Luke Kirby has been performing since his teen years after he was accepted at this country’s most respected conservatory, the National Theatre School of Canada. He graduated in May 2000 and after two auditions found himself working on two separate projects in major roles; the CBS/Alliance miniseries Haven and Director Lea Pool’s feature, Lost and Delirious.
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Derek Luke previously starred for Focus Features as real-life South African hero Patrick Chamusso in Catch a Fire. His performance brought him Satellite and Black Reel Award nominations, as well as the Breakthrough Award from the Hollywood Awards and the Star of Tomorrow Award from the Motion Picture Club.
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When jobless in a tough economic climate, sometimes the best plan is to go back to school. After all, getting a degree that you could use toward getting a better job when the economy eventually turns around rather than dedicating all your time and energy searching for a job that isn’t available at this time. However, despite that often-shared advice, drama school applications in the UK have fallen by as much as 14.2% for the upcoming academic year.
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While Kirby shared that he was familiar with Polley after working with her on the movie Luck, landing the job wasn’t easy.
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A play with the provocative title C– is going to raise eyebrows (especially with the marquee outside the Duke on 42nd Street says it). The provided plot description makes it even more appealing: “When John and his boyfriend take a break, the last thing he expects is to suddenly meet the woman of his dreams. Now he has a big choice to make.”
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Biography: Luke Evans is a Welsh actor primed to turn heads among U.S. moviegoers and the film industry with his upcoming starring roles in notable studio films.
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Ricky on why he left the UK: “There’s only so far you can go”
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Here’s a clip of the upcoming John Cusack film, The Raven. Cusack plays Edgar Allen Poe who joins forces with a Baltimore detective to hunt down a serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders.
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Judging by the comments from our original post about West End actor Michael Sheldon, who was rejected as a passport cosigner because “acting is not a proper job,” many of you found a lot of humor in the situation.
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