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Remembering The AckerMansion

Forrest Ackerman Held Frequent Open House at His Jam-Packed Science Fiction-Horror Mansion Our Contributor Bill Nelson Snapped these Photos During a Visit with His Father Lamar Nelson, a Friend of Forry Ackerman Forry’s house was filled with wondrous science fiction … Continue reading

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The Art of Jay Ward

Cartoon Fun in Hollywood With June Foray the “Voice” of Rocky Sharp as a tack at 97 years old, and full of wonderful memories, June Foray, the voice of many of your cartoon favorites including Rocky, Lucifer, Witch Hazel, Natasha … Continue reading

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William Friedkin Off The Cuff

Get the Popcorn and Settle in for an Evening with the Always Entertaining Bill Friedkin Whenever Director Bill Friedkin drops in to Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood to sign some of his books the fun and banter will certainly liven … Continue reading

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Early Paramount Studios

Hollywood’s Legendary Paramount Studios 3 Historians Detail the Complex Beginnings of a Major Force in Film-Making From the Earliest Days of the Silents.  The Actors, Owners, Producers, Directors, and Distributors Who Made History. And, as Michael Christaldi, one of the … Continue reading

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Naughty, Naughty….

Sex Sirens of the Swinging Seventies Sign in at Famous Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood Remember all those great adult movies of the 1970s, like “The Devil in Miss Jones”?  If you didn’t ever watch movies “like that“, better skip … Continue reading

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Television Story Titans

Richard Kramer and Peter Mehlman in Epic Discussion of Books, TV, Writing, Story-telling, Acting, and Screenwriting. A lively audience packed into Book Soup in Hollywood recently to meet and listen to two of Hollywood’s big names in television comedy. Richard … Continue reading

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Hollywood Hosts “Public Enemy” Author

Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn Talk About Their Lives As American Dissidents As the famous documentary states, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” but it was videotaped for the world to watch on youtube, right from Skylight Books in Hollywood.  … Continue reading

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The Secret World of Script Collectors

Bonhams Auction October 16 To Feature Rare William Faulkner Scripts A Brief Look at the Collector, Dealer, and Book Scout Who Brought Scripts into the Big Money of Collectibles This Auction story begins almost 40 years ago. It’s really the … Continue reading

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These Things Happen

Book review by Five These Things Happen by Richard Kramer Wesley. George. Kenny. Theo. These are the four main characters whose intertwined lives spark, crackle, and sizzle—in short, leap off the page and thoroughly entertain—in Emmy winning writer/director/producer Richard Kramer’s … Continue reading

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Hollywood Television Writer Nick Antosca

Book Soup Hosts Reading From “The Girlfriend Game” Author and Hollywood television writer Nick Antosca gave a reading from his new book “The Girlfriend Game” at Book Soup on Thursday, September 12, 2013.  Nick told What Up Hollywood that this … Continue reading

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