SCREENING PARTY : Meet the Partiers, Part 1

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER meets FRIENDS in SCREENING PARTY, a semi-scripted short film about the way art--even art that’s not really art like, say, PRETTY WOMAN--can affect people’s lives in ways both ridiculous and profound. SCREENING PARTY is an uproarious comedy adapted from the book by Dennis Hensley and is a co-production of Velvet Candy Entertainment. SCREENING PARTY will have it's World Premiere this July (date to be announced soon) at OUTFEST.

The story begins when Dennis, a struggling journalist and our show’s narrator, is given the opportunity to write an essay for a British movie magazine about the film PRETTY WOMAN for it’s "Hooray For Hollywood Hookers" Issue. Remarkably, Dennis has never seen PRETTY WOMAN, so suggests to his editor, “How ‘bout I invite a bunch of mouthy friends over, watch PRETTY WOMAN for the first time and write about that?”


MEET DENNIS (played by Dennis Hensley): a journalist, our ringleader, quick-witted and occasionally biting but also empathetic. His easy-going, non-judgmental personality is the glue that holds the party together. Single and gay. Like Carrie Bradshaw in SEX AND THE CITY, Dennis has an eye on the big picture, what it all means, if you will.



MEET TONY (played by Tony Tripoli) : Dennis’s roommate and best friend, a handsome cruise ship crooner who, when the story begins, is desperate to find a new line of work on land. Tony works a series of odd jobs starting with singing waiter. Hilariously bitchy and a great mimic, Tony can always be counted to say the un-PC thing that everyone else is thinking and his supernatural charm somehow allows him to get away with it.

SOCKET and SCREENING PARTY at OUTFEST!!!

Velvet Candy Entertainment is so proud to announce that BOTH of it's first two co-productions, SOCKET and SCREENING PARTY have been accepted into OUTFEST!!! Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – founded in 1982 - is the oldest and largest continuous film festival in Southern California. Since its founding in 1982, Outfest has presented more than 4,000 films and videos for audiences of over half a million people. Celebrating it's 25th year, OUTFEST will run July 12-23 at several Los Angeles theaters. We will post info about the event and our screening as it becomes available.
Visit OUTFEST for more info.

SOCKET: WORLD PREMIERE in Philadelphia!!!

Philly is known as The City of Brotherly Love (from the Greek: philos "loving" and adelphos "brother"), so where better for SOCKET to have it's World Premiere screening? The Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Philadelphia, PA! Founded in 1995, the event is the third largest of its kind in the US, and the largest on the East Coast. It takes place every year for two weeks in July and shows as many as 200 films. SOCKET will screen twice: Saturday, July 14 @ 9:30PM @ The Wilma Theater and Sunday, July 15 @ 5:00 @ The Arts Bank. There is a juried competition for best features and shorts (gay male and lesbian) as well as audience awards, selected by the viewers. The festival runs July 12-24. We at Velvet Candy Entertainment and our co-Socketeers at Dark Blue Films are so proud to be chosen to be part of such a prestigious and exciting event. We will have more news about the Film Festival and the SOCKET premiere shortly.
Visit PHILLYFESTS for more info.

SOCKET: The Cast & Crew Screening

All the stars were out on Wednesday, April 25th, when SOCKET had it's first ever private screening (attended by cast & crew and a few select friends & family).


Here is producer/production designer Doug Prinzivalli with the handsome co-stars Derek Long and Matthew Montgomery.


Here are the producers. Matt Mishkoff, writer/director Sean Abley, John Carrozza and camera-shy Doug Prinzivalli.


Here's Doug ("I hate having my picture taken") Prinzivalli again with cast members Derek Long, Bridgette Wright, Matthew Montgomery, Victor Lopez and Alisha Seaton.

News: SOCKET Star Accepts GLAAD Media Award for GREY'S ANATOMY

Actress Alexandra Billings (Dr. Andersen in SOCKET) joined GREY'S ANATOMY writer Mark Wilding, and cast members T.R. Knight, Sara Ramirez, Kate Walsh on April 14 to accept the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode: "Where the Boys Are" / Grey's Anatomy (ABC). Velvet Candy Entertainment congratulates Alex for being part of such an important, award-winning episode! For the third consecutive year, the GLAAD Media Awards will be televised on Logo, MTV Networks' cable channel for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender viewers and their allies. The Logo airdate for the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards is April 21, 2007, with subsequent airings. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org.

SOCKET Screening at Gaylaxicon 2007!!!

We just got word that SOCKET will be screening at Gaylaxicon 2007 - an annual science fiction, fantasy and horror convention that focuses on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics. It takes place in various locations in the United States, usually on the east coast. Started in 1988 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Gaylaxicon is organized by member organizations of the Gaylactic Network. The Gaylaxian Science Fiction Society (GSFS) is the New England-based chapter of the Network, which organized the original convention and continues to be a driving force behind many of the Gaylaxicons. Gaylaxicon 2007 will be held in beautiful downtown Atlanta, GA on October 5 - 8, 2007 (Columbus Day weekend). All humans, aliens and multi-forms are welcome. We will have more info about the event and our screening soon.
For more info visit the official website here GAYLAXICON 2007

Friends of Velvet Candy: ANN MAGNUSON

The whole Velvet Candy posse was out catching ANN MAGNUSON: Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories this past weekend.
We were treated to a cabaret style performance by the legendary performance artist and good friend of Velvet Candy!
To purchase Ann's newest CD go here: Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories

Friends of Velvet Candy: BACK SOON

Hey Velvet Candy fans, check out the new film from our talented friends over at Guest House Films. BACK SOON is written and directed by Rob Williams and co-stars Matthew Montgomery (SOCKET) and Windham Beacham. Check it out at:
Back Soon

SOCKET: Behind the Music

People have been asking who is behind the great original score that we are using in SOCKET.
That woman would be Jennifer Kes Remington - a composer for film and TV as well as a filmmaker in her own right.
Along with being a classical pianist since the age of 7, she adds alto saxophone, guitar and voice to her repetoire. Jennifer attended the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and worked as a short stint as a radio deejay before attending the University of Michigan's Music School in Ann Arbor. Her numerous and diverse projects include music written for the TV series FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS, the films SCARY MOVIE 4 and HAPPILITY N'EVER AFTER, many short films, commercials, and now our full-length feature, SOCKET. Jennifer has also directed and produced a documentary and is starting her next directorial project in the spring of 2007. Velvet Candy hopes to work with the multi-talented Ms. Remingtom again in the near future. Visit Jen on the web at www.myspace.com/jenniferkes. Hey Dogg and Jen on MySpace