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Liz talks “Screen to Script” at Writer’s Junction
Jul 25th
The Examiner.com’s Danielle Turchiano reports:
On Saturday, July 24th 2010, the Writer’s Junction held a (literally) 24-hour live event that featured writers of all genres and levels of fame coming to read and/or speak about their work. Entrance to the event was free and open to the public in addition to members. It was a way for up-and-coming writers or just general fans to see their favorite written word artists up close and personal. Tigelaar took the small stage, alongside co-star Shiri Appleby, for a very special “Script to Screen” discussion about what it is like to create characters and dialogue for them and then have an actor step into the part and perhaps change it in a way you never imagined, even if that change may be for the better.
“For a Show’s Mother, the Wait Was Labor”
May 23rd
Liz Tigelaar, producer of “Life Unexpected,” could finally relax a little in New York this week after her show was renewed by CW.
For the last month the CW show she created, “Life Unexpected,” has sat “on the bubble”: in television industry parlance, the stressful time when networks decide whether to renew shows. Trying to convey what it’s like, she said: “I kind of imagine it’s like wanting people to love your kid. You don’t want people telling you your kid is ugly and not good enough.”
In other words, the process is deeply personal for thousands of writers, producers and actors, a fact often lost in the breathless talk about new television shows during the annual upfront week, which just concluded in New York.
“It’s about getting another year to do something you love,” Ms. Tigelaar said. “Or about looking for a new job.”
This week her story had a happy ending. On Thursday she was in New York to celebrate the order for a second season of “Life Unexpected.” “I feel like a proud parent,” she said, grinning.
But just 72 hours earlier, on the last full day of an attempted vacation in Mexico, she was on the verge of tears, knowing she would soon find out whether she had lost her job and whether all of her work was for naught. READ MORE AT NYTIMES.COM.
Life Unexpected Cast Members Tweet Live!
May 4th
liztigelaar favorite song. kite song by rosie thomas. lux breaks up with baze. #lifeunexpected
liztigelaar one big storyline that changed was cate marrying ryan. he was going to leave her the next morning & baze was going to drunkenly marry abby!
ShiriAppleby “The Wonder Years” is also one of my all-time favorite series.
ShiriAppleby britt is in new zealand being a movie star. momma is proud of her little lady.
CW_Austin_Basis this twitter-athon is kafka-esque #lifeunexpected
CW_Austin_Basiswww.austinbasis.com read my poems to CATE #lifeunexpected
NateBazeBazile I’m having a tweetdown
NateBazeBazile Sitting here in LA, CW headquarters, with Liz T. Shiri Apple, and Austin the man Basis.
CW Tweet Week (May 4, 2010) with the cast of Life Unexpected.
Britt Interview with Hollywood 411
Apr 7th
Britt Robertson from Life Unexpected on The CW joins Madison Michele in the Hollywood 411 studio. She plays Lux, a foster child seeking out her young birth parents, on the show. She heralds the opportunity to work with a great cast and top notch writers, And she tells Madison about living with her on-camera mom Shiri Appleby, while shooting in Vancouver. Britt’s got tidbits of what’s to come as the season progresses.
VOTE “LIFE”!
Apr 5th
From E! Online: Many of you have asked for a hint as to how your favorite series is doing in E! Online’s annual Save One Show campaign, and right now, we’re giving you a gander at the current Top Five! We aren’t officially narrowing the list down to five until Monday, so there’s still time to vote for any show and keep it on the list.
Also, you heard E! News and Daily 10 each picked an SOS show to champion, right? Well, check out how the stars are getting in on the fun…
Your current Top Five (in ALPHABETICAL order):
- Better Off Ted
- Chuck
- Life Unexpected
- One Tree Hill
- Parenthood
INTERVIEW: Shiri Appleby
Mar 18th
She’s still torn between Baze and Ryan. Who do you think she’s best suited to?
“Ryan is obviously the more together guy, but Baze manages to light her up in a way that no-one else can do. I think a nice combination of the two would work well! If I were her though, I’d probably pick Ryan.”
Given her history with Baze, is it inevitable that they’ll end up together?
“I think it would take them a while to get back to there. We can’t forget that Ryan loves her too!”
Would you say that Cate is jealous of Baze’s relationship with Lux?
“Definitely – he’s close to her in a way that she isn’t. She’s the one that wanted to give Lux up for adoption, so she has a lot of anger directed at Cate. So Cate’s responsible for the pain, and Baze gets to be the fun one. It makes her aggravated that she can’t get close to her daughter.”
How does her relationship with Lux change as the season progresses?
“I think they start to understand each other a lot more. The more they get to know each other, the more they realize they have in common. Cate’s changed since the pilot episode – her life was her job, to a certain degree. But now what she’s working hard on is building a relationship with her daughter. She’s desperate for forgiveness. As the story continues, she fights more and more for her right as a mom.”
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