10 Secrets That Casting Directors Don’t Tell You
At your next audition, try these ten tips!
Deaf Actor Russell Harvard Discusses Starring in the Off-Broadway Show, ‘Tribes’
In the off-Broadway show Tribes, a young deaf man, Billy, struggles with his relationship with his hearing parents who have difficulty accepting Billy’s disability.
Raza Jaffrey talks ‘Smash’: “I did Bombay Dreams on stage in London, a year’s worth of auditions and workshops for that, there’s an awful lot of similarities”
Jaffrey, who plays Katherine McPhee’s very likeable on screen boyfriend, Dev Sundaram, has plenty of experience when it comes to both Broadway and his latest role in the TV series that follows the glam, glitz, and the downfalls of working in theater.
Raquel Welch Thinks Mae West Was a Man: “She resembled a dock worker in drag”
Welch believes that her former co-star, Mae West, from 1970’s film Myra Breckinridge was a man.
Paul Dano on How He Prepared to Play Author Nick Flynn in ‘Being Flynn’
Paul Dano has a lot of expectations tied to his latest big movie role, Being Flynn, the adaptation of Nick Flynn’s memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.
Judi Dench does have Macular Degeneration but “it will not lead to blindness”
Acclaimed actress Dame Judi Dench revealed in an interview with the Daily Mirror that she has been diagnosed with macular degeneration, a condition that causes blindness.
Filmography: Greta Gerwig
Greta Gerwig made her mark starring in independent films such as HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS and NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. In 2010 she appeared opposite Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach’s GREENBERG, for which she was nominated for both a Gotham and an Independent Spirit Award.
Filmography: Paul Dano
Paul Dano is one of today’s most acclaimed young actors, having made his mark on-screen and on stage.
Filmography: Lili Taylor
Lili Taylor next stars opposite James Franco in Stephen Elliott’s Cherry; and with Mickey Rourke and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Hany Abu-Assad’s The Courier.
Woody Harrelson Turned to Jack Nicholson to Learn How to Smoke Cigarettes for ‘Rampart’
In Rampart, his second film with director Oren Moverman, Woody Harrelson again appears as an authority figure, something that Harrelson is never completely comfortable with.
Filmography: Olivia Thirlby
Olivia Thirlby was recently seen starring alongside Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, and Rachael Taylor in Chris Gorak’s The Darkest Hour.
Filmography: Jennifer Carpenter
Jennifer Carpenter, a striking beauty with undeniable talent, is on the rise to become one of Hollywood’s hottest stars.
Michael Caine on Why He Continues to Maintain A Busy Schedule on Making ‘Journey 2’ for His Grandchildren
Caine has one reason for his constant appearances in movies: he loves to act.
‘Mad Men’s Bryan Batt Balances Acting and His Own Brick-and-Mortar Business
Mad Men actor Bryan Batt is a man with a plan. Known for his role as Salvatore Romano, an art director on AMC hit show, Business Insider recently caught up with Batt to talk about his backup plan, a New Orleans shop called Hazelnut.
The Actor’s ‘Office’
It is essential for an Actor to create a good office environment, using the right kinds of tools
Actor/Rapper Donald Glover Has “More to Prove with Music”
Record store clearance bins are filled with albums recorded by actors and actresses who should’ve stuck to their day jobs, but Community star/up-and-coming rapper Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino) is aiming a little higher with his first proper studio album, Bonfire.
DebbieSpendItNow.com Actress Apologizes for Portrayal of Chinese People
U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra (R-Michigan) didn’t win himself too many fans with a recent campaign ad that portrays Chinese people as job-stealers with goofy voices, and the 21-year-old actress who portrayed a Chinese woman in the spot probably wouldn’t a popularity contest right now, either.
Amanda Seyfried on Playing Cosette in ‘Les Miz’: “It’s like a dream”
Now that the screen version of the blockbuster musical Les Miserables has finally finished the casting process, actress Amanda Seyfried is psyched to talk about her new role.
‘Spider-Man’ Broadway Show Producers Settle One Lawsuit with Former Director Julie Taymor
While the musical itself cost a reported record $75 million, Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark has been a massive hit on Broadway, taking home on average $1.3 million per week, there was one key member of the production who hasn’t been reaping any of those rewards: original director Julie Taymor.
Sutton Foster on Her New Show ‘Bunheads’: “It just seemed like such a perfect fit for me”
Sutton Foster is best known for her Tony award-winning roles on Broadway’s Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes but she’ll soon take to the small screen in Gilmore Girls producer Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new ABC Family show Bunheads.