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We encourage all of you out there in Talenthouse-land to head over and check out our friends at The Disposable Film Festival.

Fans of the festival have seen films from all over the world and in many different formats. Some of the most popular films have been created with iPhones, Flip cams and even photocopiers, the options are limitless and creativity is highly encouraged.

To find out more information, visit www.disposablefilmfest.com to check out past videos or to find out when they will have an event near you.

JPG Magazine and Talenthouse are happy to provide artists and photographers access to this great opportunity. We are also pleased to support the Artists Wanted movement as we share a similar vision of creating new and lasting opportunities for emerging talent!

Artists Wanted is a collaborative project between several New York City artists and creative organizations working to build opportunities for emerging talent and to get your work seen in the most powerful way possible. They’ve experienced first hand the difficulties in breaking into the professional art world and it is their mission to make this process more welcoming, dynamic and open-ended.

Exposure is an international open call for photography; one grand prize winner will be awarded an art-star New York City gallery reception, international publicity and their choice of $10,000 cash or 1 year living rent free in a $1.2 million apartment provided by The Edge in New York City. This is your moment to shine and be discovered!

Please be aware that there is a $10 charge per entry for this contest. Visit their FAQ page for more information.

Our friends at Scripped.com are hosting their next event at UCLA tomorrow.

Special guest will be Steven de Souza, writer of Die Hard, 48 Hours, Tomb Raider Cradle of Life and other blockbusters, he will answer questions and screen his his groundbreaking, award-winning web series Unknown Sender. This event was completely full, but we just opened up 15 more spots.

We would love to have you there – here are the details:

• When: Wednesday April 7th, 2010 at 5 pm
• Where: UCLA Anderson School, Room A201
• Cost: Free
• Who: Steven de Souza
• RSVP by sending an email to sunil@scripped.com – only 15 spots left

Steven E. de Souza’s credits include genre-setting action films such as Die Hard and 48 Hours, as well as hits like Commando, The Running Man, Ricochet, Die Hard 2, and The Flintstones. His most recent projects include the critically acclaimed docudrama about the true events that inspired The Exorcist, Possessed, which he also directed; Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life; and the Web’s first suspense anthology, Unknown Sender, which was an unprecedented triple honoree in the 2009 Webby Awards for Best Writing, Best Dramatic Series, and Best Individual Performance.

We are looking forward seeing you tomorrow, Frederik from our team will be representing Talenthouse.

Just a few days ago we launched a Creative Invite with Leonard Pospichal from Austria. Leonard has been discovered in the European Teenage Rockstar contest and is already highly respected in the music community, as a world-class guitarist, having shared the stage with some of Germany and Austria’s biggest stars, such as Christina Stürmer and Alkbottle.

The winner of this Creative Invite will be part of Leonard’s upcoming debut album, which is going to be released internationally on a major record label. We are looking for a unique and talented singer/rapper to collaborate with the ten-year-old prodigy.

We are also very excited to announce that we partnered with the German TV station ProSieben for this and future projects. The partnership with ProSieben is our first one with a major German network. ProSieben is featuring Leonard’s CI on their website and also across some of their shows.

Participants of this Creative Invite are asked to submit an MP3 file that showcases their vocal talent by either uploading a pre-recorded song or using the instrumental that Leonard provided.

Alternatively you are also welcome to record your performance via our current partners at TheStage.tv. They are the first live video portal where audience feedback determines whether a performer gets to remain on stage. The audio of your concert can be uploaded directly to Talenthouse – all you would have to do is go to TheStave.tv and show what you got!

Take your best song and upload it now!

Talenthouse is proud to co-sponsor our friend Scripped.com’s next event as part of their Hollywood 2.0 series and we would love to invite you to join.

On Wednesday March 3rd at 7:00pm, Scripped is hosting its first “Hollywood 2.0″ event of the year at Mahalo‘s offices in Santa Monica, CA.

The topic of the discussion will be “Film Production and Online Distribution – Strategies for Success” This will be an especially useful chat for those of you interested in hearing how quality content is put together, and how to go about distributing content on the web. Our panelists for this event will be:

  Sean Percival – Director of Content Socialization, MySpace, founder lalawag.com
  Shira Lazar – Blogger, show host and television personality, shiralazar.com
  Tyler Crowley – Director of Strategy, Mahalo, producer of several web series
  Mali Elfman – Editor-in-Chief, Screencrave, producer

Plan on arriving at about 6:45 pm for drinks/light appetizers. The panel will last from 7:15-8:00 with ample time to chat up other attendees after the event, admission will be free.

We can only accept 100 people into this event due to the limited space @ Mahalo, so please RSVP via email at hollywood20@talenthouse.com as soon as you can.

We are looking forward seeing you at the Mahalo offices.

The Talenthouse and Scripped Team

Wet n wild, the #1 value cosmetics brand in the country, has joined forces with Talenthouse to find the two new faces of wet n wild. The two women who will be ‘discovered’ will go on to be part of the brand’s 2011 global campaign.

This Creative Invite lets aspiring models get their work in front of beauty editors at major cosmetics brands.  All models who submit photos will then be judged by the Talenthouse community with finalists to be presented to wet n wild for final selection. Two beautiful women will get the contract gaining mass exposure and be featured at the Beauty Editor Launch event in NYC with over 70 of today’s leading beauty editors.

If you’ve ever dreamed of being a model, now is your chance. Read more about this opportunity at Talenthouse!

Our friends at Scripped.com are hosting a great event tomorrow and we would love to invite you to join.

What: Hollywood 2.0 – What is the future of the Hollywood Studio system?
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009
Time: Cocktail reception 6pm-7pm (atrium of building C), Panels 7:15pm – 9:00pm
Location: UCLA Anderson School of Management – Korn Hall (building C)
Parking: Park in lot 4 at UCLA, which is just off of Sunset (Map)
Price: The event is free but you might have to pay for parking

The first panel will feature Alexia Tsotsis of the LA Weekly, Sean and Laurie Percival of Lalawag.com, and Alex Albrecht of Diggnation. The panelists will discuss (from their perspective, as journalists) new media/technology companies they have come across that are changing the face of Hollywood.

The second panel will feature Aaron Lubin (Producer – Sidewalks of New York, Purple Violets), Dawn Olivieri (Actress – Heroes, “How I met your Mother”), Sam Brown (VP of Development – New Line Cinema) and Babette Pepaj (CEO of Bakespace). The panelists will discuss how their respective professions have changed over the past five years with the advent of social media/new technologies.face of Hollywood.

Sponsors and supporters: Talenthouse, Girl2Watch and Actors and Crew.

Apart from an inspiring discussion this should be a great opportunity to network with students, filmmakers, writers and technology professionals.

For more information and your RSVP please click here.

We look forward to seeing you Friday!