Actorfest LA 2011
ActorfestLA is presented by BackStage. Actors Reporter coverage of Actorfest LA 2011 – Part 1Mobile Version Mary Jo Gruber chats with actors and other industry professionals including Gary Marsh (Breakdown Express and actors access), David H.Lawrence XVII (Heroes), child actresses Kassidy Faulk and Jazariah Lyles, Todd Rohrbacher and Lauren Bertoni (Actors Comedy Studio), photographer Anthony…
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Insights into Talent Agents In this series, talent agents share with our Actors Reporter viewers their insights including what they look for in the actors they recommend to casting directors, directors, and producers. Part Four Insights into Talent Agents: Exclusive Interview with Phil Brock (Studio Talent Group) Insights into Talent Agents with Phil Brock, Part…
Read MoreChampionship Networking Tip – Accept Accountability
If you can’t be accountable, then you can’t do business. Period. There is frankly nothing more disturbing than to refer a deal to someone who ultimately proves unaccountable. An excuse is just another reason for failure. The definition of an excuse is to defend a broken commitment. Too many excuses and you have now been…
Read MoreHi, I’m Marta – Inspiration for Actors – Find Balance
Inspiration for Actors Marta McGonagle has been working on feeling balanced. Balancing her life. One must find balance in order to have everything you want and need without going crazy. It is difficult for a woman to find balance today when we’re still supposed to be women, look good, have a career, take care of…
Read MoreChampionship Network Tips – Send Thank You Notes, Don’t Keep Score, and Know Your Food Chain
Send Thank You Notes, Don’t Keep Score, and Know Your Food Chain At the very least, send a note of thanks to the organizer and anyone else as you deem appropriate. To others you may choose to meet again, send an e-mail acknowledgement. Chances are, many people will have attended your event. Stand out from…
Read MoreThriving in Hollywood
Creative folks venturing into the land of show business need to concentrate on thriving not just surviving in Hollywood. Actors equipped with the right knowledge and tools can easily stand out among the stiff competition, “On any given day, there are more than a quarter of a million actors living in Los Angeles,” said Bob…
Read MoreChampionship Networking Tip – Return Every Communication within Twenty-Four Hours
Networking, as life, is about messages. Granted, sometimes extenuating circumstances will occur, and despite your best intentions you will not always succeed in getting back to everyone on as timely a basis as you had planned. Note that an extenuating circumstance is not the same thing as an excuse. A champion networker, however, strives to…
Read MoreHi, I’m Marta – Inspiration for Actors – Accomplishment
Marta McGonagle has come a long way since the last time she’s appeared on the show. After dipping her toes into her first directorial project, Marta has come back to share with us some motivational tips on how to go forward in accomplishing a project against all odds. Two years ago, Marta started a project…
Read More2011 Childrens Festival of the Arts
The Hollywood Arts Council presented the 26th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts 2011 at Paramount Pictures Studio in Hollywood California. Katelyn Haynes chatted with young actors Ryan Potter (“Super Ninjas”), Hayley Holmes (“Good Luck Charlie”), Zach Callison (“Diary of a Single Mom”), Janessa Rose (“Glee Movie”, Zachary Alexander Rice, Danielle Soibelman, and Laci Kay.…
Read MoreA Weekend Tribute to actor Don Murray – inside info on Marilyn Monroe
MidCentury Productions presents A Weekend Tribute to actor Don Murray with inside information about some of his many many popular films, including Bus Stop with Marilyn Monroe, Otto Preminger’s Advise & Consent, and A Hatful of Rain with Eva Marie Saint. MidCentury Productions presents A Weekend Tribute to Don Murray at the Lobero Theatre as…
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