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  • The Hollywood Pitch – Hollywood Returns to Pittsburgh for the Film Factory

    The Hollywood Pitch – Hollywood Returns to Pittsburgh for the Film Factory

    This is one of my favorite events that I attended last year.  I have long been a fan of Carl Kurlander and I think that the Film Factory is one of the most interesting projects in town.  For the 2nd year in a row – the Steeltown Entertainment Project is sponsoring a HUGE film competition.  Each month they hold a different event and the entrants are narrowed down.

    Right now there are 10 quarter finalists who made it to the pitch phase.

    This saturday you can watch these finalists pitch their film ideas to an all star panel of judges.

    • James Widdoes – stared in Animal House and is currently the director of Two and Half Men and he was born here in Pittsburgh
    • Bob Kusbit – an executive for MTV and CMT and he works out of Pittsburgh – check out the Post-Gazette’s story on his Pittsburgh office here.
    • Lauren Elmer – Sony Classics Executive
    • Asher Garfinkle – President of Readers Unlimited

    Even though I was not participating in this contest last year – I attended “The Hollywood Pitch” to learn more about the project – and it was a lot more fun than I expected.  I thought I was just going to stop by for a few minutes but I ended up staying for the entire day – you can read my post from last year here.  If you like movies and want to see how a film goes from idea to reality I think you will enjoy attending on Saturday morning.

    There is a $10 cost to attend – but keep an eye on the Steeltown Film Factory Fan Page – they have had trivia questions and have been giving away passes all week.

    Steeltown Entertainment Project’s Film Factory
    The Hollywood Pitch
    Saturday, February 19, 2011 – 11am
    University of Pittsburgh’s Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
    $10 ($5 for Students) – Register online here

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  • $0.80 Admission to the Warhol & Warhol on MTV

    It is August 6 is Andy Warhol‘s birthday and yesterday he would have turned 80 years old. To celebrate Andy’s birthday – admission to the Warhol Musuem is just $0.80 (Free if you are 80 years old) on Saturday, August 9, 2008. Click here for details at Warhol.org
    The Warhol Museum is a great place for a quick or long visit. Since admission is only $0.80 it is definitely worth stopping by to see whats new. I love the building, I like the art work – I really like the archives but those are closed for this year.

    Warhol on MTV

    An early MTV station ID
    Image via Wikipedia

    Last year I learned that just before he died Andy Warhol had his own series on MTV – Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes. When I wrote the post back in February of 2007 – I couldn’t find any clips of his show.

    Lucky for me – The Warhol Museum will be showing the pilot and the first episode of the series on Saturday @ 3pm. Sadly the Warhol Museum website provides no other info about the film. Click here for the IMDB page – which doesn’t have much info either.

    Andy Warhol’s 80th Birthday

    Here are some other blogs that wrote about Warhol’s 80th Birthday – it is really interesting to see how other people reflect on Andy Warhol: