Hollywood is looking to catch a new Gidget wave.
Pterodactyl Prods. and “300” producer Mark Canton are teaming to bring the sun and surf icon back to film and TV for the first time in more than two decades, and will update the Malibu heroine for the new millennium.
Pterodactyl’s Barney Cohen, who wrote and exec produced the Showtime movie “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” inked a deal with licensor Gidget Worldwide to develop the property for the bigscreen and smallscreen. Kathryn Wallack, who wrote and exec produced “Teenage Witch” with Cohen, brought the property to Canton and Cohen … Details
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Literature News
Phil Jarratt will present ‘Salts & Suits’ at Coconut Grove, Sunshine Beach
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 17 May, 2010 : – – No stranger to controversy, Noosa-based author Phil Jarratt knew he would ruffle a few feathers in surf company boardrooms when he decided to write the ‘warts and all’ insider’s account of the amazing rise of the surf industry from cottage industry to global industrial complex.
After all, for 40 years Jarratt had been friends with many of the surf brand founders, had worked at management level for two of the major brands, and had witnessed first-hand many of their best and worst moments. Why put those friendships at risk now? … DetailsÂ
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Design For Humanity
A celebration to benefit Invisible Children with headliner Fischerspooner and more
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 11 May, 2010 : – – Billabong’s 4th annual Design For Humanity benefit to be held on Thursday, June 10th, 2010, is heading to a new location set in the heart of legendary NY streets on the back lot of Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
This massive fashion-music-art block party will feature two concert stages, DJ dance parties, a runway fashion show showcasing one of a kind Billabong bikinis, a custom art gallery in partnership with The Carmichael Gallery, live art installations, Hit+Run live t-shirt screen printing, food trucks,  a VIP street, and much more … DetailsÂ
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