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Posted on November 28th, 2008 under Trailers. Tags: Trailers. Comments: 1

Here it is. One of those moments you dream about but don’t know if will ever come true HAS come true. You are getting an award!!!!!!!!!!! Its great. You feel great, You look great, they give you a great award for a great job. Your on top of the world. Then its your time to shine and give a good speech. Who do you thank? Your blocked and have so many names of people who have helped you that you cant think straight…

Posted on November 28th, 2008 under Marketing Yourself. Tags: APPRECIATION, AWARDS, Image and Health, MARKETING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, SPEECH, THANK YOU. Comments: None

Dear fellow actors,
There have been some problems and no posts have been published in the last few days but we are back in business people! And we have upgraded and now have the opportunity of keeping posts in reserve to set for specific date publishing in the event of something like this  happening again. There [...]

Posted on November 28th, 2008 under Uncategorized. Comments: None

Best movie mistakes ever…(Movie mistakes)

Roseanne’s Eating disorder…(Photoshop Disasters)

Proof that even business can profit from Beautiful People…(Inventor Spot)

Rectangular Remotes Are A Thing of the past…(Born Rich)

Save $1,000 in 30 Days…(Life Hacker)

120 Minutes…(The Simple Dollar)

How’s the Non-Disparagement working out?… (SAG Watch)

The Variety of people you meet on set…(Actor Growth)

Posted on November 18th, 2008 under Links. Tags: Links. Comments: None

The job of a lead actor in a feature film is…
To deliver a physical and emotional interpretation of a screenwriter’s work, in line with a director’s vision, while maintaining long-term physical and emotional continuity.

Feature film acting is the most difficult because of four things:

Posted on November 17th, 2008 under Business. Tags: ACTING, ACTOR, Business, JOB. Comments: None

Posted on November 17th, 2008 under Trailers. Tags: TRAILER. Comments: None

Productivity 501 has a good article this week worth checking out that talks about why as we get older we lose certain levels of our creativity due to our “social” behavior. To see the full article… Click Here.

Posted on November 17th, 2008 under Personal Growth. Tags: CREATIVITY, Personal Growth, TALENT. Comments: None

Don’t expect all the usual trimmings on the Hollywood party circuit this holiday season.

Showbiz party planners have begun to scale back soirees as part of industry wide belt-tightening. Several congloms have canceled their holiday bashes, while others are simply toning down the revelry. After-preem bashes are also being reassessed in this economy.

Posted on November 14th, 2008 under Money and Legal Issues, News. Tags: CELEBRITES, HOLLYWOOD, MONEY, PARTIES. Comments: None

Sometimes, stars don’t have to work and sweat their way to a first gig. Sometimes, their dads, mothers, relatives or friends give them that shot. Is it fair? Is it decent.
Let me put it this way. CONTACTS are fundamental in this business. Making them from scratch or having some come as inheritance makes no difference. [...]

Posted on November 14th, 2008 under Business, Marketing Yourself. Tags: AUDITIONING, CONTACTS, FAMILY, HOLLYWOOD, MARKETING, NEPOTISM. Comments: 10

[Source: Variety] To see the article….Click Here.

Posted on November 14th, 2008 under News. Tags: DIRECTORS, HOLLYWOOD, MOVIES, News. Comments: None

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—68 different beholders in the case of Tommer Leyvand’s new “beautification engine.” The software, featured in a story in the New York Times, takes preferences from a poll of 68 men and women from Israel and Germany who looked at pictures and chose the most beautiful subjects. Measuring common traits like smaller eyes, rounder chins and higher foreheads…

Posted on November 12th, 2008 under Image and Health. Tags: BEAUTY, Image and Health, SOFTWARE, Technology. Comments: None

Its IMPERATIVE that you know each of these positions before you actually work on set if you dont want to sound amateur at work. Learn them, memorize them, and mainly respect them. These are the people that ultimately make you look good…or not…

Posted on November 12th, 2008 under Business. Tags: Business, SET. Comments: 4

One of the best things you can do to learn of what goes on behind the scenes of a movie if you arent able to get a job there (yet!) is watch the millions of “making of viedeos”. Some are extremely helpful and others just give you an insight into the personalities and behaviour of professional actors which is also greatly helpful. ..

Posted on November 11th, 2008 under Business. Tags: ACTING, Business. Comments: 1

Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s the vocal lesson book “Voice and the Actor” by Cicely Berry.
The author lets us know she bases her work on “the conviction that while all is present [...]

Posted on November 11th, 2008 under Book Reviews. Tags: ACTING, BOOK REVIEW, RESOURCES, VOICE. Comments: None

There is a world of difference between the actor who is
caused authentically to do what his character must do and the actor whi
only indicates of self-generates his actions.

Meisner didn’t invent this concept but it is the principle upon which his technique is based.

The technique is often mistakenly identified exclusively by his
signature repetition exercise. Repetition encompasses the basic
principles of his technique, however it is only the beginning…

Posted on November 11th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, MEISNER, METHOD, STUDYING, TECHNIQUE. Comments: None

Im not sure if this is going to be a good movie or not, but I think the mere concept of it deserves a minute of your time. Think: would you be capable of saying YES to everything and anything for that long? What about a day? What about an hour?

Posted on November 10th, 2008 under Trailers. Tags: MOVIE, TRAILER. Comments: 3

The Association of Talent Agents (ATA) is a Los Angeles based nonprofit trade association comprised of over 100 talent agencies primarily located in Los Angeles and New York. ATA’s premiere membership includes agencies of all sizes representing artist clients in the motion picture industry, stage, television, radio, commercials and literary work. It is believed that ATA member agencies collectively represent ninety percent (90%) of the working artists. ATA member agencies collectively employ an estimated one thousand talent agents.

Posted on November 10th, 2008 under Business, Money and Legal Issues. Tags: AGENTS, Business, MANAGERS. Comments: None

Those DubiousAuditions and Casting Notices…(Actor Growth)

How to max out Apple TV’s potential… (Gizmodo)

Productivity and Values…(Productivity 501)

Being Christian in the Acting Biz… (The Acting Room)

MGM and CBS Team up with Youtube… (Life Hacker)

Dark Night Heading to $1 Billion…(Deadline Hollywood Daily)

A Quantum Of So Laaaame… (Photoshop Disasters)

Characterization in acting…(Notes On Acting)

200 Movie Scripts in the palm of [...]

Posted on November 10th, 2008 under Links. Tags: ACTING, CELEBRITIES, GOSSIP, Links, MONEY, News, RUMORS, TECHNIQUES. Comments: None

After reading Stanislavsky’s dictum about the necessity of the actors being private in public, Strasberg created the private moment exercise. He viewed the exercise as a corrective for actors who were inhibited by the presence of an audience. By enacting a moment of true privacy in front of people, Strasberg hoped to get them to [...]

Posted on November 7th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, METHOD, SCHOOLS, STANISLAVSKY, STRASBERG, TECHNIQUE. Comments: 1