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In KY but Not

Posted on: December 9th, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

Last night I wrapped an episode of the fantastic FX show Justified.  If you haven’t seen the show, it’s really worth checking out.  It’s dramatic and very funny and full of great actors bringing to life a wide assortment of fascinating character.  Big bonus:  It’s set in my home state of Kentucky.

Tim Olyphant is tremendous in the lead.  He has this whole Henry Fonda My Darling Clementine thing going on, which is no small compliment.  (That movie is definitely working checking out, too.)

The 3rd season starts January, and 1&2 are on Netflix.  I’m guessin’ my ep will air sometime in late Jan or early Feb.

Is That Your Body, or You Just Happy to See Me?

Posted on: December 7th, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

Okay, here’s freaky tech story #2,419:  a computer scientist has found a way to put one actor’s head on another actor’sbody.  And not in some new-age-y way, either.

NBR <3 AE

Posted on: December 2nd, 2011 by wmapother 2 Comments

The National Board of Review has named Another Earth one of the top ten 10 independent films of 2011.  Alongside indies such as Take Shelter, Win Win, and Beginners, among others, we’re in very good company.

A huge thank-you to the filmmakers and Fox Searchlight for making it all happen!

Culture Made Easy

Posted on: December 2nd, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

Suggestion for actors #2,317:  Sign up for email newsletters of your local museums and cultural centers.
Among the many advantages:

•  They often have free events.
•  They’re a great opportunity to make contacts with writers and directors (It was at a reading by Adam Gopnick at LA’s Skirball that I met the NYC director who led me to NYC’s Public Theatre’s Shakespeare Lab which led me to the casting director who thought of me for Another Earth (more on that some other time.  You get the idea.)
•   The events are good to go with a date.  Or someone you want to be a date.
•  Pt. 2 of the line above:  They’re a good place to make contact with a date.
•  Did I mention that some of the events are free?
•  Filmmakers love it when actors see classic movies.  Such as those shown at museum.
•  You don’t have to trust yourself and/or take the time to view their websites.  Actors like it to be easy, right?

Some in L.A. to get you started:
Skirball
LACMA
Hammer
Getty

[This has been another in a continuing series of potentially helpful, hopefully commonsensical information to actors on practicing their craft or surviving while trying to do so.  I bear no responsibility for how this or any of my posts might ruin your life, lead you to law school, or make your parents sick with worry.]

For more suggestions to actors, click the ‘Info to Actors’ category at left.

Xmas Gift? Done.

Posted on: November 29th, 2011 by wmapother 3 Comments

Another Earth comes out on DVD today, and it’s the perfect gift for the humanoid in your family.  Or even your other you.  Get it now, before you go ahead and buy it for yourself and then have to regift it back to yourself (this whole “There’s two of me/you” gets old and/or  confusing pretty quickly when mined for laughs..)