HollyBiz
Selected Sites for Entertainment Industry and Celebrity Research
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CrewNet.com-Free
Film Crew search by name; other features pay-per-view
New and developing list of free or fee-for-service databases
General
Michael
Seymour's Guide to Entertainment Resources
From his APRA 2000 presentation
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Hollywood Reporter
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One of key news sources for entertainment biz; free daily news highlights;
full news & archives available for fee
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Hollywood
Reporter: Philanthropy
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The latest on celeb philanthropy
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Daily Variety
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The other key news source for entertainment biz; free daily highlights;
full news & archives available for fee
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Company Town
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The L.A. Times' Business Section devoted to the movie/TV industry
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ProfessorKearney.com
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Nice collection of entertainment links; works best in Netscape
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Celebrity
Charity Review
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Some celeb philanthropic interests from The Smoking Gun
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HollywoodNetwork
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Check the Hollydex for links to global entertainment biz. Site also
includes profiles of notables
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Who2
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Free, brief bios with b-days of celebs of all types
Film & TV
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USC School of Cinema-Television
Prominent Alumni
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Just what it says! Click on "alumni."
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Hollywood
Hyperlink
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From the Hollywood Reporter; links to producers, production cos., film,
TV, music & more
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AFI Online
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The American Film Institute; alumni newsletter; has classes & events
where you can schmooze with the pros
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts
& Sciences
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Get your Oscar stats here; see link to their library for info about
telephone reference service
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The Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences
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Press release archive & some current Emmy info
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Writers Guild of America
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Take a look at the WGA's research links
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Directors Guild of America
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List of members, including agents when available!
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AFTRA Scale
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Review basic rates for freelance acting jobs
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Motion Picture
Database
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From The Motion Picture Guide via TV Guide: cast, credits and reviews
for some 35,000 movies, plus filmographies for thousands of actors, directors,
screenwriters and others
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Movie People Database
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From Hollywood.com: another searchable database of movie types--more
than 131,000 film titles and 850,000 cast credits
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All-Movie Guide
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Searchable by name, film, keyword; brought to by creators of VideoHound
& All-Music directories
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The Internet Movie Database
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Excellent search page; movies, characters, crew & more
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Yahoo! Movies
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Lots of current film info, plus celeb directory with links to bios &
filmographies
NewEnglandfilm.com
Directory
Nice free list of Northeastern production professionals; searchable
by name or profession
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DevelopmentLeads.com
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For-fee site for tracking projects through development
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DirectorsWorld.com--Creative
PLANET Communities
Free once you sign in; good collection of sites for keeping up with
news & top people in the more technical side of the industry
Examples of other creativePLANETcommunities:
Cinematographer -- http://www.cinematographer.com
EditorsNet -- http://www.editorsnet.com
PostIndustry -- http://www.postindustry.com
Pro Sound News -- http://www.prosoundnews.com
Videography -- http://www.videography.com
HCDonline.com
Links to pay-per-view directories for hard to find production companies
and others:
Producers
Agents & Managers
Distributors
International Film Buyers
New Media
Showbizdata.com
Fun lists; track film grosses & production company markets shares
Hollywood Players: Cool list of top directors ranked by annual amount
their films took in
Searchable by name or year
What-a-Character!com
Nice bios with photos and b-days of character actors
Job Descriptions/Salaries
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Maslowmedia.com
Use free Executive Resume Search to get a sense of the salaries
of industry execs
Also use the general Resume Search
http://www.maslowmedia.com/searchit.asp
To get an idea of salary ranges in other industry jobs
Employnow.com
Check the job postings for free to locate salaries for production
jobs and more
Jobsinthebiz.com
Check the Biz Career News to find what your prospects are doing
& where they're going
Visit there Biz Links http://www.jobsinthebiz.com/pages/biz_links.html
for even more resources covering
Industry Publications
Industry Associations
Career Opportunities at Entertainment Companies
Entertainment Career Resources
Entertainment Diversity Websites
Scriptsales.com
View the Done Deal Sales for sample pay for screenwriters
Also check the Annual Wrap Up for an annual listing
http://www.scriptsales.com/DoneWrap01.html
Showbizjobs.com
Another free job search where salaries are sometimes specified
TVandRadioJobs.com
Check TV & Radio job postings; salary info rare, though
Also check the links to learn more about the TV & Radio biz
http://tvandradiojobs.com/links.html
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Music
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CD Now
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Search by artist name to find current musical recordings list
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Billboard
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Top biz news mag for the music industry; full-text, pre-press version
& archives available for fee
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Recording Industry Assoc. of America
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Search for an artist's gold & platinum recordings; info on music
industry
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All Music Guide
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Nice bios for musical performers with birthdays & "real" names
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Theater
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Internet Broadway Database
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Use the Advanced feature to search by event, actor, theater or character
Celebrity Directories
Searching
for Celebrities from About.Com
Handy guide & links
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Celebrity Address Emporium
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Alpha list of addresses with special "Verified Address" section
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Yahoo!
Celebrity Directory
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Links to home pages, mailing lists, fan clubs
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Moviepartners.com
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Stars & their agents and/or managers
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The Star Archive
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Celeb addresses tested by fans
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Celebrity Almanac
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Handy celebrity real name look up
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WhoRepresents?com
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Find celebs via their agents; free with registration
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