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little women on cable, muthafuckas! also, i sat by brian grazer today at a coffee shop. good or bad i didn't try and pitch him on my next spec?

Anyone else think the latest episode of Mad Men was lazy and clunky? Probably my least favorite of the entire series run, and I'm a huge fan.

Just read Tracy Letts' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and John Logan's RED - both Tony-winning plays and absolutely exhilarating lessons in how to craft great naturalistic-but-clever dialogue. Maybe, once in a while, we need to read quality plays to remind ourselves just how good dramatic writing can and should be.

I have to admit that the new traler for Monsters University looks pretty great. I'm not a fan of Pixar doing sequels, but this one looks leagues ahead of Cars II just based on the trailer.

This gif of JLaw is hilarious: http://i.imgur.com/2xplpp7.gif

I need a logline for my life. And a laugh track.

What is (or was) "Loomis Fargo"?

Dudes, seriously watch The Americans tonight and tell me if I'm wrong that it has huge potential.

I'll admit it. I saw Hansel & Gretel.

I highly recommend the Steve Kessler documentary "Paul Williams: Still Alive” ... awesome. Paul Williams wrote some of the biggest hits in the 70s, appeared on Carson, was in Planet of the Apes... amazing story. Funny and heartwarming

After several recommendations to watch A Simple Plan, I got a group together and watched it. 4 of the 5 people HATED it. Said they don't like movies that make you think. This is your audience talking. I liked it though...

Friends have called my latest spec "unrealistic". Don't want to go into details but I think I'll shelve 'Manti' (working title) for now.

AMC is bringing back THE KILLING for a 3rd season. Whyyyyy?!!

So... I think I missed something. What happened with ScriptShadow? I've been busy with work and house buying and apparently ScriptShadow is no longer reviewing scripts...? He's received death threats from pasty-skinned writers for years. What changed this time?

Been dumped thanks to my girlfriend's mother saying "It's him or us [the parents]." In the space of a few weeks I've gone from "Not right for you." to Worse Than Hitler. Noidea how. What scripts should I read to cheer me up?

Been dumped thanks to my girlfriend's mother saying "It's him or us [the parents]." In the space of a few weeks I've gone from "Not right for you." to Worse Than Hitler. Noidea how. What scripts should I read to cheer me up?

Been dumped thanks to my girlfriend's mother saying "It's him or us [the parents]." In the space of a few weeks I've gone from "Not right for you." to Worse Than Hitler. Noidea how. What scripts should I read to cheer me up?

Just now realized there's no Brit List this year. Sad.

Holy crap, it's the 31st? Wait, wait, I didn't make any plans yet...or resolutions...or...aw, screw it. Where's the champagne?

This is 40: Agree it's too long, but the big problem for me is that it's just NOT FUNNY. Sorry, but Apatow's style is just played out. If this exact same movie had come out in 2007, I would have been laughing uproariously. You gotta know when to move on.

Enjoyed revisiting "Love, Actually." Gaining a deeper appreciation each time I experience it.

Enjoyed revisiting "Love, Actually." Gaining a deeper appreciation each time I experience it.

I have new spec ready to go out-- have been told mid November is the budget cutoff for a lot of prod-co's. Is mid-November a bad time to put a spec on the market?

Learning how to do coverage from a doc someone posted from WME's How To. Just wanted to say that I love this site and I hate the things I've heard lately. I appreciate all the people who have posted scripts/treatments/samples/whatever on here. You've really given this outsider a lot to learn so THANK YOU.

Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. shall keep me company tonight (well, until the boyf turns up)