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South Africans Angry Over Casting Of Mandelas

The Guardian | Posted 12.08.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Actors, Nelson Mandela, Jennifer Hudson, Morgan Freeman, Acting, Winnie Mandela, Hollywood, World News

Leading actors in South Africa have spoken out against Hollywood stars cherrypicking the best roles in films about their country. Members of the Creat...

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Patrick Stewart Finds Acting, Cause In Response To Childhood Domestic Abuse Trauma

Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Patrick Stewart, Britain, Acting, Refuge, Yorkshire, Domestic Violence, Impact News

Actor Patrick Stewart wrote an illuminating column in Friday's Guardian about his childhood as a victim of domestic violence in Yorkshire, England. S...

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Anthony Edwards To "Act" His Way Through The NYC Marathon (VIDEO)

Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Acting, Nyc, Running, Marathon, Actor, Tv, Training, Er, Dr. Mark Greene, Anthony Edwards, Race, Runner, Funny or Die, NYC Marathon, Comedy News

Well, it's finally happened. Dr. Mark Greene is back on television this weekend in the NYC Marathon. And while Anthony Edwards is sure this "five hour...

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Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A., Holistic, Disposable, Children, Green Parenting, Babysitter, Waldorf Education, Diapers, Neuroscience, Strollers, Mothering, Eastern Europe, Actress, Medicine, Sitcom, Trend, Family, Research Professor, Materialism, Replacement Level, Nanny, Home-Schooling, Body, Nbc, Caregiver, Planet, Husband, Los Angeles, Sierra Magazine, Sustainable, Ucla, Reform Judaism, Health, Judaism, Population, Vegetarian, Homemade Hygiene Products, Bedsharing, Discipline, Earth, Liberal, Potty-Training, Cleaning Products, Cloth, Tolerance, Holistic Moms Network, Cats, Acting, Southern California, Kids, Celebrity, Stay-at-Home Mom, Mayim Bialik, Hollywood, Elimination Communication, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Religion, Water, Fast Food, Slings, Environment, Mom, Shtetl, Blossom, Green News
Avital Binshtock

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

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Deaf People Speak Out Against Hearing Actor Portraying Deaf Role

Lennard Davis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Deafness, Theater, Acting, New York Theater, New-York-Theater-Workshop, Deaf, Disability Rights, Entertainment News
Lennard Davis

The normal education in the US involves extensive training in speech for deaf people. While not all will end up speaking in ways that might work on stage, so many can.

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Balanced Life -- A Happiness Lesson From Actors: Find The "Yes."

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Your Happiness Project, Mental Health, Acting, Gretchen Rubin, Happiness, Audition, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

When you feel trapped in a negative, ask yourself the positive question, and maybe that will shed light on how to change it or at least change your mind.

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Stephen Colbert to Play The Riddler? The Momentum Builds!

2morrowknight | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Colbert Fans, Daylife, The Colbert Report, Warner Bros, Twitter, Stephen Colbert, Batman, Movies, DC Comics, Comics, Comic Villains, Films, The-Riddler, Comic Books, Entertainment News, Gotham City, Catwoman, The Internet Movie Database, Colbert Nation, Showhype, Mahalo, Whorepresents, Newsrunner, Acting, Shakespear, Batman Sequel, Batman Movie, Entertainment News
2morrowknight

Deep in your heart, you know Colbert's got the complete package of comic timing, creativity, audacity, and that indefinable "it" to pull off a portrayal of such a multi-layered villain.

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Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're a Cheese

Dori Berinstein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Aging, Acting, Entertainment Industry, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Dori Berinstein

Attention all disenfranchised Hollywood writers, actors, producers: Broadway needs you. Broadway, in fact, wants you!

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Mighty Movie Podcast: A Brisk Trade in Paul Giamatti: Sophie Barthes on Cold Souls

Dan Persons | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Russia, Stanislavski, Soul, Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman, Black Market, Paul Giamatti, Film, Interview, Movies, New York, Exclusive, St. Petersburg, David Strathairn, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Russian Mafia, Acting, Morality, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Barthes was willing to give us some insight into her definition of soul and what it's like dealing with actors raised in the land of Stanislavski.

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Under-Employment

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Under-Employment, Job Losses, Jobs, Acting, Job Loss, Unemployment, Writing, Entertainment, Show Business, Boston Legal, Hollywood, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

In my humble opinion, the trick is not to obsess or become phobic about periods of "under-employment," but to realize that (for most of us) they are simply inevitable.

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Culture and Kids in NYC

Donna Fish | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Shakespeare in the Park, Parenting, The Public Theatre Jr. Program, Anne Hathaway, KIds and NYC, Acting, Culture and Teens, Teens, New York News
Donna Fish

So while New York offers all these amazing cultural opportunities, I have to battle my feeling of responsibility to offer my kids as much exposure as I can, and that it is my job, come hell or high water, to shove it down their throats

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A Happy Medium

Una LaMarche | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Fame, Acting, Personals, Movies, Comedy, Comedy News
Una LaMarche

I have always wanted to be discovered in a supermarket. Notice I say "discovered"--I have always wanted to be famous but have never wanted to try for it, stuck as I am in an ever-vacillating battle between fear and laziness.

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The Healing Power of Compassion: Actress Finds Remedy For Stress With Her "Big Give"

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Acting, Giving, The Giving Life, Philanthropy, Generosity, SOS Children's Villages, Chirldren, Charity, Relationships, Altruism, Oprah, All My Children, Happiness, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

"It is better to give than to receive" is a phrase that has become so commonplace, it's easy to take the meaning lightly. Many of us have felt that wo...

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When Is a Lawyer Not a Lawyer? When She Acts

Jim Luce | Posted 06.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Internet Movie Database, Sydney Pollack, Jim Brill, Film, Tort Liability, Travel, Thought Leaders, Diane Keaton, Lawyer, Intellectual Property, King’s College in London, Pardon My French, Global Citizens, Robert Duvall, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Compliance, Creativity, Open Door, Tony Randall, Cate Blanchett, Grace Kelly, Jim Luce, International Organization, University of Paris Sorbonne, Anouk Dutruit, Without Judgment, Johnny Depp, Broadway Theater, Sanford Meisner Technique, Eli Wallach, Gregory Peck, Off-Broadway Theater, Stanislavski System, James Caan, Litigation, 15 Waffles, Sitcom, Acting, Youtube, David Mamet, Style News
Jim Luce

Making a career in acting is a challenging prospect. What makes Anouk Dutruit's ambitions even more invigorating is her other career. By day and international lawyer, by night an actor.

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Daddy Diaries: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Anchorman

Rob Morrison | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: News Anchors, Television, TV News, Acting, Unemployment, Entertainment News
Rob Morrison

One of the beautiful things about being "in between jobs" is you have plenty of time to try new things.

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Take the Age: Reclaiming Your Years in a Youth-Obsessed World

Larkin Clark | Posted 05.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Ageism, Actress, Acting, Youth, Age, Hollywood, Style News
Larkin Clark

If people ask my age, I tell them. We shouldn't feel shame for getting older; we should feel pride for having gotten so far. Living, after all, isn't easy.

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Q & A: Actor Gary Sinise Helps "Brothers At War" And Grapples With The Iraq War's Effect on A Family

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Forrest Gump, Sam Shepard, CSI NY, Presidential Citizens Medal, Detective Mac Taylor, Films, Directing, Feature, Plays, Music, Producing, Redacted, Acting, Hit TV Series, Executive Producer, Oscar Nominee, Brian DePalma, Gary Sinise, Documentary, Emmys, Jake Rademacher, Brothers at War, Buried Child, Tony, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Sinise: "It's a look at military families and military life, the Iraq war and the integrity of the people that I know that are serving that; I responded to positively and wanted to support that."

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The Late Great Simon Gray

Josa Young | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theatre, Plays, Simon Gray, Smoking Diaries, Memoirs, Reading, Books, Writing, Actor Harry Burton, Simon Gray Theater, Acting, Simon Gray Play-Write, Matthew Burton, Simon Gray Playwright, Harry Burton, Director Harry Burton, Entertainment News
Josa Young

Victoria Gray, the widow of the playwright Simon Gray, was thinking of creating a website for her late husband, as an online resource for anyone interested in his work. I leapt at the chance.

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A Memory of Natasha Richardson

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 04.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fat Man and Little Boy, Acting, Movies, Natasha Richardson, Entertainment News
Barry Yourgrau

I didn't really know Natasha Richardson. But twenty years ago I was in a movie with her, and I'll always remember her at the opening script read-through.

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What Caused Bobby Jindal's Speech to Be a Disaster?

Howard Fine | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bobby Jindal Response Speech, Acting Theory, Acting, Bobby Jindal, Drama, Bobby Jindal Responds to Obama Video, Theater, Howard Fine, Bobby Jindal Response to Obama, Bobby Jindal Speech Obama, Bobby Jindal Speech, Jindal Speech, Jindal Body Language, Politics News
Howard Fine

If you looked at Jindal's eyes and listened to his voice in the speech, you can sense the hollowness. True emotions travel. Manufactured emotions remain static.

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Jim Brown on Barack Obama, Racism, Muhammad Ali, Hugh Hefner, Football, and Acting

Graham Bensinger | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Richard Pryor, Hugh Hefner, Jim Brown, Martin Luther King, Football, Jesse Jackson, Nfl, Barack Obama, Oliver Stone, Muhammad Ali, Politics, Acting, Spike Lee, Malcolm X, Racism, Touchdown, Raquel Welch, Nbc, Frank Sinatra, Bill Russell, Video, Jim Brown Obama, Politics News
Graham Bensinger

The day after the presidential election, I sat down with Jim Brown. Brown discussed a wide range of topics, including what electing the first African American president means to him.

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Clint Eastwood As a Changeling

Brad Balfour | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Oscars Corruption, The Changeling, Acting, Angelina Jolie, Police, Republicans, Lapd, Democrats, Directing, Komodo Dragon, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

"My wife and I are both Libertarian; she was a Democrat and I was a Republican, and we both met in the middle somewhere."

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Sarah Palin To Replace Patti Lupone in Gypsy?

Avery Corman | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Acting, Ronald Reagan, 2012 Election, Bridge to Nowhere, Gypsy, Patty Lupone, Rose, Election 2008, Presidency, Charles Gibson, Politics News
Avery Corman

A member of the producing team for the revival of Gypsy confirmed internal discussions for the replacement of Patti Lupone and Sarah Palin is a leading choice.

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