I wish I could grow a mustache like Burt Reynolds. The guy was the epitome of cool for so long in Hollywood, and he embodied some iconic roles that have never faded. Today, I want to go through some of my favorite Burt Reynolds roles and talk about why I love them so much. Let's dive in. --- 1. Lewis Medlock in 'Deliverance' (1972) I know this is a really famous movie, but I still think it's underrated. It's a deconstruction of masculinity, and at its core is Reynolds, who plays a primal dude...| No Film School
John Carroll Lynch has delivered so many performances, on so many sets, for both the big and small screen, that it is almost ridiculous. Just a few highlights of his hundreds of credits include: The Drew Carey Show, Fargo, Zodiac, Big Sky, American Horror Story, The Trial of The Chicago 7, and his latest, Sorry Baby. On this episode, he gives us a deep dive into his approach to the work, and how it has evolved over the years. He explains the benefits of highlighting the text based on lexical ...| Filmmaker Magazine
The universe has a funny way of holding onto a film like a dusty reel in the attic, waiting for the perfect moment to reveal it. On today’s episode, we welcome the endlessly persistent Greg Travis, a filmmaker who proves that good movies never die—they just take their sweet time getting made. Greg Travis is ... Read more| Indie Film Hustle®
Stewart’s memoir is my favourite kind of actors’ autobiography, combining lots of Shakespeare, building from one-liner parts to the title character, then film and TV success, with more theatre all the way through. Add to that an interesting working class Yorkshire childhood, and the fact that he’s a humble and lovely bloke, it was perfect. Read More| AnnaBookBel
With a career spanning decades across stage and screen, Lesley Manville has become one of Britain’s most acclaimed and versatile actors. From Mike Leigh’s emotionally intricate improvisations, to starring opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread, her performances are as fearless as they are nuanced. She’s received various accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, a G...| MetFilm School
And just like that, it’s August. Between yoga classes, meetings and (yes) more heat waves, here’s what I have been reading: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary, Stefan FatsisI was fascinated by Fatsis’ deep dive into the history of American dictionaries, the threats they face in the digital age, descriptive vs. […]| cakes, tea and dreams
Learn the story. Love the hero. Understand your scene thoroughly.| Justin N. Poythress
Which ones of her movies made her a massive star?| No Film School
Our amazing lecturers are all active in the creative industries, whether that be choreographing stage shows, producing a theatrical run, or lighting up the silver screen. We caught up with Manchester campus lecturer Dean Fagan to learn more about his background, his time on iconic show Coronation Street, and his advice for up-and-coming professionals. What […] The post Meet the Lecturers: Dean Fagan, Actor and Producer appeared first on BIMM University Blog.| BIMM University Blog
Suddenly, we’re more than halfway through July – after a quick trip to Texas, a highly successful Walk for Music, and some serious heat. Amid all that, here’s what I have been rea…| cakes, tea and dreams
Benzodiazepines (Benzos) are commonly prescribed for anxiety, insomnia, and seizures because they calm the nervous system. Benzodiazepines are effective, but they can have serious risks, including dependency and side effects associated with benzodiazepine use. This article explores their uses, how they work, and the potential dangers to be aware of. Key Takeaways What Are Benzodiazepines? […]| Turning Point of Tampa
This post is yet another weight progress report, continuing the previous one, part of a long series since I started in January 2015. As I predicted in my last weight report, my exercise levels did drop down over the summer, despite taking acting classes twice a week in UCSC’s summer session. The classes ended up being one […]| Gas station without pumps
In Auditioning for 8 tens @8 I mentioned that I’d be auditioning for the short-play festival 8 tens @8. On Sunday Sept 29, I did a monologue from Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon, and I got two callbacks based on it. On Monday, just before I went into my Voice and Diction […]| Gas station without pumps
I’ll be auditioning for the short-play festival 8 tens @8 this weekend. The festival has been running for a while (the first one was in January 1996), and they claim to be “The longest running short play festival in the world!”, though I don’t know what evidence they have for the claim (other than that […]| Gas station without pumps
Our MA Screen Acting course is where performance and professional purpose meet. Designed for actors who want to sharpen their on-screen presence, explore advanced techniques, and build real industry connections, the course blends intensive training with practical experience.| MetFilm School
Actor and Screen Acting graduate Dávid Snopek’s most recent role started with a weighty line, delivered as a Soviet Officer in a tense scene under the direction of Amma Asante, opposite none other than Russell Crowe. While the moment was brief, it marked a powerful milestone in Dávid’s career: proof that his training, focus, and consistency is paying off.| MetFilm School
Show students the importance of random acts of kindness and help them to think about the meaning behind them with these writing prompts and journal topics!| JournalBuddies.com
We all know that online classes can be dreadful. Many students have sat with their laptops looking at a wall of bored faces on Teams, or the dreaded “wall of black screens” when students all turn their cameras off. A new paper by former UNC Greensboro Psychology graduate student Michael... Continue reading... The post Is Mind-Wandering Contagious? New Study on Attention in Online Classrooms appeared first on Department of Psychology.| Department of Psychology
As I promised in Acting Update: Fortinbras, this post is about building Claudius’s prayer bench (my work for TA 27 Theatre Production Workshop). The design is not mine, but Skip Epperson’s, but I did all the construction on the bench. First, the photos: Building the prayer bench got me a chance to work with a […]| Gas station without pumps
This post is yet another weight progress report, continuing the previous one, part of a long series since I started in January 2015. I had a body-fat measurement done at Stanford as part of a medic…| Gas station without pumps
I’d like to invite everyone to see Cabrillo’s Spring play Fortinbras at the Black Box theater inside Crocker Theater on Cabrillo’s Aptos campus. The play by Lee Blessing is a very silly, very funny…| Gas station without pumps
The film spotlights Rosario García, a non-professional actor from a nursing home in El Escorial, providing authenticity and warmth through her natural portrayal of Antonia. Directed with the vision of capturing genuine performances, the film deviates from Hollywood norms by casting talento outside the professional sphere. A month of rehearsals allowed Rosario’s innate charisma to […]| Jasmine House
I’ve not been blogging lately, for two reasons: I’ve been wasting a lot of time on Reddit (particularly on r/Theatre and r/acting), and I’ve been spending a lot of time on actual …| Gas station without pumps
Some stuff to update. auditioned for a play “Da” (with Southbank, a very local to me amdram group) – didn’t get anything in it. Thought I did a decent read, but not quite as sparkling as I’d’a liked – that said, it was a fun play with a character Charlie, his Da, and his younger self – as the three main leads, and needed three people that would look right together. Could be I just didn’t fit. Never mind, will look forward to seeing the play when it’s on, and there may well...| PJ Holden's Blog
Today I recorded two monologues and added them to my playlist: https://tinyurl.com/Kevin-Karplus-monologues. Both were monologues that I learned for the Shakespeare course from Bill Peters at the Actors’ Theatre that just ended last week, though only one is from Shakespeare. One is the first sentence of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, which I provided as an example of […]| Gas station without pumps
Check out how June Squibb tackled The titular role of Thelma at 94 in our interview:| No Film School
James Magruder— The Yale School of Drama (YSD) began in 1925 when George Pierce Baker, unable to persuade Harvard to offer a degree in playwriting, defected to Yale to teach... READ MORE| Yale University Press
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Anna Eadie chats about finding filmmaking collaborators, industry networking, and how she approaches 'getting into character' as an actor.| MetFilm School
Continuing my updates from Acting update for May 2024, I’m now finished with Spring Semester at Cabrillo College. Here are the things new since the last update: I did the staged reading of a…| Gas station without pumps
This post is yet another weight progress report, continuing the previous one, part of a long series since I started in January 2015. As I predicted in my last weight report, I did take the bus a fe…| Gas station without pumps
Continuing my updates from Acting update for January 2024, I’ll try to bring people up to date on what I’ve been doing in my new acting hobby. I finished the run of 12 performances of …| Gas station without pumps
I had my first on-camera acting gig yesterday (not counting the monologues I recorded at home) for a film being made by students in UCSC’s Film 196B course. I had seen the audition announcem…| Gas station without pumps
I was doing a matinee at Actors’ Theatre yesterday (2024 Feb 4) as part of the 8 tens @8 short-play festival), and I was in the second play. It wasn’t quite a full house (8 empty seats…| Gas station without pumps
Continuing my updates from Acting update for November 2023, I’ll try to bring people up to date on what I’ve been doing in my new acting hobby. I finished the Cabrillo Intro to Acting c…| Gas station without pumps
For my intro-to-acting course, our final exam period required us to reflect on what we had learned (in writing ahead of time), then present snippets from that in person (in-person attendance for th…| Gas station without pumps
Continuing my updates from Acting update for October 2023, which was about a month ago, I’ll try to bring people up to date on what I’ve been doing in my new acting hobby. I’ve be…| Gas station without pumps
Continuing my updates from Recent (mostly theater) activity, which was about a month ago, I’ll try to bring people up to date on what I’ve been doing in my new acting hobby. Every Monda…| Gas station without pumps
In First callbacks, I posted about my theater activity for 2013 August 28–Sept 17. Now I’ll bring you up to date on more recent activity. On Thursday Sept 21, the cast for The Artist met at m…| Gas station without pumps
In More busy theater weeks, I posted about my theater activity for 2013 July 26–August 21, and in Santa Cruz Shakespeare 2024 season I posted about next year’s Santa Cruz Shakespeare season. …| Gas station without pumps
In Busy weeks for theater, I posted about theater for 2013 July 13 through 23, which included a trip to Oregon Shakespeare Festival. This post is mostly about August 1 through 19, which included a…| Gas station without pumps
Anna Eadie chats about finding filmmaking collaborators, industry networking, and how she approaches 'getting into character' as an actor.| MetFilm School
Great Moments in Price Family History: October 11, 2021| The Prices
It’s a longstanding debate: artifice or authenticity? David Leitch’s The Fall Guy (2024), written by Drew Pearce based loosely on Glen A. Larson’s 1980s television show, says both…| Review Film Review
Hotel cafes, like airport restaurants and long-haul trains, are a magical place. People from all walks of life gather there for a few brief moments before setting off again to who knows where. Thes…| Review Film Review
Anette Barrios-Torres, Leading Lady of My Fair Lady, Offers Masterclass at NWSA| MDC News
Award-Winning Play “Sweat” Sparks Onstage Reflection| MDC News
Once on This Island Brings the Caribbean to the NWSA Stage| MDC News
Star of Funny Girl, Katerina McCrimmon, Returns to NWSA to Offer Masterclass.| MDC News
Interview with Scott Glenn on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast.| The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
By Tristi Pinkston - Attending a play that reverently features the words of the Savior can be a testimony-building experience.| LDSPMA
