As those of you pursuing an acting career can attest, one of the main problems in starting out is getting attention for your work. And as casting professionals can attest, finding genuinely talented new talent is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Today, we’re spotlighting a website/web service which aims to solve both of those [...]
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I’m not fond of seasoned performers who can’t pull it together to accept an award, especially when it’s not their first. Weeping to the point of being incomprehensible or dropping F bombs on globally-televised awards shows, especially for those who make a living onscreen, are clearly in the “don’t” category. I can forgive those [...]
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In spite of being a writer, Executive Producer, and actor on one of the top half-hour comedies on network television, “The Office,” Mindy Kaling is near the beginning of her entertainment career. Unlike “Stories I Only Tell My Friends,” in which actor Rob Lowe chronicles his 30-plus years in showbiz or “Bossypants,” whose author, [...]
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Minneapolis native Catherine Campion’s path to a successful entertainment career included a degree from agriculture school, a false-start early move to Los Angeles, real estate investment, a lot of miles racked up on her car by driving to auditions, and a fairy tale experience at an agent showcase. Though she is a successful professional, [...]
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Rob Lowe is an actor with a long line of credits stretching back to early ‘80s, most notably in the movies CLASS, THE OUTSIDERS, and ST. ELMO’S FIRE, which launched him to stardom. Throughout that decade, he was known as much for his hard-partying ways and prolific dating life as he was for his acting [...]
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When we first met Diane Mizota, she was a seasoned host and actress and, at the time, a self-proclaimed “shameless spammer” participating in a contest trying to become VP, Pop Culture at popchips. As you might’ve read here, popchips was running a contest to find a VP to work under Ashton Kutcher, their new [...]
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Whether or not you became a fan of Tina Fey when she was a co-host of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live” or as the creator/showrunner and star of the Emmy winning NBC series “30 Rock,” you must recognize that she has broken a lot of ground as a woman in comedy, an especially [...]
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Diane Mizota is an actress and TV host and, currently, a contestant vying for the position of VP, Pop Culture at Pop Chips under Ashton Kutcher, who is the President of Pop Culture for the company, not to mention a part-owner. Contestants submitted 90 second videos, uploaded onto Facebook, which are voted on by [...]
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Tony-nominated actor Brian d’Arcy James made a lot of good moves at the start of his acting journey, such as taking a chance and venturing into the professional theater world in Chicago while still in college. But early on in New York, one phone number he almost didn’t call could’ve derailed what has turned out to be an [...]
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I know by now (2nd week of 2011) you are probably wondering, “Where’s all that new content she’s been hyping on the Facebook page and on Twitter?” I know, I know… but it’s coming! I’ve interviewed some great entertainment industry professionals – with many more to come. I’ve got some fantastic entertainment career advice in the works. [...]
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