NBC Short Cuts 2011

6th Annual NBCUniversal Sponsored NBC Short Cuts Festival

Founder of the Short Cuts Fest is Wil Sylvince

Finalists Screened in Los Angeles Oct 26, 2011

Odessa by Al Thompson and Brial Rolling

Couples Therapy by Mike Rose

Crossing by Gina Atwater

Celebrity Costume Party by Bechir Sylvan, Jason Kelley, Sehaun McKinny & Lee Cipolla

A Doctor's Job (!Una Carrerita, Doctor!) by Julio Ramos

Motivation Speakers

Get Motivated Business Seminars held an all day speakers event at the Staples Center:
It was attended by thousands and thousands of people.

speakers included:
Rudy Juliani
Colin Powell
Laura Bush
Bill Cosby
Joe Montana
Mary Buffet

Scream Fest 2011

The Eleventh Annual Scream Fest LA, Horror Film Festival

October 14-23rd 2011 at the Grauman's Mann Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood

Scream Fest was founded by Rachel Belofsky in 2001.

Opening night featured the 3-D film Sector 7 and a cool after party.

Rosewood Lane premiered at the Festival on October 15th
and the fest screened the film Isolation among more great
horror films.

Night of the Living Dead: Origins- director  Zebediah De Soto attended the event and partied with
his wife and friends.

Lulu & Zebediah De Soto

Thushari with founder of Scream Fest Rachel Belofsky

Zebediah and friend

Video Symphony and Jerome Courshon

Jerome Courshon spoke at a seminar event at the Video Symphony Pro School of Media Production. 


Check out his website at: http://www.distribution.la/

Subh Diwali

http://saavn.diwaligram.com/index.html?i=10271058837&b=0&a=3&n=Thushari


Shubh Diwali! May there be an abundance of good wishes in your life.

Black Film Market

BHER  film fest

Sandra Evers-Manly is the president of the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center.

The African American Hair and Make-Up artists were saluted and honored  at the 18th Annual African American Film Marketplace and the SE Manly Short Film Showcase. The awards even took place at the Center Stage Studios and the film festvial was at the Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles.

Honors for achievement in Hair in film and television went to:
Julia L. Walker
Kenneth Walker
Erma Kent
JoAnn Stafford-Chaney
Pauletta Lewis-Irwin
Kimberly Kimble

Honors for achievement in Make-Up in film and television went to:
Marietta Carter-Narcisse
Stephanie Cozart Burton
Lalette Littlejohn
Geneva Morgan
Stacye P. Branche
Wynnona Price-Gattin
Joanetta Stowers
Phyllis Williams


Acclaimed actress Hattie Winston received the Lifetime Achievement Award


Delicious food was catered by Gwen's

Note: There were many good films screened at the festival. Some of the films that stood out at the festival was Underground by Akil DuPont, Swimmin Lesson by Shahari Moore, Plenty of Fish by Georgia D. Lee.
Prepping Keisha by Kenyetta R. Smith, Burned by Phyllis Toben Bancroft, Close Call by Reuben Johnson, and Big P by Kristina Thomas. 

Lovingly Stoned Productions

Liam Stone, CEO, of Lovingly Stoned Productions announced, along with Associate Producer Alison Burton, that they will soon be filming a bio pic based on Dr. Royal Raymond Rife who cured cancer in 1934. The current working title is Brave and Betrayed: The Untold Story of Royal Raymond Rife.

Alison Burton, Liam Stone(dressed as Rife to promote the film), and Bill Peron

http://www.myspace.com/liamstone