Inspirational

For as long as I can remember, the relationship I had with my father Mike was complicated. For starters, he was legendary in Hollywood. And because he was a well-known agent, executive, and producer, the father-son bond I waited for was often put on the back burner. Things at home weren’t stable.
 I changed schools in my teen years a handful of times.
 When I started working, my father took the Bill Gates approach to parenting; make your own way without favors from one of the most powerful peopl...

You’re in your artistic element, deeply connected to your creativity and performance. Just like a river flowing from its source into the world, it feels right. It’s a connection that transcends flaws, doubts, and fears. Your inspiration, passion, skills, and talents come together into one stream of expression. You’re becoming your song, writing, or your acting. In moments like these, you can feel the ripples of emotions between you and your audience. Time stops… Nothing else matters… You and y...

Good morning Stage 32 Family! On Thursday, our network of over 500 industry executives were sent into the weekend with homework from Stage 32. Each executive received a copy of the Stage 32 “Double Recommend” Lookbook which contained the titles and loglines for some of the best projects to come to the Stage 32 Script Services team over the last month. Every month, Stage 32 Script Services receives hundreds of screenplays from writers all over the world for coverage, consultations and other...

Happy Sunday everyone, and to those celebrating, a very happy holiday weekend.  Hope you're enjoying and participating in another edition of Introduce Yourself Weekend.  Now on to another edition of Coffee & Content. First up this week, I love me a good TEDx Talk and this one from John Dufresne, How to Write a Story, certainly fits the bill.  Get yourself a backup cup of java for this vid as you may just want to watch it twice. Next up, cinematographers and gaffers, I hear ya!  You want more...

Good morning, Stage 32 Family! We hope you have had a productive weekend and were able to carve out some time for your creative pursuits. It’s Monday, which means we are kicking off the week with a few more success stories from our Stage 32 community. For our stories this week, I wanted to highlight two executives who have been instrumental in helping some of our members push their projects forward. Of course, all of the executives who work with Stage 32 are incredibly knowledgeable about...

Happy Sunday, everyone.  Hope you're all having a fantastic weekend. I don't know about you, but my coffee is on point.  Let's compliment it with some killer content. First up, it was recently announced that Christopher Nolan's next film has entered pre-production with Robert Pattinson, John David Washington, and Elizabeth Debicki attached to star.  Seems like the perfect time to feature Nolan here on C&C as he waxes poetic on the craft of film directing. Next up, one of the most celebrate...

I've had one hell of a week. Between producing my own pilot, managing the Stage 32 blog, and still training a rescue dog that clearly had no boundaries or discipline before we brought him home, I'm spent. My ego is shot and my wounds are raw. Angry people, lost opportunities, and rejection are also part of my world right now. It blows.   Winn, my new 3-year old doxie, trying like hell to make me forget he's naughty. But I'll be damned if I'm going to let any of that take me down. Sometimes...

Happy Sunday, everyone. Miss me?   All apologies for no new Coffee & Content last Sunday. We wrapped filming on Rain Beau's End in Chicago on Saturday and then, well, there was the after party. Enough said. Our shoot couldn't have gone better.  Eighteen days of shooting, nearly a month in Chicago, but it all came together. Our cast, including Ed Asner, Sean Young, Melanie Chandra, Janelle Snow, Amanda Powell, and a host of others knocked the cover off the ball. I'll be sharing more from our sh...

Discover the Introvert’s Yes I know what you’re thinking, “Umm, Cheryl, Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes came out in 2015. Eons ago in internet time. Plus it's the beginning of April." But when you find yourself immersed in what is now one of your fav books, all you wonder is, Why the heck didn’t I read this book sooner?In my defense, Year of Yes has been on my Read This Now (aka When You Finally Freakin’ Slow Down) List. It truly feels like it just released this month, in my Dr. Who timey-wimey u...

Happy Monday, Stage 32 Family! Let's kick off the week with another exciting Stage 32 success story! We are happy to introduce Caytha Jentis from New York, who is a woman of many talents. Caytha came to Stage 32 four years ago after having completed 3 feature films. Her first indie feature And Then Came Love was licensed to Warner Bros. and her last feature, Bad Parents is now on HBO and Hulu! But Caytha wanted to break into television with an original series. The problem was, she didn’t know...