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SCRIPT SHOOT SCROLL: The Beginner’s Blueprint is for the new wave of creatives stepping into an industry that rarely stops long enough to explain itself. It’s for the filmmakers, editors, writers, shooters, social creators, strategists, and curious beginners trying to make something human in a world built on speed, noise, and impossible expectations. If you’ve wondered how to get your first job without knowing anyone, questioned whether you’re too late to start, panicked about working for free, or quietly Googled the “embarrassing beginner questions” everyone else seems too ...

What if the rumors that Paul McCartney really died in 1966 were true… and the cover-up was orchestrated by pigeons, psychedelic cults, and a sentient record player named the Vinyl Oracle? Welcome to The Fab Façade: The Rise of Faul, a kaleidoscopic fever dream of Beatlemania, brainwaves, and backmasked breadcrumbs. When a Scottish oddball named Billy Shears stumbles into a Paul McCartney look-alike contest by accident, he unwittingly becomes the linchpin of the most ludicrously elaborate conspiracy in pop culture history. Selected by a shadowy cabal known as the Order of the Saffron Veil...

They followed KISS through love, loss, and thunder, and found eternity in the noise. When Ace Frehley, the legendary Spaceman of KISS, died in 2025, two lifelong disciples set out to keep the flame alive. For twenty-five years, Jax, a grizzled rock photographer with a Les Paul tattoo and too many miles behind him, and Riley, a cosmic muralist whose art turns noise into color, have chased the heartbeat of the KISS myth across America’s highways, dive bars, and deserts. From their wild 1998 meet-cute at a comic con to the desert flash mobs of 2026, their love story mirrors the band they ...

What if the soundtrack of your life was written by Neil Diamond? Brooklyn, 1973: Eli Rosenberg, a clumsy, wisecracking record-store clerk with big dreams and even bigger shoelaces to trip over, meets Maria Sullivan, a fiery Catholic artist with paint on her hands and rebellion in her heart. They shouldn’t work, his Jewish family wants him to stay in line, her Irish clan wants him to stay away, but Neil Diamond’s songs pull them together, chorus after chorus. From the neon buzz of Coney Island to the cracked vinyl bins of Eli’s shop, from shouting matches with parents to late-night ...

In the whiskey-sweet air of 1950s Tennessee, where the ghosts of war still haunt the jukebox and the promise of country music clings to every neon-lit dive, Clara Faye Dalton is chasing a dream louder than her past. With a battered guitar, a pocketful of pain, and a voice like smoke and silver, she storms into Sun Records ready to burn through every lie she’s been told, about music, men, and the cost of wanting more. Wes Malone, a worn-down World War II vet with a liver full of regret and a heart tuned to swing rhythms, isn’t looking to be anyone’s hero. But when he hears Clara sing, ...

In the grit-streaked heart of 1970s New York, where CBGB reeks of spilled beer and revolution, one record shop war is about to turn into the greatest duet the city’s never heard. Jamie Finnegan is a Lennon-loving music critic in the making, armed with a notebook, a Beatles back catalog, and a hopeless belief that melody can still change the world. Stevie “Riff” Malone is a scuffed-up punk guitarist shredding through the Lower East Side, fueled by Jagger’s swagger, busted amps, and a refusal to play by anyone’s rules, least of all Jamie’s. Their feud starts over a scratched White...

In the soft-lit hum of a small English town in the late 1970s, where polyester reigns and repression hangs thick in the air, two girls find each other across the shelves of a struggling record shop. Nora Whitman is the sensible one: bookish, buttoned-up, and quietly counting the days until she can leave suburbia behind. Charlie Green is all chaos and cheekbones: a sharp-tongued ABBA devotee with a talent for zine-making, a rainbow collection of band tees, and an unshakable belief that disco can save your life. When a fumbled ABBA lyric and a shared enemy in the town's resident moral ...

ON A TRAIN BOUND FOR HOLLAND, TWO STRANGERS WILL MEET Video journalist Guy lands the gig of his dreams: a month-long odyssey across Europe’s electrifying summer music festivals, capturing the raw passion of bands and their die-hard fans. But this dream job morphs into a twisted nightmare when a chance, flirtatious train encounter with enigmatic backpacker Carly spirals into obsession. What starts as a playful spark on a train to Amsterdam ignites into chaos as Carly begins stalking Guy, appearing uninvited at every festival he covers, her charm masking a chilling edge. When she snatches ...

In the rain-soaked shadows of early-’90s Seattle, where flannel is armor and guitars bleed truth, Nina Carter and Jake “Jagger” Malone are on opposite ends of a dying genre war. She’s a sharp-tongued zine queen and grunge band manager whose words have bite and purpose. He’s a Sunset Strip refugee, all eyeliner swagger and glam-rock riffs, trying to keep his fading band alive in a world that’s swapped hairspray for heroin and solos for screams. When a West Coast Battle of the Bands throws their paths together, grunge versus glam, dirt versus polish, their rivalry is instant, ...

Two hearts. One jukebox. And the Roy Orbison song that could bring them back together. In 1989 Lubbock, Texas, the oil bust still bruises the town, but inside the flickering glow of the Starlight Lounge, cabaret singer Lila Monroe and record store clerk Jesse Harper find something worth believing in: each other, and the soaring heartbreak ballads of Roy Orbison. When their romance ignites during an Orbison look-alike contest, it feels like fate. But lies, fear, and dreams bigger than Lubbock tear them apart. As Lila lands a life-changing contract in Los Angeles and Jesse struggles with ...

Breaking the law, one laugh at a time. When disillusioned law-school dropout Milo Carter stumbles across an absurd statute about pickle quality, he doesn’t just roll his eyes, he sparks a revolution. Along with his chaotic comedian best friend Tina Morales, anxious tech genius Raj Patel, fiery historian Clara Nguyen, and golden-retriever-hearted himbo Dave Thompson, Milo hits the road in a beat-up RV nicknamed The Lawnmower on a mission to “yeet” America’s strangest laws. From Connecticut’s bouncing pickles to Alabama’s Sunday domino ban, every state brings new stunts, new fines...

It started with a twenty-dollar note and a horse named Superhero Spree. Harry Foster was six years old when he placed his first bet. That “cheeky punt” lit the fuse on a life consumed by the rush of racing odds, scam hustles, and the toxic high of chasing the next win. Now a reformed gambler, ex-con, and barely-holding-it-together single dad, Harry’s trying to claw his way back, for his daughter, for his sister Jess, and for the misfit recovery group known as the Blinking Toads. But the house always wins. As gambling tycoon Norris Brooks tightens his grip on Melbourne’s betting ...

El amor estaba prohibido. La música lo hizo inevitable. En el latido del corazón de Medellín, donde los ritmos chocan con la revolución y el amor florece en medio de la lucha, Sofía, la feroz e intrépida hija de un jefe de policía, se atreve a bailar al ritmo de su propio compás. Atraída no por el poder ni la protección, sino por Julián, un futbolista convertido en artista de grafiti con alma, atrapado entre sus sueños y las sombras de las pandillas que una vez conoció, Sofía ve su mundo patas arriba en un concierto de Shakira que lo cambia todo. Desde cintas bootleg de ...

GUILTY AS CHARGED: A CROSS-COUNTRY CODEX OF CRAZINESS : PART TWO The laws get weirder. The laughs get louder. The road gets real. After burnout, breakdowns, and one disastrous goldfish arrest, the Lawbenders are back on the road, recharged, reunited, and ready to finish what they started. Milo Carter, former law student turned accidental outlaw, leads his ragtag crew, Tina Morales, the stand-up comic rediscovering her fire; Raj Patel, the tech wizard with new resolve; Clara Nguyen, the historian-turned-activist; and Dave Thompson, the world’s most optimistic himbo, back into the chaos of ...

Brighton, September 2025. Mara Ellison runs Echoes, a tiny record shop haunted by memory and rain. For her, The Cure’s “Pictures of You” is more than a song, it’s a lifeline back to her late mother, and the scars she hides behind shelves of vinyl. Leo Alvarez is a DJ chasing shadows, still grieving the brother he lost and the call he ignored. For him, only the deep cuts matter: The Cure's introversion, Joy Division’s despair, Siouxsie’s gothic edge - songs that echo what he can’t say out loud. Thrown together for the Venice Biennale’s pop-up art festival, their clash of ...

Pitcher List's Nick Pollack sits down with many he's met inside the baseball industry, discussing their journey and what they learned to get where they are now.

Nerd out about pitching and fantasy baseball weekly with Pitcher List's Nick Pollack and Eric Samulski.

One-on-one interviews with MLB pitchers, talking about their pitches, grips, approaches, mechanics, and their life inside the game.

When Ruth Ellison opens The Last Bookshop in the fading Cotswolds village of Willowby, she’s looking for more than just a fresh start. At 48, reeling from a divorce and a lifetime of what-ifs, she’s poured everything she has, emotionally and financially, into restoring a dusty old shop filled with creaky floors, forgotten first editions, and a cat named Brontë with an attitude. She wasn’t expecting Graham Hargrove, a reclusive former literary star with a tweed cap, a bruised past, and a knack for quoting poetry when it’s least convenient. Nor was she expecting a leather-bound ...

In the sweat-slick pulse of New York City’s gay scene, where Madonna reigns like a rhinestoned saint and every club night is a communion, Eddie Santiago and Marcus Reed meet under the flicker of neon and the crackle of vinyl. Eddie’s a fast-talking, faster-dancing Bronx dreamer with lace gloves, busted track shoes, and choreography in his bones. Marcus is a closeted law student with a Harvard tie, a boxing glove in his drawer, and a heart that beats to forbidden rhythms. Their love sparks over a battle of records, Like a Virgin vs. She’s So Unusual, and grows through drag shows, Pride...