Fronnie Lewis, Author at Media City Groove

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Movie deal for a new twist on the “Romeo & Juliet” love story

“Romeo and Juliet” by Sir Frank Dicksee (1853-1928) The publishing industry has been buzzing for months about Danish author Anne Fortier’s “Juliet.” In the novel a woman discovers she may be related to the star-crossed lovers who inspired the classic, “Romeo & Juliet.” Today, there are a flurry of reports about Universal Pictures picking up the movie rights for “Juliet.” Director/producer James Mangold is attached […]

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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President-elect Obama and his years as a local college student

As a bright soft-spoken college student, President-elect Barack Obama spent two years at Occidental in nearby Eagle Rock. The young Obama, who went by the nickname of Barry then, transferred from the small but highly regarded liberal arts college to Columbia University in New York at the end of his sophomore year. He left some strong impressions with fellow Oxy students, surprisingly, those impressions were not the type they associated […]

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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First Lady Laura Bush gets a deal to write a memoir

Google Image The President is still hoping for a deal, but his wife Laura Bush has signed on the dotted line to write a memoir. Several publishers were interested. Yesterday, a deal was announced with Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The Laura Bush memoir is scheduled to hit the market in 2010, according to Publishers Weekly. No one is talking about how much […]

Monday, January 5, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, January 5, 2009

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John Travolta & Kelly Preston “heartbroken” over death of son

Google image –The Travolta Family — John, Jett, Kelly, and daughter Ella Bleu An autopsy is scheduled in the Bahamas today for the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston. A New Year’s celebration at Travolta’s vacation home turned tragic last Friday, when Jett Travolta was discovered unconscious in a bathroom. There are reports the teenager may have suffered a seizure and hit […]

Sunday, January 4, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, January 4, 2009

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“Marley & Me” leads the pack at the Box Office

“Marley & Me” top dog again. Moviegoers are seriously digging “Marley & Me.” For the second straight week, the family drama is the number one film in the country. Over the New Year’s holiday weekend, “Marley & Me” fetched an estimated haul of $24 million. “Marley & Me,” based on a best selling novel, stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson […]

Saturday, January 3, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, January 3, 2009

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Six victims in the Covina Christmas Eve massacre are identified

Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times The body of the Santa shooter, 45-year-old Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, is removed from a Sylmar home on Christmas Day. The grim task of identifying some of the victims of that vicious Christmas Eve attack in Covina has been completed. Nine people died in that holiday massacre. Today the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office released the names […]

Saturday, January 3, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, January 3, 2009

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A serious approach to writing the romantic comedy screenplay

FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove Story Analyst/author Billy Mernit chatted with writers and signed copies of his book, “Writing The Romantic Comedy,” last month in Brea. Actor Hugh Grant has had some of his best film success with romantic comedies so he knows a thing or two about the genre. Back in 2003, Grant explained the problem with most romcom scripts […]

Friday, January 2, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Friday, January 2, 2009

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Texting against the law for California drivers

FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove — Burbank The reckless and foolish habit of texting and driving is now against the law in California as of yesterday, January first. The ban includes being stopped in traffic, at a stop sign or signal light. Since there is no grace period with this new law, the crackdown is in full force right now. To that […]

Thursday, January 1, 2009

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, January 1, 2009

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A picture perfect day for the 2009 Rose Parade

Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times Today under clear sunny skies around a million people lined Pasadena streets to see the 120th annual Tournament of Roses Parade roll by. Millions more watched the floral spectacular on television. “Hats Off To Entertainment,” was the theme of this year’s parade. “Bollywood Dreams,” a salute to the booming film Industry in India, won the Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy for most beautiful float […]