Monday, February 13, 2012

MONSTERPALOOZA MAGAZINE--Nominated For 4 Rondo Awards!

Voting has begun and the ballots for the fan-driven 10th Annual RONDO AWARDS are HERE.

MONSTERPALOOZA MAGAZINE has been nominated for four awards!



Voting is easy. Click the link and follow the simple directions to cast your ballots for you favorite picks--vote for Monsterpalooza Magazine, of course!--and email your choices in! You don't have to vote for everything in every category (it's a huge ballot this year) just the ones you like!

Voting is happening now and ends on SUNDAY NIGHT at midnight, April 1, 2012.

Monsterpalooza Magazine has been nominated in the following four categories:

- BEST MAGAZINE 2011
- BEST COVER by Jeff Preston

 "The Pumpkin Master" by Jeff Preston, the cover for the premiere issue!

- BEST ARTICLE 

"Dare You See It? James Whale's Frankenstein" by Pierre Fournier

 The splash page for Pierre Fournier's fabulous article!

"Karloff and the Creation of the Screen Actors Guild" by Mark Redfield

 Boris Karloff and the Founding Members of The Screen Actors Guild in 1933.


Thanks for your votes and your support. Happy voting!

Here's the link to the Rondo Awards.

Here's the link to order Monsterpalooza Magazine!



-Mark Redfield

Saturday, February 4, 2012

SAG-AFTRA ONE UNION WEBSITE UP AND VIDEO!




The new website, with all the materials available for actors in the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is now live and can be viewed  at www.sagaftra.org

Thursday, February 2, 2012

SAG-AFTRA MERGER? BORIS KARLOFF WOULD APPROVE.

Remembering Boris Karloff today, who passed away on this date in 1969, and looking forward to voting "yes" on the ballot that merges two US actor unions into one, strengthened, new union to serve and protect us, I wondered what Boris Karloff would think of it...


 Boris Karloff 23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969

Karloff was one of the courageous founding members of the Screen Actors Guild, and attended early meetings of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

He struggled in his early years, and yet, when a small measure of success and stability had come into his working life as an actor, he struggled to help form SAG in 1933, and fought until it was recognized by the producers in Hollywood.

Karloff was known to always look-out for and help his fellows. He would've seen the value in merging these two unions.

I'm convinced he'd throw his support behind us today.

-Mark Redfield

Get the facts on merger HERE.

My article, Boris Karloff and the Creation of SAG is in the premiere issue of Monsterpalooza Magazine. You can order a copy HERE.