Category: Entertainment
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‘Oppenheimer’ vs. ‘Flower Moon’
March 10 is right around the corner — Oscar Night at the Dolby Theater. Among the 10 films nominated for Best Picture stand two giants, each about three hours long, both boasting top directors and talent. They couldn’t be more different in style and substance. While “Killers of the Flower Moon,” directed by Martin Scorsese,…
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On Getting a Film Deal
The years go by. And today, my screenplay emerges as well-developed and polished, ready to show. But how does an optioned screenwriter get a deal for their project in Hollywood? My beloved producer, an accomplished woman with good studio, TV and development credentials, will not allow me to reveal who or what the story concerns,…
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Excerpt from an upcoming novel
Moving day is over — or moving weeks, I should say. I was without internet, wi-fi and cable TV for a week and two days. Until Spectrum was able to drill a hole to the apartment below to allow the cable line to drop through to the first floor. But now I’m back, blogging again,…
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At Long Last, A New Edition
“This was the climate when I first knew that I was attracted to men. It was simply unsafe to be a gay man who was ‘out’ in the world. It still is, to some degree – witness the Colorado Springs mass shooting and murder of five and wounding of 29 in a Gay bar. Couple…
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New Material Added To Memoir
And so into the fray – it’s Christmas. And New Year’s, too! Good reading ahead! My friend, Martin Wiech, posts a magnet on his auto that reads “Put Christ back into Christmas,” and I agree. While I do not drive much myself, I put my magnet on the fridge as a daily reminder. But we…
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Godard, Fellini – and Symmetry in Marketing
The cinematic world lost one of the greatest French auteurs of all time with the death of Jean-Luc Godard by (legal) assisted suicide at 91. His 1960 masterpiece, “Breathless,” tops my list of familiar Godard films. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, with writing…
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Selection from “Drumbeats”– So Romantic
This week I have decided to give my loyal readers a selection from my Romantic Novel, “Drumbeats, Triumph Over Terror.” To set it up, “Ash” Ashton, a theater and opera director, mentors Jared Pleine, a younger singer that prefers his drums: Ash’s Los Angeles apartment, with a dining area off to…
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All About Improv and Alan Arkin
At the suggestion of a member of my Marketing group, this week I am offering a selection from “Blessed By The Best, A Memoir By David Kearse, Surviving Addiction: A Spiritual Journey.” The book is available on Amazon in audiobook, eBook, hard cover and paperback. It chronicles my life growing up marginalized in the 1950s…