ROBYN / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER POST:
I can’t imagine how we would have done this without you, Phillip, Rick, Ron, Chris, Claudine, and Terrell. Please know that you all are some of the best PAs I have ever had the pleasure of working with, and please stay in touch as you further and grow in your careers. I would love to be a resource for every one of you.
MICHAEL TURNER POST:
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO DESERVES A DIFFERENT KIND OF THANKS AND RECOGNITION. THE GRATITUDE I FEEL SHE IS OWED IS ONE THAT WILL BE MANIFESTED THROUGH THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION SHE HAS TIRELESSLY INVESTED INTO AN INDEPENDENT FILM THAT SHE HOPES TO BRING TO LIFE. HER NAME IS CLAUDINE GALLAGHER, AND I MET HER IN 2011 IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA DURING OUR MILITARY TRAINING THERE TOGETHER. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE KNOWN CLAUDINE, I HAVE BEEN TRULY IMPRESSED AND INSPIRED BY HER PASSION OF SCREENWRITING, SCRIPTWRITING, DIRECTING, AND PRODUCING, USING THE RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT SURROUND HER TO BRING HER LARGER-THAN-LIFE IDEAS INTO PLAIN AND ATTAINABLE FOCUS. DURING OUR TIME IN GEORGIA, SHE FILMED A SHORT PARODY OF THE TRAINING WE WERE INVOLVED IN AND DEBUTED IT AT OUR FORMAL GRADUATION EVENT, WHICH BROUGHT THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE TO LAUGHTER, AND ULTIMATELY, TO ITS FEET. CLAUDINE HAS A UNIQUE TALENT FOR STORY-TELLING AND A VISION THAT SHE HAS EMPLOYED IN ORDER TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER BEHIND HER CRAFT. AT THAT TIME, CLAUDINE SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON A FULL-LENGTH MOVIE SCRIPT FOR A FILM SHE ONE DAY HOPED TO PRODUCE. IT IS ENTITLED "EBOLA," AND IS HONESTLY ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND CAPTIVATING PLOT SYNOPSIS I'VE HEARD OF. I BELIEVE THAT IF GIVEN A CHANCE TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH THE WORLD, CLAUDINE WILL NOT ONLY TURN HEADS IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT TURN HEARTS TOWARDS SOMETHING GREATER THAN THE SIMPLE ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR OF THE MOVIE-GOING EXPERIENCE. STEVE HARVEY, PLEASE GIVE CLAUDINE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON HER STORY AND SHED A NEW LIGHT OF HOPE ON THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA WITH THIS FILM. SHE IS ONE PERSON THAT I TRULY BELIEVE HAS THE RAW TALENT, DETERMINATION, AND VISION TO BRING HER SCRIPT TO THE BIG SCREEN AND TURN THIS PIECE OF WORK INTO A MOVEMENT FOR GOOD. I WILL NOT GIVE THE ENTIRE PLOT AWAY BECAUSE I FEEL IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR HER TO TELL IT HERSELF, BUT I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE TAGLINE: "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR FAITH OR YOUR LIFE? WOULD YOU FOLD UNDER THE PRESSURE, OR STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT? WHEN THE TIME COMES, WILL YOU BE READY?"
I can’t imagine how we would have done this without you, Phillip, Rick, Ron, Chris, Claudine, and Terrell. Please know that you all are some of the best PAs I have ever had the pleasure of working with, and please stay in touch as you further and grow in your careers. I would love to be a resource for every one of you.
MICHAEL TURNER POST:
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO DESERVES A DIFFERENT KIND OF THANKS AND RECOGNITION. THE GRATITUDE I FEEL SHE IS OWED IS ONE THAT WILL BE MANIFESTED THROUGH THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION SHE HAS TIRELESSLY INVESTED INTO AN INDEPENDENT FILM THAT SHE HOPES TO BRING TO LIFE. HER NAME IS CLAUDINE GALLAGHER, AND I MET HER IN 2011 IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA DURING OUR MILITARY TRAINING THERE TOGETHER. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE KNOWN CLAUDINE, I HAVE BEEN TRULY IMPRESSED AND INSPIRED BY HER PASSION OF SCREENWRITING, SCRIPTWRITING, DIRECTING, AND PRODUCING, USING THE RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT SURROUND HER TO BRING HER LARGER-THAN-LIFE IDEAS INTO PLAIN AND ATTAINABLE FOCUS. DURING OUR TIME IN GEORGIA, SHE FILMED A SHORT PARODY OF THE TRAINING WE WERE INVOLVED IN AND DEBUTED IT AT OUR FORMAL GRADUATION EVENT, WHICH BROUGHT THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE TO LAUGHTER, AND ULTIMATELY, TO ITS FEET. CLAUDINE HAS A UNIQUE TALENT FOR STORY-TELLING AND A VISION THAT SHE HAS EMPLOYED IN ORDER TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER BEHIND HER CRAFT. AT THAT TIME, CLAUDINE SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON A FULL-LENGTH MOVIE SCRIPT FOR A FILM SHE ONE DAY HOPED TO PRODUCE. IT IS ENTITLED "EBOLA," AND IS HONESTLY ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND CAPTIVATING PLOT SYNOPSIS I'VE HEARD OF. I BELIEVE THAT IF GIVEN A CHANCE TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH THE WORLD, CLAUDINE WILL NOT ONLY TURN HEADS IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT TURN HEARTS TOWARDS SOMETHING GREATER THAN THE SIMPLE ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR OF THE MOVIE-GOING EXPERIENCE. STEVE HARVEY, PLEASE GIVE CLAUDINE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON HER STORY AND SHED A NEW LIGHT OF HOPE ON THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA WITH THIS FILM. SHE IS ONE PERSON THAT I TRULY BELIEVE HAS THE RAW TALENT, DETERMINATION, AND VISION TO BRING HER SCRIPT TO THE BIG SCREEN AND TURN THIS PIECE OF WORK INTO A MOVEMENT FOR GOOD. I WILL NOT GIVE THE ENTIRE PLOT AWAY BECAUSE I FEEL IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR HER TO TELL IT HERSELF, BUT I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE TAGLINE: "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR FAITH OR YOUR LIFE? WOULD YOU FOLD UNDER THE PRESSURE, OR STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT? WHEN THE TIME COMES, WILL YOU BE READY?"