Turning 45 Today: Ben Whishaw festivalreviews.org/ben-whishaw/ There are certainly other things I’d like to have a go at one day.I’d like to have a go at directing. Or maybe I’ll go back to painting. Or maybe thinking about those things is just my way of protecting myself if it all goes wrong.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: ACTION/THRILLER Shorts Festival Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/actio... #actionfestival #wildsound #freefilmfestival

Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines – October 15th. wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit - Tragic poem - 1pg Comedy screenplay - 1pg Spirituality short story - Psychodrama stage play - Horror short story - Dystopian novel - Romance screenplay

Deadline Today: ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Screenplay Festival festivalforromance.com/about/ FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival.

Deadline Today: DYSTOPIAN Novel Festival. 3 options to submit thrillersuspensefestival.com/dystopian-no... Dystopian stories are a type of speculative fiction that explore the darker aspects of human nature and the human mind.

Deadline Today: HORROR Short Story Festival festivalforhorror.com/horror-short... Submit your HORROR Short Story to the Festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself. #horrorstories

Deadline Today: PSYCHODRAMA STAGE PLAY Writing Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

October 2025 Film Freeway Testimonials for the ACTION/CRIME/MYSTERY Festival filmfreeway.com/crimemystery I loved how much these guys offered in terms of additional resources to help get the word out about their selected films. It was a really fun experience to be interviewed. #filmfreeway

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1600: Filmmaker Kyle Arneson (Meevil the Weevil: Breakfast of Champions) youtu.be/kYSMPwitj_o?... Meevil the Weevil is a little bug with big dreams of being a stuntman. “Breakfast of Champions” mixes stop motion animation with live action footage where we follow Meevil.

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Deadline Today: RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Short Story Festival storypitches.com/religion-spi... Submit your Religion or Spirituality Short Story to the Festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Deadline Today: PARANORMAL STAGE PLAY Writing Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Deadline Today: COMEDY Novel Festival festivalforcomedy.com/comedy-novel... Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book).

Deadline Today: COMEDY Screenplay Festival festivalforcomedy.com/comedy-scree... Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Comedy Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get a audience video. The #1 Comedy Festival and Contest

Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines: October 14th wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit DRAMATIC Monologue Poetry 1pg. BIOGRAPHICAL Screenplay 1pg. DOCUDRAMA Short Story PARANORMAL Stage Play RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Short Story COMEDY Novel Festival

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: SCI-FI/FANTASY Shorts Festival Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/sci-f... #fantasy #scifi #wildsound #filmfestival

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1599: HIDDEN – THE KATI PRESTON Story Film Team youtu.be/kYSMPwitj_o?... HIDDEN – The Kati Preston Story is a powerful journey seen through the eyes of a child—a firsthand account of a society’s slow and insidious descent into authoritarianism, dictatorship, and tyranny.

Turning 62 Today: Lori Petty festivalreviews.org/lori-petty/ I had a girl come up to me, and she’s like “I’m a rape survivor.” I said, “No you’re not. Stop that.” She’s like, “What?” I was raped at 14.” I said, “That stupid ass man did a fucked up thing. It has nothing to do with you.

Turning 60 Today: Steve Coogan festivalreviews.org/steve-coogan/ I don’t talk about my personal life. I don’t go in Hello! magazine to get a free kitchen because I show them my kitchen. I like to be creative, but I’m not interested in being recognized.

Turning 58 Today: Stephen A. Smith festivalreviews.org/stephen-a-sm... It bothers me when nobody is criticizing me, because then I am not doing something. #stephensmith

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival (125 5 Star Reviews!) filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFil... The festival is one of a kind! The feedback with professionalism is just warming, especially to writers like me who sat on material too scared to share with the rest of the world

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: EXPERIMENTAL, DANCE & MUSIC Festival (Over 200 FIVE Star Reviews!) filmfreeway.com/Experimental... We love this festival! Our collaborators were thrilled to win ‘The festival have shown so much care in supporting us and sharing audience feedback on the film.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Winning HORROR Shorts Showcase Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/winni... #wildsound #horrorfestival #watchhorror

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1598: Filmmaker Clare McKay (LIVING AN AMERICAN DREAM) youtu.be/L930VhYaOwk?... Two Haitian brothers, along with family and friends, discuss their experiences growing up adopted in a ranching lifestyle and how rodeo plays a part. A story of faith, passion, drive and dreams

Happy Birthday: Kelly Preston (1962-2020) festivalreviews.org/kelly-preston/ There’s the jiggle factor in Hollywood. Once I was at an audition and they told me “You must show your breasts!” and I was like “Get outta town.” I just laughed and slammed the door on my way out.

Turning 58 Today: Kate Walsh festivalreviews.org/kate-walsh/ For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.

Turning 54 Today: Sacha Baron Cohen festivalreviews.org/sacha-baron-... I think that, essentially, I’m a private person, and to reconcile that with being famous is a hard thing. So I’ve been trying to have my cake and eat it too – to have my character be famous yet still lead a normal life.

Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines: October 13th wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit - Body Image poetry - 1pg. Musical screenplays - 1pg. Female writers short story - LGBTQ+ novel festival - Biography short story festival - Melodrama stage play - LGBTQ+ screenplay festival

Deadline Today: LGBTQ+ Screenplay Festival lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbtq-screen... Submit your Feature, TV Pilot, or Short Screenplay All entries receive full feedback from the industry. Accepted screenplays get their screenplays performed by professional actors. #screenplayfestival

Deadline Today: MELODRAMA STAGE PLAY Writing Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Deadline Today: BIOGRAPHY Short Story Festival storypitches.com/biography-sh... A biography is a written account of a person’s life that tells the story of their experiences, accomplishments, and challenges. The word “biography” comes from the medieval Greek words bios, meaning “life”

Deadline Today: LGBTQ+ Novel Festival lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbtq-novel-... Submit your LGBTQ+ Book by the deadline. An LGBTQ+ novel is a work of fiction that explores LGBTQ+ experiences, issues, relationships, history, or pride, either explicitly or implicitly. LGBTQ+,

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Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFil... awesome festival experience! Thank you for the opportunity to showcase our Indie film. #filmfreeway #wildsound #filmfestivaldeadlines

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Micro-HORROR Shorts Festival Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/micro... #wildsound #freefilmfestival #film

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1597: Screenwriter A.E. Guaaker (THE VILLAGE PHANTOM) youtu.be/m754ntDv9Ag?... Fiona Haegerbergh, a journalist for The Metro Standard, arrives in a rural Norwegian town to investigate rising drug use. Officially, she’s there to produce a webcast— but Fiona has her own agenda.

Turning 57 Today: Hugh Jackman festivalreviews.org/hugh-jackman/ [on comic books] I never read comics as a kid, and when I was slipped the comics under my trailer door, Bryan Singer didn’t want us to read them, and I was amazed at how helpful they were, the images more than the story.

Turning 33 Today: Josh Hutcherson festivalreviews.org/josh-hutcher... As an actor, you imagine every single day on set. So, as we already use our imaginations every day anyway, we just have to stretch it out just a little bit farther and imagine that

Turning 25 Today: Mia Threapleton festivalreviews.org/mia-threaple... “My mum and I are extremely different when it comes to the ways that we prepare… I mean, we’ve got different brains; we’re different people”.

Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines: October 12th wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit LOVE Poetry Contest (FREE) 1pg. TRUE CRIME Screenplay Festival 1pg. MYSTERY Short Story Festival TRAGIC COMEDY Stage Play FEMALE Writers Short Story SCI-FI/FANTASY Novel ANIMATION Screenplay

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 12th): TRAGIC COMEDY STAGE PLAY Writing Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Novel Festival Deadline (Oct. 12th): FANTASY/SCI-FI Novel Contest fantasyscififestival.com/fantasysci-f... We specialize in showcasing Fantasy/Sci-Fi stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadlines (Oct. 12th): ANIMATION Screenplay Contest feedbackanimationfestival.com Screenplay Festivals occur every single month. Submit your animation geared script. FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters #animation

Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 12th): FEMALE Writers Short Story Contest femalefilmfestival.com/female-write... Submit your FEMALE Written Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video

October 2025 ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival Testimonials. filmfreeway.com/RomanceFesti... Relationships with the festival are amazing, Feedbacks are highly professional and helpful, Promotion is great. Feeling more home than home ! #romance #filmfreeway #filmfestival

October 2025 TORONTO COMEDY Festival (5 STAR) Testimonials. filmfreeway.com/TorontoComed... Terrific read on my script, did a tremendous job! Great feedback and suggestions. Enjoyed meeting them and had fun on the podcast. Heartily recommend the Toronto Comedy Film and Screenplay festival.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Best of EXPERIMENTAL Shorts Festival Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/best-... #freefestival #watchmovies #filmfestival

October 11th – Today in History (SNL premiere, Famous Shatner “Twilight Zone” episode premieres) festivalreviews.org/2025/10/11/o... #october11th #todayinhistory

Turning 72 Today: David Morse festivalreviews.org/turning-72-t... Disturbia was a surprise. And I don’t know why I was surprised, because I knew when I was asked to do it that there were good people involved. D.J. Caruso and Shia LaBeouf and Carrie-Anne Moss. And Spielberg who was producing it.

Turning 49 Today: Emily Deschanel festivalreviews.org/emily-descha... (discussing her food as a child) No sugar cereal. Hot dogs with no nitrates. We weren’t allowed to have McDonald’s. When the babysitter came, we could have Kraft macaroni and cheese.