SXSW Review: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
I hope Anderson adds Fiennes to his growing list of actors who he works with because this collaboration is well worth seeing again and again.
Louisiana Takes the Top Spot for Film Production in 2013
Los Angeles talks a lot about runaway production and the latest statistics show that the issue is a serious one. Film L.A. released statistics that in 2013 Louisiana became the top state for filming. With 108 major-studio movies released in 2013, 18 were primarily shot in the Southern state. Some
SXSW Review: Jason Bateman’s ‘Bad Words’
It’s got some flaws, yeah, but for a first time director, he killed it
Investigation of IMDb’s “Starmeter” Ranking System Reveals That it is Subject to Third-Party Rigging
Actors and other entertainment industry professionals have a love/hate relationship with Amazon’s Internet Movie Database. While IMDb remains an invaluable tool for both information and networking, actors have expressed concern that it contains too much private information (such as the famous lawsuit filed by Huong “Junie” Hoang over IMDb posting her
Actors: It’s Time to Add Foreign Languages To Your Skill Set
Watch out, actors, people are paying attention and listening to those accents! With rise in the quality of television, actors might want to pay attention to their language skills as a part of their arsenal. NPR‘s All Things Considered recently took a look at the Netflix series, House of Cards,
SAG-AFTRA Develops a Code of Ethics and Conduct for Talent Managers
Any SAG–AFTRA actor in the entertainment industry who currently works with a manager might want to pay attention to the new code of ethics and conduct that the union introduced on Tuesday. While the nine-page code is voluntary, SAG-AFTRA is taking a step to regulate talent managers who are not
‘The Blind Date Project’ Brings Bad Dates to Real Life
Anyone who has ever been on a blind date knows that it can be a comedy of errors. That concept is exactly what Australian actress Bojana Novakovic and co-director Mark Winter decided to develop at 3 Clubs in Hollywood. The show started two years ago in Australia, but they have
The Pain Exercise: Inside The Big White Walls Of Juilliard
“Juilliard is where I had to let go of a lot of old ideas about who I was, beyond just an actor”
Interview: Curtis Armstrong Talks His Long Career and ‘King of the Nerds’
Curtis: “I always knew I was a character actor”
Jason Momoa on Being Cast in ‘The Red Road’: “I had to convince them that I had it in me, which I do, I just never got the opportunity”
The SundanceTV channel has recently started creating scripted original series and the latest one is The Red Road starring Jason Momoa. In the series Momoa stars as Phillip Kopus, a member of the New Jersey Ramapough Mountain Indians who was recently released from prison. While Momoa is better known for
Interview: Casting Director Kelly Martin Wagner on Auditioning Actors and Working in the Horror Genre
Kelly: “In our office, we’re looking for a person, not a read”
Q&A: Comedian Jim Jefferies on Season Two of ‘Legit’
Jim also has an interesting perspective on comedic actors in dramas.
Review: Sibling Rivalry at its Craziest, ‘Awful Nice’
The film has some truly gut-busting moments and you should definitely check it out if you have a chance
Interview: Keeley Hazell Talks ‘Awful Nice’, Auditions and Moving to L.A.
Actress Keeley Hazel chats about casting directors, acting classes and more.
Anna Kendrick on Why She’s Stepping Away From Musicals: “It’s hard as f-ck”
I was a little late to the “Anna Kendrick is talented and adorable” party considering that she first became known starring on Broadway in the musical High Society in 1998 when she was only 12. Music has been a huge part of her career since, particularly in the movie Pitch
Q & A: Charlie McDermott and Eden Sher Talk ‘The Middle’, Getting Syndicated and the Auditions That Got Them Their Roles
Charlie: “Our show is written as though it was going to be drawn by cartoonists but they actually had actors perform it”
‘Women on Broadway’ Study Reveals Low Numbers for Female Directors and Writers
Though statistics show that over two-thirds of people in Broadway audiences are female and plenty of famous actresses continue to grace Broadway stages, backstage the numbers are quite different. According to The Wrap, only 14 percent of the productions on Broadway during the 2012-2013 season were directed by women. Perhaps
Review: ‘Dying City’ / ‘Two Rooms’ at the Sargent Theater (NYC)
In recent years The Seeing Place has been pairing plays by different playwrights with thematic similarities together in repertory. Through hard work and persistence they have been granted the rights to a number of acclaimed plays, and the current productions maintain that high quality of material – Christopher Shinn‘s Dying
After a 15-Year Absence, Richard Jenkins Returns to the Stage… as a Director
After working for Trinty Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island for 14 seasons as a company member beginning in 1970 and serving as its artistic director from 1990-1994, Richard Jenkins has finally returned to his roots. The actor has been busy the few decades as in films like his Oscar-nominated
Lena Dunham was Fired by HBO just before she got Hired by HBO
She’s a showrunner, an Emmy winner and also a fired HBO employee. Yes, Lena Dunham lost a job just before her show Girls was picked up by the cable network. In 2011, the 27-year-old star was working on the miniseries Mildred Pierce starring Kate Winslet when she was given the