Archive for February, 2008

Healing the Hollywood Heart with Viki King

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Viki King, bestselling author of How to Write a Movie in 21 Days, is an inspiration for anyone who has aspirations of working in Hollywood or just trying to figure out what the next step in their life is.  As Joe Marconi, media consultant and author of ten marketing books said,

“Whether navigating the tricky waters of Hollywood screenwriting or the murky waters of life – and beyond – Viki King not only takes you there, but explains what you can expect.”

Viki King’s book, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days, is a Hollywood standard for screenwriters and focuses on the Inner Movie Method.  Additionally, Viki has helped guide the careers of hundreds of celebrity clients through her personal consulations.  She has appeared often on CNN, NBC, ABC, BBC and lectured at UCLA, USC, NYU and spoken at Mensa.  One of her many speaking topics includes Healing the Hollywood Heart - Why You Want To Be Rich and Famous and What To Do About It. 

If you would like to work with Viki King, her home page is www.vikiking.com 

Transformational Entertainment and “Eli Stone”

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Spiritual and transformational entertainment is an emerging genre in both television and cinema.  For example, Eli Stone, a comedy-drama television show about a lawyer who may be a prophit recently debuted on ABC. The episode is about Eli defending a mother in a lawsuit against a vaccine manufacturer, who is represented by Eli’s own company, while Eli tries to make sense of his visions of George Michaels singing “faith”. Eli questions these visions and believes they may simply be hallucinations caused by his brain aneurism.  Later in the episode, Eli meets with Dr. Chen, an acupuncturist who puts on a fake Chinese accent to sound more authentic.  Dr. Chen tells Eli that there is a divine and scientific explanation for everything.  He then suggests that Eli may be a prophet. 

Without being preachy and remaining true to its comedic tone, this televsion show asks a very spiritual question:  Am I worthy enough to receive spiritual guidance?  Eli questions why God would want anything to do with someone like him, a lawyer who worships Armani suits and works for a law firm that protects big corporate interests.  Eli also questions whether he actually believes in God.  Additionally, Eli never asked to receive any guidance.  George Michaels simply shows up on his coffee table singing “you gotta have faith”.

This show has received good reviews from critics and will likely remain on air.  It is funny and thought-provoking without taking itself too seriously.  During a strike fillled with reruns and reality shows, it is refreshing to see a well done comedy-drama that is providing new episodes.  It aires Thursday nights at 10:00 PM on ABC.