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LA Film Festival

Posted on: June 10th, 2010 by wmapother 5 Comments

On Sat, June 26th, at this year’s LA Film Festival, I’ll be participating in and moderating this year’s Actors Coffee Talk. The festival also holds them for screenwriters and directors, and they’re all very popular. Past participants include Jodie Foster, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Roth, and Melissa Leo. Yeah. : )

The other two participants with me this year are a pair of not-too-shabby actors, Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, 24…) and James Cromwell (Babe, 6 Ft Under…). It should be a blast as I ask them all sorts of inappropriate and irrelevant questions.

The Hollywood Reporter’s piece is here, Variety’s here, and the LAFF’s page and ticket link is here (then go down to ‘C’ for ‘Coffee Talk: Actors’ on June 26th at 1pm).

Posted in Film Festival, In Person (or, like, Live), Los Angeles, Press

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

Finally, Ethan Gets a Laugh

Posted on: May 23rd, 2010 by wmapother 2 Comments

Tonight I’ll be performing on stage at the UCB (Upright Citizens Brigade), the galactically-renowned comedy theatre (well, plus the one in NYC, too..). They’re having a special show of Lost-themed skits and the tickets sold out faster than _____ (insert favorite Lost analogy here; the clock’s running on their usability). The link to the show and the comedy regulars is here.

My skit was written by Jarrad Paul; requires a good bit of improv (somebody stop me!); and will feature moi and him; and be — oh, I think you know this already — HI-larious. Also, I bought two papayas. I have no idea how I’m going to use them in the skit. But I will. Oh, I will.

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

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Posted on: May 18th, 2010 by wmapother 11 Comments

Top five things (not in order) about shooting in NYC for the “Love on Ice” episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, airing tomorrow night on USA Network at 10/9C (and whose home page is here):

5. 35-degree runs in Central Park
4. $12 Bergdorf Goodman feathery Xmas ornaments
3. Meeting a few fantastic new people
2. The other actors
1. I can die knowing I’ve tried the slicked-back look with glasses…and it’s not for me.

Posted in Acting Projects, NYC, Other Photos, Random, TV

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