Word: hollywoodism
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...fold affront to free speech: it both denies him the right to have an opinion—however controversial—and silences speech of his based on his personal opinions which are unrelated to that speech, akin to the blacklisting of the 1950s when screenwriters in Hollywood could not find work because of their supposed political affiliations. I only fear that at this point, what was intended to be a poetry reading will become a political fracas, and that those who want only to hear Paulin read a few of his poems will not, after all, have that chance...
According to Black, who has written and produced numerous television shows including “The Education of Max Bickford,” “Miami Vice,” and “Law & Order,” breaking into Hollywood as a writer is a matter of persistence...
Cubby's success won him respect in Hollywood--in 1982 at the Oscars, he received the Irving Thalberg award--and every studio wishes it had such a lucrative franchise. But the family is deemed a niche player. Cubby did make more than 20 non-007 films, but only one was a hit: 1968's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also based on an Ian Fleming work. The family has a stage version of Chitty playing in London. But Bond is the core of the business; they'll continue, says Wilson, "as long as people want the product...
...said her strategy for breaking into Hollywood was to never turn down a role because it was too stereotypically Asian—within reason...
...said her struggle to find her niche as an Asian American in Hollywood started while she was growing up in a mostly white neighborhood in Illinois. She remembered feeling comfortable with her ethnicity, not realizing that she was different from other children...