Posted on 12/27/2016 2:52:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Wedding Singer,,,
Truely Funny writing,
I don’t remember the death of a celebrity taking up so much airtime as Carrie’s - may she Rest in Peace.
I found this report on MSN listing the names of entertainment giants who died in 2016. I was unaware that Frank Sinatra Jr. had died.
Yes, script doctors are most needed in lousy screenplays and the folks who do it are often well-paid if unsung. Neil Simon is called “Doc” Simon because of his talent in “punching up” scripts. He punched up the brilliant “Chorus Line” b’way show a thousand years ago...
George Michael immediately comes to mind........LOL! You must not have been paying attention........
post#3 the link will bring up 142 slides of all the names with photos and short notation.
You are correct;) There was also Prince and Bowie. Getting old and forgetful.
Prince’ death went on for weeks!
There are quite a lot of FReeper threads on Carrie’s death today. As the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher; it’s quite remarkable how successful and grounded she was. Her childhood must have been tumultuous.
Have the fanboys started lining up for the viewing yet?
Every other “lineworthy” show these days does pre-sales online or via VIP “beat the line” access.
Holiday season. Real writers taking time off. Interns in charge. My guess - anyway :-) (How many millennials read Watership Down?)
The article is from November 9th.
David Bowie was the Starman, was Carrie Fisher the Starwoman?
You haven’t been around a truly endless celebrity obituary unless you were around for John Lennon.
Except maybe Princess Di.
“Nowadays, she says, the process is very different: in order to be considered for script consulting gigs, you have to submit your notes and ideas ahead of time. But then they can keep those notes and not hire you, Fisher points out. She calls it free workthats what I always call life-wasting events.
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Didn’t know she did script-doctoring. That is “free work”, the way it’s down now. With the Hollywood bunch you want your money upfront before you hand over your time & talent.
She was so damn smart and an excellent writer. I’m not surprised.
I didn’t know that Dan Aykroyd was about to marry her though. She should have chosen him over going back to that megalomaniac Paul Simon. I have never heard anyone say one bad thing about Aykroyd. (I know there was a lot of sex and drugs but aside from that)
I mean, about to marry her years ago.... with right and date etc. Not now before her death.
“George Michael immediately comes to mind........LOL! You must not have been paying attention........”
You are so correct! Carrie Fisher was not a homosexual. George Michael was.... Enough said!
I'm sure she was a very talented writer, but those pictures must have been really awful before they were "fixed."
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