Q & A: Elijah Wood and Jason Gann talk FX’s “Wilfred”
Elijah Wood: “A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth and it coming from a real place”
Screen Actors Guild Production Center and Online Signatory Application Debuts at Produced By Conference
SAG Press release: Los Angeles —Screen Actors Guild National Executive Director David White today publicly previewed SAG’s new online application for producers as part of the Guild’s appearance at the Producers Guild of America‘s Third Annual Produced By Conference at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. The presentation kicked off
How To Stage Your General Theatre Audition
When it comes time to stage the monologue or scene you’ll be performing for an audition there are several things to keep in mind – check them out here!
Stagehand Dies Backstage At ‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying’
A stagehand working on “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” died last night, right before curtain causing the show, which was to be its 100th performance, to be cancelled.
SAG and AFTRA Begin Merger Talks
After being separate entities for over 70 years, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have initiated merger talks.
Jim Carrey Says “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is “Best of Both Worlds”
Even with the box-office and critical success of March of the Penguins and Happy Feet, the Jim Carrey camp wasn’t exactly thrilled when the 49-year-old chose Mr. Popper’s Penguins as his latest vehicle.
Goodness Gracious!: Allowing Grace to Play a Starring Role in Your Acting Career
This business–show business–is just too elusive, changeable and outrageously unpredictable to choose to operate from anything less than grace
Blake Lively on her role in “Green Lantern”: “As soon as I got the role, I was quickly humbled about how naïve I was”
“I actually knew nothing about Green Lantern, and I imagined that nobody else in the world knew anything about Green Lantern.”
Mark Strong talks about “Green Lantern,” prosthetics and working with green screens
“You walk on pretending you’ve just been somewhere else, it’s not real it’s about imagination.”
The 10 Chapters Of Your Life
Don’t be scared of the things that a different part of yourself wants to show you. They are there for a reason. Learn from them. Bless them. Utilize them.
Oscar winner Morgan Freeman says he had no choice about his career: “I always was an actor”
“I didn’t become an actor, this is what I was meant to do.”
Parenthood’s Lauren Graham: “We start talking about the scripts the minute they come out”
“We start talking about the scripts the minute they come out, actually,” explained the 44-year-old actress, who plays a financially-troubled mother on the family-centered show. “And often we’re shooting two shows at a time, so they story-board it for us that way. This is even more important on this show because you’re shooting what’s going to happen in the next episode while you still haven’t finished what happens in this episode.”
Josh Gad Gets Physical in Broadway Hit ‘The Book of Mormon’
“I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that’s more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They’re very powerful figures in my life.”
Interview: Richard Ayoade, the star of “The IT Crowd”, on his directorial debut, “Submarine”
The Director/Actor talks about casting the young actors, writing the script and directing his first feature!
Jennifer Love Hewitt Takes Dubious “Worst Actress” Honor
Jennifer Love Hewitt might want to consider changing her middle name, as a Rotten Tomatoes analysis reveals the Garfield and I Know What You Did Last Summer actress as the worst-reviewed leading lady of the last quarter-century.
For nearly a decade Emmy winner Ellen Barkin was too afraid to audition: “The critics completely crushed me”
“At 15, you’re young. You’re not formed. You’re only just finding out who you are barely.”
Spider-Man Musical Set to Open Next Week After Months of Delays
If Spider-Man were ever frozen in place by icy enemy Coldheart, the world would be in grave danger. However, when troubled Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was recently “frozen,” cast and crew members rejoiced.
Get Into The Olympic Mindset
There are few careers more demanding than being an Olympic athlete but being an actor who succeeds over incredible odds might be one of them.
L.A. Home to Only Half of 2010-11 TV Pilots
Because of its rich entertainment history, L.A. is still recognized by most of the country as the place where their favorite TV shows are filmed. However, the Times reports that eastern locales like New York, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana have asserted themselves as television-friendly states in recent years.
Perspective: Step Back and Admire The View
Check out this quick exercise you can do any time when you’re feeling like you need a perspective adjustment!