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New Casting Director of Gossip Girl
Kim Miscia, of Bowling/Miscia Casting, one of NY’s busiest primetime television and film casting directors and the new casting directors of the hit TV series Gossip Girl is teaching a Primetime TV Intensive at TVI Actors Studio. (past casting credits include new FOX -TV series New Amsterdam, Laws of Motion, Staten Island & ABC Family Pilots)
The Intensive is scheduled for an AM or PM session on Saturday in July at TVI Acting School in the Actors Equity Building. Call TVI Actors Studio at 212-302-1900 for exact dates and times or email the admissions department.
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Inside TVI Actors Studio
TVI Actors Studio and Michael Jackson
Within blocks of TVI Actors Studio in Los Angeles is Michael Jackson’s family compound. Massive traffic delays as media trucks, on-lookers and press gather outside the home in Encino, CA.
The noise of the press helicopters at times makes acting class work difficult.
Actor-Preneur
Auditions this week and next
Did you that Variety, the industry’s leading newspaper keeps an on-line list of every TV series that is currently in production, on hiatus, cancelled and who the casting director is.
This is a page that you should bookmark and watch every day in you are seeking auditions in the TV market in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Toronto.
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Head Shot Blog
SAG Strike averted - Time for new Acting Headshots?
With the Screen Actors Guild strive avoided, it is a great time to consider new headshots.
Speak with your talent agent or manager to see if you need them now. You can also look at the TVI Actors Studio Free Headshot Gallery online and see the top New York and Los Angeles Headshot Photographers.
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Actor-Preneur
Talent Agency and Casting Director listings
There are many talent agency and casting director listing services that you can purchase talent agency and casting director addresses in New York and Los Angeles. Some are free web listings such as the Association of Talent Agents and National Association of Talent Agencies. On there web site are listings of all the member talent agencies across the US up to date as of June of this year.
There is and the New York Agencies Guide published by Henderson Enterprises that you can purchase at a nominal cost.
On the West Coast you have the Los Angeles Talent Directory published by Acting World Books.
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Canadian Acting News
Vancouver Actors Landing Major Roles
At a time where productions are supposedly scarce and the economy is less that stable the entertainment industry in Vancouver must be doing something right!
Vancouver based talent agency Trisko Talent have their actors landing prominent roles in a range of local and international film and Television productions this year!
Here’s naming a few…
Charlie Bewley is currently filming the role of Demetri on the highly anticipated Feature Film “Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Sage Brocklebank is back on set for season 4 of NBC’s “Psych” playing the role of Buzz McNabb.
Erica Cerra recently wrapped a guest star role on both Sci-Fi Network’s “Sanctuary” and “Warehouse 13”. She is scheduled to begin filming Christopher Columbus’s Feature Film “Percy Jackson” in July 2009.
Marie Avgeropoulos (pictured) recently featured on Entertainment Tonight (up & coming section). She just completed filming a Lifetime mow “Sorority Wars” in Victoria, BC. You can see her in the Feature Film “I Love You Beth Cooper” which will premiere July 10th 2009.
Sandy Robson closed the season on Showcase’s “GSpot” as the recurring character Terry on a 2 episode arc. In addition, he recently completed a role on the CBS’s Pilot Presentation “Pulling” and Sci-Fi Network’s “Sanctuary
Viv Leacock scheduled to begin filming a supporting role on Lifetime’s MOW “Meteor”
Ben Cotton just completed a role on the TV Feature “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf” directed by Eric Bross.
Congratulations guys and keep up the great work!
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Ledger’s final film Screens in Cannes
Australian actor Heath Ledger’s final performance before he died of an accidental overdose in January 2008 nearly never made it to the big screen, US-born director Terry Gilliam said.
The film maker’s first thought when Ledger died in New York was to ditch The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which was only half finished.
But encouraged by people around him to continue, and helped by actors Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell who played Ledger’s character in three separate dream sequences, Gilliam eventually completed the movie.
To read the complete story please click here: www.reuters.com
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Aussie Actor Leads Blockbuster Premiere
The premiere of the The fourth “Terminator” Salvation, starring Australian actor Sam Worthington took place in the US on the 20th May 09 and is set for a box office smash!
…Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose CGI-created face turns up on a new body in a crucial battle in “Terminator Salvation,” a fast-moving, rock ‘em-sock ‘em movie that continues the man-vs.-machines series begun 25 years ago…
Worthington plays the role of Prototype Terminator, Marcus.
The film is directed by McG and stars Christian Bale.
Canadian Acting News
BOLD FILM FESTIVAL ‘09 CALL FOR ENTRIES
The First Annual BOLD FILM FESTIVAL is now accepting submissions for short & feature length films.
The BOLD FILM FESTIVAL is open to any films made by Lesbian filmmakers with special entry consideration on content. The deadline for submissions is Friday July 17th.
Facilitator: Nancy Rosenblum attended the first BOLD conference and was such a fan she did a feature radio broadcast on KPFK in Los Angeles, about the event. The show was also broadcast on Kootenay Co-op radio in Nelson, B.C and a community radio station in Australia.Nancy has won 10 Emmy awards for editing. She has been a television/film producer, editor for over 20 years. She was the film critic at the Lesbian News for 10 years.
Sunday, September 13 2009
Rio Theatre, E. Broadway
Vancouver B.C. CANADA
For further information please visit the website at: www.soundsandfuries.com
Head Shot Blog
Best Free Headshot Gallery
Acting headshots are an actor’s calling card, so you want the best you can get. But finding a headshot photographer who meets your specific needs can be a time consuming and often expensive process.
Visit TVI Actors Studio where hundred’s of Acting Headshot Photographers exhibit their work. Updated daily.
