"Finally!" I exclaimed as I sat beside my parents in the theater at our home. "I thought you would never be done with this film. You said it would take a week to finish it, and that was more than a month ago!"
"Stop whining," Evan clapped back in irritation while setting up the projector. "Do you want to see it or not?"
I promptly shut up hearing that.
"Besides," Evan continued as he walked over to us after dimming the lights, "Alfonso inspired me a lot with his filming tech...
2024-07-24 17:00:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 62
Tier 2: Chapter 67
Tier 3: Chapter 78
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2024-07-22 17:40:29 +0000 UTC
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Alfonso Cuarón was a little skeptical about the film series called [Harry Potter]. He loved the books when he read them for the first time, and he was happy that they considered him for the role of director, but the first meeting with Steve Kloves made him doubt the idea. He didn’t think that shooting two films back to back was feasible when even the script of the fourth movie was not ready. But Steve assured him that he would personally assist Eric Roth, the screenwriter, to complete the ...
2024-07-22 17:36:25 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 61
Tier 2: Chapter 66
Tier 3: Chapter 77
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2024-07-21 11:09:32 +0000 UTC
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I felt empty.
I’m not trying to be deep or emo, but I really felt purposeless at the moment. What else was left for me to gain at this point by continuing to act? I had already achieved all the highest honors in acting that any actor would want in their life. True, I could yearn for a Grammy to finish my EGOT, but at the moment, I couldn’t think beyond the two Tony trophies I had with me—one for acting, and one for Best Musical. While legally my father may have been th...
2024-07-21 11:06:09 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 60
Tier 2: Chapter 65
Tier 3: Chapter 76
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2024-07-19 18:20:30 +0000 UTC
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The production of the third and fourth Potter films was finally underway with Alfonso Cuaron helming the joint project. I couldn’t be happier with the turn of events because Cuaron was one of my favorite directors of all time. Each and every one of his movies is created with a passion that is rarely seen in filmmakers today, where more focus is placed on the commercial performance than the art. From what I could recall, my favorite film of his was [Children of Men]. The dystopian world he c...
2024-07-19 18:17:35 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 59
Tier 2: Chapter 64
Tier 3: Chapter 75
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2024-07-17 17:14:07 +0000 UTC
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“Yes! Exactly like that, Troy!” Evan commanded excitedly as he ran around the room with the camera in his hands, and pointed at me. “Loki! Come here.” He commanded the puppy with confidence, and surprisingly, the husky listened to him. Over the last few weeks, he had gotten used to his new name, and the two of us had taught him some basic commands like ‘come here,’ ‘sit,’ ‘shake hand,’ and the like. He didn’t always follow the commands, but sometimes he would, and luckil...
2024-07-17 17:06:10 +0000 UTC
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Many of my readers have suggested making Troy a teen heartthrob. Being a skinny specky git as Harry Potter (as the British would say) for years would hardly make him rule hearts of young maidens. So I was contemplating two film series where the protagonist ruled the hearts of the female viewers using his good looks and charm. Choose one or none. He won't do both of the films.
(PS: I don't hate either of those film series, and if we go that route, I'll make damn sure that I'll make an e...
2024-07-16 23:10:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! I'm so sorry for the late update, but in my defense, I got home really late last night and had a killer headache whole day. My body is not meant to handle multiple parties in a week for sure. Anyway, here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 58
Tier 2: Chapter 63
Tier 3: 2024-07-16 19:07:38 +0000 UTC
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Barry Meyer could sense a headache coming from a mile away. Sometimes he was baffled by the sheer stupidity that some members of Warner’s board of directors showed. Every once in a while, a studio would stumble upon a goldmine of a film that changed their profitability immensely. It was disheartening to know that some people were too stupid to realize that.
“You have to tell them that the amount we are paying them is too much,” Sherry Peters, one of the most vocal members of the b...
2024-07-16 19:00:19 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 57
Tier 2: Chapter 62
Tier 3: Chapter 73
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PS: The next update would be on Tuesday, i.e., 16-07-2024 afte...
2024-07-14 11:26:55 +0000 UTC
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~: “Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Troy,
Happy birthday to you!” :~
Steve sang along with Kathy, Evan, Jamie, Emma, and a few more of Troy’s friends he had made on his film and theater sets. Steve was also holding a video camera, recording everything. Troy blew out the thirteen candles placed on the huge chocolate truffle cake, which was Troy’s favorite. Everyone clapped loudly as all the candles were extinguished.
“Thank you for this ...
2024-07-14 11:18:32 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 56
Tier 2: Chapter 61
Tier 3: Chapter 72
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2024-07-12 16:08:21 +0000 UTC
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I didn’t know what I expected when Mum handed me over her laptop, but when I started going through the summaries of the scripts that I had been offered, I realized one important thing about my career till now–I was beyond lucky.
It was only luck that I was adopted by a Hollywood writer/director. Similarly, it was just my luck that my father had a friend who was producing [The Sixth Sense], or that I would end up taking dance lessons from the choreographer assigned for [Billy Elliot]...
2024-07-12 16:04:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 55
Tier 2: Chapter 60
Tier 3: Chapter 71
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2024-07-10 16:23:16 +0000 UTC
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It took some time, but finally, life was back to normalcy. I had heard somewhere that time heals all wounds. There is no substitute for a departed loved one, especially a parent, but people get used to living without them after a particular point. Evan adapted to living with us rather quickly. One thing I found strange was his insistence on fast-tracking his education using private tutors.
“I don’t think this is a good idea,” Mum said slowly after listening to Evan’s request.
2024-07-10 16:17:39 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! I feel like my life is something like 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. Three of my cousins decided to get married in the same week, the assholes. So I'll be out of town for quite a bit. Don't worry, I am doing a double update today for the chapters that were planned for the 7th (Sunday) and the 8th (Monday).
The next update will be on the 10th of July.
Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 2024-07-06 19:23:14 +0000 UTC
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Trigger Warning: Mentions of terrorism, loss of life, and grief.
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Everything happened so quickly after, that my body was moving on autopilot. We left the airport in short order to go back home. On the way over, Dad dialed a few people to get information about the people who were on the flight. It’s always possible that Evan’s parents had missed their flight. Unfortunately, their phones were unreachable. Meanwhile, Evan was inconsolable.
I wante...
2024-07-06 19:17:02 +0000 UTC
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AN: I have added YouTube links to the songs in the chapter as suggested by a reader, which will help in the immersion in the story.
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The show continued after a 15-minute break.
Months passed in the story, and the village was celebrating Christmas when Billy’s dad got drunk and sang about his wife, who died three years ago. Billy met with Michael, who coaxed him to show some of his ballet moves, but Billy declined his offer. As Michael went home, Billy st...
2024-07-06 18:55:43 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 52
Tier 2: Chapter 57
Tier 3: Chapter 68
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2024-07-05 13:55:24 +0000 UTC
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The sun hung lazily in the sky, casting a golden glow over the slightly wet sand that stretched seemingly endlessly before us. The waves lapped gently at the shore, creating a soothing rhythm that was a world away from the chaos of film sets and bustling cities. I took a deep breath, inhaling the salty sea air, and felt a wave of contentment wash over me. The sunshine was perfect for me. Too bad my [Harry Potter] contract forbade me from sunbathing while the films were in production. This was...
2024-07-05 13:50:19 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 51
Tier 2: Chapter 56
Tier 3: Chapter 67
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2024-07-03 14:17:56 +0000 UTC
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Seeing the Box Office results of [A.I. Artificial Intelligence], I was cursing myself. Why the fuck didn’t I accept WB’s deal of profit sharing instead of a fixed salary? With my salary of $5m, which was 5% of the budget, I could have easily netted $23m from the theatrical rights alone. Not to mention, the DVD and VHS sales. I’m still not fully sure what the reason for [A.I.]’s success was, but one thing was given, it was all because of me. Till now, all the films I had done were alre...
2024-07-03 14:11:06 +0000 UTC
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So I had this crazy idea that I'm not too sure about and needed your opinion. There was some gap between HP movies, and I don't want to pad it up with 'filler movies or shows' that I don't like. A friend of mine who is also a reader suggested to let Troy go to college, but I'm doubtful. What do you think?
(If he goes to college, it would be in the UK because they graduate in 3 years there rather than four years of America. Even if he does go there, I won't spend too many chapters on tha...
2024-07-01 20:41:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 50
Tier 2: Chapter 55
Tier 3: Chapter 66
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2024-07-01 14:07:46 +0000 UTC
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Benji Cooper was sick of his school. He was always the odd one out, and the last person to be selected in any event, be it sports, academic projects, or something artsy. He just didn’t get along with kids his age. Not to mention, his school had a little bullying problem that he found himself on the wrong end of sometimes.
But all that could be easily forgotten when he did what he loved: watching movies. It was an escape from reality for him, living in the world of movies that took him...
2024-07-01 13:55:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons! Here's today's update:
Tier 1: Chapter 49
Tier 2: Chapter 54
Tier 3: Chapter 65
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2024-06-30 08:43:31 +0000 UTC
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With tensions at an all-time high, I was on the edge of my seat when Mum took my hand and squeezed gently. I turned to her in amazement because the camera was on me along with all the nominees, thus I had a smile fixed on my face, but she understood with a mere look what I was feeling deep down. ‘It’s okay,’ she mouthed and I was back to being my normal self instantly.
I grinned at her and squeezed her hand back before turning to the stage where Hilary Swank had opened the envelop...
2024-06-30 08:39:42 +0000 UTC
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