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David Dean Bottrell

Stage Struck

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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Theatre in L.A. is sort of a strange beast. When I first arrived here to seek my fortune as a screenwriter, I was floored by the number of small theat...

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Ego Stew

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

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It's not much of a surprise when megastars like Kanye West land in some kind of trouble. Whatever their moral compass may have been, it no longer works in the upper stratosphere.

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Death by Resume

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

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Who am I anyway? Am I my resume? We all want to be one of the cool kids. It's tough to let go.

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Why I Love Jews

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

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The biggest reason I love Jews? They love bacon and Christmas more than I do. Friendly, funny, honest and loyal. As Marty's mother used to say, "What's not to like?"

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State of the Union

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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If the new SAG leadership doesn't rapidly start taking all the painful, but necessary steps to merge with AFTRA, we are fucked.

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Hollywood's Family Affair

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

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Other people's family fights always make me uncomfortable. That's why I cringed a little last week as I watched Ryan O'Neal's oldest son, Griffin, spewing a few choice memories about his nutty father on Larry King Live.

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A Little Work

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

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"Maybe a little tuck on the upper lids" and a "small injection of collagen" might help with the lines around my mouth. What lines around my mouth?!

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They're Going A Different Way...

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 08.20.2009 | Style

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I was fired. Suddenly, time sort of stopped. Then something happened that I thought only occurred in movies. I had a flashback.

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Kings and Angels

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

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When icons of that stature pass away it does leave a mark and I'm of a generation that remembers the trajectory of both of those entertainers vividly.

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Leap of Faith

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

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Creativity is by definition an act of faith. I frankly don't know where I get the balls to sit down at this computer and attempt to write.

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