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Music Guru Jeffrey Strikes Again

By Jeffrey Friday February 5, 2010

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Music Guru Jeffrey Strikes Again

THE SOUND

JEFFREY MARSHEK is a self-professed music junkie who’s New Years resolution for 2010 is to discover more new music with you. And continue turning you on to great new releases from artists you know and love. And the artists you possibly never heard of who are making exciting music in Independent, Alternative, Folk Rock and Electronica. Meanwhile, he and his ears are looking forward to hearing from: Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Sade, Amy Winehouse, an exciting collaboration with David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sia, Cake, MGMT and Interpol!! Here are some of the best that 2010 has to offer so far….

MY-POD: THE SOUNDTRACK

Charlotte Gainsbourg: Serge’s daughter (and Beck’s long last sister???)

Charlotte Gainsbourg had her eyes set on crafting an acting career. But being the child of celebrated singer songwriters, music was clearly in her blood.

Her first release, ‘5:55’ was a somber debut constructed by French producers, Air. Gainsbourg returns this time

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Love, Work and Documentaries

By Claire Thursday February 4, 2010

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Love, Work and Documentaries

Claire Tackles the Love/Work Balance Conundrum


The following excerpt from the 2020 documentary Two Brains, One Blog is a dramatic recreation of True Events.

Title Card: June 2009.

Sarah’s Dining Room table. Hunched over laptops, Sarah and Claire draft their soon-to-launch website’s About Us section during their Sunday afternoon work session.

Claire

Ok, we’ve got the thing about agents and the soaps/family thing...what about my trick about getting through to Unemployment?

Sarah

Yeah, that’s good...what else do actors really want to know about? What about something relationship-oriented? Like how can you even be in a relationship when you’re never home, etc.? I know that was an issue with [Redacted].

Claire

Oh, yeah. With [Redacted] that was always a problem.

Sarah and Claire think with back with sympathy, compassion, and a tad of pity on their younger, less wise selves.

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Emmy-Winning CD Holly Powell on the 4 Steps to Casting a Series Regular

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Emmy-Winning CD Holly Powell on the 4 Steps to Casting a Series Regular

Holly Powell was a Casting Director for 23 years, working as an Independent Casting Director, Director of Casting CBS New York, Director of Casting Movies and Mini-Series CBS Los Angeles, and Senior VP of Talent and Casting The Greenblatt Janollari Studio. She won an Emmy Award for Casting in 1990 and was awarded the Casting [...]

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Things I’ve Learned on the Other Side of the Table

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Things I’ve Learned on the Other Side of the Table

There are so many titles in this business.  For years, mine were “actor” and “voice-over actor.”  I occasionally dabbled with “writer,” but it never felt quite right.  This past summer, with the start-up of Minerva, suddenly “co-founder”, “blogger”, and “editor” were added to the mix.  And for the last few months “producer” has been my [...]

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Jack Plotnick on “The Student/Soldier”

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Jack Plotnick on “The Student/Soldier”

Jack Plotnick has spent the last decade as a working actor in Los Angeles. In film, he has appeared opposite Ben Stiller in MEET THE FOCKERS, Ian McKellen in GODS AND MONSTERS, Renee Zelwegger in DOWN WITH LOVE, and Sally Field in SAY IT ISN’T SO. Jack was a series regular and supervising producer on [...]

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An Actor-Therapist on Making Your Thoughts Work for You

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An Actor-Therapist on Making Your Thoughts Work for You

Chad Schwartzman, M.A. is a Board of Behavioral Sciences-registered marriage and family therapist intern. He earned a master’s degree in psychology from the highly respected MFT program at Phillips Graduate Institute, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from UCLA. His areas of specialty include creativity, couples counseling, anxiety/depression and Alzheimer’s families. Chad is [...]

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Using Facebook & Twitter to Grow Your Acting Career

By Special Guest Tuesday January 19, 2010

More Top LA Eats for Under $12 from Manouschka Guerrier

By Special Guest Friday January 15, 2010

A Financial and Artistic Wakeup Call for 2010, Part Deux

By Special Guest Thursday January 14, 2010

A 2010 Financial & Artistic Wakeup Call from Abundance Bound

By Special Guest Tuesday January 12, 2010

Now It’s Your Turn

By The Brains Tuesday December 29, 2009

Claire’s Link Love

By Claire Thursday December 24, 2009