Elizabeth Wagmeister is joining CNN as correspondent covering entertainment, based in Los Angeles.
26.10.2023 - 04:07 / variety.com
Jaden Thompson Slamdance has announced the winners of its annual screenplay competition, with Mike Ackerman’s feature-length script “This End Up” winning the grand prize. Slamdance announced the awards — recognizing writers across the categories of feature film, horror/thriller, TV pilot, short film and a special mentorship award — during a ceremony held at Los Angeles’s Westwood Landmark Theater on Wednesday night.
In total, the organization gave out more than $18,000 in prizes and industry services. Per the official synopsis of “This End Up,” Ackerman’s winning screenplay follows “a sheltered man who lives his life quite literally, and physically, upside-down.
When he finally meets a woman who accepts him as he is, her closed-minded family plants doubt as to whether his condition will stand in the way of her dream of an adventurous lifestyle.” Anna Lee Lawson, the film festival and screenplay competition manager, commented on Ackerman’s work, saying, “Mike’s script is a unique story of overcoming obstacles and in a remarkably creative way disability.” Lawson noted that Slamdance received over 4,000 screenplay submissions for this year’s competition. “We were all above-and-beyond impressed by this year’s submissions and the vast amount of creativity demonstrated,” she continued.
“The 2023 winners and their scripts truly embody the Slamdance spirit in that they take risks and refuse to compromise. We are deeply honored to welcome these writers to the Slamdance family.” To help foster their burgeoning writing careers, the feature and horror/thriller winners are now eligible for membership in the Writers Guild of America West’s Independent Writers Caucus.
Elizabeth Wagmeister is joining CNN as correspondent covering entertainment, based in Los Angeles.
IVE have announced the stops and dates for their upcoming 2023 to 2024 ‘Show What I Have’ world tour.Today (November 8), IVE announced the dates for the upcoming Asia, US, Europe, Latin America and Australia legs of their 2023 to 2024 ‘Show What I Have’ world tour. This comes just a month after they kicked off the tour in October with two shows in Seoul, South Korea.The K-pop girl group will kick off the Asia leg of their newly announced tour in November 2023, with two shows in Yokohama, Japan.
Burna Boy has officially launched his I Told Them… Tour and we have the set list from the first show!
The top players in the NFL make more money than most people can ever imagine making in a lifetime and the list of the top-paid players of the year has been revealed.
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Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon are still going strong…and actually made a public appearance together this weekend!
The 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala was one of the most star-studded events of the year and we have so many amazing photos that were snapped inside the event!
Doja Cat is officially on the road with The Scarlet Tour!
Glamour’s or consult the other zodiac signs’ .Meghan Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, and writer based out of Los Angeles whose work bridges the magical and the material to create real change. Rose acts as a guide for her clients to help them navigate relationships, career, and everything in between. Learn more at and follow her on , , and .Eight of Cups: It’s time to move on, Libra.
Glamour’s or consult the other zodiac signs’ .Meghan Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, and writer based out of Los Angeles whose work bridges the magical and the material to create real change. Rose acts as a guide for her clients to help them navigate relationships, career, and everything in between.
Glamour’s or consult the other zodiac signs’ .Meghan Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, and writer based out of Los Angeles whose work bridges the magical and the material to create real change. Rose acts as a guide for her clients to help them navigate relationships, career, and everything in between. Learn more at and follow her on , , and .The Hanged Man: Capricorn, this month is going to require a sense of letting go and surrendering from you.
Glamour’s or consult the other zodiac signs’ .Meghan Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, and writer based out of Los Angeles whose work bridges the magical and the material to create real change. Rose acts as a guide for her clients to help them navigate relationships, career, and everything in between. Learn more at and follow her on , , and .Three of Wands: Pisces, November is going to bring you a blessing to remind you that all of your hard work, hoping, and wishing has not been done in vain.
Glamour’s or consult the other zodiac signs’ .Meghan Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, and writer based out of Los Angeles whose work bridges the magical and the material to create real change. Rose acts as a guide for her clients to help them navigate relationships, career, and everything in between.
Glamour’s or consult the other zodiac signs’ .Meghan Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, and writer based out of Los Angeles whose work bridges the magical and the material to create real change. Rose acts as a guide for her clients to help them navigate relationships, career, and everything in between. Learn more at and follow her on , , and .Two of Cups: Sagittarius, as you continue to go through life growing and changing, you must not count out the opportunities for stability and loyalty.
Halloween is the season for fancy dress and some of our favorite musicians have gone all out this year. This past weekend represented the first chance for people to host spooky-themed parties, with Ice Spice performing at one event dressed as Betty Boop and Adele taking to the stage during her latest Las Vegas show in full Morticia Addams garb.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Jane Campion will be honored with Next Generation Indie Film’s 2023 Luminary Award. The director will accept the award at the third annual gala, which will take place on Oct. 29 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
America Ferrera, Eva Longoria and Linda Yvette Chavez, and Celine Song and Greta Lee have been set as recipients of this year’s WIF Honors.
William Earl For the first time, Variety will host the Inclusion Gathering, presented by the Ruderman Family Foundation, a breakfast on November 2 in Los Angeles featuring conversations that explore how the entertainment industry is developing and producing storytelling that features characters with disabilities and storylines that tie into the disability community. The event will gather leaders in the entertainment industry to discuss how Hollywood can best advocate for the inclusion of the disabled creative community across all categories of entertainment.
System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian will publish his debut memoir, Down With the System: A Memoir (Of Sorts) in 2024. The book will be published by Hachette Book Group on May 14 and is described as "a memoir that is far more than just a rock’n’roll fable.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage and The Offspring have been announced as performers for this year’s Almost Acoustic Christmas festival.The annual Los Angeles’ KROQ radio station fest will take place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on December 9. Other acts that are set to perform include Bleachers, Portugal. The Man, Cannons, Lovejoy, Bakar and The Beaches.Tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 3 at 12:00pm PT.