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“It’s only a matter of time before the 2010s do for blogging what the 1930s did for newspapers.” That’s what I wrote yesterday in a Pitch of the Day post, and I didn’t realize how immediately prophetic it was. Only hours later *The Hollywood Reporter *announced](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6914f3194e3fb193eba1de3429105e9f) a new HBO series in the works centered on a character who is … a blogger. Specifically the show, titled Tilda, will be about a “no-holds-barred” entertainment journalist who works online. And she’s female, so she’s being compared to real-life Hollywood bloggers Nikki Finke, Sharon Waxman and Anne Thompson.
Given the clear Finke connection, I just had to use her signature “TOLDJA!” in the headline, but in all honesty I had no idea anything like this was on the way, nor did I truly want it to be. It might be interesting, though, given that I can’t imagine it resembling my own bloggery life at all. Coming from wrier/director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls; Gods and Monsters – which would be a fitting title for a show about bloggers, IMHO) and writer/producer Cynthia Mort (The Brave One; HBO series Tell Me You Love Me), I expect something a little more glamorous than is the reality for most entertainment bloggers.
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