I have lots of new writing groups. One group decided to become an incubator for micro-dramas & verticals, rather than working on their usual scripts. One of the few areas #newbies are breaking in. It's already becoming very competitive, exploding with new writers. Get in now!

Private-equity billionaire José E. Feliciano is reportedly nearing a deal to buy the San Diego Padres, according to The Wall Street Journal. NBC 7’s Derek Togerson has the details. on.nbc7.com/5ZYStgN

It’s time for SHINERS Church. Guy Verse 1 Let Hollywood lights shine on a one-hour drama filled with moonshine, gangsters, fast cars, and faster women in a modern-day story pulled from the pages of American history. Spread the word. This is SHINERS

Actor and producer Patrick Muldoon, known for his roles in the daytime drama 'Days of Our Lives,' primetime soap 'Melrose Place' and movie 'Starship Troopers,' died suddenly this morning, April 19, following a heart attack. He was 57. Born in San Pedro, California, Muldoon

The Government you see now, has always been this government! Donald Trump is the United States Government! The United States Government is Donald Trump! These are not separate entities, like they indoctrinated you to believe. #LandBack

The Court you think is gonna “save” you, is the same court that violated every America. Indian Treaty! #FtLaramieTreatyof1886 #LandBack

Everywhere art critic Jerry Saltz went in the 1990s, he brought along his Olympus Stylus. “I would go click, click, click. I knew nothing about photography, but I went through 15 rolls of film again and again, developed them, and then put them away in storage,” he writes, for

Welcome to my Lost Art World of the 1990s. The Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly. It started with no money and recession which leveled the playing field. Artists and galleries - and a 40-year old art critic, moi - took the stage. There was radical

Twenty-four-year-old Jalen Carpenter was shot and killed by Illinois State Police April 15 after leaving his girlfriend’s house. In an interview with BT, his father Stanley Carpenter said he was “devastated” by Jalen’s murder, describing his son as “hardworking” and “a big teddy

EXCLUSIVE: California has lost 51,000 production jobs in the last three years, prompting Matt Mahan and Antonio Villaraigosa to call for eliminating the $750 million cap on the state's film subsidy. Ot Other candidates are also open to an increase - but none has said how much it

Frank Grillo (Rick Flag Sr) confirms he starts filming on the 'Man of Tomorrow' set tomorrow "Off the plane.. in the gym.. day one for me tomorrow. Couldn't be more f*cking excited to go kick some ass"

Remembering the great Nina Simone, who passed away 23 years ago today.

If you thought ‘Baby Reindeer’ made you uncomfortable, just wait until you see all six episodes of Richard Gadd’s HBO series ‘Half Man.’ thecut.com/article/richar…

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community inside and outside the classroom has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year. abcnews.link/012ityH

The Trump Administration’s Justice Department has accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations like the KKK. They are being charged with fraud for paying informants to

edits on interview w/ Paul Grivas about Film Catastrophe is done - sending it out to the festival for 4/23 screening - eventbrite.com/e/rare-nyc-scr…

In ‘The Balusters,’ David Lindsay-Abaire mines a rich vein — homeowners’-association disputes — to find dark comedy. vulture.com/article/theate…

#newbies: DM: "Hi Cindy, just wanted to say thank you! I'm querying a script, feeling good about it but sent out 100 emails & got nothing. They weren't personal! Realized too obvious a cut/paste job. Saw ur post about personalizing. Sent 3 out this am & got a full request!" YES!

Why is Los Angeles spending millions of dollars fighting to block affordable housing during a housing crisis? We have the highest rent burdened population in America, the result of years of decisions motivated by politics rather than the needs of Angelenos. That ends when I’m

L.A. World Trade Center to be converted to 512 apartments la.urbanize.city/post/la-world-…