It’s Oscar season again, and Austin Butler’s buzz-worthy performance in Elvis has caused me to revisit a question I ask myself every year: why does Hollywood have such an adoration for actors playing real people? In a vacuum, there’s nothing ...
Actor Marc Singer has a strong work ethic. He treats every project with the same dignity and respect, no matter how big or small the role. It’s that intensity that allows him to fully embody the character and understand how ...
Pilot Season can really take a toll on you. Just ask actor Raechelle Banno, who plays the lead character ‘Ruby Landry’ on the upcoming Lifetime event series, V.C. Andrews’ Ruby, based on the best-selling V.C. Andrews novels. A typical Pilot ...
Netflix actor, Han Soto, who is in Season 3 of Cobra Kai, has a great philosophy on life which helps him through the grueling audition process. Whether you’re new to the scene or a veteran actor, truth be told, you ...
Cobra Kai actor Griffin Santopietro realizes that patience is important in show business, as well as in life. When an actor books a series or film that gets the attention of the public, it seems that the actor shot to ...
Richard Lawson went from military war soldier to actor to founder of Richard Lawson Studios where people come to learn the business of acting which includes traditional scene study, exercises, audition classes, on-camera instruction, filmmaking and business administration. Based out ...
Dude. Actress Diane Franklin is to acting as Maxwell House is to coffee. Let’s face it – there are certain staples we just have to have in the house such as pizza and junk food. And what goes best with ...
23 year old actor Ashley Ganger of Netflix’s Grand Army booked her starring role with no prior acting experience. How, how, how??? And what was going through her mind during the process? Netflix’s recently released series GRAND ARMY is a Young ...
With several years in the business, both as a Broadway actor and now an agent, Josh Sassanella talks about the disconnect between agents and their clients. This is an issue that has been in the industry for years yet, barely ...
Actors, today you’ll read how to get on a Casting Director’s radar. Four prominent Casting Directors; four different perspectives on casting. We interviewed four CDs who work with different types of people and companies looking to book and protect clients. ...
Jimmy Kimmel, Oprah Winfrey, Faruq Tauheed, Ellen DeGeneres, David Letterman, James Corden. Do you recognize all of the above names as television show hosts? You betcha’! We spun the Wheel of Fortune and it landed on Faruq Tauheed! Yes, THE ...
Ozark Actress Jessica Frances Dukes is in love…with theatre! The sparkle in Jessica’s eyes when talking about theatre is off the chart, and by off the chart, I mean, I could literally see the glitter and rainbows – which is ...
Dhruv Uday Singh of Freeform’s Good Trouble is an actor, a serious comedian and an improv extraordinaire. In the acting world, improv, otherwise known as improvisation, “is a form of live theatre in which the plot, characters and dialogue of ...
Did you know that actress Leisha Hailey had an influence on what her character, Alice Pieszecki, would be doing for a living in The L Word: Generation Q? Best known for her role in SHOWTIME’s The L Word, Leisha Hailey ...
Netflix V Wars Actress Laura Vandervoort says, “‘Fake it ’til you make it’ really is a bible in this business.” As an actor for over two decades, Laura Vandervoort has been through the hoops. Starting in show business as a ...
Here is a great list of acting terms and Entertainment industry terms which you will hear often on film sets, in theatre productions and in recording studios. Above the Line – A budgetary term for movies and TV. The line ...
So Actors, what’s it like to play a bisexual character? Tommy Martinez currently plays Gael, an artistic bisexual man, in Freeform’s TV series Good Trouble (the spinoff of The Fosters). Disney-ABC’s Freeform has been very open in dealing with sexuality ...
Television is a great beast that we’d all love to conquer. As actors, we want to be able to develop a character, and having a series that runs multiple seasons is the way to do just that. It’s all about ...
Michael Campion is one of the stars of Netflix Uber-popular comedies Fuller House, currently streaming three seasons with the fourth season in production. You’ll recognize Michael as Jackson Fuller, the teen son of CJ Tanner played by Candace Cameron-Bure. Often ...
Most of the time, casting directors have very specific areas they focus on: commercial, film, or television, for instance. Especially when it comes to voiceover versus on-camera work, most CDs do one or other — rarely both. But Terry Berland ...