Trailer #2 and Clip: ‘The Descendants’ starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer

The Descendants: From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar®-winning SIDEWAYS, THE DESCENDANTS is set in Hawaii and follows the unpredictable journey of an American family at a crossroads. Matt King (George Clooney), a husband and father of two girls, must re-examine his past and navigate his future when his wife is in a boating accident off Waikiki. He awkwardly attempts to repair his relationship with his daughters – 10 year-old precocious Scottie (Amara Miller) and rebellious 17 year-old Alexandra (Shailene Woodley) – while wrestling with a decision to sell his family’s land. Handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries, the Kings own some of the last priceless virgin parcels of tropical beach in the islands.

When Alexandra drops the bombshell that her mother was in the midst of a romantic fling at the time of the accident, Matt has to take a whole new look at his life, not to mention his legacy, during a week of momentous decisions. With his girls in tow, he embarks on a haphazard search for his wife’s lover. Along the way, in encounters alternately funny, troublesome and transcendent, he realizes he’s finally on course toward rebuilding his life and family.

Here’s the first trailer for the film.

Director: Alexander Payne

Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Patricia Hastie

In Theaters: November 18th, 2011
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Cable Shows Currently Casting

Here’s a list of cable shows that are currently casting. From Nick to Disney and HBO to Showtime. If you want a complete list of everything that’s being cast, click here for a list in both LA and New York!

Big Time Rush – Nick

Bucket and Skinners’s Epic Adventures – Nick

Californication – Showtime

Chemistry – HBO

Death Valley – MTV

Entourage – HBO

Femme Fatales – HBO
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Television Shows and Pilots Now Casting

TV SHOWS CASTING NOW
90210
All My Children
Anubis House
Better With You
Big Bang Theory
Big Love
Big Time Rush
Bleep My Dad Says
Blue Bloods
Blue Mountain State
Body of Proof
Bold & The Beautiful, The
Bones
Brothers & Sisters
Cape, The
Castle
Chaos
Chase
Chuck
Closer, The
Community
Cougar Town
Covert Affairs
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
CSI
CSI: MIAMI
CSI: NY
Days of Our Lives
Defenders, The
Detroit 1-8-7
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Drop Dead Diva
Eagleheart

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LA Television Shows Now Casting

Television Shows Now Casting
90210
All My Children
Being Human
Better Together
Big Bang Theory
Big Love
Big Time Rush
Bleep My Dad Says
Blue Bloods
Blue Mountain State
Body of Proof
Bold & The Beautiful, The
Bones
Brothers & Sisters
Cape, The
Castle
Chase
Chuck
Closer, The
Community
Cougar Town
Covert Affairs
Criminal Minds
CSI
CSI: MIAMI
CSI: NY
Days of Our Lives
Defenders, The
Detroit 1-8-7
Desperate Housewives
Dexter

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LA Television Shows Currently Casting (or about to start)

TV Shows That Are Currently Casting
Being Human
Blue Bloods
Blue Mountain State
Bold & The Beautiful, The
Burn Notice
Californication
Closer, The
Covert Affairs
Dark Blue
Days of Our Lives
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Drop Dead Diva
Eagleheart
Enlightened
Entourage
Facing Kate
Friends with Benefits
Fringe
Gates, The
General Hopsital
Glades, The
Good Guys, The
Greek
Hot in Cleveland
House, MD
Huge
ICarly
I’m In The Band

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Armin Shimerman: “Luck is a huge factor in every career”

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Armin Shimerman made his name in television - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Seinfeld, Boston Legal (to name a few) – by playing unique, memorable characters. But did you know his true love is theater?

I caught up with Armin at the tail-end of his run of The Seafarer where he was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to talk about theater, how he prepares for a role and much more!

For ticket information on The Seafarer at the San Diego Repertory Theater, click here!

You’re currently starring in The Seafarer. Even though it’s a short run, how do you keep your performance fresh night after night?
How do I do that?  How does any actor do that?  By being inspired every night by what the other people are doing and finding new things in the play as we go along.  Although it’s a rehearsed and performed piece, there’s always something new.  That’s the great thing about live theater, you can always find something new and fresh each performance.  The audience and the actors give you things.

How do you choose your theatre projects?  Do you have a master list of shows or characters that you want to do somewhere?
I tend to prefer classical theater.  That is what I’ve been trained in and what I’ve mostly done and what intrigues me the most.  However, I saw this particular play in New York when I was visiting a couple years ago, and it was an incredible production directed by the playwright on Broadway.  And when I saw it, after I saw it, I was just absolutely enthralled by it and there was a particular part in it that I really wanted to play.  That is not the part that I’m playing, but I was really enthralled by the play.  And I particularly wanted to play the Devil, but instead the theatre here, very wisely in my opinion, cast me as Richard Harkin which is the host of the party for want of a better term.  And I’m just tickled pink.  Without doubt it’ll always be one of my favorite character’s that I’ve ever played.

I’ve heard you’re fantastic in the show.
It’s turned out very well.  We’ve had a wonderful director.  Delisha [Turner Sonnenburg] did a great job directing it.  The theatre has done a terrific job of producing it.  And it’s an incredible ensemble of actors.

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Pilots Currently Shooting (or about to be)

The shows highlighted in RED are new to the list.

UNNATURAL HISTORY
COVERT AFFAIRS
COPPER
THE DEEP END
THE SAINT
PREPPED
LOVE THAT GIRL
A GAME OF THRONES
THE STATION
UNTITLED BUGLIARI & MCLAUGHLIN PROJECT
PAIR OF KINGS
TERRIERS
FANCY
UNTITLED ALIEN INVASION PILOT
THE LEAGUE
ABC FAMILY PILOT SEASON STARTING
SHOWTIME PILOT SEASON STARTING
THE ASSOCIATES
THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
COMMUNITY
COUGAR TOWN
DAY ONE
DEEP END
HUMAN TARGET
FLASH FORWARD
THE MIDDLE
MODERN FAMILY
MERCY
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
PARENTHOOD
V
VAMPIRE DIAIRES