WEHO, Los Angeles. CA 09

“”You’re Practically A Man” is a personal essay about identity. The scars are from Abdominal Myomectomy, Uterine Fibroid Embolization (unseen) and Partial Hysterectomy, and represent the efforts I went through to try and keep my womb. I lost that fight to a fibroid the size of a six-month pregnancy. The fibroid weighed down on my bladder and I was lucky to get one hour of unbroken sleep at a time. I couldn’t go out anywhere because I constantly needed the bathroom. And once a month, during my period, I would bleed non-stop for two days and lose so much blood that I was too weak to stand. Hysterectomy was the final option.

The title of the essay refers to a woman’s comment made to me after I told her about my operations and represents the consequential view from some people that women are not whole unless they have children. A male friend of mine also commented that my hysterectomy was no big deal because I am a gay woman and gay women don’t have children.”

Ginger Liu is a graduate of London’s University of Westminster with a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Media Practice (Photography, Film, Multi-Media). Her work has been published in the UK and USA, and has appeared on MTV. She is a Hollywood based photographer, writer and publicist.

Arguably one of the best directors of his generation, Martin Scorsese spoke to The Daily Beast about his personal top ten scariest horror movies. He actually came up with eleven and what you would expect from a true auteur, picked movies that were form over substance or art over blood and gore.

Although my top eleven looks nothing like Scorsese’s list apart from similar picks like The Exorcist, The Shining, and The Entity, I do agree with the premise behind each selection. Scorsese chose movies that were stylish and artistic in creation and frights that come from what we appear to see or in fact what we don’t see. These films play on our basic fright instincts of darkness and our own imagination getting the better of us. This type of horror is vastly superior to full frontal blood and guts.

I respect Martin Scorsese as a true auteur and lover of film as an art form and although his list reflects the choices of a man born from a different generation, I am certainly intrigued by some of the black and white movies that I have yet to see. I look forward to spending the next week hunting them down and finding out if I actually agree with the man. I am a little surprised that classics like director Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932) and the original silent movie, Nosferatu (1922) from director F.W. Murnau, aren’t on the list. For those of you who think that only contemporary horror is scary, I dare you to watch these two movies with the lights turned off.

Here are Martin Scorsese’s top eleven scary movies:

1)   The Haunting (1963)

2)   Isle of The Dead (1945)

3)   The Uninvited (1944)

4)   The Entity (1981)

5)   Dead of Night (1945)

6)   The Changling (1980)

7)   The Shining (1980)

8)   The Exorcist (1973)

9)   Night of The Demon (1957)

10)                 The Innocents (1961)

11)                 Psycho (1960)

I saw a short film the other day -a Berlin festival winner from a last year. Jenny Agutter starred in it. She was/is in her 50’s and very sexy. You know why? Because she has no botox, no facelift, no personal trainer. She was beautiful because she has lines and character.

I’m not going to lie to you. I don’t know one thing about basketball but I do know a good story and More Than A Game delivers enough true-life rags, riches, heartache and dream catching to capture Hollywood.

More Than A Game is written by Kristopher Belman and Brad Hogen. Under Belman’s direction the sport documentary is also accessible to non-sport fans, as the true human-interest story is nothing but compelling viewing.

Four years in the making, More Than A Game spans nine years in the lives of “The Fab Five;” Lebron James, Dru Joyce lll, Sian Cotton, Willie McGee and Romeo Travis; as these brothers stay connected with basketball through their connection with one another. Coach Dru Joyce ll fulfills his life long ambition to coach the team all the way to the nationals. Lebron James, of course, went on to become the superstar basketball player that he still is and is known throughout the world for his talent and personality.

Belman and Hogan gained unprecedented access to the boy’s lives in Akron, Ohio, all the way through to their national games. Interviews, news footage, home videos and photographs are put together in a cohesive fashion and at just the right pace.

The six characters in this story push all the right buttons and not only have me as a new basketball fan but I am sure that some day Hollywood will come knocking.

After the recent success of live action toy franchises to hit the big screen it comes as no surprise to hear that Mattel’s Barbie doll is getting the Hollywood treatment.

As a child I couldn’t see the point of Barbie when my brother had much more fun toys to play with like Action Man and racing cars. I ditched the doll and played with the boys.

It’s too early to say which direction Universal will take on one the most famous dolls in the world. My hope for a black comedy starring Anna Faris in the role of the blonde who has every thing is rather doubtful.

Check out Aqua’s Barbie Girl and Julie Brown’s Cause I’m a Blonde from Earth Girls Are Easy.

Burlesque adds Stanley Tucci to the cast that see Cher’s return to the big screen in more than a decade. She stars alongside Christina Aguilera in a neo-burlesque musical directed by Steve Antin.

Tucci is riding high from the successes of Julie and Julia and The Devil Wears Prada.

Aguilera plays a small town girl and knock-out singer who is taken under the wing of the manager of a burlesque club, played by Cher.

The movie is due for release in November 09.

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Hands on approach to publicizing independent film. 24/7 availability. Ginger Liu is a film and media graduate with work experience in London and Hollywood. Journalistic research skills, industry inside knowledge and contacts. Experience in social media marketing and PR, development, production, research, creative consulting, film markets. Published author and entertainment columnist for LA based magazines. Full on social media marketing, traditional PR, press lists, red carpet events, interviewing, literary and art consultant. Talent Agent.

I have worked professionally within social media for that last three years. I have worked within entertainment, media sales and communications for 15 years –UK/USA. I have much more to offer than a techie guy with a computer. I graduated from one of the top film and media Universities in Europe, I am a freelance journalist and multi-media producer. And let’s not forget that I am also an entrepreneur and own two companies.

I do not work 9-5. I work from 8.00am to 11.00pm, seven days a week. My life and work is conducted online. I love what I do. I use social media, forums, blogs, traditional PR, event organizing and extensive research to put my clients film out to the masses. I also network around Hollywood -network parties, shows, festivals, etc.

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