reported by Sam Kirkman, CyberScreenwriter.com

For the third year in a row, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is donating more than $1,000,000 in financial grants to film schools and non-profit organizations.

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reported by David Rasche, CyberScreenwriter.com

Big Screen Entertainment have signed a deal with Showcase Entertainment to internationally distribute their latest feature film "The Mirror," starring Kelly LeBrock ("Woman in Red," "Weird Science") and Thaao Penghlis ("Mission Impossible," "Days of Our Lives").

The Mirror is being entered into numerous film festivals over the next few months. The final cut of the movie will be ready for distribution in September. Visit www.themirrorfilm.com for more information.

reported by Phil Marcello, CyberScreenwriter.com

A $200 million production facility has been raised to co-finance motion pictures produced by The Montecito Picture Company. The transaction was announced today by Montecito principals Tom Pollock and Ivan Reitman.

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Alpine Pictures is developing a series of animated feature films for the screen after acquiring rights to several Oz adventure books written by Roger S. Baum. The OZ series of books for development include Dorothy of Oz, The Oz Odyssey, The Rewolf of Oz, Toto of Oz and the Surprise Party, Toto in Candy Land of Oz, The Wizard of Oz and the Magic Merry-Go-Round and The Green Star of Oz.

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reported by Tina Murray, CyberScreenwriter.com

People who have always wanted to be a part of entertainment history now have their chance.

The Third Screen Film Festival (TSFF) invites viewers to select their favorite short films from hundreds that have been submitted during the first phase of Hollywood's first wireless film festival.

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reported by Kaela Corning, CyberScreenwriter.com

Roddenberry.com and CafePress.com have formed a publishing partnership that will bring the original scripts for the Star Trek TV franchise, and limited edition merchandise to fans worldwide. The project, which plans to release limited edition volumes each month over the next three years, will include scripts for The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, and The Animated Series.

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reported by reported by Rudy Carn, CyberScreenwriter.com

Anyone who has ever dreamed of producing and/or starring in a ?Hollywood Movie? can now make that dream a reality. For a fee of $50,000 Red Scream Films LLC and Buffalo Nickel Productions, two Western New York based film production companies, will mount a feature length motion picture that could be seen by an international audience.

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reported by Henry Frankel, CyberScreenwriter.com

Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. has acquired two new feature films, "The Mad" and "Bottom Feeder" for its Archetype Films division, continuing the Company's strategic expansion of its feature film production and acquisition slate. Both films will be produced for the Company's Archetype Films division, under which Peace Arch anticipates delivering at least a dozen films annually for worldwide distribution.

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reported by Sam Kirkman, CyberScreenwriter.com

?Unless you know someone in the entertainment industry, it is almost impossible to obtain representation or a movie deal in Hollywood.? Those are the famous words spoken by the dispirited writer who never managed to break into the Hollywood system.

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reported by Donny Brown, CyberScreenwriter.com

Yahoo! Telemundo is tapping into the cinematic genius of Hispanic audiences with the launch of the Yahoo! Telemundo Short Film Festival. This competition will enable Hispanic filmmakers to showcase their independently produced work to millions online, and allow users to cast votes for the best short films in four different genres.

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Warner Home Video and Film Life Inc. have announced a partnership that will brand and distribute high quality urban films on DVD.

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reported by John Goldstein, CyberScreenwriter.com

Ckrush, Inc. has launched a new website designed to take social networking to a whole new level, fusing the strength of internet peer-to-peer networks with the power of being a studio mogul. LiveMansion.com -- a participatory creative community in which the members call the shots -- will function as a producer on Ckrush's next feature film, LIVE MANSION: THE MOVIE, a thriller set in the underground world of mega-mansion, rave-style parties.

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reported by Brian Scott, CyberScreenwriter.com

Home Box Office awarded the $20,000 grand prize for the 2006 HBO Short Film Award to writer/director Moon Molson for his film "Pop Foul," a coming-of-age story about a boy who must choose between staying loyal or being honest after witnessing his father take a beating by a local thug.

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reported by Sarah Cooley, CyberScreenwriter.com

Several biographies of Douglas Fairbanks have been published through the years, but who could tell the story better than the man himself?

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