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Can the casting office test your concentration?

Whenever I’m casting a movie and working with actors I marvel at their sheer concentration. To be able to create a believable character and a “world” around you in a small audition room is always a miracle to me. When [...]

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Oops, I think you dropped something!

You are not defined by whom you once saw in the bathroom. One of the wonderful things about living and working in Hollywood is you are surrounded by some of the biggest names in entertainment. One of the worst things [...]

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To the Hollywood Class of 2013

This ain’t no college commencement address. Because I’m not talking to the graduates. Your Hollywood class is comprised of everyone who just left his or her old life and is moving to Los Angeles to begin anew. That’s what commencement [...]

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More Than Just A Dream

How many times have you thought or heard someone say their records just don’t capture how good they are live? There are certain artists that fall prey to the magic of the recording studio. In the case of Fitz And [...]

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How to make money on YouTube (and off YouTube) with web series

We all love to be entertained online and share funny videos with our friends, but have you ever paid to watch a one-off video online? Ever? Probably not knowingly outside of watching an ad or two. And will you ever [...]

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What’s wrong with remakes?

Let me get to my point – nothing is wrong with remakes; we’ve been remaking films almost as long as we’ve been making them! What makes a remake special or timely is when it captures something of the zeitgeist of [...]

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