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Goodreads Giveaway Winners Announced

T. R. Locke — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:24:24 +0000

The Goodreads signed 1st edition giveaway of What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood ended on Tuesday May 14, 2013. More than 800 Goodreads members signed up for the giveaway. I spent the morning yesterday signing books and bookmarks for the 12 winners. I want to thank everyone who entered and Goodreads [...]

T. R. Locke’s 2nd Edition Hits #1 Hot New Releases

T. R. Locke — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:00:40 +0000

Burbank–April 2, 2013–Since yesterday was April Fool’s Day, I decided to hold off on this post until today lest anyone think I was joking when I posted on Facebook yesterday that the 2nd edition of my book, “What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood” hit #1 in Hot New Releases in the [...]

2nd Edition Hits Bestseller’s and What’s Hot Lists in Multiple Categories

T. R. Locke — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:56:31 +0000

Less than three weeks after its March 03, 2013 release exclusively on Amazon for Kindle, the 2nd edition of my book, What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood, hit multiple Bestseller’s and What’s Hot lists on Amazon. In Kindle Books, it landed at #13 in books about the Music Business. In all [...]

New E-Book Releases–Goodreads Giveaway for Paperback Launches

T. R. Locke — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:28:37 +0000

What's it take to make it as a singer in Hollywood--read what Chante Moore had to say about it in my book. Trying to be comedian? Read what a standup comedian and writer for Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley and Bernie Mac says. Want to be a producer? See what the Emmy-winning producer has to say. Want a directing/screenwriting/development deal at HBO? My interviewee had one. Want to be an actor? Find out what a star who makes $250,000 a week says about how to become one. Want to do make-up? Find out what the head make-up artist for one of Fox's hit dramas says you should do. Want to rap or make beats? Find out what Dr. Dre and Ice Cube's go to guy says.

How to Get Attention

T. R. Locke — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:44:17 +0000

Three years ago, after Chris Brown brutally beat Rihanna, I posted an article that suggested the couple must have been slated to star in a remake of What’s Love Got to Do With It?–the Ike and Tina Turner story. This year, the couple reappeared seated next to Kobe on the floor at a Lakers’ game [...]

Trump Romney Team for New Reality Show

T. R. Locke — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:12:06 +0000

BURBANK– Who wants to be a Billionaire Survivor Factor Celebrity Apprentice? The secret is out in Burbank this morning after many attempts to cover it up. Donald Trump announced Monday that he had an October surprise that would have consequences on the presidential elections. Lawyers at NBC, ABC, Fox and CBS moved quickly to stop [...]

Magical White People—Hollywood’s Newest Stereotype

T. R. Locke — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:12:57 +0000

Why aren’t white people up in arms marching against filmmakers for Hollywood’s ceaseless portrayal of them as being magical? It must really be sad to be constantly portrayed as such amazing beings when real life is so mundane and nondescript. But Hollywood appears to be in love and when Hollywood is in love, there [...]

Why Red Tails is NOT a Black Movie

T. R. Locke — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:35:08 +0000

There’s been a lot of reporting lately about the importance of George Lucas’s new movie Red Tails for the Black community. The argument goes like this: If people don’t go see Red Tails, Hollywood will never fund higher budget black movies again. Although the basic altruism of White people might be moved by this argument, [...]

James Franco’s Back-Up Plan

T. R. Locke — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:00:36 +0000

One might think that an actor who’s achieved the success that James Franco has would just content himself with being a young movie star. Usually the million-dollar paychecks and lush lifestyle of one of Hollywood’s elite is enough to satiate even the strongest appetite for success. That’s why it stood out to me to learn [...]

Filmmakers Use Free Web Software to Make National Commercial $$$

T. R. Locke — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:44:00 +0000

In case you didn't see the possibilities of the free filmmaking software from Xtranormal I wrote about in February of last year, I recently noticed a great use of it in a national commercial. A filmmaker used the software to create a simple commercial.