Hollywood2020 Blogging Blog World Entertainment Panels

Hollywood2020 editor/founder Joyce Schwarz, new media pioneer and author of some of the first articles and books on Multimedia will be at Blog Expo 2008 to cover Entertainment topics. Here's what we see that could be hot at BEW!

Entertainment blogs -- and how The Writer's Strike affected the Hollywood community promises to be interesting topic at Blog World Expo, 2008. Hollywood2020.net will be on hand to check it out and real time updates!

	Community	ENTERTAINMENT: Social Media & the Writers' Strike: Blogs, Fans & Community (S409)		230
		This panel, the first of two sessions about Social Media and the Writers' Strike, will offer an overview of how the writers used social media during the strike to inform the public, encourage and reward fan support and keep union members motivated. We will focus on community-developed sites like United Hollywood and the inpact of fan support as we discuss the overall impact of social media (vs. mainstream media) on the outcome.
		Jeffrey Berman
		Erica Blitz
		Susan Getgood
		Mark Verheiden

	Community	ENTERTAINMENT: Social Media & the Writers' Strike: How User-Generated Content Won the War of the Words (S509)		230
		The use of user generated content during the Writers Strike to both inform and entertain further validated the importance of the Internet medium. This panel, the second of two about Social Media and the Writers Strike, will dive deeper into the impact of websites and videos written (and often performed) by the writers and distributed through YouTube, United Hollywood and other Internet sites. Why did they work so well, and how has user generated content changed the entertainment landscape? What lessons can we apply to our own endeavors, personal, professional and corporate?
		Jeffrey Berman
		Michael Colton
		Susan Getgood AND CHECK OUT THIS MOVIE PREMIERE -- where have I been the last 5 months -- oh that's write -- writing a book :) Exhibitor Meeting BlogCritics Movie Screening: His Highness Hollywood (U601) 223 An event not to be missed - His Highness Hollywood. The official World Premiere of NY Times bestselling author/award winning filmmaker Ian Halperin's much hyped film about how he posed undercover as a gay actor in Hollywood, hooked up with a bunch of A-List stars and infiltrated the Church of Scientology who tried to cure him of his alleged homosexuality. This film has been called by the media "Borat but with substance". Food and beverages will be served. Presented by Glosslip.com and BlogWorld Expo. Starring Bill Paxton, Brad Pitt, Sigourney Weaver, Jay Leno, Janice Dickinson and Ron Jeremy. Halperin will be present and will conduct a Q&A following the screening. Open to all registrants.