Daily Actor - The Actors Online Entertainment Resource » Performing Arts News http://www.dailyactor.com Interviews with Actors, Acting Columns, Acting and actor News, Film Industry News, Casting Director Information, Resources Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Interviews with Actors, Directors, Casting Directors, Screenwriters and more! Visit www.DailyActor.com Lance Carter no Interviews with Actors, Acting Columns, Acting and actor News, Film Industry News, Casting Director Information, Resources acting, actors, movies, film, tv, auditions, interviews, news, Daily Actor - The Actors Online Entertainment Resource » Performing Arts News http://www.dailyactor.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.dailyactor.com/category/actor-news/ Los Angeles Actor Discovers His Altered Image is Being Used in a New York City Healthy Eating Campaign http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/02/cleo-barry-altered-image-new-york-city-healthy-eating-campaign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cleo-barry-altered-image-new-york-city-healthy-eating-campaign http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/02/cleo-barry-altered-image-new-york-city-healthy-eating-campaign/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:09:06 +0000 Chris McKittrick http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=27527 cleo-berryMost actors would do just about anything to have their picture plastered all over New York City subways, since thousands of people see your image every day. 

But Los Angeles actor Cleo Barry, who is featured in advertisements all over New York, isn’t happy.  For one thing, his head is cut out of the ad.  For another, the ad has literally cut off his leg — it’s an advertisement for eating healthy, with Barry’s missing leg said to be a result of Type 2 Diabetes. But Barry has both of his legs, and he doesn’t suffer from diabetes.  Yet the ad is all over New York City subways (I just saw it yesterday).

Barry was paid $500 to pose for some pictures in Manhattan several years ago, and as part of the deal agreed to let the photos be used by a stock photo agency and gave permission for the photos to be altered.  So legally there isn’t an issue that the photo is being used, and hence Barry’s right leg came off and a pair of crutches were added in the background to drive home the fact that drinking too much sugary soda can lead to Type 2 Diabetes. 

Barry wasn’t happy when a friend altered him of the advertisements.  He says, “I was beyond shocked.  I cried at my computer screen for, like, a minute.”  While he supports the advertisement’s goal of getting people to change their dietary habits, Barry doesn’t understand why someone who is actually suffering from the disease wasn’t used instead.  He points out, “You are New York City, for God’s sake.  Give it to us the right way or we won’t believe you at all.”

Representatives of the New York City Health Department defended the ad, so Barry — who has appeared in the touring production of Seussical the Musical and has appeared in low-budget films like 200 M.P.H. and Zombie Apocalypse — has resigned himself to his only course of action: revenge. He’s looking for a soda company to hire him, “so we can do a commercial, I’ll sing and dance for them and I won’t charge an arm and a leg.”

Via New York Times

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/02/cleo-barry-altered-image-new-york-city-healthy-eating-campaign/feed/ 4 SAG-AFTRA Merger Documents http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/02/sag-aftra-merger-documents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sag-aftra-merger-documents http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/02/sag-aftra-merger-documents/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:12:05 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=27554 Last night, SAG and AFTRA released the merger documents which go into detail all the specifics of the proposed merging of the unions.

The full printed merger documents will be mailed to each voter with the ballot, which will need to be returned before March 30th.

There will also be a new joint website to provide members all the information they’ll want to consider before voting. The website will include complete merger details, FAQs, and a comprehensive calendar of events to alert members nationwide to meetings and other opportunities for learning about the plan. They’ll be giving that link to us soon. 

Most of the details have already been released (here and here). It’ll be harder to join the union, be less expensive than joining both and Pension and Health will merge.

I won’t pretend to say that I read each of the docs, which total 117 pages, but if you’re so inclined, they are listed below.

For the full documents, click below:
Merger Agreement
SAG-AFTRA Constitution
P&H/H&R Feasibility Report

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/02/sag-aftra-merger-documents/feed/ 0 More Details About the SAG AFTRA Merger http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/more-details-about-the-sag-aftra-merger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-details-about-the-sag-aftra-merger http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/more-details-about-the-sag-aftra-merger/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:59:47 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=27450 SAG-AFTRADeadline is reporting some new details of the potential SAG and AFTRA merger, including initiation fees, yearly base dues and AFTRA not budging on it’s ‘open-door’ policy.

The new initiation fee for the combined union will be $3,000. Currently, AFTRA’s fee is $1,600 with SAG at $2,230.

The base dues – what you pay if you don’t work at all or only make the minimum amount – will be $198, or $99 every 6 months most likely.

The worst part of the merger is that AFTRA will not remove it’s ‘open-door’ policy until the merger is complete.  They write:

“Which means that from now until the effective date, anyone with $1,600 can walk up to the AFTRA cashier and join. Meaning they won’t have to pay the difference between $1,600 and post-merger $3,000. “This potential flood of newbies will absolutely kill the background community,” one of my sources says.

So, if you’re not in the Union and you want to be, grab that spare $1,600 you have lying around your house an head to your local AFTRA office.

Head on over to Deadline for more of the details.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/more-details-about-the-sag-aftra-merger/feed/ 0 Equity UK Survey: Coming Out Still a Struggle for Gay Actors http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/equity-uk-survey-coming-out-still-a-struggle-for-gay-actors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=equity-uk-survey-coming-out-still-a-struggle-for-gay-actors http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/equity-uk-survey-coming-out-still-a-struggle-for-gay-actors/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:34:57 +0000 Erin Konrad http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=27372 equity_uk-logoA survey conducted by the actors union, Equity, revealed that only 57% of gay actors felt they could be open to their agents about their sexuality.  A third of those surveyed admitted they had experienced homophobia, with 57% of it coming from other performers.

While 81% said they had come out in the professional lives, over 94% said they are open about their sexuality to other performers.  However, the process of revealing their sexuality is still an emotionally difficult challenge.  Because of the way the theater industry functions, actors are constantly surrounded by new people, thus increasing the number of times they have to come out to people they don’t know. 

However, the survey, reported by The Guardian, does address the difficulties gay actors face when dealing with their agents and casting directors.  One actor interviewed by The Stage said, “A previous agent of mine once told me to keep quiet about my sexuality and though I am out, I do not broadcast it.”  More than half of the gay actors surveyed said they ‘feared being offered only stereotypical roles if they came out, while being denied romantic leads in particular.’  One actor said, “It’s okay for a straight actor to play gay roles but harder, if not impossible, the other way around.”

When actor Rupert Everett spoke with The Observer last January, he stated that he regretted coming out.  He said, “For an actor to be working (at all) is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren’t.  So it’s just silly for a working actor to say, ‘Oh, I don’t care if anybody knows I’m gay’—especially if you’re a leading man.”

The Equity equalities officer, Max Beckmann, still believes the survey’s results to be generally positive, since most actors stated they would encourage others in the industry to be open about their sexuality.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/equity-uk-survey-coming-out-still-a-struggle-for-gay-actors/feed/ 0 Actors Working: Catch Carla Vila on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/actors-working-catch-carla-vila-on-greys-anatomy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actors-working-catch-carla-vila-on-greys-anatomy http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/actors-working-catch-carla-vila-on-greys-anatomy/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:49:27 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=26206 Carla Vila is appearing on Grey’s Anatomy tonight!

Check Carla out as ‘Angela’ in tonight’s episode called ‘This Magic Moment’ at 9 pm on ABC! Her scene is with Jason George.

She’s also working again on Southland this coming Monday!

Check out her website, IMDB and Facebook page!

Tune in and support your fellow actor!

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]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/actors-working-catch-carla-vila-on-greys-anatomy/feed/ 0 And the First SAG Screener of the Year is… http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/and-the-first-sag-screener-of-the-year-is/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-the-first-sag-screener-of-the-year-is http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/and-the-first-sag-screener-of-the-year-is/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:16:57 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=25753 The Help!

The film received 4 SAG Nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Viola Davis

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Jessica Chastain

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture  Thanks to Dreamworks for providing all SAG actors with this. I’m looking forward to watching it again.

And if you’re interested, here is the script for The Help and this Actress’ Roundtable features both Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. 

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/and-the-first-sag-screener-of-the-year-is/feed/ 1 Ready to start the New Year? http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/ready-to-start-the-new-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ready-to-start-the-new-year http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/ready-to-start-the-new-year/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:23:45 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=25525 Hi guys -

After the seemingly long and endless holiday break (at least for me it was), we’re all excited to get back to work – acting wise, I mean.

What are your resolutions or goals for the year?

Let me know by leaving a comment here or emailing me at Lance@dailyactor.com

I’ll write up a column with some of them and include your twitter handles, facebook pages or websites if you want them included. 

Let’s all hope for a great year!

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2012/01/ready-to-start-the-new-year/feed/ 2 Broadway Review: ‘Lysistrata Jones’ http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/broadway-review-lysistrata-jones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=broadway-review-lysistrata-jones http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/broadway-review-lysistrata-jones/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:07:52 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=25301 With a book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn, Lysistrata Jones, based on Aristophanes Greek comedy, follows the awful Athens University basketball team who haven’t won a game in years. When Lysistrata jones transfers to the school, she joins the cheerleading squad and then challenges the girls to stop “giving it up” to their player boyfriends till they win a game.

Go see this show now!

Because it’ll probably be closing very soon.   

The show was originally staged last summer in a church gym in downtown New York. It had great reviews and was quickly scheduled to move to the Walter Kerr Theatre where it opened on December 14th. But, in the move uptown, it lost its magic.  The show doesn’t have the most challenging of stories but with a musical comedy, you don’t need a hugely complicated plot. You just need it to be fun, entertaining and filled with a winning cast.

None of which this show has and unfortunately I blame some of the cast.

There are genuinely funny moments and catchy songs but the cast just didn’t sell it. With the exception of the absolutely wonderful Patti Murin, as Lysistrata, most of the cast boggled my mind on how they ended up on a Broadway stage. At times, I felt like I was watching a bad, yet eager, high school production. Particularly head-scratching were some of the male cast members; they were singing off-key, not hitting jokes and just plain awful acting. The cast came with the transfer and maybe because they’ve done it so long now they are just bored with it because that’s what I was… bored.

But, at least with Murin front and center, the audience has something to latch on to. Whenever she’s on stage, her tiny body suddenly becomes 12 feet high and you can’t take your eyes off of her. Sure, she’s a knockout but her performance was everything you want it to be in a show like this: fun, spunky and bursting with personality.

Lysistrata Jones is currently playing at the Walter Kerr Theatre. But catch it quick because it may not be there too much longer.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/broadway-review-lysistrata-jones/feed/ 0 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-nominations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-nominations http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-nominations/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:52:22 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=25221 The nominations for the 18th Annual SAG Awards were announced this morning while I was patiently sitting in an airport waiting to board my flight to JFK.

Congrats to all the nominees!

But, I just have one WTF as I go through the list: Glee was nominated as in the Ensemble category? The cast is fine with Jane Lynch, Heather Morris and Matthew Morrison being the standouts but nominating the cast for best ensemble? Seriously?

Check out the nominations below!

18th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
DEMIÁN BICHIR / Carlos Galindo – “A BETTER LIFE” (Summit Entertainment)
GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King – “THE DESCENDANTS” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / J. Edgar Hoover – “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JEAN DUJARDIN / George – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company)
BRAD PITT / Billy Beane – “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
GLENN CLOSE  / Albert Nobbs – “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions)
VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
MERYL STREEP / Margaret Thatcher – “THE IRON LADY” (The Weinstein Company)
TILDA SWINTON / Eva – “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Marilyn Monroe – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
KENNETH BRANAGH / Sir Laurence Olivier – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company)
ARMIE HAMMER / Clyde Tolson – “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JONAH HILL / Peter Brand – “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures)
NICK NOLTE / Paddy Conlon – “WARRIOR” (Lionsgate)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal – “BEGINNERS” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
BÉRÉNICE BEJO / Peppy – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company)
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan – “BRIDESMAIDS” (Universal Pictures)
JANET McTEER / Hubert Page – “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions)
OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE ARTIST (The Weinstein Company)
BÉRÉNICE BEJO / Peppy
JAMES CROMWELL / Clifton
JEAN DUJARDIN / George
JOHN GOODMAN / Al Zimmer
PENELOPE ANN MILLER / Doris

BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)
ROSE BYRNE / Helen
JILL CLAYBURGH / Annie’s Mom
ELLIE KEMPER / Becca
MATT LUCAS  / Gil
MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan
WENDI McLENDON-COVEY / Rita
CHRIS O’DOWD / Rhodes
MAYA RUDOLPH / Lillian
KRISTEN WIIG / Annie

THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BEAU BRIDGES / Cousin Hugh
GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King
ROBERT FORSTER / Scott Thorson
JUDY GREER  / Julie Speer
MATTHEW LILLARD  / Brian Speer
SHAILENE WOODLEY  / Alexandra King

THE HELP (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote
VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Hilly Holbrook
ALLISON JANNEY / Charlotte Phelan
CHRIS LOWELL / Stuart Whitworth
AHNA O’REILLY / Elizabeth Leefolt
SISSY SPACEK / Missus Walters
OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson
MARY STEENBURGEN / Elaine Stein
EMMA STONE / Skeeter Phelan
CICELY TYSON / Constantine Jefferson
MIKE VOGEL / Johnny Foote

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Sony Pictures Classics)
KATHY BATES / Gertrude Stein
ADRIEN BRODY / Salvador Dali
CARLA BRUNI / Museum Guide
MARION COTILLARD / Adriana
RACHEL McADAMS / Inez
MICHAEL SHEEN / Paul
OWEN WILSON / Gil

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
LAURENCE FISHBURNE / Thurgood Marshall – “THURGOOD” (HBO)
PAUL GIAMATTI / Ben Bernanke – “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO)
GREG KINNEAR / Jack Kennedy – “THE KENNEDYS” (REELZ CHANNEL)
GUY PEARCE / Monty Beragon – “MILDRED PIERCE“ (HBO)
JAMES WOODS / Richard Fuld – “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
DIANE LANE / Pat Loud – “CINEMA VERITE” (HBO)
MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)
EMILY WATSON / Janet Leach – “APPROPRIATE ADULT” (Sundance Channel)
BETTY WHITE / Caroline Thomas – “HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE LOST VALENTINE” (CBS)
KATE WINSLET / Mildred Pierce – “MILDRED PIERCE” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
PATRICK J. ADAMS / Mike Ross – “SUITS” (USA)
STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thomson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)
KYLE CHANDLER / Eric Taylor – “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS” (DirecTV)
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – “DEXTER” (Showtime)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
KATHY BATES / Harriet Korn – “HARRY’S LAW” (NBC)
GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes  – “DAMAGES” (DirecTV)
JESSICA LANGE / Constance – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY” (FX)
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Dept. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson – “THE CLOSER” (TNT)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott  – “THE OFFICE” (NBC)
JON CRYER / Alan Harper  – “TWO AND A HALF MEN” (CBS)
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett  – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky – “HOT IN CLEVELAND” (TV Land)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson
DOMINIC CHIANESE / Leander Cephas Whitlock
ROBERT CLOHESSY / Ward Boss Jim Neary
DABNEY COLEMAN / Commodore Louis Kaestner
CHARLIE COX / Owen Sleater
JOSIE & LUCY GALLINA / Emily Schroeder
STEPHEN GRAHAM / Al Capone
JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow
ANTHONY LACIURA / Eddie Kessler
HEATHER LIND / Katy
KELLY MACDONALD / Margaret Schroeder
RORY & DECLAN McTIGUE / Teddy Schroeder
GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody
BRADY & CONNOR NOON/ Tommy Darmody
KEVIN O’ROURKE / Mayor Edward Bader
ALEKSA PALLADINO / Angela Darmody
JACQUELINE PENNEWILL / Lilian
VINCENT PIAZZA / Lucky Luciano
MICHAEL PITT / Jimmy Darmody
MICHAEL SHANNON / Agent Nelson Van Alden
PAUL SPARKS / Mickey Doyle
MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein
PETER VAN WAGNER / Isaac “Icky” Ginsburg
SHEA WHIGHAM / Sheriff Elias Thompson
MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / Chalky White
ANATOL YUSEF / Meyer Lansky

BREAKING BAD (AMC)
JONATHAN BANKS / Mike
BETSY BRANDT / Marie Schrader
RAY CAMPBELL / Tyrus Kitt
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White
GIANCARLO ESPOSITO / Gus Fring
ANNA GUNN / Skyler White
RJ MITTE / Walter White, Jr.
DEAN NORRIS / Hank Schrader
BOB ODENKIRK / Saul Goodman
AARON PAUL / Jesse Pinkman

DEXTER (Showtime)
BILLY BROWN / Chicago Mike
JENNIFER CARPENTER / Debra Morgan
JOSH COOKE /  Louis
AIMEE GARCIA / Jamie Batista
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan
COLIN HANKS / Travis Marshall
DESMOND HARRINGTON / Joey Quinn
MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY / Sonya
RYA KIHLSTEDT / Michelle
C.S. LEE / Vince Masuka
EDWARD JAMES OLMOS / Professor Gellar
JAMES REMAR / Harry Morgan
LAUREN VELEZ / Lt. Maria LaGuerta
PETER WELLER / Liddy
DAVID ZAYAS / Sgt. Angel Batista

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
AMRITA ACHARIA / Irri
MARK ADDY /  King Robert Baratheon
ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy
JOSEF ALTIN / Pypar
SEAN BEAN / Lord Eddard “Ned” Stark
SUSAN BROWN / Septa Mordane
EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Ser Jaime Lannister
PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister
RON DONACHIE / Ser Rodrik Cassel
MICHELLE FAIRLEY / Lady Catelyn Stark
JEROME FLYNN / Bronn
ELYES GABEL /  Rakharo
AIDEN GILLEN / “Littlefinger” Petyr Baelish
JACK GLEESON / Joffrey Baratheon
IAIN GLEN / Ser Jorah Mormont
JULIAN GLOVER / Grand Maester Pycelle
KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow
LENA HEADEY / Queen Cersei Lannister
ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT / Bran Stark
CONLETH HILL / Lord Varys
RICHARD MADDEN / Robb Stark
JASON MAMOA / Kahl Drogo
RORY McCANN / Sandor Clegane
IAN McELHINNEY / Barristan Selmy
LUKE McEWAN / Rast
ROXANNE McKEE / Doreah
DAR SALIM / Qotho
MARK STANLEY / Grenn
DONALD SUMPTER / Maester Luwin
SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark
MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark

THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)
CHRISTINE BARANSKI / Diane Lockhart
JOSH CHARLES / Will Gardner
ALAN CUMMING / Eli Gold
MATT CZUCHRY / Cary Agos
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick
CHRIS NOTH / Peter Florrick
ARCHIE PANJABI / Kalinda Sharma
GRAHAM PHILLIPS / Zach Florrick
MAKENZIE VEGA / Grace Florrick

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 ROCK (NBC)
SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy
KATRINA BOWDEN / Cerie
KEVIN BROWN / Dotcom
GRIZZ CHAPMAN / Grizz
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon
JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano
JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney
JOHN LUTZ / Lutz
JACK MCBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell
TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan
MAULIK PANCHOLY / Jonathan
KEITH POWELL / Toofer

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler
KALEY CUOCO / Penny
JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter
SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz
KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper
MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski

GLEE (FOX)
DIANNA AGRON / Quinn Fabray
CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel
DARREN CRISS / Blaine Anderson
ASHLEY FINK / Lauren Zizes
DOT MARIE JONES / Coach Beiste
JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester
JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury
KEVIN McHALE / Artie Abrams
LEA MICHELE / Rachel Berry
CORY MONTEITH / Finn Hudson
HEATHER MORRIS / Brittany Pierce
MATTHEW MORRISON / Will Schuester
MIKE O’MALLEY / Burt Hummel
CHORD OVERSTREET / Sam Evans
LAUREN POTTER / Becky Johnson
AMBER RILEY / Mercedes Jones
NAYA RIVERA / Santana Lopez
MARK SALLING / Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman
HARRY SHUM, JR. / Mike Chang
IQBAL THEBA / Principal Figgins
JENNA USHKOWITZ / Tina Cohen-Chang

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS / Lily
JULIE BOWEN / Claire
TY BURRELL / Phil
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell
NOLAN GOULD / Luke
SARAH HYLAND / Haley
ED O’NEILL / Jay
RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria
ARIEL WINTER / Alex

THE OFFICE (NBC)
LESLIE DAVID BAKER / Stanley Hudson
BRIAN BAUMGARTNER / Kevin Malone
CREED BRATTON / Creed Bratton
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott
JENNA FISCHER / Pam Beesly Halpert
KATE FLANNERY / Meredith Palmer
ED HELMS / Andy Bernard
MINDY KALING / Kelly Kapoor
ELLIE KEMPER / Erin Hannon
ANGELA KINSEY / Angela Martin
JOHN KRASINSKI / Jim Halpert
PAUL LIEBERSTEIN / Toby Flenderson
B.J. NOVAK / Ryan Howard
OSCAR NUÑEZ / Oscar Martinez
CRAIG ROBINSON / Daryll Philbin
JAMES SPADER / Robert California
PHYLLIS SMITH / Phyllis Lapin-Vance
RAINN WILSON / Dwight Schrute
ZACH WOODS / Gabe Lewis

SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)
COWBOYS & ALIENS (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (WARNER BROS. PICTURES)
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PARAMOUNT PICTURES)
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (20TH CENTURY FOX)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
DEXTER (SHOWTIME)
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
SOUTHLAND (TNT)
SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA (STARZ)
TRUE BLOOD (HBO)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild Awards 48th Annual Life Achievement Award

MARY TYLER MOORE

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-nominations/feed/ 0 Hollywood Managers Challenge Talent Agencies Act http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/hollywood-managers-challenge-talent-agencies-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hollywood-managers-challenge-talent-agencies-act http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/hollywood-managers-challenge-talent-agencies-act/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:00:42 +0000 Austen Courpet http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=24674 According to the Talent Agencies Act (which is a California law), actors are only allowed to gain work through licensed talent agents.  Managers on the other hand, are only allowed to provide advice generally on a client’s career.

It seems like this law would be hard to enforce, but there have been cases where talent will make claims of TAA infractions to get out of paying manager commissions.

Rick Siegel, former manager of Rosa Blasi, fought a case that went all the way to the California Supreme Court in 2008; however, the court did not overturn the TAA or its penalties. Siegel also lost an appeal made against his lawyers for failing to argue what he felt were key points in the case. Now he’s back again, but this time he’s receiving the support of countless managers. A full list of the managers has been posted by The Hollywood Reporter. 

Clinton Ford Billups Jr., President of NCOPM (National Conference of Personal Managers), argues that, “California’s Labor Commissioner and courts have erroneously applied the TAA to personal managers in an unfair and disproportionate fashion. It has resulted in forfeitures of fairly earned contractual fees legitimately earned in commercial commerce.”

It would be great to hear the response of actors to the current appeal. If Siegel won, it would certainly change the relationship between actors and their managers. However, THR reports that Siegel is representing himself, and he may be hard-pressed to win a case already upheld by the CA Supreme Court.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/hollywood-managers-challenge-talent-agencies-act/feed/ 0 No! Samuel French To Close Studio City, CA Location http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/no-samuel-french-to-close-studio-city-ca-location/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-samuel-french-to-close-studio-city-ca-location http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/no-samuel-french-to-close-studio-city-ca-location/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:47:08 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=24540 Well, here’s some bad news to anyone (including me) who frequents the Studio City location of Samuel French.

The company announced on it’s Facebook page that on February 20th, they will close that location and merge it with the Hollywood store.

What’s strange was they way they put it:

A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

SAMUEL FRENCH, THEATRE and FILM BOOKSHOP IS ON THE MOVE!!

Samuel French will be COMBINING it’s two stores, making our HOLLYWOOD LOCATION your MAIN theatre and film RESOURCE.

On FEBRUARY 20, 2012, our STUDIO CITY Bookshop will JOIN FORCES with our HOLLYWOOD STORE to create an ALL-IN-ONE Sunset Boulevard location where you can CONTINUE to find LA’s LARGEST SELECTION OF PLAYS as well as all your theatre, film, and television resource needs.

Weird, right? It sounds like they’re trying to make it seem like closing a store a good thing.

I love the Studio City store… mostly because it’s a pain for me to get to the Hollywood location.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/12/no-samuel-french-to-close-studio-city-ca-location/feed/ 3 Trailer: ‘A Warrior’s Heart’ starring Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/trailer-a-warriors-heart-starring-kellan-lutz-ashley-greene/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trailer-a-warriors-heart-starring-kellan-lutz-ashley-greene http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/trailer-a-warriors-heart-starring-kellan-lutz-ashley-greene/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:24:03 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=24077 We have another entry into the Awful Trailers Award category. Watch. Enjoy.

A Warrior’s Heart: Twilight’s Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene re-team in a story of young love and the true meaning of sportsmanship and life. Co-starring Glee’s Chord Overstreet.

Director: Mike Sears

Cast: Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Adam Beach, Gabrielle Anwar, Chord Overstreet, Aaron Hill, William Mapother

In Theaters: December 2nd, 2011

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/trailer-a-warriors-heart-starring-kellan-lutz-ashley-greene/feed/ 0 Josh Hutcherson on ‘The Hunger Games’ Audition Process http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/josh-hutcherson-on-the-hunger-games-audition-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=josh-hutcherson-on-the-hunger-games-audition-process http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/josh-hutcherson-on-the-hunger-games-audition-process/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:03:30 +0000 Austen Courpet http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=24030 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has become a sensation with readers and very quickly was poised for adaptation into film. The only problem of course with both fans and filmmakers is that the actors have to be right for the part. Casting is already a difficult process but it must be even harden when you’re dealing with finding the person that can live up to fan expectations.

Just watching Winter’s Bone (2010) showed just how powerful Jennifer Lawrence is as an actress. She’s definitely the right choice to play Katniss Everdeen; however, casting the two young actors that will form a love triangle with Katniss must have been an even greater challenge.

Josh Hutcherson will play the part of Peeta Mellark, the boy chosen along with Katniss to compete in a tournament – to the death (hence the film’s title). 

In an interview with MTV News, Hutcherson reveals that he was almost tormented by how “right” he felt for the part. “It kind of drove me crazy in a way, because I felt like I was so right for it, then I had to go through this crazy audition process,” he said. “So to finally be making the movie and now we’re finished, it’s like, somebody please pinch me, because I still don’t believe this is actually happening. For me, it’s just an honor to be a part of such a great story. Gary Ross is such an amazing director, and Jennifer Lawrence is perfect, and everyone else we cast was really great.” He says that when reading The Hunger Games he was amazed by how true Peeta’s character was to him: “I had never read a character that was more like who I am as a person and had kind of my core values and what I believe in.”

Despite having appeared in a number of films already, Hutcherson was rather anxious waiting to find out if he had been cast for the part: “For the audition process, I came in the first time and read a few scenes for Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and some of the other producers involved. Then maybe about a week or so, maybe two weeks later, I came in and did a screen test with Jennifer, where I actually read the scenes with her so they could see how the chemistry worked. Both of them felt really great, but as an actor, you just pick apart every single thing that you do, so for me, I was on pins and needles waiting to find out. And then when I finally found out, my jaw hit the floor. I was so excited.”

If Hutcherson was the right choice for both the director and the author, fans of the book should be extremely excited and do their best to control their anticipation as they await the release of the film in 2012.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/josh-hutcherson-on-the-hunger-games-audition-process/feed/ 0 ‘My Week with Marilyn’ Featurette http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/my-week-with-marilyn-featurette/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-week-with-marilyn-featurette http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/my-week-with-marilyn-featurette/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:10:09 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=24054 Michelle Williams is fantastic as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn, but did you expect anything less?

He performance is both a sad portrait and blissful homage to the actress who died way too young.

In this featurette, the cast members (Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh) are interviewed about their work on the film and all marvel at Williams’ work. They also go into some detail of the work the production took to re-create parts of the film, The Prince and The Showgirl, which is the film Monroe went to London to shoot.

Check it out! 

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/my-week-with-marilyn-featurette/feed/ 0 Samuel French Introduces New eBook Program http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/samuel-french-introduces-new-ebook-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=samuel-french-introduces-new-ebook-program http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/samuel-french-introduces-new-ebook-program/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:05:53 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=23706 Well, this is cool. Samuel French, the oldest and largest publisher of plays and musicals, announced this week that they will start to sell both plays and musicals in the popular eBook format.

Which means if you have a Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPhone or even your trusty old laptop, you’ll be able to read them.

They are on sale now and most of the plays will sell for $8.99. I just checked the site and it’s only available via iTunes and Apple products which leaves us Android owners out of luck but French plans to roll out their program in all eReader formats and titles will be available for sale from all major e-retailers by the end of 2012.

2012?! Dag.   Anyway, no matter how long the wait, I think this is a great idea. One, because I’m lazy and having to drive to the Samuel French store or ordering it and waiting for it to arrive is a pain. Two, because when I want something, I’d like to have it right then and there.

The company is hoping that that by launching this new program, they will not only satisfy instant access demands from customers, but help broaden play readership and further expose the work of their authors.

Ken Dingledine, Director of Publications and Operations comments, “Being able to deliver an author’s content in an additional format will only enhance the reach of the creator’s work. We are witnessing a new generation of actors embracing technology in new ways we never could have imagined. We feel Samuel French has a responsibility to make our authors’ work accessible to this and future generations.”

Search the iBookstore below. I’ll be honest, I did and didn’t find much but keep checking back as I’m sure this will become popular.

Update: Kelly Christopher told me via our Facebook page that she just bought a play earlier today and that you can highlight, bookmark and even add notes to the eBook. “You can even take words from the play and look them up in the dictionary and search within the play, Google or Wikipedia using the highlighted word!,” she writes.

Thanks Kelly!

 For more info, visit samuelfrench.com

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/11/samuel-french-introduces-new-ebook-program/feed/ 7 SAG and AFTRA ‘Deplore Age Discrimination Facilitated by IMDb’ http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/10/sag-and-aftra-deplore-age-discrimination-facilitated-by-imdb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sag-and-aftra-deplore-age-discrimination-facilitated-by-imdb http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/10/sag-and-aftra-deplore-age-discrimination-facilitated-by-imdb/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:56:33 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=22910 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 is irrelevant to casting. What matters is the age range that an actor can portray. For the entire history of professional acting, this has been true but that reality has been upended by the development of IMDb as an industry standard used in casting offices across America.”

Go SAG, go!

“IMDb publishes the actual dates of birth of thousands of actors without their consent, most of them not celebrities but rank-and-file actors whose names are unknown to the general public. When their actual ages then become known to casting personnel, the 10+ year age range that many of them can portray suddenly shrinks, and so do their opportunities to work.” 

“Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strongly believe that businesses like IMDb have a moral and legal obligation not to facilitate age discrimination in employment. Entertainment industry employers who would never directly ask a potential employee’s age routinely access that information through IMDb and its professional subscription site IMDbPro. IMDb has the power to remove the temptation for employers to engage in age discrimination by accessing this information.”

Go ahead AFTRA. Give the final blow.

“We are disappointed that IMDb has rejected the efforts of Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA and other entertainment industry unions, and workers to work together to reach a solution to this problem. It is time for IMDb to step up and take responsibility for the harm it has caused, and to take appropriate measures to protect entertainment industry workers, including actors, from losing jobs for the enhancement of IMDb’s financial statements.”

I swear, I don’t understand the big deal. Why is IMDb refusing to remove this feature? It’s a simple html fix and Boom! It’s gone forever.

I wonder with the lawsuit and this new pressure from the Unions if they’ll finally relent and take it away.

What’s weird for me is that my age isn’t listed on the site. I’m not sure how that happened but I’m glad that no one can figure out my true age of 57.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/10/sag-and-aftra-deplore-age-discrimination-facilitated-by-imdb/feed/ 0 Actress Sues Internet Movie Database for Revealing Her True Age http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/10/actress-sues-internet-movie-database-for-revealing-her-true-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actress-sues-internet-movie-database-for-revealing-her-true-age http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/10/actress-sues-internet-movie-database-for-revealing-her-true-age/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:09:52 +0000 Chris McKittrick http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=22489 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 any actress will tell you, ageism is definitely an issue in Hollywood.  Face it: can you name ten actresses who work regularly (and by regularly I mean “more than one movie per year”) that are over the age of 45?  How about 50?  60?  It seems that male actors get a bit of a leeway — heck, I have no qualms about seeing Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in action roles even though both of them are over sixty.  I can’t say I’d be as interested in seeing a sixty year old woman in something similar (although Helen Mirren was awesome in Red).  We’ve seen actors play leading roles well into their seventies — for actresses, well, that’s simply not an as common opportunity.   According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The woman, who is said to be of Asian descent, says in the complaint filed in federal court in Seattle that she signed up for the pro version of Internet Movie Database in 2008. Soon thereafter, she noticed that the legal date of her birth was listed on her public profile. The plaintiff believes that the site was able to obtain her information because in signing up to IMDb Pro, she was required to give detailed personal and credit card information.” 

The complaint filled in court goes on to state, “If one is perceived to be ‘over-the-hill,’ i.e. approaching 40, it is nearly impossible for an up-and-coming actress, such as the Plaintiff, to get work as she is thought to have less of an ‘upside’ therefore casting directors, producers, directors, agents/managers, etc. do not give her the same opportunities, regardless of her appearance and talent.”  She claims to have asked the website to remove her age numerous times, but her request has not been fulfilled. 

There’s definitely two sides to this argument; after all, age-shaving is a tried-and-true practice in the acting industry.  Then again, shaving off a few years won’t really help you if you don’t actually look that age (I mean, how many actors in their late twenties are playing teenagers on weekly teen dramas?), and talent always rises to the top regardless of age.  Then again, do you consider your birth year “private information”? 

Let us know what you think, readers!  What are your thoughts on the lawsuit?

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/10/actress-sues-internet-movie-database-for-revealing-her-true-age/feed/ 8 Ken Howard Re-Elected as SAG President, continues to work on “creating one union” http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/ken-howard-re-elected-as-sag-president-continues-to-work-on-creating-one-union/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ken-howard-re-elected-as-sag-president-continues-to-work-on-creating-one-union http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/ken-howard-re-elected-as-sag-president-continues-to-work-on-creating-one-union/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:38:48 +0000 Lance Carter http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=21349

Howard and Aquino Re-Elected President, Secretary-Treasurer

Los Angeles (September 22, 2011) — Screen Actors Guild today announced the results of elections for its top two elected positions and National Board. Ken Howard has been re-elected for a second term as Screen Actors Guild president, and Amy Aquino will continue in her role as secretary-treasurer. Both will serve two-year terms, beginning September 25.

Ballots for the national officers election were mailed to 100,994 paid-up SAG members on August 23, and 23,459 were tabulated today, for a return of 23.23 percent. Howard received 17,492 votes, with David Hillberg getting 3,047 votes, Sharon Rubin receiving 1,681 votes and Asmar Muhammad receiving 855 votes. Aquino ran unopposed and received 20,399 votes.

“There’s nothing more important than members exercising their right to vote, and I’m very grateful for their continued support,” said Howard. “With so many pro-merger candidates elected again this year, there’s no doubt what members want, and I look forward to presenting a comprehensive plan to the SAG and AFTRA national boards in January.”   “Two years ago, SAG members definitively set the Guild on the road to merger, and this election confirms they want it more than ever,” Aquino said. “I’ll continue working to strengthen SAG’s operations and finances, and I’m honored to be able to help my fellow performers achieve the crucial goal of creating one union.”

A working actor for more than 40 years, Howard has an extensive resume that includes work on television, movies and the stage, including the upcoming Clint Eastwood biopic J. Edgar. An Emmy and Tony Award winner, he helped create and starred in The White Shadow from 1978 – 1982, and has had recurring roles on 30 Rock, Dynasty, Melrose Place and Crossing Jordan. He is the author of the book Act Natural, and serves as the chancellor of the National Kidney Foundation.

Aquino’s career in acting spans more than two decades. She has appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including Moonstruck, Law & Order, Castle, Monk, ER, CSI and Everybody Loves Raymond just to name a few. She also has an extensive career in theater, and holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Drama.

Screen Actors Guild also announced election results for the National Board of Directors. Approximately one third of the 69 national board seats were open for election this year, representing Screen Actors Guild’s Hollywood, New York and Regional Branch divisions.

Screen Actors Guild National Executive Director David White welcomed new members, as well as those who were re-elected.

“I would like to extend my congratulations to President Howard, Secretary-Treasurer Aquino and all of the new and returning members of the Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors,” he said. “I look forward to working with the officers and board members during such an exciting period in the Guild’s life. We have a lot of terrific work ahead of us.”

SAG’s Hollywood Division elected 12 National Board members; the New York Division elected five National Board members; and seven National Board members were elected from the union’s branches in Boston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Detroit, Houston, Nashville, Nevada and Washington-Baltimore. 



National Board members elected from the Hollywood Division: Tony Shalhoub, Ken Howard, Adam Arkin, Amy Aquino, Stephen Collins, D.W. Moffett, Scott Bakula, Ned Vaughn, Mimi Cozzens, Arye Gross, L. Scott Caldwell (three-year terms) and Kate Flannery (one-year term).  



The following were elected to serve as National Board alternates and to the Hollywood Division Board of Directors (one-year terms): Valerie Harper, Ellen Crawford, Esai Morales, Stacey Travis, John Carroll Lynch, Lisa Vidal, Christine Lakin, Michael O’Neill, Mandy Steckelberg, Tara Radcliffe, Michelle Allsopp, Bob Bergen, Assaf Cohen, Jon Huertas, Sarayu Rao, Allen Lulu, Woody Schultz, Donal Logue, Patrick Fabian, Iqbal Theba, Bertila Damas and Parvesh Cheena.

National Board members elected from the New York Division (three-year terms): Rebecca Damon, Lewis Black, Sam Robards, Ezra Knight and Jay Potter.

Additionally, New York Division members re-elected Mike Hodge for a two-year term as New York Division president. Hodge received 3,185 votes with Sam Robards receiving 2,276 votes.

The following were elected to serve as National Board alternates and to the New York Division Board of Directors (one-year terms): Traci Godfrey, Mark Blum, Marc Baron, John Rothman, Kevin Scullin, Dave Bachman, Matt Servitto, Phoebe Jonas and Manny Alfaro.

National Board members elected from the Regional Branch Division (three-year terms): Bill Mootos (Boston), Suzanne Burkhead (Dallas/Ft. Worth), Ed Kelly (Detroit), Robert Nelson (Houston), Cece DuBois (Nashville), Art Lynch (Nevada) and Stephen F. Schmidt (Washington-Baltimore).

Ballots for all eligible SAG members in Hollywood and New York were mailed on August 23 with a September 22 return deadline and were tabulated today by the independent election company Integrity Voting Systems. A total of 10,621 ballots were tabulated in the Hollywood Division (representing 19.37 percent of ballots mailed in the Hollywood Division) and 5,739 ballots were tabulated in the New York Division (representing 25.11 percent of ballots mailed in the New York Division). The number of ballots returned in the Regional Branch elections varied by region.

]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/ken-howard-re-elected-as-sag-president-continues-to-work-on-creating-one-union/feed/ 0 Elizabeth Banks on how she “accidentally” joined Twitter http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/elizabeth-banks-on-how-she-accidentally-joined-twitter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elizabeth-banks-on-how-she-accidentally-joined-twitter http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/elizabeth-banks-on-how-she-accidentally-joined-twitter/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:28:59 +0000 Sarah Luoma http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=20380 Our Idiot Brother star Elizabeth Banks, who has plenty in common with the film’s premise (“I’m sort of the bossiest sister and have a baby brother”), revealed that she was a victim of Twitter fraud. 

Someone stole the Slither actress’ identity, but in a recent sit down with Esquire she shares how her Role Models director and friend, David Wain, managed to regain her Twitter handle after a run in with the emotional thief.

“I accidentally got on Twitter because there was a fake Elizabeth Banks, twittering, and David Wain, who’s the director of Role Models and a good friend of mine, was staying at my house in L.A., twittering. I didn’t know anything about Twitter at the time, but he was following me, thinking it was me. And this person tweeted, “Hanging out by my pool! Just chilling on Saturday!” And David Wain was actually hanging out by my pool, on Saturday, and I wasn’t there. I was in New York or something. And so he was like, “Huh, I don’t think you’re Elizabeth Banks.” And this person broke down, and said, “No I’m not Elizabeth Banks. I started this because I’m a fan and now I have all these followers and I don’t know what to do.” David called me and said, “Do you want me to broker the password away from this guy and get your identity back on Twitter?” And he did! So, yeah: I got Twitter identity theft.”   While talking on the topic of identities, funny sex scenes, and more, Banks also dished that actress loves “the finality of film. When you make a movie, you know the beginning, middle, and end. Television, one week you think you’re a single child from Alabama, and then they throw in your secret brother, your half-sister, your drunk mom. Like, on 30 Rock, who knew I was gonna end up married to Kim Jong-un?”

Up next Banks can be seen in another new family comedy, Welcome to People.  The actress stars as Frankie in the Alex Kurtzman production that follows a man who must meet his sister for the first time while delivering her $150k from their dead father.  The 2012 flick also stars House’s Olivia Wilde and Chris Pine.

Follow Elizabeth here!


]]> http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/elizabeth-banks-on-how-she-accidentally-joined-twitter/feed/ 0 Hospitals Hiring Actors as “Patients” to Train Medical Students http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/hospitals-hiring-actors-as-patients-to-train-medical-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hospitals-hiring-actors-as-patients-to-train-medical-students http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/09/hospitals-hiring-actors-as-patients-to-train-medical-students/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:14:47 +0000 Alex Rice http://www.dailyactor.com/?p=19603 Classic sitcom Seinfeld is already credited with popularizing phrases like “Spongeworthy” and “Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” and now you can add yet another to its laundry list of cultural contributions.

A 1998 episode found Michael Richards’ Kramer taking a hospital acting gig as a gonorrhea patient, and now, according to The Wall Street Journal, more and more medical centers have begun hiring actors to portray patients and, in the process, help train medical students.

“Forget waiting on tables or doing menial jobs. These days, to support themselves between gigs, or simply keep plying their craft, actors are auditioning at hospitals and medical schools to portray sick people — ‘standardized patients’ in med school terms—who help aspiring doctors learn their craft” reports WSJ’s Lucette Lagnado. While the practice existed before Seinfeld brought it into the mainstream, its current prevalence can be chalked up to 2004 ruling that made student interaction with fake patients a requirement.   The gigs typically pay well (Weill Cornell Medical College in New York’s Upper East Side pays $25 per hour) and offer actors a unique opportunity to portray various symptoms.  “I have done heart attacks, lupus, diabetes, Parkinson’s, hot flashes,” says New York City actress Denise Lock. “At least you’re acting on some level.”

Part of the reason why actors are sought to simulate a patient’s medical issues is safety.  Dr. Yoon Kang, director of Weill Cornell Medical College’s Margaret and Ian Smith Clinical Skills Center, says that “In simulated environments, students can practice and make mistakes—no one is going to get hurt.”  In fact, the whole process is more question-and-answer based rather than any actual medical procedures – after all, the whole idea of the simulation is to have the students correctly diagnose the patient’s problems before suggesting possible cures.

Just like any acting gig, however, playing a patient can have its drawbacks.  Actor Kevin Orr explains, “They will poke you—and they will keep poking you.  My record is being poked seven times. I want to tell them to stop.”  Of course, sometimes the actors take the part too seriously: Dr. Kang believes that overacting by the patients is often intimidating.  He says, “We want stars but we need to temper their star quality.  We don’t want the Laurence Oliviers to take too much dramatic license.”  Dr. Kang recalls an instance when an actor playing an elderly patient took the role too literally, bringing a cane along and swung it all around like a cranky curmudgeon.

But success can be had.  Neal Mayer, who has frequently worked with Dr. Kang’s students, has appeared on stage in Broadway, off-Broadway, and national tours.  Still, he can recall the most awkward moment he’s had as a “patient”: as Lagnado writes, “Mr. Mayer says a first-year medical student once asked if he was pregnant. When he reminded her he was a man, she simply repeated the question.”

That certainly wasn’t a question that Kramer had to face!

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