Creating your own Original Content
As an actor, you’re constantly trying to find work: auditions and casting calls take up a considerable amount of your work time. In these auditions and productions, you’re pretty much at the mercy of the director and the production team,… Read More
Creating Your Own Original Content
As an actor, you’re constantly trying to find work. As classes, auditions and casting calls can take up a considerable amount of your time – not to mention any side hustles. In auditions and productions, you’re pretty much at the… Read More
Are Your Acting Goals Realistic?
Do you have a realistic attitude when it comes to your acting career? On her downtime, Hollywood talent manager Wendy Alane Wright likes to teach actors how to land jobs in TV, film, commercials, and print through her Youtube channel…. Read More
Nicole Kidman and Amy Adams on the Need to Be Flexible
The 2019 Golden Globe nominations are in, and Nicole Kidman and Amy Adams are on the list. Kidman is up for consideration for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, and Adams is up for not one, but… Read More
Aubrey Plaza Decides to Test Free Agency
Legion actress Aubrey Plaza has been developing an athletic skill on Tuesday nights over the past few years, and it’s playing recreational basketball. The comic actress isn’t acting when she dribbles, passes and shoots baskets (or at least attempts to)… Read More
Ways to Get a Theatrical Agent When You Only Have a Commercial Agent (and vice versa)
While it’s not mandatory, having a talent agent can sure make working as an actor easier. Commercial agents, for example, can schedule profitable commercial auditions for their actors as well as negotiate contracts once a job is booked. And a… Read More
It’s All in the Details in Private Life
The performances in Private Life simmer, crackle and get right under your skin. We have seen the leading actors Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn strut their nuance, humor, and down-right urban upscale Upper West Side neurotic selves in many other films. But… Read More
Scenebot App Gives Young Actors a Chance to ‘Be Scene’
Child actors now have a new digital tool to gain acting experience, increase their exposure, and improve their chances of connecting with legitimate casting professionals. By downloading the Scenebot app or visiting the Scenebot website, aspiring actors can “get scene”… Read More
Ways to Improve Your Self-Tapes to Help Land Auditions
Self-tapes are rapidly growing in popularity within the casting industry and have, in fact, revolutionized the way actors audition. After all, a performer living in, say, Tennessee can audition just as easily for a gig in California as the locals… Read More
How A Demo Reel Helps Land Acting Jobs
We all know acting is no walk in the park. From casting calls to finding an acting coach, the entire process can be exhausting. Of course an actor’s craft is essential in obtaining acting jobs. But, just as important is… Read More
‘The Princess Bride’ Screenwriting Star William Goldman Dies at the Age of 87
William Goldman, writer of the cult-classic film The Princess Bride died on Friday at the age of 87 in New York City. The novelist and screenwriting star is also celebrated for his two Academy Award-winning screenplays, Butch Cassidy and the… Read More
Goodbye to the Superhero of Marvel Comics Stan Lee
The beloved comic book legend, Stan Lee, passed at the age of 95 on November 12th in Los Angeles after being rushed to the hospital. Although the cause of his death has not yet been released, earlier in the year,… Read More
It’s The Skills
I was on a panel recently and one of the questions we were asked was: “what do you think the most important thing an actor needs to achieve success?” Someone said “passion,” another panelist said “determination.” When it came to… Read More
The Perfect Class
Training is one of the most important decisions an actor ever faces. You have to pick the right type of class, the best teacher for you and then it helps to do it in the right order. And most of… Read More
Michael Douglas Gets a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
The seventy-four-year-old veteran actor, director, and producer Michael Douglas just got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! For the prestigious event, he was accompanied by his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and his hundred and one-year-old father, the legendary Spartacus… Read More
Legendary Location Paramount Ranch Burns Down
The Woolsey Fire relentlessly blazed through the legendary Paramount Ranch on November 9th, leaving significant damage to the set of Westworld. The 2,700-acre ranch nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains was the house to numerous large-scale sets built amongst the… Read More
