Sustainability| More...
 

Show Business

In Hollywood, There is No Such Thing as a Lone Gun

Bill Swadley | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Success, Career, Show Business, Networking, Entertainment Industry, Actor, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Entertainment News
Bill Swadley

Eventually, anyone who wants to make it in the arts is confronted with several "realities" that they must overcome. The first and most important is that no one makes it all by themselves.

Read Post

Stage Struck

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Theatre, Entertainment, Parts and Labor, Show Business, Abraham Lincoln, David Dean Bottrell, Better Angels, Boston Legal, Los Angeles, Colony Theatre, Home News
David Dean Bottrell

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...

Read Post

Ego Stew

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Susan Boyle, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Entertainment, Show Business, David Dean Bottrell, Kanye West VMA, Entertainment News, Hollywood, Entertainment News
David Dean Bottrell

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.

Read Post

Death by Resume

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: David Dean Bottrell, Entertainment, Boston Legal, Show Business, Screenwriting, Hollywood, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

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

Read Post

Why I Love Jews

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Entertainment, Humor, Parts and Labor, Show Business, Jewish, David Dean Bottrell, Jewish Culture, Hollywood, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

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?"

Read Post

The History of Drama (Part One)

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Entertainment, Show Business, Writing, Hollywood, Illinois, Family, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

All those years of listening to my family spin their outrageous tales had in fact been a master class in recognizing which part of a story could be funny, which part held the most drama or suspense and how to leave your listeners panting for more.

Read Post

State of the Union

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sag, Entertainment, Parts and Labor, Show Business, SAG Elections, David Dean Bottrell, Screen Actors Guild, Unions, Boston Legal, Hollywood, Bluray, Aftra, Martin Sheen, Old Media vs. New Media, Writers' Strike Opinion, Aftra-and-Studios, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike, Cable Tv, SAG Strike, Amptp, Doug Allen, Ed Harris, AFTRA Negotiations, Dvr, New Media Advertising, New Media, Alan Rosenberg, Politics News
David Dean Bottrell

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

Read Post

Hollywood's Family Affair

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Dean Bottrell, Entertainment, Hollywood, Parts and Labor, Boston Legal, Show Business, Ryan O'Neal, Entertainment News
David Dean Bottrell

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.

Read Post

Under-Employment

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Under-Employment, Job Losses, Jobs, Acting, Job Loss, Unemployment, Writing, Entertainment, Show Business, Boston Legal, Hollywood, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

In my humble opinion, the trick is not to obsess or become phobic about periods of "under-employment," but to realize that (for most of us) they are simply inevitable.

Read Post

Leap of Faith

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Parts and Labor, Entertainment, David Dean Bottrell, Spirituality, Hollywood, Boston Legal, Show Business, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

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.

Read Post

The (Lounge) Lizard King: Happy Birthday, Buddy Greco

Tony Sachs | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Herman's Hermits, Siegfried & Roy, Rat Pack, Stan Getz, The Lady Is a Tramp, Buddy Greco, Peggy Lee, Las Vegas, Dean Martin, Beatles, Michael Buble, Pop Music, Palm Springs, Jazz, Show Business, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Standards, Hank Williams, Great American Songbook, Marvin Gaye, Charo, Lennon-Mccartney, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Buddy Greco's been counted out more times than a punch-drunk boxer, and he bounces back every time. And even in 2008, he's still one of the best jazz pianists around, and a hell of a singer, too.

Read Post