Category: Hollywood Newshawk
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PREVIEW: Dreams Die at Sunset
As we approach the release of One Angel Less (Hollywood Newshawk Book 2), we have one more preview that we want to share. This is an “Extra” (as in “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!”), a brief one-shot that’s closer to a short story. This one tells the story of The City Burns at Night from Trudy’s…
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PREVIEW: One Angel Less
We’re less than two months from the release of One Angel Less (Hollywood Newshawk Book 2)! We’re excited to offer you this brief preview of the first three chapters. The events take place right on the heels of Book 1, The City Burns at Night. This title is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. Coming March 30,…
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PREVIEW: The City Burns at Night
As we prepare for the release of One Angel Less (Hollywood Newshawk Book 2), we’d like to offer a brief preview of the first book in the series, The City Burns at Night, for those of you who have not yet read it. These books are currently exclusive with Amazon. Covert League members can read…
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A Taste of Old Hollywood
Because the Hollywood Newshawk series takes place in an actual city (and in a specific time period), I get to use a lot of real-life locations for settings. The Tick Tock Tea Room and King’s Tropical Inn were real restaurants. I did a lot of research (many thanks to Martin Turnbull and his fantastic website!)…
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The World Is Your Movie Set (Part III)
For the final entry in our three-part series, we start in France and then jump all the way to Southern California. Amélie Cafe (Paris)Much like Notting Hill, the neighborhood of Montmartre plays a large role in Amélie. And the Café des 2 Moulins (Cafe of the Two Windmills), where she works, is an actual cafe…
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The World Is Your Movie Set (Part II)
This is Part 2 of a three-part series. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Part 1. Inspired by Google’s Find Your Scene commercial, these are movie locations I’ve actually visited. For this entry, I’m sticking with the East Coast. Jaws’ Town (Martha’s Vineyard)If you love Jaws and visiting movie locations, this one…
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The World is Your Movie Set (Part I)
I absolutely love Google’s new Find Your Scene commercial. Especially because my family and I have actually been to some of the ones shown, plus a good handful more. Many of which I have detailed below. For the most part, this list doesn’t count places like Times Square, Columbus Circle, and Central Park. All of them…
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Visiting the Hollywood Studios (Part II)
As I mentioned in Part I, this second group of studios isn’t necessarily open to the general public. I’ve listed them in order of difficulty to visit, starting with the easiest. But only relatively speaking. The Walt Disney Companyhttps://d23.com/d23-event/studio-tours-2020/ This is my favorite studio lot, largely for sentimental reasons. It looks like a college campus.…
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Visiting the Hollywood Studios (Part I)
The Metropolitan Pictures lot in The City Burns at Night is loosely based on Paramount Studios. Originally, I’d based it on MGM, but when I was working on City Burns one day and plotting out Miller’s path from Schwab’s to the Studio to Beverly Hills, it just made more sense geographically to not use MGM, which is…
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The Red-Headed Ruse
A Tom Miller, Hollywood Newshawk Adventure I aimed my bucket with all horses blazing towards UBC radio at the corner of Sunset and Vine. Didn’t let off the gas until I slammed to a stop. The skid was heard two blocks away. No worries about the cops, though. Because Lt. Hap Underwood, my portly compadre…