We were delighted several years ago to host Sheila Hart, one of the producers of the then just released film, Unplanned at an Influence Lab Women’s Gathering in Hollywood. The film told the story of Abby Johnson and her multiple abortions, her 13 years as a site...
I moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to work in the Hollywood film and media industry. The community of believers working in the industry was hidden and suffering from an onslaught of protests done by well-meaning Christians who felt that the programs and content produced...
It is easy to become a victim of empty promises and lies in the media and entertainment industry. It’s often not a question of “if” you’ll be cheated or taken advantage of; it’s “when.” Anger is an easy button to push, but when the root of bitterness is bitten, it can...
The film, Nomadland, won the 2020 Academy Award for best picture and is based on the non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The film starred Frances McDormand (also a producer) and is directed by Chloe Zhao. It is...
Mirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Those are the words the evil queen and stepmother speaks into her magic mirror in the 1812 Grimm Brother’s fairytale of Snow White. We all look into mirrors often hoping to see someone else instead of the...
Kathleen Cooke is a media executive, Hollywood Screen Actor’s Guild actor, speaker, writer, and a founding partner and Vice President of Cooke Pictures, a media production company based in Burbank, California. She also co-founded the nonprofit organization The Influence Lab where she leads and mentors Christian professionals in the entertainment industry. READ MORE