ALL STARS ACTORS REUNITED IN THE SAME PICTURE

Life of Ryan

So today I was watching Life of Ryan and going to say- if I was Ryan Sheckler I would totally buy one of these boards. Ben Watts + skateboard..... gnarly (I am not even cool enough to write that without feeling like a dick just fyi- at this point I feel like I absolutely MUST point out that I'm a 24 year old female who has never skateboarded in her life). 

A Millie Moment

So many of you may know that I am a BIG fan of Millie Mackintosh and I was rather heartbroken when she and Hugo broke up. HOWEVER I am now celebrating as she has bounced back, with the rather unexpected choice of Professor Green. The publication of her romance with him has also coincided with the revitalisation of her after a month and a bit of really horrid choices. It was all going completely tits up before but luckily she is not back on track and that should be celebrated..... after her failings are pointed out. 

Alright so here we have Millie on November 2nd mixing up proportions with to the knee boots and a mini. Going to call this a disaster. I imagine it was probably better with the coat that undoubtedly went over it, which was likely black- making the fur stole a nice winter accent; however, sans coat it just all looks like a mess. The stole has to go and then heels just would have made it alright. Sadly though as is its just completely dowdy- the lack lustre and limp hair didn't help it. 

Now we have Millie on December 6th and it appears she's got momentarily confused for the night and thinks she's in 'The Only Way is Essex' (hair extensions, bouncy curls, ridiculous tan and spandex clothing). I wouldn't mind the look terribly but for the tango tan which makes her essentially the same colour orange as her dress; moreover, I'm going to say stroppy heels are always best avoided- regardless of how skinny your calves are- UNLESS you're wearing tights (and only because then the strap somewhat blends in, ergo its inherent hideousness is masked). Obviously I would be a bitch if I didn't point out that regardless of all these faults I would still kill to look like this. 

This I have to say is the worst. January 19th and I have no idea what she's wearing- bar for there is never an excuse for anyone, anywhere, at any time to wear this. However, I will blame it all on Cagie- albeit whilst admitting that just because Caggie dresses like a thirteen year old girl from Minnesota whose been unleashed in New York for the first and only time is no excuse for Millie to dress that way- or to be at all influenced my the pseudo tennis bopper. 

February 5th- finally everything starts to turn around. I won't deny it- this is drab, but importantly it is also not offensive. This marks the moment everything took a dramatic turn for the better. 

And finally here we have her three most recent public appearances- SUCH a change for the better. Perhaps I'm biased but I can really imagine her morphing into an Elizabeth Hurley public persona. Potentially doing some presenting or writing. I think she needs a bit of help though with the styling- just to give her an upmarket but contemporary and youthful look. She has a tendency to veer into the slightly cheap, which needs to stop- she also needs some better footwear. However, watch this space- I think this girl is going somewhere. 

Hair Envy

So a few weeks ago (actually I can be precise- it was four weeks yesterday, the date is pretty much etched in my brain) I endured a horrific assault on my hair, courtesy of 'The Nail Place' on 32 Musa far Adua Street in Lagos and at the hands of Jonathon- or as I like to call him 'my tormenter'. It was a crime which left me with rocking what my boyfriend likes to call 'the gender neutral pageboy'- suffice to say the hairstyle will not be taking off globally.

To give you a glimpse of what this butcher did he essentially divided my hair into two layers. Trimming the ends and then separating half the head (think if you will what you would do to make a half pony tail) then cut that section two inches shorter- leaving my with two very clear layers. Basically I have an apartheid situation going on between the crown and the nape. However, the horror did not end there. Despite the lack of rhyme or reason for his first offence he then committed a second. He parted my hair in the middle and then took a four inch wide section on the left side and cut it to just below my earlobe and then did the same to a one inch section on the right. It's very much a grown out bangs look/ Gerri Halliwell in the 90s/ Jonathon 'the lebanese butcher's' crimes against my head part two. 

Anyways, as you might have noticed it's been four weeks and although it's growing out.... FINALLY---- I actually got a weave the next day, not gonna lie. Only kept it for a day but it helped to briefly numb the pain (alright.... so admittedly I might be feeble but I did definitely puke and then dry when I got home from the crime scene- or as some call it 'Strands' next to 'The Nail Place' at 32 Musa far Adua Street..... ps. I hope I have made my disdain for the institution perfectly clear at this point)----- I am still distraught and that sadness only grows when I see pictures of lovely, brown, even hair such as this. 

I wouldn't trade the woman her fiancee but I would gladly take her hair..... fair and probably smile. But I'm mostly concentrating on the hair here. 

Maybe it's the fact that I am so sensitive to good hair.... given my situation- but I also wanted to point out that Kim Kardashian's hair is looking exceptionally good of late. Now granted these pictures were taken on Tuesday and Wednesday during her more than 24 hour date with Kanye West and granted Kanye West is a SUPER huge, massive, earth shattering douche bag of epic proportion but he appears to be having a fantastic effect on her hair- which I, obviously, am massively a fan of. It just looks so big and bouncy.

...... and just finally because I can't bring them up and not mention it- how awful would their children be!!!!!!! I imagine they would all be named after designers and clothes head to toe in branded baby garb.... I shudder to think. 

HOMMAGE AU TITANIC

Exceptionnellement, et ce durant tout le mois d'Avril 2012, ma nouvelle "LE VOYAGE" inspirée de la tragédie du Titanic sera publiée sur mon site à
cette page:
http://jordantate.net/pages/levoyagetitanicnouvellepag.html


"Le voyage" est extrait de l'anthologie de nouvelles "La tête dans les nuages" disponible sur la page
books

http://jordantate.net/pages/bookspag.html

Bonne lecture et bon voyage à bord de l'insubmersible.
Jordan.

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Star Wars Art: Awesome Realistic Obi Wan Kenobi Star Wars Art

Star Wars Art: Awesome Realistic Obi Wan Kenobi Star Wars Art

Very beautiful indeed!

LATEST SCREENPLAYS SALES

Title: White House Down
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Writer: James Vanderbilt
Genre: Thriller , Action
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Mythology
Producer: James Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer, Laeta Kalogridis
Agent: WME and McKuin Frankel (Vanderbilt)
Price: $3 million


Title: Triplets
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Universal Studios
Production Company: Montecito Picture Co
Producer: Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuk, Tom Pollock, Ali Bell
More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eddie Murphy and Danny DeVito attached to star.

Title: Nathan Decker
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a politician who is caught in an affair and returns to his hometown to confront his past.
Writer: Dan Fogelman
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Script
Studio: Warner Bros.
More: Ben Affleck is attached to star.



Title: Untitled Comedy
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Logline: The story is about a San Diego news anchor Ron Burgundy.
Writer: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Paramount Studios
Executive Overseeing: Adam Goodman
Production Company: Gary Sanchez Productions, Judd Apatow Productions
Producer: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Judd Apatow
More: Adam McKay attached to direct. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Chris Parnell, Fred Willard, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd attached to star.


Title: Grown Ups 2
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Logline: The tale of a group of childhood friends who reunite as adults.
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Sony Studios
Producer: Jack Giarraputo, Adam Sandler
More: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Maya Rudolph, Oliver Cooper and Salma Hayek attached to star. Dennis Dugan attached to direct.



Title: Grudge Match
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Logline: The story follows two boxers, who fifty years after their last fight, are coaxed out of retirement for one final match.
Writer: Doug Ellin
Genre: Comedy , Sports
Saletype: Rewrite
Studio: Warner Bros.
Producer: Billy Gerber, Mark Steven Johnson
Agent: CAA and Ziffren Brittenham (Ellin)
More: Pete Segel is attached to direct.



Title: You Are Here
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Logline: Story centers on a weatherman who is dependent on a best friend for his good times. When the friend inherits a business and some land from his father, the weatherman is forced to get his own life in order.
Writer: Matthew Weiner
Genre: Dark Comedy
Saletype: Script
Producer: Matthew Weiner, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, Scott Hornbacher
More: Matthew Weiner attached to direct. Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson attached to star.


Title: The Great Unknown
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Logline: The story about a slacker's attempt to find the people responsible for raiding his thoughts.
Writer: Duncan Rouleau
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Studio: Man of Action Studios
Production Company: Image Comics, Mark Gordon Co.
Producer: Duncan Rouleau


Title: Carrie
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Logline: A girl with a strict and abusive mother whose onset of puberty brings telepathic and telekinetic powers.
Writer: Stephen King, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Genre: Horror
Saletype: Remake , Novel , Adaptation
Studio: MGM
More: Chloe Moretz is attached to star. Kimberly Peirce attached to direct. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will adapt Stephen King's novel.


Title: Untitled Action Thriller
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Writer: Tom Clancy
Genre: Thriller , Action , Suspense
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Paramount Studios
Production Company: Skydance Pictures
More: Kenneth Branagh attached to direct. Chris Pine attached to star.


Title: Storming Las Vegas
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Logline: The true-life story of Jose Vigoa, a Cuba native who uses his quick wits and quicker fists to trade a life of poverty and desperation for one of danger and adventure.
Writer: John Huddy, Chuck MacLean
Genre: Thriller , Crime
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Executive Overseeing: Erik Feig
Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, John Huddy, David Ready, D. Constantine Conte
Agent: CAA, Oasis, and Hansen Jacobson (MacLean)
More: Antoine Fuqua is attached to direct. Chuck MacLean to adapt John Huddy's book.


Title: Small Time
Date: Monday, March 26, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a used car dealer in Van Nuys, who is still in love with his ex-wife, dealing with a son that wants to fore go university and work alongside his father on the lot.
Writer: Joel Surnow
Genre: Dark Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Asylum Entertainment
Producer: Joel Surnow, Jonathan Koch, Steve Michaels
More: Chris Meloni, Devon Bostick and Dean Norris attached to star. Joel Surnow attached to direct.


Title: Before I Fall
Date: Monday, March 26, 2012
Logline: The story is told through the eyes of a high school senior who experiences slightly altered versions of the hours leading up to her death in a car crash. Over the course of the story, she falls in love, making surprising discoveries about her friends and family as she races to change the outcome.
Writer: Lauren Oliver, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Fox 2000
Producer: Jon Shestack
Agent: CAA and Del, Shaw, Moonves (Prince-Bythewood)
More: Gina Prince-Bythewood is attached to adapt Lauren Oliver's novel and direct.


Title: 1984
Date: Friday, March 23, 2012
Logline: Set in a dystopian society in a perpetual state of war, the story centers on Winston Smith, who works for a government branch called the Ministry of Truth, where he alters facts and histories but secretly harbors desires of rebellion (as well as desires of a forbidden love affair).
Writer: George Orwell
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Remake
Production Company: Imagine Entertainment, LBI Entertainment
Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Julie Yorn


Title: Untitled horror
Date: Friday, March 23, 2012
Logline: No logline given
Writer: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Genre: Horror
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Paramount Studios
Production Company: Disruption Entertainment
Producer: Mary Parent, Cale Boyter
Agent: Magnet Management and McKuin Frankel (Shannon, Swift)
More: Damian Shannon and Mark Swift attached to direct.


Title: Untitled horror
Date: Friday, March 23, 2012
Logline: No logline given
Writer: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Genre: Horror
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Paramount Studios
Production Company: Disruption Entertainment
Producer: Mary Parent, Cale Boyter
Agent: Magnet Management and McKuin Frankel (Shannon, Swift)
More: Damian Shannon and Mark Swift attached to direct.


Title: Huck
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Writer: Andy Burg, Mark Twain
Genre: Action , Adventure , Supernatural , Fantasy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Paramount Studios
Producer: Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Matt Lopez
Agent: ICM, Brucks Entertainment and Sloane Offer (Burg)


Title: Cas & Dylan
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Logline: A dark road-trip comedy about a 61-year-old dying man who plans to end his life on his own terms. That quest takes a detour when the man ends up on the lam with an eccentric 22-year-old woman.
Writer: Jessie Gabe
Genre: Dark Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Telefilm Canada
Producer: Mark Montefiore
Agent: APA and Thruline Entertainment (Gabe)
More: Jason Priestley is attached to direct. Tatiana Maslany attached to star.


Title: American Bullshit
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Logline: The true story of the FBI s 1980 undercover sting operation of Congress, dubbed Abscam, which was created by "the world s greatest con man" to root out corruption.
Writer: Eric Warren Singer
Genre: Drama , Crime
Saletype: Script
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Atlas Entertainment
Producer: Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
More: David O. Russell is attached to direct.


Title: Sex Tape
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a husband and wife who take a night off from the kids and decide to spice things up by making a sex tape. When they wake up the next morning, the tape is missing and the search is on.
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Escape Artists
More: Jake Kasdan attached to direct. Jason Segel attached to star.


Title: How to Disappear Completely
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Logline: The story centers on an academic and music prodigy who suffers under the constant scrutiny of his over-protective parents.
Writer: Will Gluck
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Remake
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Escape Artists, Ant Colony
Producer: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Max Minghella, Timothy Bricknell
Agent: UTA (Gluck)
More: Will Gluck will develop a draft of the script and is attached to direct.


Title: I Want My MTV
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Logline: The true-life story of the music video revolution.
Writer: Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum, Jody Lambert
Genre: Musical
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Sony Studios
Producer: Brett Ratner
More: Jody Lambert attached to adapt Craig Marks' and Rob Tannenbaum's novel.


Title: Slayer
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Logline: The story is about a young doctor whose estranged father dies and he finds out the old man was a creature slayer.
Writer: Martin Helgeland
Genre: Action , Fantasy
Saletype: Pitch
Production Company: Legendary Pictures
Producer: Brian Helgeland
Agent: WME (Helgeland)


Title: Clutter
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Logline: The story is about siblings who must help their mother clean up her home or risk losing it.
Writer: Paul Marcarelli
Genre: Dark Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Table Ten Films, Fulcrum Media Group
Producer: Paul Marcarelli, Molly Pearson, Ward Sparacio, Gregory Rae
More: Carol Kane, Joshua Leonard, Natasha Lyonne, Halley Feiffer, Maria Dizzia, Daniel London, Dan Hedaya and Kathy Najimy attached to star. Diane Crespo attached to direct.


Title: Paranormal Activity 4
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Logline: No logline given.
Writer: Zack Estrin
Genre: Supernatural , Horror
Saletype: Sequel
Studio: Paramount Studios
Producer: Jason Blum, Oren Peli, Steven Schneider, Akiva Goldsman
Agent: WME and Ziffren Brittenham (Estrin)
More: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are attached to direct.


Title: Blood Ties
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a younger brother who has to ask his convict older brother to go back into the underworld to help out the family.
Writer: Guillaume Canet, James Gray
Genre: Thriller , Crime
Saletype: Script
Producer: John Lesher
More: Clive Owen, Mila Kunis, James Caan, Zoe Saldana, Marion Cotillard and Billy Crudup attached to star. Guillaume Canet attached to direct.


Title: Untitled Mystery
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Logline: The story is centered on the Bermuda Triangle, the infamous Caribbean area traditionally cornered by the Florida Straits, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.
Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Genre: Mystery
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Universal Studios
Producer: Scott Stuber
Agent: CAA (Gough, Millar)
Attorney: Michael Gendler (Gough, Millar)


Title: Action No. 1
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Logline: The story revolves around a group of nerds who attempt to steal Nicolas Cage's copy of Action Comics No. 1, the landmark 1938 comic that introduced the world to the Man of Steel.
Writer: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Script
Studio: Lionsgate
Agent: CAA, Principato Young and Jackoway Tyerman (Lennon and Garant)


Title: Prisoners
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Logline: The story centers on a small-town carpenter whose young daughter and best friend are kidnapped. After the cops fail to find them, he takes the law into his own hands, kidnapping the man he suspects is responsible. But as the kidnapping continues, the carpenter begins to have doubts that he has the right man.
Writer: Aaron Guzikowski
Genre: Thriller
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Alcon, 8:38 Productions, Madhouse Entertainment
Producer: Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Kira Davis, Adam Kolbrenner, Ed McDonnell, John Stark
Agent: WME (Guzikowski)
More: Hugh Jackman attached to star. Denis Villeneuve attached to direct.


Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Logline: The story is about a group of crime fighting mutant turtles.
Genre: Fantasy , Live Action/Animation
Saletype: Remake
Studio: Paramount Studios
Production Company: Nickelodeon
Producer: Michael Bay
More: Jonathan Liebesman is attached to direct.

The strange requests I get confronted with every day.

A few days ago, I received a message from a writer who had hired me to adapt their story into a screenplay…It was 2 years ago, and the writer came back to me, telling me that they have fabulous new ideas and wanted to change some elements of the script and re-write some scenes…
All of that for free naturally!

Sorry I don’t do that! I’ve written a screenplay based on their work 2 years ago and they were completely satisfied. If now, 24 months after, they have new ideas and want to rewrite some scenes they must hire me again, and pay me to write a second version!
I don’t do free re-writes and will never do!

Jordan.

ONE WEEK IN REVIEW

Hectic week, as usual…But good news on my projects. Things seem to be progressing, although I don’t want to celebrate with champagne until everything becomes official.

As you know, I’ve written dozen original screenplays during the past few years, in between writing assignments and translations for filmmakers and worldwide producers.
My work ranges from thriller, science fiction, fantasy to dramas and comedies.

I’ve devoted a lot of time to pitching these screenplays recently and two specific projects have attracted producers and talents interest:

« MISS CLARK » and « THE ADVENTURER »

Actresses Tara Cardinal and Maria Olsen loved Miss Clark screenplay so much that they attached themselves to the project. At the moment, I’m in talks with a director who has a long-term partnership with George Lucas under his belt and a studio specializing in fantasy films is interested in the project as well.

Regarding « The adventurer », I’ve already mentioned being in talks with the reps of an A. List talent and I have a wonderful actress, who read the script and fell for the leading female part Marguerite Harrison.
Things have progressed tremendously this week, as a producer attached himself to the project. His credits include working with big studios and on TV shows like « dancing with the stars. »
He just submitted the project to a big studio whose credits include Narmia.
And last but not least, a co-producer who worked on Ridley Scott’s « Robin Hood » starring Russell Crowe,  « empire of the sun« , « Batman » and « the lord of the rings » to name a few, is interested as well.

I’ll post updates as soon as get more news!

In the meantime, enjoy your week and be creative!

Jordan.