With every Hollywood endeavor, whether it be a big-budget blockbuster, or an up and coming indie, there are hundreds of people involved that help bring it to life... but no one is treated worse than the writer. Just kidding... the only people treated worse are the journalists and critics assigned to cover it all. Kidding aside, there aren't many who are crazy/stupid enough to try and do both at the same time. Except for Brian Gallagher. For the past 10 years, he has lived in Los Angeles (by way of Minnesota), covering all ...
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With every Hollywood endeavor, whether it be a big-budget blockbuster, or an up and coming indie, there are hundreds of people involved that help bring it to life... but no one is treated worse than the writer. Just kidding... the only people treated worse are the journalists and critics assigned to cover it all. Kidding aside, there aren't many who are crazy/stupid enough to try and do both at the same time. Except for Brian Gallagher. For the past 10 years, he has lived in Los Angeles (by way of Minnesota), covering all facets of the entertainment world by day, while then turning around and trying to write his own screenplays and TV pilots by night. While the "day job" often included unglamorous tasks such as writing daily news stories at a breakneck pace, it could also include interviews with actors and filmmakers, attending red carpet premieres and other industry events, and even being flown around the world to visit movie sets. While trying to navigate the ins and outs and ups and downs of the press world, he also tried to carve out a path as a screenwriter, with only three (horrible) scripts to his name before arriving in Los Angeles back in January 2008. Within the following pages, through a unique and innovative "present/past" hybrid format, you'll explore his decade in Hollywood, through both the stories he covered within the industry, and the stories he crafted to try and break into said industry. In the past 10 years, he has written over 43,000 stories as a journalist (seriously... there is proof!), plus 19 screenplays (11 features, three half-hour pilots, three one-hour pilots, two TV specs), all while sometimes drinking too much, playing retro video games, practicing card-throwing and rooting for the L.A Kings. And sleeping... sometimes. On top of all that, you'll get whiskey-fueled stories from the Hollywood bar scene and his eclectic group of neighbors, along with the reason why Dwayne Johnson is the best celebrity he's ever met, some tips on how to sneak into a Playboy Mansion party, how he almost got his big screenwriting break through Twitter, and how to survive in L.A. on a budget that's just a step above being homeless. Plus, the e-book will include links to some of his favorite interviews including an impromptu chat with James Cameron at Comic-Con, Kevin Pollak revealing the most amazing story about how one of his movies came together, Kirk Douglas explaining why he hired Dalton Trumbo for Spartacus, thus ending the McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklist, and, you know, so much more!
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