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Elder Abuse Awareness

Posted on: June 6th, 2010 by wmapother 5 Comments

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held annually on June 15.  As part of the events surrounding this call-to-action, the National Center on Elder Abuse is once again running my PSA on the issue in movie theatres around the country. (A short article on that is here.)  The PSA on YouTube is here, and my post last year on the PSA is here.

A couple articles on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day are here and here.

(Apparently, I have to get this out of my system today, so: herehearhierheerhareherehearheearheeeeerrrrreee.  Whew.)

And some FAQs on Elder Abuse are here.  Here’s perhaps the most important one, a general definition of elder abuse.  If you see elder abuse, or evidence of it, please report it to the authorities immediately.


Posted in Elder & Seniors, Video (Online & Home)

Flyover Film Festival 2010

Posted on: June 5th, 2010 by wmapother 5 Comments

Next weekend I’ll be headed back home to Louisville, Kentucky for the 2nd Annual Flyover Film Festival, all at the KY Center for the Arts.  The festival is produced and sponsored by the Louisville Film Society, which, despite having meon the Board, still somehow manages to run screenings and events and all sorts of terrific things in Louisville throughout the year.

This year the festival offers a terrific line-up of films and panels (I’m moderating one on film finance  at 12pm Saturday).  We’re offering a Youth Media Summit, so local colleges can show off their film and media depts to local high students, and we’re giving a Lifetime Achievement Award to acclaimed Kentucky-born director Allison Anders.

Finally, we’re hosting a special screening of Sundance winner Winter’s Bone, starring Louisville’s own fast-rising star Jennifer Lawrence.  Also, she and I will be holding a Youth Acting panel at 10:30 am Sunday.  Like all the panels and events, it’s open to the public.

The info’s all here.

Posted in In Person (or, like, Live), Louisville & KY

Asssscat!

Posted on: June 2nd, 2010 by wmapother 3 Comments

There are just so many tempting directions to take that title…  But we have ground to cover, people, so that’s a riff for another day.  (sigh.)

Asssscat! is the name of a regular show at the fabulous UCB comedy theatre (which held the ‘Lost’ show two weeks ago – posts here and here).

The set-up:  Using a suggestion from the audience, a guest monologist spills his guts for 5-10 minutes by sharing his thoughts, feelings, or a meaningful story from his past.  Then a group of improv comedians comes up on stage, takes those guts, and spins them into comic gold.  Then we do it again:  Suggestion, guts, comic gold.  Repeat until guest dies.

So who are these mystery monologists?  UCB website:  “Some guest monologists are talented celebrities, others are screwed up weirdoes.”

This Saturday’s monologist and guts-spiller?  I am he.  It should be loads of fun — for everyone else.  (Kidding!)  I’m sure it’ll be a blast.

The UCB schedule is here, and the show description and link to tickets is here.

Posted in Funny Like Ha-Ha, In Person (or, like, Live), Los Angeles, Stage

‘Lost’ explained – finally

Posted on: May 31st, 2010 by wmapother 10 Comments

So this is what post-it’s are for:  this rather helpful young man explains ‘Lost’ in 3 minutes here.

Posted in Acting Projects, Funny Like Ha-Ha, Random, Recs, Video (Online & Home)

Vampin’ it up

Posted on: May 28th, 2010 by wmapother 5 Comments

My first episode on the web series “I <3 Vampires” has been posted (a little bit ago, actually, but I was distracted with ‘Lost,’ so go ahead and shoot me in a downpour in the jungle while I’m unarmed, why don’t you).  Note:  Episodes of web series are usually only about 3-5 minutes.

The series is about a couple teenage girls who go vamp-crazy after reading a series of vampire novels.  (hmm.)  Turns out the novels are based are on a real guy, whom they meet and find vamp-dreamy.  I play the leader of a vampire clan named William (all of you snickering there in the back row:  at least please cover your mouths. dang!).  This ep is part of a back story explaining how the lead character was tempted into becoming a vampire.

The show put up a quick bit about my guest appearance here, and the episode is here.  I shot two more eps — the final two of the season — that should be posted soon.

Posted in Acting Projects, Video (Online & Home)