Sept. 22 Other roles: I found this interesting
article on Yahoo about roles that were given to different actors. Here’s the article:
Jennifer Aniston was nominated for six Emmys and won in 2002 for her performance in "Friends." But Téa Leoni was actually the first choice to play Rachel Green. Leoni turned down the role to star in "The Naked Truth," which was canceled after three seasons. Had Leoni accepted the part of Rachel, we might have seen Aniston on "Saturday Night Live." Aniston was offered a spot on the late-night sketch show but turned it down for "Friends." "They [SNL] were like, 'You're so stupid,'" Aniston said.
Me: Yeah, well it looks like Aniston did very well for herself. She did take a risk by taking an unknown TV show because SNL was a guaranteed established success.
Courteney Cox starred as uptight, high-maintenance Monica Geller, but could you imagine Leah Remini in the role? Remini auditioned for the role but lost to Cox. She eventually went on to star in the Emmy-nominated "King of Queens."
“Alicia Silverstone was originally considered for the lead role in "My So-Called Life." However, she lost it because she was too pretty. "Alicia is so beautiful that that would have affected her experience of the world," said co-executive producer Marshall Herskovitz. "People would have been telling her she was beautiful since she was six years old. You can't put that face in what's been written for this girl." So the role went to Claire Danes, who was nominated for an Emmy for her performance and went on to win two Emmys for "Temple Grandin" in 2010 and "Homeland" in 2012.”
Me: I remember reading an interview with the actor Garrett Hedlund (movie Four Brothers) where he said: “I’ve been told I was too good-looking for some roles.”
Sept. 23: Today is my
day off so I called my friend Dan L. who is also a writer. We talked about writing and now I’m inspired.
Beyond magazine: In 2007, I was in Professional
Writing. There was this presentation
about AB magazines. Then I got this
brochure and I cut out this part about Beyond magazine. It’s non-profit, independent magazine for
writers, poets, and artists. I searched
it on my blog to see if I ever wrote about it.
I haven’t.
I then searched for it on the internet and found this:
“Welcome to the sort-of archives of the pages of Beyond
magazine, the once-upon-a-time no-ads arts and culture magazine. We ceased
publishing in 2008 but many of our contributors now blog at Hedge Society, (a
name taken from one of Beyond’s editorials). We continue to share some of the
goodness from hour past pages here and hope you will keep up with some of the
contributors and good folks that helped make Beyond so much fun.”
There are only 3 posts.
FreeFall: This is a literary magazine.
“Freefall was founded in 1990 and published by the Alexandra
Writers’ Centre Society until 2008.
FreeFall is a literary magazine that is published three times a year in print and digital formats. We publish poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, visual arts (artwork and photography in high contrast black and white format), literary reviews, author interviews, author focus.”
FreeFall is a literary magazine that is published three times a year in print and digital formats. We publish poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, visual arts (artwork and photography in high contrast black and white format), literary reviews, author interviews, author focus.”
Here is Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society:
Filling Station: Here’s another literary
magazine. The website is actually pretty
good with their graphics.
Balance magazine: I don’t know about you, but this
must be the law of attraction. I’m
writing about writing, but it has lead to this mental health magazine. It’s published by the Canadian Mental Health
Association.
Find Help
If you feel you are in crisis right now, call the Distress
Centre 403-266-1605.
Writer in Exile: I found this brochure and I checked
that I did write about it on my blog:
“The Writer-in-Exile program grew from a commitment from several Edmonton
organizations to understand better the needs of "exiled" immigrant
writers living in Canada,
and to create opportunities for them to pursue a professional career.This year's Writer-in-Exile writers circle project - Borderlines - aims to increase the visibility of the other language / immigrant writing community here in Edmonton. This initiative is sponsored by the Edmonton Public Library, the Writers' Guild of Alberta, LitFest, the Canadian Literature Centre, and is supported by the Edmonton Arts Council.”
Me: This doesn’t seem to be for me.
Canadian Literature Centre: This seems to be all
about literature and publishing.
“The Canadian Literature Centre / Centre de littérature
canadienne was established at the University
of Alberta in 2006. As the western
hub of the Canadian literary community, it brings together researchers,
authors, publishers, collectors and the reading public to promote the strength
and diversity of Canada's
written culture, and promotes research of Canadian literature, in both English
and French, of all genres, languages, and regions.”
However, if you do want to get published, then go this
link. There is a list of all these
publishing houses:
Sept. 27 Syfy TV movies: I figured out why I like to
watch these trailers for bad Syfy TV movies.
After I spend 2 min. watching the trailer, I see how I can save time by
not watching it. I saved myself 2 hrs by
watching this clip. It’s also for
creative purposes so I can see what stories are out there.
Space milkshake: This one stars Kristin Kreuk (Lana
Lang from Smallville). It seems
to be a group of people on a space ship.
Earth’s Final Hours: It stars Robert Knepper (Prison Break, Heroes.) This one actually looks kind of good. The earth stops moving. One part of the earth is freezing cold
because the sun can’t get to it. Another
part of the earth is hot and burning up.
Sept. 27 Tru Calling: I was going through my script
notes. I had written that the TV show Tru
Calling about a young woman who can relive days and prevent deaths from
happening.
It always show Tru’s side of story of what she does. They hardly ever show the enemy Jack’s
side. The audience doesn’t always know
what’s going on the bad guy’s side.
Sometimes they don’t show Tru’s side to surprise the audience.
Then I thought this has been done before on other TV shows
and movies.
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