Olivia Wilde

The Name Game - How Stage Names Shape Actors' Careers

In the world of acting, and all other forms of entertainment, a name isn’t just a tag; it’s an emblem of your brand, a beacon for your identity, and often, a gateway to success. Adopting a stage name isn’t about discarding your ...
Babylon’s Telvin Griffin

You may recognize Telvin Griffin from the Emmy-Award-Winning ABC comedy, Blackish and a bunch of national commercials including Dodge Ram. Well, Telvin just made his big screen debut alongside Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva in the Paramount Pictures ...
Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in Don't Worry Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde

Acting has been a staple of the entertainment industry for centuries and its influence on society cannot be denied. There has been an increasing concern that acting may be linked to social decline. I’m analyzing this possible link by examining ...
Don't Worry Darling

How do actors deal with the challenge of changing behaviors on set? I’ve never started an article out with the title in the first paragraph, but I want it to resonate with you because there are two parts to this ...
Frustrated Woman

There’s something undeniably alluring about playing a passive-aggressive character. For actors, it can be a chance to explore a more complex and nuanced range of emotions, and to challenge themselves with a new type of role. In particular, passive-aggressive characters ...