I started a newspaper and website in 1995
which promoted Texas Film Industry. The newspaper was called Direct to Hollywood
and I produced two issues. But I also had a website, originally called Direct to
Hollywood Online. Later I was able to get the domain of Hollywood-Vine.com and
at that point I changed the name to Hollywood and Vine and I maintained the site
until July, 1999. At that time I was getting 73,000 hits a month and that was a
lot of hits for that period on the internet.
I've regretted shutting
that site down. I just didn't know how to make money out of it and I couldn't
afford the site.
This year I purchased Direct 2 Hollywood and I will be producing the site in
2008.
Back in 1995, I met actor John Schneider of Dukes of Hazzard fame.
He was producing a tv show in San Antonio that never got off the ground. He and
his wife owned a production company named Faithworks Production. I was able to
host his first web page on Hollywood & Vine. And our company had a Christmas
Party in Boerne, TX in December of 1995 and John and his wife were our special
guest.
Double click on the Photo Album below to see a slide show: