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“Just Pray” Qualifies for Official Oscar Nomination Consideration
Selected for competition in the newly created “Actors Turned Filmmakers Showcase” at the 2006 Rhode Island International Film Festival, Just Pray will automatically qualify for official consideration in the Best Live Action Short Film category sponsored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences during the annual Academy Awards. (Read More)
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 Johnson’s
“Life.” Selected as an Official Pulpwood Queen’s
Bonus Book Selection.
On November 4th, 2006, Johnson will head to Jefferson, Texas
where he will be one of a handful of authors featured in the
BOOKS ALIVE! Book festival organized and produced by Kathy
Patrick of Beauty and the Book (www.beautyandthebook.com).
Beauty and the Book, the country’s only beauty shop
and book store is the founding inspiration behind the forty
plus Pulpwood Queens book clubs across the country. And now,
the Pulpwood Queen’s roster of clubs has reached international
status as a book club chapter just opened in Thailand. Patrick
and Beauty and the Book, as featured on such popular telecasts
as Good Morning America, have been become prominent and influential
across America as a source for discovering new and emerging
literary talent.
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4 Tat Duo Featured in
“My South” Campaign
Johnson, a native of South Carolina, and Thiessen, a native
“Southern” Californian and self-professed “Southerner
at Heart” were recently featured in the Turner South
Network’s “My South” promotional campaign
along with other noted celebrities including Angela Bassett,
Morgan Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Mary Steenburgen, Raven Symone,.Nancy
O’Dell,and Fannie Flagg among others.
Johnson wrote and Thiessen directed “Just Pray,”
the award winning, live action narrative set in the South.
Johnson is also the author of “Life. Be There At Ten
‘Til.”, a collection of twenty five non-fiction
stories of life in the South.
Turner South, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s 24-hour
regional entertainment network, presents a mix of original
programming, movies, regional news and sports to cable and
DBS affiliates in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina,
Tennessee and regions of North Carolina. The 24-time Emmy-winning
network also offers games from the Atlanta Braves and the
Atlanta Hawks and is the official home of the NHL’s
Atlanta Thrashers.
For more information, access the Web site at turnersouth.com.
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Cerritos College hosts Johnson and Thiessen for Q
& A Panel
March 17, 2006
In celebraton of women’s history month at Cerritos College,
R. Dean Johnson and producing partner Tiffani Thiessen were
invited to chair a panel discussion on independent film making
in Hollywood and the relative significance that women maintain
within the entertainment industry’s landscape. The producers
film, “Just Pray” (written by Johnson and directed
by Thiessen) was shown to the audience first. Afterwards,
a Q & A session was held as the two enlightened attendees
with interesting facts and commentaries regarding women in
Hollywood and their roles throughout the entertainment industry’s
history.
Johnson and Thiessen respond to questions from the audience.
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 SCASL
Media Center Messenger
Newsletter of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians
Read! Write! Observe!
Media Center and English Class Collaborate to host Author
for Instructional/Motivational Program
Aynor, SC - It was a homecoming of sorts for Aynor High School
alumnus, R Dean Johnson when the school's media specialist,
Dawn James, and Sophomore English teacher, Dayna Lewis, co-hosted
the author and award winning Hollywood producer for a student
focused "Meet-n-Greet." ...
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Johnson Appearing on River Talk
Chatting about his book and the film, Johnson tapes two interview
segments with River Talk Host, Jack Murphy. The interview
is set to air on HTC Channel 4 throughout Horry County on
UPN.
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