My mother was born and raised in Hollywood -- and she vividly remembers the community outrage over a developer's plan to sub-divide a particularly scenic part of the Hollywood Hills. What was especially galling was that the developers seemed to flaunt their disregard for these unique L.A. hillsides by erecting a huge billboard to announce their new project.

I'm feeling like one of those vendors who sells programs at sports events by reminding fans that they "can't tell the players without a scorecard"!

And so it is with the first-ever Hollywood Challenge --  which asks 30 of the most talented college improv teams to invent a three-part video about what would happen if a major Hollywood Production company decided to use "their campus"  as a location for a major motion picture. (link to premise page)

 As the judges were tabulating their votes for the three remaining finalists at the Chicago Improv Festival's College Tournament this past weekend, someone in the back of the theater held up a hand-painted sign which said "HAVE FUN" -- which was precisely what The Titanic Players Daddy Mags from Northwestern University,

 Nothing stays the same -- especially in LA.

showbizzle decided to hold an audition for a new cast member in early September. It was a tremendous success on many fronts. We had the privilege to meet tons of new actors, many of whom have bright futures ahead in this business.

We wrote ten monologues, and called it Performing the Monologue - the Audition. 

Aaron Spelling insisted that he could tell if someone had star power the moment they walked into the audition room.  But what if there is no audition room? What if the world is digital? and fragmented? and changing at a pace no one, not even a broadcast network or a major studio has ever dealt with before ? What if the world is the one we live in?