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Sam and Friends (Muppets) book signing!
Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 1pm Sam and Friends Script Book Presentation and Book signing with author Craig Shemin and special guest Dave Goelz Walt Disney Family Museum 104 Montgomery Street in the Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129 For tickets and info: www.waltdisney.org Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 1pm Screening of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas and Discussion of Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl’s first collaboration, Sam and Friends Followed by Sam and Friends Script Book signing with author Craig Shemin Screening tickets included free with museum admission Museum of the Moving Image 36‑01 35 Ave Astoria, NY 11106 For information: https://movingimage.org/event/emmet-otter-2025-11-29/
Budapest Times on J. ARTHUR RANK: THE RISE AND FALL OF A FILM EMPIRE
https://www.budapesttimes.hu/books/sunday-school-led-on-to-silver-screen-and-much-more/
Q&A with James McFadden, author of The Unauthorized G.I. Joe Chronology
Q: How long have you been a fan of the G.I. Joe franchise? JAMES McFADDEN: I've been a fan of G.I. Joe since the very start of its re-launch in the early 1980s. Q: What inspired your fascination with that universe, and why? McFADDEN: The property, at its beginning, was essentially a superhero adventure, blended with sci-fi and real-world military elements, all of which could be watched on TV, read in comics and played with every day through the toys. It's a mixture that was very difficult for a kid to resist. Q: How would you sum up the project...
Q&A WITH FILMMAKER/AUTHOR MARJORIE SHORT
Q & A WITH FILMMAKER/AUTHOR MARJORIE SHORT Q: Making Mischief: The Intern Diaries is a pretty unusual book. Why did you write it? A: Actually, it was never intended to be a book! It was a journal of my experience as the Academy/AFI Directing Intern on the feature film Mischief in 1984. By the end, I had five notebooks of entries. I had to turn all that into a report to the AFI assessing my experiences. Q: What kinds of things did you write about in your diaries? A: When I first got to location,...
Q&A with Luna Guthrie, author of Goosebumps - The Making of Cult Kids’ TV
Q&A with Luna Guthrie, author of Goosebumps - The Making of Cult Kids’ TV -This is your first book. What did you write before this?I've been a professional writer for thirteen years, and the industry has brought a lot of variety my way, but my main focus has always been film journalism and criticism. I've been a critic for a number of entertainment publications, as well as a features writer, and my work has always centered on the entertainment industry and the horror genre. -Why did it take so long for you to start writing books?I always knew I wanted...