Ross Hawkins
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Vets Reverses Its Stand and Pitches a Shout at the Backlot Film FestivalBy Ross Hawkins @ 8:00 AM July 28, 2008[Editor’s Note: A copy of the letter that the disappointed entrepreneur Ross Hawkins, founder of the Backlot Film Festival, sent to patrons last Thursday after he learned the festival’s previously approved dates for next year had been turned down.] read |
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Doesn’t ‘Producer’ Sound Classier Than ‘Supervisor’?By Ross Hawkins @ 6:00 AM July 14, 2008If you look at the producers’ credits on films or television shows today, it seems they go on Forever. There’s Executive Producer, Associate Producer, Line Producer, Supervising Producer and more. "Just what does a producer do?" asked a young novice director at a recent American Film Institute Seminar. Several answers were given but none seemed satisfactory. read |
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Don Wayne, 89, RememberedBy Ross Hawkins @ 10:00 AM June 25, 2008Donald Wayne, former Regional Sales Manager for the Continental Baking Co.’s Hotel and Restaurant Division, who lived and worked among entertainers during World War II, died peacefully in his sleep on May 13. He was just 2 1/2 months shy of his 90th birthday. During World War II, he served in Special Services in the Army Air Corps, and he attended Officer Training School with Clark Gable. read |
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Why I Am Voting ‘Yes’ on Prop. 98By Ross Hawkins @ 8:00 AM June 02, 2008Have you seen the commercial where the Old Geezer from the AARP peers into the camera and urges in Tuesday’s election, implying that old people living in rent-controlled apartments would be tossed out into the street by greedy landlords. “Prop. 98 is a landlord scheme that’s bad for renters, homeowners and taxpayers,” concludes the AARP huckster. read |
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Entrada Tower: Don’t Build It and They Won’t ComeBy Ross Hawkins @ 8:00 AM May 28, 2008I strongly disagree with the newspaper’s position on the Entrada Office Tower Project for several reasons. 1. Even the City Council members who voted not to bring the matter up again with the new City Council agree that the proposed building is an ugly eyesore. 2. There is a lawsuit to halt the project as it now stands by an organization known as the United Neighbors of the Westside. My understanding is that the Carlyle Group, the parent company of the Entrada’s developers, would pay for any legal expenses incurred by the city involving this development. read |