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Video – Casting Catch-22’s

Posted on: October 22nd, 2014 by wmapother No Comments

Longtime readers know I’m a proud co-founder of Slated, an online film finance marketplace.  We connect investors and indie filmmakers, and we’ve also built the first industry-only social network, with over 17,000 users.  For more information, check out slated, and our FAQs on the Slated site.

Every month Slated hosts a Filmonomics panel at the Los Angeles SoHo House.  The most recent panel was on the Catch-22’s of casting, and the panelists were myself, Peter Facinelli (“Twilight,” “Nurse Jackie”), and Jon Gries (“Napoleon Dynamite,” “The Bridge”).

Check out the Filmonomics video that includes parts of our panel.  The Slated CEO, Stephan Paternot, hosts weekly Filmonomics videos.  You can  see and subscribe to all the Filmonomics videos.

Posted in Acting Tips & Info, Film, In Person (or, like, Live), Interviews and Q&A's, Los Angeles, News & Events, Slated, Tech

“Hawaii Five-0”

Posted on: October 2nd, 2014 by wmapother 1 Comment

Airing tmrw night: I’m back on the island! This time for “Hawaii Five-0.”  It’s on CBS H50 one-sheettomorrow night (Friday, Oct 3), 9pm/8C.

Posted in Acting Projects, News & Events, TV

American War Generals

Posted on: September 11th, 2014 by wmapother 1 Comment

This weekend the National Geographic Channel is airing the two-hour special “American War Generals,” which I narrate.  It premieres this Sunday, Sept 14, at 8pmET.  am war gen 48percent

The interviews and material are fascinating.  The generals, nearly all of them household names, offer perspectives and information we rarely learn from reports on the wars.  The NatGeo site has this synopsis:

“Powell. McChrystal. McCaffrey. Petraeus. Clark. For the first time, National Geographic Channel gathers the nation’s leading war generals for an unprecedented look at 50 years of military history, from the Vietnam War to America’s war on Al-Qaeda. The two-hour special American War Generals reveals never-before-heard stories and insightful opinions from eleven active and retired U.S. Army generals. Their accounts take us through the big changes that have transformed the U.S. military from the first troops to enter Vietnam to the last combat troops to exit Afghanistan, explaining the critical personal experiences that shaped their lives and the way they approached modern warfare.”

 

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The NatGeo page for the show

USA Today’s review

A short preview

Washingtonian’s piece on the premiere

Posted in News & Events, Other Photos, Press, TV, Voice

‘Working Actor.’ Sounds like a punchline

Posted on: May 1st, 2014 by wmapother No Comments

This Tuesday, May 6, I’m on a panel in Los Angeles for one of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation’s “Conversations with Working Actors.”  All SAG-AFTRA members are SAG Foundation logowelcome.  But beware.  I’ll do my best not to steer anyone into the ocean with bad advice…

 

Posted in Acting, Acting Tips & Info, In Person (or, like, Live), Interviews and Q&A's, Los Angeles, News & Events

New Elder Abuse PSA

Posted on: April 11th, 2014 by wmapother 2 Comments

I’m on the board of the Artists and Athletes Alliance, which helps artists and athletes interact with and understand the politicalprocess.  Recently, they offered to shoot PSA’s for causes we support.  I shot mine for the National Center on Elder Abuse, and the PSA is now online.

NCEAArtists & Athletes Alliance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Charitable Causes, Elder & Seniors, News & Events, Video (Online & Home)