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Sh*t Emmy Award Winning Actors SayFebruary 2, 2012 | 2 Comments
Modern Family‘s Eric Stonestreet stars in this Funny Or Die video take off of the popular Shit [insert name here] Says meme.
And keep a lookout for another Emmy winning actor towards the end.
Check it out below. Continue »
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Carol Channing, known as the ‘First Lady of the American Musical Theatre’, is probably one of the most recognized and impersonated entertainers in around today.
At 90 years old, when many people would be happy to accept accolades for past career achievements, Channing made the conscious decision to remove the diamonds, set aside the lashes and discard the wigs in order to dedicate the rest of her life to restore the arts back in our America’s public schools.
In the new documentary, Carol Channing: Larger than Life (which opens this weekend in New York and San Fransisco), director Dori Berinstein (ShowBusiness, Gotta Dance), follows Channing both onstage and off…past and present.
The film is both an intimate love story and a rarefied journey inside Broadway’s most glamorous era. It is, above all, a look at an inspiring, incomparable and always entertaining American legend.
In this Q&A, she talks about the documentary, what performers she admires and what continues to motivate her.
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I’m incredibly curious to see how this is going to turn out.
MCC Theater just premiered a fully re-worked production of the the famous flop, Carrie.
Based on Stephen King‘s bestselling novel, the musical of Carrie hasn’t been seen since its legendary 1988 Broadway production.
Now, the show’s original authors have joined with director Stafford Arima (Altar Boyz) and MCC Theater for a newly reworked and fully re-imagined vision of this gripping tale. Set today, in the small town of Chamberlain, Maine, Carrie features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic film), music by Academy Award winner Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment), and lyrics by Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose). The cast will feature Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie (Next to Normal, Kiss Me Kate) as Carrie’s evangelical mother, Margaret White, and Molly Ranson (Jerusalem, August: Osage County) as the lonely, vengeful, yet fragile girl at the center of it all.
The show is currently in previews and will open March 1st at The Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).
Broadway World went to the first preview (which was sold out) and talked to the cast and production team about the show and even has some snippets of the show. Continue »
February 2, 2012 | 2 Comments
Here’s a great interview with Director Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) that Alec Baldwin did for his wonderful WNYC program, Here’s the Thing.
At the 7 minute mark they talk about actors and acting. Baldwin discusses his acting process and how as he gets older, it’s become much more techinal. Daldry also mentions that Meryl Streep is incredibly techinical in her work as well.
Check it out below! Continue »
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Courtesy of Sony Pictures, here is the screenplay to Moneyball.
Director: Bennett Miller
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
February 2, 2012 | 5 Comments
The Hunger Games: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. courtesy trailers.apple.com
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Wes Bentley, Toby Jones, Amandla Stenberg, Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jacqueline Emerson, Paula Malcomson, Dayo Okeniyi, Jack Quaid, Leven Rambin, Willow Shields, Lenny Kravitz
Writers: Gary Ross, Billy Ray, Suzanne Collins
In theaters: March 23rd, 2012 Continue »
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Written by Jamison Haase, L.A. On-Camera Training Center
Don’t miss out on Part 1 and Part 2!
As an actor, I’m sure you watch a lot of film and television. But have you really thought about what elements are used to create the performances you love? Of course there’s talent and hard work, but what technical elements did those actors employ to make the greatest impact possible?
Over the course of the next several weeks, we’re going to distinguish and discuss the four principles to creating amazing on-camera performances, and give you real advice and tips that you can use in your auditions now. Three of these principles you are probably already highly trained in, especially if you worked in theater. But it’s the fourth that makes all the difference in on-camera work. It’s the fourth that most actors never learn. And it’s the fourth that can make or break any film or television audition. Continue »
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Dropping out of high school at sixteen to star in movies, We Need to Talk about Kevin actor Ezra Miller didn’t take the most conventional route to fame and fortune.
However, as the 19-year-old explained in a recent interview with Moviefone, he’s learned everything he needs to without doing math homework or science projects.
“I dropped out of high school on the suspicion that I could learn everything that I wanted to learn in my craft outside of an educational institution,” he explained. “My suspicion was proven quite right through this unfairly fantastic education, being able to collaborate and draw from these incredible actors. It’s the high-school-dropout education of a lifetime.”
Who’s his favorite teacher so far? That would be Andy Garcia, who encouraged the young actor to be unique in his work. “He explained, ‘You have a slate that you can paint on, you can draw on it, you can make it into something. Once you’ve done that scene and you have it on a solid slate, you have to break it and start over,’” Miller recalled. “He was trying to communicate with me that I can’t, especially in art, try to recreate something that’s already been done. You will have a truer and better result if you work from an internal place and start anew, rather than replicate or mimic something that you once did.” Continue »
February 2, 2012 | 4 Comments
Most 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. Continue »
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Courtesy of Dreamworks Pictures, here is the screenplay to War Horse.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Lee Hall and Richard Curtis
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, David Thewlis, Emma Watson, Jeremy Irvine, Benedict Cumberbatch
