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  • I, PODCASTER

    I, PODCASTER

    15th September 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    They say that anything is possible in America. Although that's not strictly true, it's here I've made movies, won film competitions and interviewed some of the most famous people in the world. And I'm now proud to say that I've launched my own podcast.

    'Podcast From America' with Lisa Marks (to give it the full title), is a lively talk show, and I'm big enough to admit that the first...

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  • World Cup: The Art of Rivalry

    World Cup: The Art of Rivalry

    14th June 2010 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this

    There's something sweet about being an ex-pat during the World Cup.

    You seek out your own people, you get drunk, you cheer, you groan and ultimately, if England are playing, you cry like babies.

    Brits In LA, the social networking group run by my mates Eileen Lee, Craig Young, James Ridley and Darren Darnborough, teamed up with the LA Museum of Contemporary Modern Art (LACMA) and BAFTA/LA to host a staunchly passionate...

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  • Brits, Beverly Hills and Bacon

    Brits, Beverly Hills and Bacon

    23rd September 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    I didn't move to Los Angeles to be a professional ex-pat but here I am, tuning into BBC radio via Real Player every day, listening to the evening drive time show on Radio Two just as I'm waking up (traffic reports from the M25 don't seem quite so bad when you live near the Hollywood hills), tracking down speciality English shops (always attached to Ye English Pub) to stock up...

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Lisa Marks

Lisa Marks

British writer Lisa Marks moved to Los Angeles two years ago to pursue her dream of 'making it' as a screen-writer in Hollywood. A few months after arriving in the States her short film, Maconie's List, won the Duke City Shootout film festival. Directing her own short was a dream come true and now her goal is to sell a feature. She can generally be found tapping away at her laptop in any number of coffee shops muttering furiously to herself. Don't worry, this is all perfectly normal.