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Please keep e-mailing the candid feedback about Hollywood & Vine (H&V), a new entertainment trade magazine recently launched by the 501(c)(3) non-profi t organization, BReaKiNG iNTo HoLLyWooD (BiH). Our team appreciates the 102,000+ clicks to our online PDF of H&V. It’s surprising to know we have readers from around the world–Canada, Singapore, Russia, France, South Africa, Italy and many other countries. We of course appreciate our U.S. readers, particularly our fellow Los Angelenos and New Yorkers. You can check out some of the comments from our power player readers in our Leave Word section (p. 7). Inside this second issue of H&V, we celebrate artists who have pursued their careers with ICE. Typically, ice is defi ned as frozen water and appears in various forms such as an icicle, glacier or ice cube. Th e chemical elements that make up ice are H2O, which is the bond formation of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Th is bond is critical in controlling the structure of ice. Similarly, a crucial component to taking control of your entertainment career is to formulate a bond with solid elements. In other words, build your career on ICE (Integrity, Creativity and Enthusiasm). Th e next time your dream is tested by rejected query letters, lack of auditions/callbacks, insuffi cient income, or ignored phone calls and e-mails–resort to your ICE. An unusual property of ice is that the solid is less dense than water, which allows it to fl oat instead of sink. As the architect of your dream, you must build it on the foundation of ICE. Doing so will ensure that your integrity, creativity and enthusiasm won’t drown in the murky Hollywood waters. Now, you may question why I would suggest that you build upon a substance that is known to melt. Well, as an artisticpreneur, you must structure your thinking like the Persian engineers who mastered the technique of keeping ice from melting within the desert. Th e environment they created (via refrigerated massive structures underground) kept the ice solid even in the hottest temperature. As it relates to your career, it’s important to surround yourself in socially supportive environments alongside positive professionals that are aligned with similar goals such as members of networking organizations and entertainment guilds (p. 8) Inside this issue of Hollywood & Vine, “Boy Meets World” actor Rider Strong (on the cover) reveals his process as a director and producer on the storm (p. 20). Also, we introduce you to rising star sisters (p. 24) who used their creativity to produce their vision. And our Gen Z Radar (p. 32) highlights an enthusiastic teen star who landed a dream role in an Oscar-winning fi lm. When it comes to the hardest part of developing a project–raising the fi nancing–our Showbiz, Esq. (p. 23) sheds light on how to nail down investors with integrity. If one of your goals as an artist is to showcase your talent to agents, producers or industry executives, we’d love to feature you in H&V. E-mail us about promoting your script, headshot or fi lm/TV/music/new media project in our Talent Marketplace (p. 34). If you think breaking into Hollywood is impossible, this Sept./Oct. issue will shatter that fallacy. From winning $50,000 on NBC’s “Fear Factor” to producing a feature fi lm with 50 cents to landing a national book deal, BReaKiNG iNTo HoLLyWooD members share their tickets to success (p. 14). So, don’t lose your passion. Instead, join BiH (www. breakingintohollywood.org). Our members have access to the industry resources needed to develop and sustain a career in show business. For Hollywood & Vine readers who are driven by thought- provoking ideas, we talk On Th e Nose (p. 30). For our social-media- savvy readers, we follow “10 Directors Who Tweet” (p. 31). For our socialites, we drop by celebrity hotspots in Touring L.A. (p. 33). If you read this issue cover to cover, the next time you feel your dream slipping away, you’ll be empowered to pursue your career with integrity, creativity and enthusiasm. Since our H&V readers are worldwide, I encourage all of you to get some HEILO, GRACE, GELO, GELATO, YS, HIELO, EIS, IS–and say “Yes” to “Got ICE?” Seize the journey! Angela M. Hutchinson [email protected] Photo by Christian Rodrigo Muro. Leave Word [ Pictures Up ] Artisticpreneurs “I just got back in town and I am looking at the magazine now... it is beautiful!! CONGRATS.” – Cherie Johnson, SOCIAL MEDIA Marketing for the Actress/Producer “I Do...I Did!” EMERGING ARTIST INSIDE THE WARNER BROS.TELEVISION WRITERS’ WORKSHOP “Peeped the magazine. Great stuff . Congrats on the enterprise.” – Carl Seaton, $8.00 & Director “Of Boys and Men” and “Congrats on the launch of Hollywood & Vine magazine! I was Power Player Readers impressed with the quality, as well “Just got it [H&V] in the as the content.