Category Archives: Video

Video on and about Hollywood, celebrities, tourists, weirdness, fun, new star installations on the Boulevard, and other high strangeness.

I Am The Ghost On The Hollywood Red Line Video

I Was Just Trying To Film The Subway Going Through The Tunnels From the Rear Car, but What I Got Was Something Different. A weird optical illusion, I’m not sure how it was caused, probably by my position.  My ghostly … Continue reading

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Phone Phreakers Romp Down Memory Lane

New Book Details The History of Telephone Hacking (Phone Phreaking) Phil Lapsley led an entertaining discussion of the history of the battle between the telephone company and the rag-tag army of hackers who were intent on hacking into the amazingly … Continue reading

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Pitching A Script at 90 mph in One Minute

Meet Marlow.  He’ll Show You How To Sell Your Script.  And He Wears The Coolest Hat In Hollywood John Robert Marlow was at Book Soup last week, not only to show the crowd of writers and screenwriters the secrets of … Continue reading

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L.A. Street Artists Converge on Book Soup. Hey – “Check Your Spray Cans At the Door”

Jim Daichendt and L.A.’s Legendary Street Artists Come Out In The Open . (But only for 2 hours) Jim Daichendt was at Book Soup to celebrate his new book on Los Angeles Street Art. The event drew a crowd of … Continue reading

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Poet Dana Goodyear at Skylight Books in Hollywood

It was a chilly evening in Hollywood, but when Dana Goodyear came into Skylight Bookshop last week to read from her new book of poems, she brought with her a warmth and that charming smile that cast a glow over … Continue reading

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Rudolph Valentino 85th Memorial Ceremony

Valentino Memorial Standing Room Only at Hollywood Forever It was standing room only at the 85th Rudolph Valentino Memorial Service at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on August 23, 2012.  The loving audience was treated to films, talks and memorabilia displays at … Continue reading

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Venice – A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles

Andrew Deener gives an incisive look at the cultural history of Venice, and how the area has changed over the years to become a special part of Los Angeles. Click here to see the video. Click here to order the … Continue reading

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So You’re Going To Enter Your Film in a Festival?

The Complete Filmmaker’s Guide to Film Festivals by Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis Reviewed by Five Okay, so you have finished post-production of your first indie film and it is to die for… Now what? The simple answer is: Get … Continue reading

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Hollywood’s Punk Rock Museum is near Chinatown

The Punk Museum, created by Tequila Mockingbird is alive and well in downtown Los Angeles, at 1640 North Spring Street, on the north-east end of Chinatown.  Here’s a short video showing the location:  Punk Museum Inside Scoop! Tequila tells the … Continue reading

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Fitzcarraldo Script Written in 3 days!

The script for Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog’s great movie about a man who wants to build an opera house in the middle of the jungle, was written in 3 days.  Here’s the interview with author Alan Greenberg:  How I wrote the … Continue reading

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