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Hanging Out with PAGE Award winner Nardeep Khurmi Jan 15, 2023

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In honor of our sponsors, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards , celebrating their 20th anniversary, I'm interviewing some of the competition's winners. Today's guest is Nardeep Khurmi, who won the PAGE 2021' Silver Prize in drama for his screenplay, LAND OF GOLD.
LAND OF GOLD also received AT&T's 2021 Untold Stories award, which provides a grant of $1 million to underrepresented filmmakers to make their first feature film. We talk to Nardeep about the making of LAND OF GOLD, how growing up in Philly by way of Switzerland and England shaped him, and how being an actor helps his writing.
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Hanging with PAGE Awards Winner and Screenwriter R. Scott Shields Jan 08, 2023

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We have a terrific show for you today. As promised, for January 2023, we are doing a series of interviews with PAGE Awards winners. First up is R. Scott Shields who won the PAGE Bronze Prize in 2009 for his beautiful family drama STRAWBERRY MANSION and then won our Grand Prize in 2010 for his animated feature SUPERCAT! Since then, sometimes with representation and sometimes without, Scott went on to write a sci-fi fantasy for Hydraulx Entertainment called JASON AND THE ASTRONAUTS and was hired to write two sports biopics.

Scott discusses getting a writing assignment without representation, what makes a good bio-pic, and why you never say no when your next-door neighbor asks you to write a short film that will get shot.

The Year 2023 Coming In Hot... Jan 01, 2023

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Happy New Year!! We have a fun, happy episode this week. Sandy puts all the Christmas movies away for the year and discusses her favorite New Year's Eve movie scenes. Terry checks in with a report for the San Fernando Valley. And last but not least, Sandy reads your New Year Writing Resolutions, and one lucky winner wins a free entry into the PAGE Awards Competition.
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Very Merry Christmas by The Snow-Globes ft. in Episode 49 Dec 25, 2022

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Listen to VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS by The Sno-Globes featured in Episode 49 --That Time The 'Titanic' Cast and Crew Ate PCP-Spiked Chowder
Here's a link to listen to more of their holiday music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McFx8spF0Cc&t=5s
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That Time The 'Titanic' Cast and Crew Ate PCP-Spiked Chowder Dec 25, 2022

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Ho, Ho, Ho!! Happy Holidays.
On August 9, 1996, a late-night shoot of James Cameron's TITANIC suddenly broke out into chaos after crafty served the cast and crew seafood chowder. At first, everyone thought it was food poisoning from the chowder, but someone had spiked the food with PCP. To commemorate the film’s 25th anniversary of TITANIC being released, let’s look back on a fateful night.
Listen to VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS by The Sno-Globes featured in this episode.
Here's a link to listen to more of their holiday musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McFx8spF0Cc&t=5s

Listen to When You Wish A Christmas Wish by The Sno-Globes Dec 18, 2022

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Listen to When You Wish A Christmas Wish by The Sno-Globes featured in Episode 48 Update - Elizabeth Finch The GREY'S ANATOMY Writer Accused Of Faking Cancer.
Here's a link to listen to more of their holiday music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McFx8spF0Cc&t=5s

Update - Elisabeth Finch The GREY'S ANATOMY Writer Accused Of Faking Cancer Dec 18, 2022

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Update on one-time rising star Elisabeth Finch the GREY'S ANATOMY writer accused of faking cancer. What made her do it and can she make a comeback?
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How I Love That Santy Claus by The Sno-Globes Dec 11, 2022

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Listen to HOW I LOVE THATY SANTY CLAUS by The Sno-Globes featured in Episode 47 Thelma Todd's Inexplicable Death In Hollywood's Golden Age - Pt. 2

Here's a link to listen to more of their holiday music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McFx8spF0Cc&t=5s
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Thelma Todd's Inexplicable Death In Hollywood's Golden Age - Pt. 2 Dec 11, 2022

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The conclusion of Thelma Todd's Inexplicable Death In Hollywood's Golden Age.
Actress Thelma Todd was the “Queen of the Lot” and had made it in Hollywood when she died of mysterious circumstances at just 29 years old. Who killed her? Could it be her business partner Roland West a one-time screenwriter? Maybe it was the ex-husband, son of the Broccoli King, and agent Pat DiCicco? Police investigate, and all roads lead to The Trocadero, a famous nightclub that opened on the Sunset Strip in 1934.
Hang out with us as we unfold the inexplicable death of Thelma Todd.
❄️ We are thrilled to have music by THE SNO-GLOBES. Here's a link to listen to more of their holiday music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McFx8spF0Cc&t=5s
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Listen To The Sound Of Christmas by The Sno-Globes Dec 04, 2022

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Listen to The Sound Of Christmas by The Sno-Globes featured in Episode 46 Thelma Todd's Inexplicable Death In Hollywood's Golden Age - Pt. 1

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