning of time, whether it was the story of Adam and Eve and the apple of knowledge, Icarus and the sun or Pandora’s box, all had the same story which was to do with curiosity. Back then...
She wanted to be a movie star but she only acted in three films, none of them particularly successful or representative of her extraordinary presence and talent that she exhibited on the stage or in life. She had been a star on the New York stage since the late...
Growing up in NY to a gay father with feelings of insecurities and loneliness, De Niro’s acting may have been a form of self therapy as well as an attempt to come to terms with his ambivalent feelings towards his father. De Niro from a young age has dedicated...
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