March 2012
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Trailer: 'Touchback' starring Brian Presley, Kurt...
Touchback: When a washed-up high school quarterback is sent back in time he gets the opportunity to replay his final game. Will he avoid the injury that ended his promising career or will he choose the route that lead to his small town life?
This trailer looks awful. I hope the film is better than what they’ve shown us here. I miss Kurt Russell on screen. And it’s got Melanie...
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What's The Wish? What's The Way? What's In The...
Written by Anthony Meindl
Things take time. Thatâs the way it is. Careers arenât made overnight. Insight doesnât come without forging forward. Gains arenât made without trying.
In the pursuance of our desires, we often make whatâs in the way, the way. Which isnât the way at all: we focus on what isnât working in our lives. We talk about what weâre not getting. We complain to our...
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Study Shows How Actors Make Memorizing Lines Look...
You’ve heard all the jokes about acting — like how it’s just another word for being a waiter or waitress — but it seems like the one thing people just happen to ignore when they’re making fun of actors is memorization. After all, most of us have so much trouble remembering phone numbers that we are endlessly thankful for cell phones saving contacts.
But...
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Brazilian Identity Thief Arrested for Using ID...
If you ever tried to drink in the United States before the age of 21, you probably had a fake ID. If you were like my friend Brian, the photo on your fake ID looked nothing like you — after all, he found it on a sidewalk once late at night — but it nonetheless worked (most of the time, anyway). Then one night Brian went to Rudy’s in Hell’s Kitchen, which has a “You...
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RIP Davy Jones
Davy Jones, the front man of 1960s pop band The Monkees, died this morning of a massive heart attack in Florida. He was 66.
I grew up watching reruns of The Monkees and saw every single episode at least 5 times. I had all of their CD’s and new most every song by heart.
Below is a video of one of my favorite songs of theirs, ‘Daydream Believer’. There’s also a video of him...
February 2012
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Trailer #2: 'The Avengers' starring Robert Downey...
The Avengers: Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”—the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international...
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James Spader Leaving "The Office" After Just One...
James Spader will clock out of The Office for the final time at the end of the hit NBC sitcom’s eighth season.
The former Boston Legal actor, who was brought on to fill the void left by Steve Carrell’s departure last year, recently made the decision to leave the show once it wraps production on its current season this spring.
“James came to The Office to play a role that was two scenes long in...
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SAG-AFTRA Merger: Ed Harris and Ed Asner Urging Us...
The Vote “No” campaign of this SAG-AFTRA merger isn’t as vocal as the “Yes” crowd it seems like. Either that, or I haven’t been sent as much of their info.Â
I found 3 videos that are against this merger. Longtime SAG member Ed Harris and former SAG President Ed Asner each filmed something showing their opposition and the 3rd video has a handful of recognizable...
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Jimmy Kimmel's 'Making the Movie: The Making of...
If you saw (and liked) Jimmy Kimmel’s Movie: The Movie on Oscar night, then you’re going to like this as well.
Actually, you’ll probably like it even more.
Here is the Making the Movie: The Making of Movie: The Movie featuring backstage ‘interviews’ with some of the cast.
George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Don Cheadle and Bryan Cranston talk about their craft and why they...
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5 Clips from 'Being Flynn' starring Robert De...
Here’s 5 clips from Paul Weitz’s, Being Flynn.
Starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore and Olivia Thirlby, the film follows Nick Flynn who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise, the last person Nick wants to see is his...
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Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby to Star in Paul...
Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby will co-star in Second Stage Theatre’s production of Paul Weitz’s world premiere comedy, Lonely, I’m Not, directed by Trip Cullman.
Both Grace and Thirlby have previously worked with writer/director Paul Weitz: Grace starred in Weitz’s 2004 romantic comedy, In Good Company, opposite Dennis Quaid and Scarlett Johansson. Thirlby will soon be seen opposite...
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SAG-AFTRA Merger: These Actors are Voting 'Yes'
SAG and AFTRA are trotting out the big guns to get us - the collective ‘us’ - to vote ‘Yes’ on the upcoming merger.
George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin and new Academy Award Winner Octavia Spencer are on the flyer that most of us received showing their support for the merger.
Below are videos from the casts of Modern Family, The Office, Hawaii Five-O...
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Jim Parsons on Returning to Theater: "Let the...
Despite being best known for his starring role on The Big Bang Theory, like most actors Jim Parsons began his career in theater.
He’ll return to theater this summer when he stars in the Broadway revival of Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd, a friendly man who claims to have a best friend named Harvey — though Harvey happens to be a six foot rabbit. Parsons spoke about his reasons for his...
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Denzel Washington on His Action-Oriented Roles and...
It’s probably accurate to say that most actors with decades-long careers feel comfortable doing a certain genres and are hesitant to branch out into more physical roles.
Not Denzel Washington, whose last three films have been the action/thrillers Book of Eli, Unstoppable, and Safe House.
In an interview with Metro, Washington talks about how he has seen changes in both his roles and the...
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The Cast of 'Sister Act' Perform on 'Late Night...
Due to a handful of auditions and going out of town last weekend, I’m a bit backed up on these Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Broadway posts. But, better late than never, right?
The cast of Sister Act performed a medley of songs from the hit show closing out Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’s Broadway Week.
And what a great week it was. Glad to see they did that!
Featuring original music by...
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Sutton Foster and the Cast of 'Anything Goes'...
Due to a handful of auditions and going out of town last weekend, I’m a bit backed up on these Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Broadway posts. But, better late than never, right?
Sutton Foster and the cast of Anything Goes tapped their way onto the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon stage last week to perform the title song of the show, ‘Anything Goes.’
If you’re planning to see...
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'Ghost the Musical' on 'Late Night with Jimmy...
Due to auditions and going out of town last weekend, I’m a bit backed up on these Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Broadway posts. But, better late than never, right?
Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy, the leads in Broadway’s newest show, Ghost the Musical, sang ‘Here Right Now.’
Ghost is adapted from the film by its Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin and...
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Maya Rudolph talks 'Up All Night' and Her Career...
Maya Rudolph talked with Time Magazine a couple weeks ago regarding the rise of women in comedy (she doesn’t know why people keep asking because it’s not a big deal to her - I agree), trying to raise kids while on Saturday Night Live and her career inevitability (her mom is singer Minnie Riperton). She also talks about her NBC show, Up All Night.
Since this was filmed a couple weeks...
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Kathryn Hahn: "In this business... as soon as you...
In a recent interview with New York Magazine, actress Kathryn Hahn opened up about why she and Paul Rudd keep bumping into each other on-screen and why she tries not to control anything - in life or in comedy.
“A lot of actors are like, ‘Why do I do this? My character wouldn’t do this? This doesn’t make sense.’ And in a comedy, you kind of just need to walk into the door,” explained the...
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Filmography: Kathryn Hahn
A natural talent with an engaging presence and undeniable energy, Kathryn Hahn has made her mark through a variety of entertaining and memorable roles.
Most recently, Hahn appeared in Jesse Peretz’s Our Idiot Brother. The film revolves around Ned (Paul Rudd), who is an idealist and just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. His three sisters (Elizabeth Banks,...
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Adam Sandler Nominated for Record 11 Razzies
While the casts of The Artist, The Help and The Iron Lady were celebrating their Oscar wins at the 84th annual Academy Awards Sunday night, box-office darling/critical dartboard Adam Sandler was likely trying to distance himself from some dubious honors he was recently nominated for.
The former Saturday Night Live actor is up for a record 11 Razzies, which celebrate the worst of Hollywood each...
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Jimmy Kimmel's 'Movie: The Movie' starring Every...
Jimmy Kimmel’s annual Oscar night show is always a lot of fun to watch because it takes your mind off of how much of a let-down the Award’s show was. At least for me it does.
Every year, he does some huge and funny spoof and this year was no different. Movie: The Movie stars everyone from George Clooney, Matt Damon, Gary Oldman, Cameron Diaz, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Charlize...
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The 84th Annual Academy Award Winners
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, “Hugo” Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schavo, “Hugo” Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges, “The Artist” Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, “The Iron Lady” Best Foreign Language Film: “A Separation” Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, “The Help” ...
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Review: 'Act of Valor'
Act of Valor, a film ‘inspired by true events’, follows a group of Navy Seals searching for terrorists who have the ultimate weapon of destruction. They travel to some of the worlds most horrific war zones in a race to stop an attack that could kill thousands of Americans.
The film opens with a brief intro by the directors, Mike âMouseâ McCoy and Scott Waugh, talking about the...
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Woody Allen's 'Bullets Over Broadway' To Shoot Up...
It was announced yesterday that producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson would bring Woody Allen’s 1994 crime-comedy Bullets Over Broadway to… Broadway.
The show tells the story of an aspiring young playwright newly arrived on Broadway in 1920’s New York who is forced to cast a mobster’s talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.
The show,...
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Actor Advertising 101
Written by Sean Pratt
Understanding the ideas of “Consistency” and “The Exposure Effect” are important in gauging your advertising efforts
In the world of advertising there is an on-going problem when it comes to getting a message out to the public. On the one hand they must be sure the information about a product/service is consistent in the mediums they advertise in....
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Russell Brand to Star in Eric Idle's 'What About...
Comedian Russell Brand is taking on a new challenge, expanding on his resume that will now include stage actor.
Brand, who has consistently made headlines for his gutsy and raw, but hilarious, humor will be playing the lead role of Dick in writer Eric Idle’s long running production aptly titled What About Dick?
Set to run from April 26th through April 29th, the Orpheum Theatre event centers on...
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Interview: Casting Director Heidi Levitt talks...
With the help of Casting Director Heidi Levitt’s incredible work on The Artist, the film grabbed a whopping 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Berenice Bejo) and Best Actor (Jean Dujardin).
When she was casting the film, she said that she was “very careful to try to find actors that would feel like they would look correct in the role as well as be able to...
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DiCaprio and Spielberg Save Dorothy's Ruby...
Leonardo DiCaprio and director Steven Spielberg acted as a group of angel donors to save a pair of ruby slippers used in the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that the shoes will be preserved and put on display in the Academy’s new Los Angeles museum. The museum is in the process of fundraising; however, there is no set date...
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Trailer 2: 'Wrath of the Titans' starring Sam...
Wrath of the Titans: A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington) —the demigod son of Zeus (Neeson)—is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the...
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6 Clips from 'Wanderlust' starring Paul Rudd and...
I saw Wanderlust last night and thought it was hi-lar-ious.
Paul Rudd is clicking on all cylinders - as usual - and Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Malin Ackerman and the rest of the cast of just beyond funny. Definitely check it out this weekend!
Here are 6 clips for your enjoyment.
George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) talk to Eva (Malin Akerman) and Seth (Justin Theroux) about...
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Paul Rudd on 'Wanderlust' Nudity: "Everyone was...
Opening this weekend is the comedy Wanderlust, starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, about a couple who decides to join a free love commune.
The film reunites Rudd with a number of his past collaborators — not just Aniston (who Rudd worked with on Friends), but also producer Judd Apatow and director David Wain. Rudd talks about reuniting with them and both the easiest and most...
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'Shame' Director Claims Academy Snubbed Michael...
Though I love movies enough to spend my free time writing about them (though the comped tickets and free popcorn helps), I tend to find the drama surrounding who was “snubbed” by various award shows — particularly the Oscars — far more interesting than the award shows themselves.
Still, though legendary Oscar-winner George C. Scott once called the ceremony ” a...
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Alan Alda: "When you’re improvising, you have to...
While he’ll always be best known as Hawkeye from the eleven-season run of TV’s M*A*S*H, Alan Alda has been appearing in films since the 1960s, and next appears in Wanderlust, starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a couple who moves to a free-love commune.
Alda plays the role of Carvin, the founder of the community, and though producer Judd Apatow and director David Wain...
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Trailer: 'American Reunion' starring Jason Biggs,...
American Reunion: It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler’s mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about — and get inspired by — the hormonal...
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In order to succeed you must BE. DO. HAVE.
Written by Jamison Haase, L.A. On-Camera Training Center
Most actors start at the end.
Most actors after having moved to Los Angeles right away set about trying to find an agent. They think to themselves, “I need an agent in order to get auditions so that can be the TV/Film actor/star that I want to be.”
They struggle to find an agent, or on the very outside chance find someone, but still...
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Mike Myers Shows Kevin Kline the Proper Way to...
Here is another promo for the Oscars, this time featuring Mike Myers and Academy Award Winner Kevin Kline.
In the video, Myers plays British Oscar expert Sir Cecil Worthington who teaches Kline the proper way to hold his statuette.
I like both of these guys, particularly Kline, but man… this isn’t funny at all.
Check it out below.
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How Can Television Networks Fix the Broken 'Pilot...
As anyone working in television can tell you, for every ultra-successful television series like Seinfeld, Friends, CSI, or NYPD Blue there are dozens of shows that don’t make it past their first seasons — and dozens more that never make it past their first pilot episode.
And while that is the breaks of show business, pilot season — the period between January and March in which...
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Dustin Hoffman: "With acting, I didn't know if I...
Two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman has surprised many people by starring in the HBO series Luck. Many assume that Hoffman — star of such classic films as The Graduate and Rain Man — is somehow “above” weekly episodic television, or that he’s far too busy with his award-winning film roles to do a television series.
This is certainly not the way Hoffman himself...
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Greg Kinnear on 'Thin Ice' with Co-Star Alan...
It’s hard to believe that actor Greg Kinnear, who is best known for his roles in Little Miss Sunshine and As Good As It Gets, has never had any type of professional training when it comes to acting, but that’s what the forty-eight year old recently stated when talking to NBC New York.
Discussing his reunion with Alan Arkin in the upcoming movie Thin Ice, where Kinnear plays a sneaky...
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David Alan Grier and the Cast of 'Porgy and Bess'...
In the second night of Broadway Week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, David Alan Grier and the cast of Porgy and Bess came on and rocked ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So.’
This is what I was wanting from Monday’s show with Nick Jonas. Having him stand behind a mike and sing didn’t show anyone what the show was about. By the way, ticket sales have fallen 40% since he joined...
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For Michelle Williams, the best part of being...
Michelle Williams talked with Access Hollywood about what it’s like being nominated for an Oscar - her third, this time for My Week with Marilyn.
“Probably getting to ask advice of other actresses,” she said. Her main source of advice is Meryl Streep. “Whatever Meryl does, that’s what you want to do.”
She also talks about all the auditions she didn’t...
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Denzel Washington Was Actually Waterboarded During...
We’re all aware that our favorite actors don’t usually do their own stunts — not always because of a lack of desire, but because of insurance purposes. Still, I doubt many A-list Hollywood actors would be willing to be actually waterboarded to prove their macho cred.
Nonetheless, New York Magazine reveals that during the filming of Safe House Denzel Washington stepped up to...
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New York Asian-American Actors Look to Increase...
While we’ve certainly come a long way from white actors like John Wayne and Mickey Rooney portraying Asian characters in so-called “yellowface” makeup, roles for Asian-American actors on the Broadway stage are few in number, even as New York City’s media is dominated by its newest sports sensation, Asian-American basketball player Jeremy Lin.
Sadly, the number of...
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Penelope Ann Miller Talks 'The Artist' and the...
Penelope Ann Miller, who plays the wife of George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) in the Academy Award nominated film The Artist, talks about why she took the part when others turned it down, the film and the lure of old Hollywood.Â
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Clip: 'Goon' starring Seann William Scott and Liev...
Goon: Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the “muscle.” Despite the fact that Glatt can’t skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league’s reigning goon becomes threatened by...
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Margaret Colin and Boyd Gaines Join John Lithgow...
Margaret Colin (Gossip Girl, MTC’s Defiance, Arcadia) and four time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines (Gypsy, Contact) will join Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow in the cast of the world premiere of The Columnist.
Written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, the show follows columnist Joseph Alsop (Lithgow). Joe is beloved,...
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Austin, TX: Open Call for Broadway's Upcoming...
Telsey + Co., casting office for the new Broadway production of ANNIE, will hold an open call in Austin, TX. on Monday, March 5, for girls ages 6-12 to audition for the roles of Annie and the orphans.
ANNIE, directed by Tony Award-winner James Lapine, will open in fall 2012 at a Nederlander theatre to be announced.
“We’ve gone coast to coast in our search for Annie and the orphans,” commented...
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Hugh Dancy and Nick Jonas Start Off Broadway Week...
Hugh Dancy, currently starring in Venus in Fur with Nina Arianda, and Nick Jonas, starring in How To Succeed, helped kick off Broadway Week on last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
In this first clip, Dancy talks to Jimmy about auditioning for one particular “dick” casting director and the time he was hurt on the set of Black Hawk Down but was taken care of by Modern...
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Online SAG and AFTRA Informational Meeting This...
SAG and AFTRA will be holding an online informational meeting this Wednesday (February 22nd) at 4-6 p.m. PT/7-9 p.m. ET.
This meeting is only open to paid-up SAG and AFTRA members in good standing.
To view the livestream meeting, you have to log into your member account on SAG.org or AFTRA.com to view this livestream event.
If you have questions, email them to oneunion@sagaftra.org or on...
