Melissa McCarthy - BRIDESMAIDS

30th December 2011 - Los Angeles: Actor Melissa McCarthy has been nominated for *Outstanding Performance for a Female Actor in a Supporting Role* for BRIDESMAIDS, at the 18th Annual SAG - Screen Actors Guild Awards to be aired live on TNT January 29th 2012.

Directed by Paul Feig, this OMG comedy production is now in the running for two prestigious SAG Awards.

Starring Kristen Wiig, as Annie, who wrote the script with Annie Mumolo, along with Maya Rudolph as Lillian the bride, and Chris O'Dowd as the Irish cop caught up in the confusion of the wedding, BRIDESMAIDS has also been nominated for * Outstanding Performance by a Cast in Motion Pictures * along with 'The Artist', 'The Descendants' and 'Midnight in Paris'.

Melissa McCarthy steals the show in BRIDESMAIDS on this 'wild ride down the road to matrimony' production from Universal Pictures. Released in cinemas May 2011, BRIDESMAIDS is entertainment at its funniest when Annie shows her best friend Lillian, and her bridesmaids, just how far she is willing to go for someone she loves. From a Stand-Up comedian in New York to the "Gilmore Girls" then "Mike & Molly", Melissa McCarthy is well on her way to becoming one of the great comedy actors of all time.


Megan finds security on a flight in BRIDESMAIDS
Image by Suzanne Hanover © Universal Studios

Don't miss this movie! From a $32.5 million production released in May the movie grossed almost $288 million by September 2011. Melissa McCarthy is brilliant and deserving of a SAG Award.

Rolling Seas ET Editor Pamela Faye

Robbie Williams - War is Over

December 23rd 2011 - International: What a talent the music legend Robbie Williams is! His version of 'So this is Christmas' is rocking the world through YOUTUBE.

Peace Love and Joy is what the world needs whether the song is titled 'So this is Christmas' or 'War is Over'. Originally written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1967, 'So this is Christmas' is one of the top ten Christmas songs carrying the message of hope for a better future to the world.

We are One Nation of people revolving in this fabulous Universe. For the near and the dear, for the old and the young, love is the universal language and this Christmas celebration, no matter what your beliefs are, is the gift given to all.

Selling more than 60 milllion albums through EMI, rock star Robbie Williams will release his first solo album in 2012 through Universal Misic.

And 'So this is Christmas, for the weak and the strong, for the rich and the poor ones...' The world is still so young... Another year is over for us all, and a new one is about to begin for the entertainment industry. So the hearts of brilliant artists contiue to plead for Peace, Love and Joy to be the wishes granted to all in 2012. Love is the most powerful gift any one can give, a United World that sees this for the future of Nations is the Miracle of Christmas to strive for.

Rolling Seas ET Editor Pamela Faye.

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Aussie Christmas

November 29th 2011: Open Season and Madagascar, why not RooDooLoo?

While sleigh bells ring, snow falls, and snowmen celebrate the holiday season in the Northern Hemisphere, in Australian back yards barbecues smoke with sizzling stakes and sweet juicy prawns washed down by chilled beer loaded into Eskies filled with ice.

Two entirely different Christmas celebrations for one amazing world where presents fill lounge rooms and feasts of lavish spreads deck the halls and lighten the wallets… even for the children’s author Dominique Daniels who shows that the very best things in life are always free.

Created for children around the world, Dominique Daniels (Dee) takes children to a billabong in the Aussie bush to deliver the message that no matter where you are in the world, no matter if you are rich or poor, the animals of Australia still have everything they need to celebrate on Christmas Eve, and so do you.

Titled “The Twelve Days of an Aussie Christmas” Dee presents that natures wonderland supplies everything that Swagman will ever need to celebrate the Holiday Season. Christmas beetles cling to the branches of trees as ornaments, fireflies light up the leaves in treetops, moths of brilliant colors decorate the foliage, plus the parade of animal visitors to the billabong… even Blue the dog. There is a veritable feast of animals and birds in Australia just waiting under the Southern Cross for kids to take to heart. Twelve white kangaroos pull Santa’s sleigh, Matilda, emu is the only animal to ‘run the pants of kangaroo’, and koala hanging onto Joey from a branch to celebrate this one very special Silent Night.

Author and illustrator of the children’s book, Dominique Daniels, had this to say about the series. “The Australiana series has been a long time in creation just waiting for the right publisher to release the series. The stories themselves come from pristine places of beauty and moments in time when words beg to deliver the magnificence of Aus. A story is never far away when you visit in the bush.”

The author went on to say, “Where else in the world are there such unique animals? What other country has such deadly snakes or laughing and screeching birds? Australian animals are an animator’s dream. I’m surprised no major movie production company has taken on these unique animals and scripted the characters for a movie. The day will come, that’s a certainty, and with God’s grace the production will gross the box office hits Sony had with “Open Season” and DreamWorks with ‘Madagascar’.”

Choosing actors for the roles, Dee offered, “Billy Connolly’s voice for the screech of a yellow crested cockatoo dying of thirst as it flies into a billabong at Kakadu. The setting alone at the Top End is pure magic. The brilliance of Robyn Williams as Roo would deliver this bounding animal to new heights. It’s been said many times before, this is truly an amazing world, and with the young generations spending more and more time engrossed in modern technology these stories are a link to the wonderland of beauty waiting just outside suburban doors.”

Dominique Daniels has created a series of eighteen Australiana children’s stories to be published by Rolling Seas in 2012. The first of the books “RooDooLoo” was published in October 2011, followed by the release of the children’s Christmas story “The 12 Days of an Aussie Christmas” last week. Why not an Australian movie production from Sony or DreamWorks to equal “Open Season” and “Madagascar”. The characters are surely begging to be cast.

“The 12 Days of an Aussie Christmas” carries the message from Australia that the very best things in life are always free… just as one very special baby was born on Christmas night to celebrate the Holiday Season.

Rolling Seas ET News Editor Pamela Faye

Seasons Greetings to all from Rolling Seas

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Vic Armstrong Tank Jump

Harrison Ford to present Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award to Vic Armstrong

November 4th 2011 - Los Angeles: Vic Armstrong will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Stunt Choreography at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Presenting the award to Vic Armstrong will be longtime associate and actor friend Harrison Ford.

Isaia Mustafa will host the annual Hamilton Awards honoring:
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, Cannes winner "The Tree of Life"
Chris Weitz, Director "A Better Life"
Agustin Almodovar, Produce "The Skin I Live In"
Yasmina Reza, Screenwriter "Carnage"
Mark Ricker, Production Design "The Help"
MaryAnn Brandon and Mary Jo Markey, Film Editors "Super 8"
Janie Bryant, Costume design "Mad Men"
Scott Farra, Visual effects Supervisor "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Russell Bobbitt, Property Master "Cowboys & Aliens"
Evelina De Gaudenzi, Short Film Competition Winner.

Honorees have been chosen for creative excellence from movies and television series, from Cannes, Toronto and Venice Film Festivals, and the American Film Institute.

Vic Armstrong said, "It only seems like 30 weeks since Harrison and I were running all over Tunisia on Raiders, not 30 years". Vic Armstrong and Harrison Ford go back as far as the first production of the "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" when Vic Armstrong stood in as Harrison Ford's stuntman for the production. Vic added, "It is always gratifying to be recognised for what we do in this industry".

The Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards will be held in The Conga Room, West Boulevard, Los Angeles on 6th November 2011.

Rolling Seas ET Editor Pamela Faye

"Mirror Maze" - Producer Michael Z. Gordon - Americana Films


'Hell on Earth' story to go into production

November 1st 2011 - Los Angeles: Americana Films this week announced they will go into production in 2012 with the 'Hell on Earth' story "Mirror Maze". The true story of Tom Brungar, a Norwegian ski champion, who spent five years of inhumane treatment in Mexican Prisons in the 1980's, after becoming addicted to drugs.

The producer of "Mirror Maze" Michael Z. Gordon, said, "Tom Brungar, by then a corporate businessman, was arrested at the Mexico City Airport for smuggling cocaine from Peru into California. While in prison Brungar has a love affair with the prison psychologist, Adriana, who eventually plays a major role in obtaining his release. Brungar faces himself in the mirror and tells of the maze he travels through to find the light at the end of this long dark tunnel."

The film "Mirror Maze" is expected to carry a strong anti-drug message along with a world plea to stop torture in the name of humanity. Tom Brungar has the perfect life, the perfect wife, so why does he throw it all away? The true story of "Mirror Maze" was written by Lisa Walker and the late Tom Brungar. Published in June 2010 both print and Kindle editions are available on Amazon.

The producer of "Narc", Michael Gordon said talks were underway with Jeffrey Reddick of "Final Destination", Joseph Gordon-Levitt from "Inception" expected to take on the lead role of Tom Brungar, and Bill Condon of "The Twilight Saga" to direct the 2012 'Hell on Earth' production of "Mirror Maze". "

Rolling Seas ET Editor Pamela Faye

The Mirror Maze

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The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp & Aaron Eckhart


The Rum Diary set to be a box office hit!

October 15th 2011: The Rum Diary production starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard and Giovanni Ribisi is sure to be a block buster hit after its Premiere release at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last night.

Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson the Puerto Rico romp also stars Michael Rispoli and Richard Jenkins. It's the brilliance of an "OMG" moment from the retired Director/writer Bruce Robinson of "The Killing Fields".

Johnny Depp said at the Los Angeles Premiere sponsored by Hugh Hefner that the movie was the brainchild of his friendship with the late author Hunter S. Thompson. Depp added, "Unfortunately, Hunter's not here tonight... well, he is here, but he's not physically here... and yeah, for me it's closure."

The Rum Diary has been a decade in the making, and worth the wait. It's the story of a freelance journalist, Paul Kemp, who tires of New York City life and heads to the Caribbean to work for a run-down newspaper. Amidst a group of lost souls bent on self-destruction and corruption, the action hots up.

Another brilliant production starring Johnny Depp!

Rolling Seas ET Editor Pamela Faye

Warner Brothers

Max Max Movie Production


Mad Max expected to go overseas

October 11th 2011: The production of Mad Max's 'Fury Road' is expected to go overseas after the arid Broken Hill setting bloomed from the big wet earlier this year. Director George Miller said that Lake Eyre was also out of the question as too many pelicans had flocked to the salt lake with the inland floods.

KMM, Kennedy Miller Mitchell Productions, the production company behind the revival of the Mad Max movies is said to have already paid the two-year lease on Station B at the newly constructed Broken Hill Studios. The Mayor of Broken Hill, Wincen Guy said, the town's film Industry had been going for 30 years, and even though it was a blow to the town itself it is expected filming will continue there in future.

With a wealth of arid Outback settings for Fury Road, the first of a trilogy of productions for Mad Max, the production going overseas may have more to do with finance and the Australian dollar, than the floods of earlier this year.

Fury Road is to star Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Hugh Keays-Byrne. After production for the post-apocalyptic film for the Mad Max series has been delayed twice, pre-production is now expected to commence in October.

Rolling Seas ET Editor Pamela Faye

IF Magazine

"Djinn"

The thrill of escape!

16th September 2011: When published authors spend years creating compelling stories, only to face the publishing agendas of major publishers with two-year production schedules already in place, there is only one sensible avenue to take and that is to release all new stories in eBooks for avid readers to enjoy ‘the thrill of escape’ that only great fiction can deliver.

Max Overton is one of those brilliant authors who has risen to the occasion by turning towards Past Times Books to promote eBook distribution after 14 of his novels have already been published. Five of the author’s published stories have been snatched up and adapted to movie scripts with acclaimed producers and directors already attached for production. Three of those stories are now in the development stages of production - the Australian/American trilogy “Glass House”, the horror/thriller and “The Devil is in the Details”. The Producers and Directors attached to the productions are Charlie Picerni Sr., acclaimed for “Gone in 60 Seconds”, Producer Josette Perrotta known for “300”, “The Mummy”, and “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, along with UK action director Vic Armstrong with a host of movie credits going as far back as the first “Indiana Jones” film. The action director Vic Armstrong released his hard cover stunt book “The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman” in 2011 to become a best seller.

Max Overton is a consummate storyteller delivering stories from days gone by to draw readers into worlds where action and adventure tumble over each other right up to the closing pages of timeless books. Past Times Books recently listed six of the author’s books for eBook distribution, the first two books of “Scarab” the Egyptian Series, the “Lion of Scythia” trilogy, and the first of the Demon Series “Rakshasa” that revolves around ancient Hindu gods and the Himalayan mountains. It will only be when the trilogy of books “Glass House” and the thriller “The Devil is in the Details” go into film production that major publishers will see that the Australian storyteller Max Overton was always worth the risk of print publication for bookstores around the world. “Djinn” is the second book in the Demon Series from the author.

When Max Overton was asked his opinion on the publishing world of today this is what he had to say, “Words are cheap for major publishers today, but never for authors who sweat and bleed to give birth to any new book. Authors hear the words, ‘You are a great writer but…’ and there is always a ‘but’... But unless major publishers can see an immediate profit from the launch of any new book they don’t seem interested in the quality of storytelling or the story plot. Profit is the determining factor for major publishers while self-promotion by the author is the long-term expectations to fuel those high profit margins from a limited shelf-life. The expectations by publishers of authors far surpasses the true nature of this solitary creature.”

Max Overton went on to say, “Authors are starting to realize that there is no need to be discouraged any more, the internet is open to all authors while social networking reaches millions in seconds. The argument that quality is only found within traditional publishing is nonsense. I’ve picked up print books from major publishers that are atrociously edited and also seen beautiful works of creativity emerge from small e-publishing houses. I still like to hold a print book in my hands but I also read eBooks from Kindle and iPods. Any publisher who relies solely on print books in this technology driven age is doomed. As the old guard of readers dies off younger generations of high-teck readers will take over, and print books will one day be relegated to specialist libraries.”

An exciting era for the publishing industry has emerged. Social networking is only a news flash away for the world so why not for new stories by authors that bring the greatest of pleasure to the human race. As a human race we are only ever limited by the depth of our imaginations and the technologies that lift us to the stars. Max Overton is one Australian author who will be read and remembered for centuries to come.

"Djinn" Book Cover designed and created by Julie Napier.

Rolling Seas ET News Editor Pamela Faye

Lady Gaga receiving 2010
MTV VMA Award From Cher

Diva duet for Lady Gaga and Cher

24th August 2011 - Los Angeles: Due for release in September, Lady Gaga and Cher’s duet ‘The Greatest Thing’ could only come from the realms of ‘If I could turn back time’ and ‘On the edge of glory’, for pop music fans! Both Diva artists have climbed the charts in raunchy costumes they adorn in video clips that have won VMA Awards. And who could forget Cher bringing a ship load of sailors to their knees with ‘If I could turn back time’, or Lady Gaga taking audiences to ‘The edge of glory’ over the years. Both mega stars have set unprecedented heights for future singer songwriters to aspire too. Combine both in a duet and they are bound to rock the music industry hard in 2011.

Lady Gaga told MTV, she wrote the song ‘The Greatest Thing’ a long time ago but held onto it simply because it didn’t fit into any of her albums. Negotiations for the duet come about after Cher handed Lady Gaga the MTV 2010 VMA Award for Video of the year for “Bad Romance”. Gaga received the award in a ‘meat dress’ that left Cher holding the 'meat purse' while the performer held the Award high. It doesn’t matter if you are young or old the talent of these two mega stars always leaves audiences screaming for more, and who can blame them.

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards will air live on August 28th at the Nokia Theatre Los Angeles. Lady Gaga will open this year’s Awards, as well as being nominated for Best Female Video for “Born this Way”, Best Video with a Message, Best Art Direction for ”Judas” and Best Chorography. It will be interesting to see what Gaga comes up with this year to top her infamous ‘meat dress’.

The voices of angels come in many forms. The talent of Cher and Lady Gaga singing together will link generations of rock audiences with this diva duet for ‘The Greatest Thing’... and that has to be the greatest thing yet!

Rolling Seas ET News Editor Pamela Faye

MTV

Rita the Red Wolf - Follow your Dreams

"Rita" the next big animation for Disney or Dream Works

8th August 2011 - Los Angeles: Chance encounters do make dreams come true and “Rita the Red Wolf” will be no different! This is the message animation production companies are projected to snatch up and run with in the near future.

The young adult story “Rita the Red Wolf” by Marjorie Walle was released in the heartland of Springfield, Illinois, by Ecriture in 2009. Reviewed by Karen Pierre of Earthspeak, Karen said, “This is a story to inspire young readers to follow their dreams”. From the woodlands to a zoo, the city and a farm, “Rita” is a future contender for Disney or Dream Works to seriously consider for animation production.

With a slew of memorable characters Todd Rutherford The Publishing Guru, said the story of “Rita the Red Wolf” is well worth the read. Characters burst into life with Silas the zoo museum guide who wants nothing more than to be a storyteller, but ends up being more of a teller of tall stories. Linneaus, an unusual silk Luna moth inspires and encourages Rita on her journey through the outside world. Janie, the farm girl who befriends Rita in her hour of need. Ron, the restaurant owner who sees something special in Dutch the fighting dog. Malun, a bully of a dog, a cur-dog who goes searching for trouble. Yorkies who run away from home on one of their adventures. A veritable host of characters that come to life through the adventures of “Rita the Red Wolf”.

To bring life to these characters, scenes from the story rush with dialogue from Dutch, the runaway fight circuit dog, who wants nothing more than to stop fighting. He growls at Rita, “Get out of here while you can!” Rita stands fast. Malun is a bully, the villain who stalks mercilessly. His blood-thirsty snarls bear white fangs. He lunges. A gash opens across Dutch’s chest and blood oozes over his coat. Something wild inside Rita snaps. She hears the cry of ancestors, “Wolf! You are a wolf!”. Rita strikes back.

The movie industry is the only industry that could do justice to the animatronic characters for “Rita the Red Wolf”. With a G Rated animation to bring a kaleidoscope of compelling characters to the big screen this is one young adult story Barnes & Noble will undoubtedly list as a best seller.

Rolling Seas ET News Editor Pamela Faye

BARNES & NOBLE

Dean Cain - Michael Z. Gordon - Brian Skiba - Christie Burson.

"Something In The Water" set to go

August 1st 2011 New York: New York based production company, My Own Worst Enemy, signed a deal on Friday with Victory Angel Films for their third collaboration of a dark thriller titled “Something In The Water”, a film that lends itself to the iconic horror/surf films of the 60’s.

Director/Producer Brian Skiba signed on to direct “Something In The Water” with Michael Z. Gordon to produce and Laurie love and Dominic Ross as Executive producers. Gordon, producer of the highly acclaimed “Narc”, penned the thriller script with Bonnie Orr. Casting is scheduled to begin in early August with production set to roll cameras in October 2011.

Michael Z. Gordon said, "This is by far the most unusual movie we will have ever made. Not only is it a Surf/Monster movie reminiscent of the 60's but we get to use my many songs from the era in the film."

My Own Worst Enemy and Victory Angel Films have worked together before, producing “Dirty Little Trick” and “Crushed Velvet”. If the film is anything reminiscent of “Jaws” audiences should have another box office hit to chill the blood!

Rolling Seas ET News Editor Pamela Faye

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