November 2011
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Anton Yelchin Chose 'Like Crazy' Over Real-Life...
It’s rare when an actor sits down for an interview and lets you into their personal world. Usually keeping a safe distance, actor Anton Yelchin seems to have dropped his guard in a recent interview with Moviefone. Could it be the the magic of Like Crazy from director Drake Doremus?
Discarding the traditional script, Doremus shepards Yelchin in his latest venture as an American boy living...
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Screenwriter Goes from $80 Million Box Office to...
All aspiring screenwriters believe that if they could only sell one great script or even one potential treatment they’d be made for life. After all, once you get your name on one blockbuster writing gigs won’t stop pouring in, right?
Think again. Like any other career, being a screenwriter has its ups and downs. If you don’t believe me, ask the anonymous screenwriter who...
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New York: One Day Intensive Workshop with Kari...
One Day Intensive Workshop with Kari Margolis and Company Members
November 19th - 10am to 4pm Center for Performance Research, 361 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn NY
Cost: $110 ($95 early registration before November 5th)
Includes cost of ticket to Sunday’s performance
Explore the Margolis Method and take a theatrical journey to your creative core. Merge muscular and vocal expression and...
October 2011
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Trailer: 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' starring...
We Need To Talk About Kevin: A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay’s WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN explores the factious relationship between a mother and her evil son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). Based on the...
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Books on the Business and Craft of Acting
I have a lot of actors asking me about which books I read when researching the business, as well as the craft of acting. So, I thought I would give a brief run down of the books that I currently have on my bookshelf (or have come highly recommended), along with links to buy those books if you find them interesting. This list is, by no means, complete — and I reserve the right to add to it as...
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'24 Hour Plays on Broadway' Celebrates its Tenth...
Could you write, direct, and produce a play that will hit Broadway in less than twenty-four hours? Well I’m sure just about anybody could, but would it be any good? That’s the concept behind 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, which celebrates its tenth annual production on Broadway next month.
While it’s a cliche to say that this year’s cast is bigger and better than ever, but...
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Ralph Fiennes Laments The 'Twitter Effect' on the...
I’m English instructor in my day job (what, you think all I do is write for Daily Actor? I wish!), so I’m no stranger to the havoc that electronic communication has ravaged on the language. My students regularly forget to capitalize the pronoun “i”, use “your” and “you’re” interchangeably, and don’t understand that smileys aren’t...
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Happy Halloween! The Daughter of Boris Karloff...
It’s Halloween, and I’m sure you’ve seen at least one image of Frankenstein as you’ve geared up for the holiday. Chances are that the Frankenstein that you saw was based on the bolt neck, flat-headed lumbering portrayal of Frankenstein’s Monster made famous by Boris Karloff in the Universal Frankenstein film series. Karloff played The Monster in the original 1931...
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Guinness Book of World Records Says Samuel L....
At first it’s surprising that the highest grossing box office actor of all time isn’t someone like John Wayne or Arnold Schwarzenegger, but Samuel L. Jackson.
After all, Jackson himself has never really carried many movies all on his own in the same way the Duke and the Terminator have. But once you start to think about it, with the sheer amount of movies that Jackson has appeared...
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Johnny Depp: "First and foremost, to bore your...
While Johnny Depp is appearing as journalist Paul Kemp, in The Rum Diary, it’s clear that he’s actually playing his friend Hunter S. Thompson, whom Depp previously appeared as (by the name Raoul Duke) in the 1998 cult classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
As the title of the film implies, a large portion of the film consists of an intoxicated Kemp’s misadventures in Puerto...
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Q & A: Jonah Hill Talks About His New Animated...
Fans of FOX’s Sunday night ‘Animation Domination’ can add another show to their viewing habits, Allen Gregory. Gregory is about a precocious 7 year-old being raised by his father and his father’s life partner, who due to a recession, has been forced to attend elementary school.
Jonah Hill is the co-creator and Executive Producer of the animated comedy and on a recent call he...
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English Star of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Becomes a...
Thank the Lord! In this case, it’s about as close as literally as you can get.
UK’s The Mirror reports that Levi James saved two trapped parents and their ten-month-old daughter from their burning apartment in Patchway, England, and then sprayed the fire with a garden hose until the firefighters came to the scene of the blaze.
Now that is a great story in itself, but what makes it...
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Q & A: Ving Rhames on Preparation, Actors vs....
If youâve ever wanted to see Ving Rhames beat the hell out of a Zombie with a sledgehammer, your wait is over.
This Saturday night, heâs starring in the SyFy Original Movie, Zombie Apocalypse where yes, he kills many a Zombie. Rhames plays Henry, the âenforcer and protectorâ of a group of people trying to survive a zombie outbreak.
Rhames went to school at Julliard and in 1984, appeared...
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The Hustle of Modern Hollywood According to...
To many, the Hollywood lifestyle still seems like a glamorous dream. The actors we idolize seem impervious to the pitfalls of average Americans. However, even the entertainment industry has been affected by the current economic crisis. Just like every other industry, fewer jobs are available now than in recent years, and the competition for the jobs that are open is even more cutthroat.
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Final Trailer: 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost...
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol”. Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency’s name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on...
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SAG and AFTRA 'Deplore Age Discrimination...
The Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA just issued a joint press release about the lawsuit brought on by the actress suing IMDb and Amazon for displaying her age on the widely used site.
“Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA Deplore Age Discrimination Facilitated by IMDb.com and Similar Online Databases,” they wrote in their headline.
They follow it up by adding: “An actor’s actual age...
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Nazanin Boniadi Talks Neil Patrick Harris, General...
General Hospital actress turned How I Met Your Mother star, Nazanin Boniadi, says that appearing alongside Neil Patrick Harris in the long running hit comedy series puts her at “ease”.
Talking to Vulture, Boniadi, who plays Barney’s could be mystery bride, Nora, says that Harris “really brings out every actor’s A-game. He’s a consummate professional. You’d expect someone...
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Q & A: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Kaitlin...
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is one of my favorite shows and if you’ve been watching it this year, you know that the 7-year-old comedy is showing no signs of aging.
A huge part of that reason is because of ‘Sweet Dee’ herself, Kaitlin Olson who is always doing something interesting whenever she’s on-screen; whether she’s adding a certain spin to a line or...
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Carey Mulligan: Singing 'New York, New York' in...
Carey Mulligan, who is catching alot of attention these days for her role in the Steve McQueen directed movie Shame with Michael Fassbender, recently shared with 24 Frames that baring it all on the big screen wasn’t such a big deal. “I wasn’t uncomfortable being naked. For other roles, it may be inappropriate, but for this, I felt like it was right for the part.”
One of...
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'In Time' Casting: Most of the actors "had to have...
With director Andrew Niccol’s new film In Time about to arrive in theaters on Friday, it isn’t surprising to see that most are curious about Niccol’s out of the ordinary casting.
With the premise of In Time taking place well into the future, where the aging process stops at twenty-five, Niccol was presented with an unusual task of bringing on actors who could play a part beyond...
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First Look at Ricky Martin and Michael Ceveris in...
Here is a first look at the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita.
Starring Ricky Martin as Che, Michael Ceveris as Juan Peron and Argentinean actress Elena Roger in her Broadway debut as Eva Perón, the show begins previews March 12th, 2012 with the opening night slated for April 5th.
Gotta say, I’m not feeling this. The only reason...
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Los Angeles: Inside The Mind of An Theatrical...
On November 15th, go Inside the Mind of a Theatrical Agent with the Head of Talent at Abrams Artists Agency, Marni Rosenweig.
Marni Rosenzweig is Head of Talent at Abrams Artists Agency, a bi coastal full service talent agency. Her clients include Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement), Pooch Hall (The Game), Cress Williams (Hart of Dixie), Shaun Toub (Crash/ Iron Man/ Luck), Wes Ramsey (The Playboy...
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What You 'Get Out' Is What You Put In
Written by Anthony Meindl
Sometimes youâre going to want to quit.
Itâs normal. People feel that way in all walks of life and in all pursuits; from artists to athletes; from mothers to media moguls. If you didnât feel that way, Iâd think you were maybe not normal.
But often, in an artistic career path, we choose to quit not because we arenât having fun or arenât being challenged,...
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Interview: Martha Marcy May Marlene's Elizabeth...
Martha Marcy May Marlene has been getting rave reviews ever since it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The director, Sean Durkin, won for Best Director in the Dramatic Competition at the festival and after watching the film, it’s easy to see why. You’d never guess that this was the work of a first time feature director.
The film was shot with very little money but still looks...
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Michael Sheen: "The whole fame thing, it's a bit...
Michael Sheen — the often praised star of Frost/Nixon and Midnight in Paris, and also known as the best Tony Blair out there (he’s appeared as Blair three times, including in The Queen) — is one of those actors who has a long list of impressive credits but is far from a household name.
It’s an interesting dynamic that Sheen admits he is fascinated by in an interview with...
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San Francisco: 2nd Annual New Media Film Festival...
2nd Annual New Media Film Festival SF Bay Area Sat. Nov. 5, 2011 Landmark Lumiere Theatre 1572 California St. SF, CA
Touted as “Sundance for the Facebook Crowd” - Culture Rehab Enjoy 45 New Media “films” & Filmmakers, Panels w/ 8 New Media CEO’s and 2 journalists, Red Carpet Interviews & Awards Ceremony for only $30.
Go to www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com click on attend.
Why Submit...
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Q & A: Sons of Anarchy's Christopher Douglas Reed:...
Christopher Douglas Reed plays “Filthy Phil,” on the FX series, Sons of Anarchy. Chris got his start in San Diego in the La Jolla Playhouse’s production of Tobacco Road. From there, he got an agent and a year and a half later and a lot of driving, he finally booked something: a commercial for Sprint. “And a few months after that, I got Sons,” he said.
His character on Sons is gaining steam this...
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Acting Workshops with Casting Directors: Some...
Written by Sean Pratt
Here are some relevant issues about whether and why attending one might be worth your while and how to prepare for it if you do.
Every weekend around the country, there are acting workshops held by casting directors offering actors the chance to work on monologues, cold readings and audition sides. And while a first glance it may seem like a no-brainer to sign up, there are...
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Video: Michael Shannon Talks About "My First...
Michael Shannon is not only one of the standouts in a nearly all-standout cast on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, but he is also currently earning rave reviews for his new film, Take Shelter, which is now in limited release.
As Shannon prepares for his upcoming role as General Zod in Man of Steel, he sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about his early years as a struggling actor.
Unlike...
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Kal Penn: Perhaps the Most Eclectic Resume Around
When most actors talk about beefing up their resumes with variety, they typically mean accepting a role unexpected of them. Think of Patrick Stewart, a classically trained thespian, choosing to play the captain of a Star Fleet spaceship, or the leader of a group of mutants. Kal Penn, however, might have the most eclectic experience a casting director will ever see on a resume.
Penn first shot to...
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Actors Launch Writing Careers on the New York...
What’s the easiest way to get the play you’ve written staged in a New York City theater? Well, while most writers will tell you that it requires dedication, working as much as possible, and getting your name out there by networking, recently there seems to be a more stable route: become a star in television or film first, then go ahead and write.
Playbill has taken notice of the...
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Footloose's Kenny Wormald: "I was working with my...
Footlose star Kenny Wormald, says when he first heard that director Craig Brewer wanted to find someone who wasn’t “already a celebrity” for the role of Ren McCormack, he “bee-lined” for the role. Not that Wormald’s casting in the 1984 remake was a piece of cake by any means, as he described to Collider in a recent interview.
“I auditioned a lot because...
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The Guild's Felicia Day: "Sustaining an Audience...
Felicia Day may make it look easy with her popular Web series, online gaming comedy The Guild, but as she explained in a recent interview, there’s a lot more than being funny that goes into the equation of running a successful online series.
“Sustaining an audience with a Web series is an impossible task. You’re starting a company and the video is just one piece of your offering,” she told...
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Joel Edgerton on Success: "The Moment I Get Swept...
Joel Edgerton has been grinding it out in the movie industry for the past 16 years. However, despite the fact that he’s appeared in more than four dozen films and television series during that time, the Australian hasn’t quite reached household-name status.
“I’ve been banging the drum for so long, I figure at some point it would all culminate into something, except that ironically it sort of...
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American Horror Story's Alexandra Breckenridge on...
American Horror Story is one of the most talked about series of this Fall. From co-creaters Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the FX show boasts an all star cast line up, a seroiusly spine tingling story, and the likes of twenty-nine year old Alexandra Breckenridge, who plays the salacious, younger version of housekeeper Moira.
Pushing the envelope each week as her character persistently pursues...
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Trailer: Angelina Jolie's Directing Debut "In The...
In The Land Of Blood And Honey: A love affair blooms between a Bosnian woman and a Serbian man during war in the 1990s.
Starring: Rade Serbedzija, Zana Marjanovic and Goran Kostic
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
In Theaters: December 23, 2011
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John Hawkes: "If something is written pretty...
In Martha Marcy May Marlene, Academy Award-nominated actor John Hawkes plays Patrick, a character who, as a leader of a farming community in the Catskill Mountains, holds a cult-like position over the other characters. Playing a character fueled by his own cult of personality and mostly using his chilling voice as his weapon of choice is a definite stretch for most actors, but in an interview...
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Ryan Gosling on Working with George Clooney and...
Ryan Gosling has had quite a year for himself. He’s earned positive reviews in Crazy Stupid Love, Drive, and, most recently, The Ides of March. It’s quite a run for the 31 year-old actor, especially since he was hand-picked by The Ides of March director/co-writer/star George Clooney for the lead role in that film.
Gosling recently talked about his experience working both for and...
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Rachel Griffiths: "I never thought I would do...
Brothers and Sisters star Rachel Griffiths is making her long-overdue Broadway debut in Other Desert Cities alongside luminaries Stockard Channing and Stacy Keach. Though Griffiths is no stranger the stage — she’s been all over it in her native Australia — Griffiths admits to Broadway.com that there’s not all that much difference between acting on the stage and on the small...
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Q & A: 'Whitney' Star Chris D'Elia Talks About The...
Chris D’Elia is the star of NBC’s new show, Whitney. Chris is a comedian and was also a series regular on the TBS show, Glory Daze but now, thanks to his friendship with series creator and star Whitney Cummings, he’s reaching a whole new audience - prime time.
Chris told me that even though Whitney wrote the role of Alex with him in mind, he still had to audition for it. Three...
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Matthew Lillard: "Somehow, someway, I got into a...
Matthew Lillard might be best known as the current voice of Scooby-Doo’s Shaggy after appearing as the character in the two live action Scooby-Doo movies, but anyone who grew up in the mid-to-late 1990s would recognize him from a string of 90s rom-coms like She’s All That.
So what’s Lillard up to these days? Surprisingly to most, including Lillard himself, he has a small but...
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This Actor Prepares
Written by Rhonda Musak
Inspired by James Devereauxâ s the great acting blog *, itâ s finally time to unfurl my wings and put my money where my mouth is and write about what I teach: acting technique.Â
To assist me is my most recent acting project. It was delivered to me as a bit of a challenge: step into two performances of a role in a new play with the bare minimum of rehearsal with the...
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'Anonymous' Director Roland Emmerich Gives Us 10...
Anonymous, the story of who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare, opens next Friday the 28th. give’s gives
Like I wrote the other day, having seen the film - I can’t say much about it because I’m embargoed - I’ll say is that Rafe Spall, the actor who plays Shakespeare is freakin wonderful in the role. You can’t take your eyes off him.
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Trailer and Clip: 'London Boulevard' starring...
London Boulevard: Fresh out of prison, Mitchell lands a legitimate job as a handyman for a rich actress who’s eager to reward him with cash, cars and sex. But Mitchell can never truly escape his violent past or the dangerous world of loan sharks, druggies and other bottomfeeders.
Starring: Keira Knightley, Colin Farrell, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Ray Winstone Directed by: William Monahan
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Miles Teller Went From Starring in his High School...
Footloose actor Miles Teller, who plays Willard in Director Craig Brewer’s just released remake, may not have seen the original 80âs movie that previously starred Kevin Bacon, but Teller explains that playing the same role back in high school gave him an advantage.
âI had a whole run with it. I knew the story of ‘Footloose,’ not through some other actor performing it, but...
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Watch: Hugh Jackman Rehearse His Upcoming Broadway...
Getting ready for his upcoming show, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Hugh Jackman held a press event to showcase parts of the show and BroadwayWorld came away with some great video of the event.
Catch Hugh as he sings, dances and taps his way through ‘Luck Be a Lady’, ‘Singing in the Rain’, ‘I Got Rhythm’ and other classic Broadway songs.
Including some short...
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Actress Sues Internet Movie Database for Revealing...
Huh. I guess you really can look up anything on the Internet, including the age of someone who specifically doesn’t want their age to be discovered.
An unnamed actress is suing Amazon, the owner of the second most popular movie website on the web (after Daily Actor, of course… right?) the Internet Movie Database for $1 million.
Why? Her true age is listed on the website. And as...
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Steve Guttenberg: Landing a Role in Broadway's...
Thanks to blockbusters like Police Academy and Cocoon, Steve Guttenberg was a force to be reckoned with during the 1980s. However, you wouldn’t be able to tell that when looking at his commercial output in the past 20 years or so. As he explained in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, the 53-year-old actor hopes a role in legendary director Woody Allen’s latest Broadway production will...
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Trailer #2: 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'...
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large—Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris)—and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. courtesy...
