Mahmood Khan and Barry Gibb's Relationship

As the man behind the global revolution of the music industry, Mahmood Khan is a well-known singer, songwriter, music producer, and filmmaker. Khan was born in Pakistan and always had the desire and the talent to be an internationally-known musician. In 1995, his first album “Fairytale” was released and it was a clear message to the world that an upcoming artist was going to change the music industry forever.

Barry Gibb, leader of Australia's famous brother trio, the Bee Gees, is one of the most loved musicians of all time. Along with his two brothers, Robin and Maurice, Barry successfully made music for 45 years. Barry and the Bee Gees are musical legends, with a career dating back to the 1950’s. Barry Gibb is the only surviving member of the Bee Gees.

Mahmood Khan knew the Bee Gees personally. He credits his connection to Barry Gibb with most of his success and has spoken about his admiration for Barry in many interviews. Speaking about Gibb, Khan stated, “He’s one guy who has the most beautiful voice and production values. Barry is really hard-working and true to his game.”

Mahmood Khan has revolutionized modern-day music, topping the Australian music charts and breaking all cultural barriers, much like his idol, Barry Gibb. The two artists have had each their own well-travelled journey. Although Khan and Barry belong to different musical eras, they are connected by a love for their art, a love for music, and a love for each other. It would be correct to say that an indigenous talent like Khan has come a long way from Pakistan to top the charts of the Australian music industry.

More can be seen about their relationship @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjGL5IIJ9s

Some Of The Best Scripters Of City Of Los Angeles

Los Angeles is called the city of Angeles. Its scenic beauty and mountains may have earned this name for the city, but the Angelinos have also contributed vastly in earning this name. Los Angeles is a city with a second largest population in the USA after New York, but possibly in terms of having most talented people, it is unarguably the number one. It is home to many successful actors, directors and people who showed their talent in many fields of activity. But how many of you are aware of the fact that it is the home to some of the most successful and top rated screenwriters. Among them the most famous are

David Koepp – this UCLA graduate in film studies is unarguably the most famous scriptwriters in Los Angeles. This 50 years American writer, to his credit, wrote several megahit projects like Toy Soldiers, Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, Spider Man, Panic room, Jathura, War of the Worlds and Angles and Demons, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and so on.  He is one of the top paid screenwriters of all time. He has the niche for writing any kind of entertainment scripts. He has received academy awards several times in his career.

Thomas H. Schulman – he got Academy Award for dead poets society in Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. We experienced his fine craftsmanship many times in movies like  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Welcome to Mooseport, What About Bob?, , Holy Man and Medicine Man. He is the vice president of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Terry Rossio – Rossio’ss immense talent in writing scripts is the result of the success of the films like Little Monsters, Aladdin, The Puppet Masters, Men in Black, The Mask of Zorro, Antz, Godzilla, Small Soldiers, The Road to El Dorado, Shrek, Treasure Planet, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, National Treasure, The Legend of Zorro, Déjà Vu, The Lone Ranger and so on. He has done his bachelor’s degree from California State University. He has been awarded several international awards, including the Academy Awards, numerous times in his life. This powerhouse of talent is fluent in writing all genres of scripts and the success of the films are the proof of that.

Steve Martin - Martin is unarguably one of the finest actors in comic role the world has ever seen, but he also penned several scripts for many successful films as well. He has been nominated many times for Academy Awards and won it 3 times and once with Alec Baldwin for his acting. Some of his famous writings are L.A. Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays , Pure Drive, Bowfinger, Eric Fischl, Modern Library Humor and Wit Series, Shopgirl , Kindly Lent Their Owner, The Underpants: A Play, The Pleasure of My Company. He is also a singer and producer as well.

Joe Eszterhas – this 69 year old Hungarian – American writer is one of the best in writing thriller stories. He is also one of the highest paid writers in Hollywood as well. 16 films in which he wrote the scripts have done business of more than one billion. Hearts of Fire (1987), Betrayed (1988), Checking Out (1989), Music Box (1989), Basic Instinct (1992), Nowhere to Run (1993), Sliver (1993), Showgirls (1995), Jade (1995), and Telling Lies in America (1997) are some of his greatest creations.

The Unforgettable Penmen Of New York

New York, ‘the city that never sleeps’ is famous for so many things in the world. From its skyscrapers to its shopping plazas and world’s best restaurants and discos and everything else one can think of, this city gave birth to a lot of top entertainment writers of USA  and mainstream English movies. These screenwriters with their credit, are now not only famous in the USA or any other English speaking country, but also all over the world for their fine skill of writing. Some of the best entertainment writers of New York are 

Woody Allen – this American director, screenwriter and producer needs no introduction; he is a genius whose career span is more than 50 years old. He started as a comedy writer in the UK and then moved to USA again and started his career as a screenplay writer and director. His first movie was’ What's new pussycat?’ This 7 time BAFTA winner had penned several comedy plays and books like Don't Drink the Water: A comedy in two acts, Play It Again, Sam (1969), God: A comedy in one act (1975), The Floating Light Bulb (1981). In his career, he also acted in some comedy movies as well, in them Annie Hall (1977), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Husbands and Wives (1992) are worth mentioning.

Martin Charles Scorsese – this New York born director is regarded as one of the finest director and screenwriter the world has ever seen. He has won almost all the international movie and entertainment awards like Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards and certainly academy award many times in his career. With “Who's That Knocking at My Door” he started his journey in the world of movies. He is not only a great director and producer but also one of the finest and unarguably one of the best screenwriters in the world for main stream English movies. Some of his best creations which gained him several awards are Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993),Casino (1995),Gangs of New York (2002),The Aviator (2004),The Departed (2006),Shutter Island (2010),Hugo (2011),The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and so on. This wizard of modern films is a living legend.  His winnings of various prestigious awards can tell us as to how talented and skillful he is in scripting and directing. Till now he has won 22 Academy Award, 21 BAFTA Award, and 27 Golden Globe Award for his films.

Francis Ford Coppola – “The God Father”, this one film is enough to tell us as to what kind of talented this man is in scripting stories. This New York resident not only showed his talent in writing great screenplays but also proved himself as a finest director and producer. Patton (1970) is the first film in which he wrote the screenplay and the academy awarded him with the best original screenplay award to him for the film. The Godfather Part I, II, III, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Jack (1996), The Rainmaker (1997) are his other creations.

Ernest Lehman – the Honorary Academy Award of 73 academy awards is another talented New Yorker who also written and directed several good projects one of it is the ‘sound of music’ which is still recognized as one of the best. Hello, Dolly, The King and I, North by Northwest, Sabrina, Sweet Smell of Success, and West Side Story are his some of the best creations.

William Oliver Stone – this American screenwriter and director came into the limelight in the 1980’s for his exceptional and unique style of writing and directions. Along with various awards,  he is also a proud winner of academy awards for Platoon, Midnight Express, and Born on the Fourth of July.

Enchanting Wordsmiths Of Australia

Australia is globally famous for many reasons, but another thing which always left behind the curtains is that its amazing storytellers whose contributions in Australian as well as international films is unarguable. It is true that Australia not only produces some of the finest directors and singers we have ever seen, but also gave birth to some enchanting writers who with their entertaining stories amazed us again and again. Be it a love story or a thriller or a crime plot, these screenwriters showed their efficiency in all the genres of entertainment story writing and that helped the films to achieve success in not only in Australian or the US market but globally as a whole. Some of the best writers of Australia are

Richard Lane – popularly known as the father of Australian radio and drama, Richard Lane is like the father figure to all the Australian screen writers. He is not only a skillful adopter and writer of beautiful stories for films and theatre, but is also one of the founders of Australian Writers Guild. He got his first major award for his story ‘You Can’t See 'Round Corners’. Other creations of this maestro that enthralled the audience and spectators are Bellbird, Homicide, The Sullivans and Carson's Law.

Michael Petroni – he is some of the few writers whose directorial also amused the audience in the same way as his stories as well. This Australian writer and director started his career as a comedy writer, but after a few years he took an interest and started writing in other genres as well with success. The films based on his stories, which shot to fame, are Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002), The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002),Queen of the Damned (2002),Possession (2009), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), The Rite (2011), and The Book Thief (2013).

Robert Scott Hicks – this Uganda born Australian writer and director is one of them who for his creations got nominated for academy awards and won Emmy awards for quite a few times.  This flinders university graduate directed several memorable films like Fallen (2014), The Lucky One (2012), The Boys Are Back (2009), Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007), No Reservations (2007), I'm Only Looking –(2004),  Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and so on. Some of his writings are Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Shine (1996), The Space Shuttle (1994), Submarines: Sharks of Steel (1993), Call Me Mr. Brown (1990), Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988).

Nicholas Edward Cave – though this ARIA Hall of Fame singer first started his career as a singer and song writer, but later he introduced himself in front of the global film audiences as one of the beautiful entertainment writer Australia has ever produced. His efficiency in writing thrillers is now known to all. His some of his best creations included The Proposition (2004) and Lawless (2012).

Another writer, director and producer who has acclaimed fame for his beautiful script writing is Stanley Joseph. The founder of WPA, Stanley made his mark with his upcoming film My Cornerstone, a unique and great saga of an eternal love story.

Film Critics Of Hollywood Who Became Living Legends

Before making our mind to go see a movie we generally read the comments and analysis of the film critics. These critics play an important role in making a film a big success through the analysis and evaluation of the film. Some of the film critics who are best known in the world are Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Roger Ebert. With their skill of analyzing the film they made a significant contribution to the film industry. Some of the film critics who are now recognized and considered as the best of the lot are

James Lewis Hoberman – He started his career as a journalist in1970, and became the chief film critic in 1988. He was still in this position until 2012 for his finest skills of analyzing. He was influenced by Ken Jacobs when he was studying in Columbia university. He has also written  several books, most of which became best sellers, such as Film After Film, An Army of Phantoms, The Magic Hour: Film at Fin de Siècle, The Dream Life, Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties,The Red Atlantis, Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, and Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures,.

Jonathan Rosenbaum – He has been an American film critic for Chicago reader for more than a decade. Not only in Hollywood movies, he has also shown his talent in reviewing foreign movies as well. He also made a documentary on American cinema, named For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism.  His books Film: The Front Line 1983, Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism, Moving Places: A Life at the Movies (1980), Movies as Politics (1997) and Essential Cinema (2004), Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Movies We Can See (2002) are still famous.

David Denby – Harvard University graduate David Denby took a career as a film critic in the year 1970. He started his career with The Atlantic. He is one of the finest film critics in Hollywood movies. The Modern Mind, An Intellectual History of the 20th century, is one of the best creations of him.

ManohlaDargis - ManohlaDargis, 53 year New York Times journalist is one of the finest the magazines have ever employed. She was awarded for her critic’s job and got an Award of Excellence in Entertainment Reviews in 1996 by Greater Los Angeles Press Club. Action/Spectacle Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader; American Independent Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader; Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary; are some of the best works by this talented American critic.

Anthony Oliver Scott – another New York Times world known critic is Anthony Oliver Scott. The guest critic of Ebert &Roeper, shot to fame for his exceptional latent in film criticism. He also penned various books on film criticism.