Making it in Hollywood Virtual Book Tour for Pump Up Your Book and my review July 8th, 2011

Join Bryan Hidalgo and Gail O’Donnell, authors of the entertainment nonfiction book, Making It In Hollywood (Createspace), as they virtually tour the blogosphere July 5 – July 29 2011 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Making It In Hollywood

LEARN the secrets of how to become a successful actor, screenwriter, director, or producer from the people who’ve made it—and are continuing to make it! Authors Bryan Hidalgo and Gail O’Donnell have interviewed more than 100 of today’s top actors, screenwriters, directors, and producers—including Oscar and Emmy winners—who reveal, in their own words, how they started, how they work, how they got where they are today, and how you can get there too.

The result is a truly inspirational compilation of interviews, with answers, encouragement and guidance straight from the horse’s mouth. Discover where to start, what training to pursue, when to get an agent, how to be your best at auditions, and much more.

In-depth interviews were conducted with stars, creators, writers, directors, or producers of such hit TV shows as Lost, 24, House, The Shield, Sex and the City, Breaking Bad, Desperate Housewives, Hawaii Five-O, How I Met Your Mother, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Southland, Law and Order: SVU, Medium, Castle, One Tree Hill, Boston Legal, Without a Trace, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, Nip/Tuck, Moonlighting, X-Files, and Oz, and motion pictures such as Twilight, Marley & Me, Hairspray, Pulp Fiction, When Harry Met Sally, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, X-Men, Serpico, Back to the Future, Spider-Man, Jurassic Park, Mrs. Doubtfire, Catch Me If You Can, The Devil Wears Prada, Forrest Gump, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, The Phantom of the Opera, Harold & Kumar, Austin Powers, Eat Pray Love, American Beauty, The Proposal, and Face/Off, among many others.

Sit down with Hollywood’s finest and let them help you start “Making It In Hollywood”!

Save the Children, as the recipient of a portion of the authors’ royalties from the sale of Making It In Hollywood, gratefully acknowledges the efforts of authors Bryan Hidalgo and Gail O’Donnell, and participating industry professionals for their roles in the creation of this book.

About Bryan Hidalgo

Bryan Hidalgo is an entertainment attorney who worked for several years in Business and Legal Affairs for Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, MCA Records, and Geffen Records, before transitioning to private practice. He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law. Prior to his legal career, he performed as a concert pianist, and was an Official Pianist for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Opening Ceremonies. In addition to serving as an industry consultant, Bryan is currently working on his next book. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

His latest book is Making It In Hollywood.

Visit his website at www.makingitinhollywood.biz.

About Gail O’Donnell

Gail Gradin O’Donnell is an accomplished Hollywood makeup artist. Her artistry has graced some of the most beautiful and recognized celebrity faces in the world on all the major film and television award shows, including the Academy Awards, Emmys, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild. She has recently launched her own line of makeup. Prior to her career as a makeup artist, Gail was employed by the prestigious Creative Artists Agency, Inc., and has been a personal assistant to Alan Alda. She resides in Los Angeles, California.

Her latest book is Making It In Hollywood.

Visit her website at www.makingitinhollywood.biz.

My Thoughts:

Have you ever wanted to be an actor or actress?? Have you wondered how the famous ones got to be famous?? If you have, than Making it in Hollywood by Bryan Hidalgo and Gail O'Donnell is the book that can answer these questions plus more. This is a book on what to do and how to do it to make it in show business. With over 100 actors, screenwriters, directors and producers interviewed with such questions as "How do you prepare for auditions?", "How did your career begin?", and "Is there anything you's like to add that might be helpful to an aspiring actor?".  Some of the actors/actresses interviewed for this book were, Jenna Elfman( Dharma & Greg), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met your Mother), John Larroquette (Night Court). There were also Screenwriters, Producers and Directors interviewed. Not only will the reader learn some neat tidbits about these people, but if the reader is aspiring to be in any of these fields then this is definitely the book for them. I found the book fun to read and I did learn some interesting things about Hollywood.

I received this book from Pump Up Your Books and was not monetarily compensated for my review.