UPDATED, 4/24: Actors Access is the latest target of a potential class action lawsuit for its pay-to-play model. A week ago, the California-based public interest firm Clarkson Law filed suit against Casting Networks. Now it has set its sights on the Gary Marsh-owned service that allowsactors to submit directly to …
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23 Last-Minute Casting Decisions That Changed Everything 1. Director John Carpenter was unsure about casting Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing and only decided on him the day they flew out to film the movie. There’s actually a scene where MacReady flies a helicopter that’s not even Russell …
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The fervor surrounding the eagerly awaited Ethereum spot Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) has hit a roadblock as regulatory silence between the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and asset managers raises doubts about the imminent approval. Regulatory Riddles Surrounding Ethereum’s Fate Despite the crypto market’s optimistic outlook for Ethereum’s spot ETF, …
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Killers of the Flower Moon, The Holdovers, Past Lives and Barbie were among the film winners are the 39th Artios Awards, which the Casting Society handed out Thursday in three ceremonies spanning two continents. See the full winners list below. Other movie who took home the hardware are Annie Awards juggernaut …
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Aditi Saigal, also known as DOT, has held her fort in the much-acclaimed film The Archies, helmed by Zoya Akhtar. The film had a fresh bunch of kids making their debut, which included names like Suhana Khan, Agastya Nanda and Khushi Kapoor. However, ever since the release the singer, songwriter …
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Black Actors Discuss Importance Of Their Casting 1. First, in 2016, Zendaya landed the lead role of MJ in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Speaking about her casting, she said she didn’t even know which character she was auditioning for because it was initially presented as just “girl in Spider-Man movie.” Following online …
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EXCLUSIVE: UK agency Bodhi Talent has been accused of exploiting the acting dreams of children by charging their parents potentially unlawful representation fees worth hundreds of pounds. A Deadline investigation revealed last week how Manchester-based Bodhi had been accused of sending clients fake invitations for self-tape auditions and breaking regulations …
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Paramount Ensign Pavel Chekov, played by Walter Koenig, first appeared in the “Star Trek” episode “Catspaw” (October 27, 1967), the first episode of the show’s second season. The appearance of a forthrightly Russian character, and a hero at that, communicated to Trekkies that the Cold War of the 1960s was …
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Jodie Comer is no stranger to rave reviews, but The End We Start From is the first time she’s received them for the unfamiliar role of a mother. The Emmy winner has briefly played mothers in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and The Last Duel, but Comer considers Mahalia …
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Do you know the next Karate Kid? Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio are reuniting to create a new Karate Kid movie — and they’re looking for the next bright-eyed youngster to learn the “wax on, wax off” technique. The actors on Tuesday announced the launch of a global casting call to find …
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Director Emma Tammi was facing quite a lot when bringing Five Nights at Freddy’s to the big screen with writers like Scott Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback. Not only did they have the challenge of delivering a fresh spin on a beloved IP already adapted in multiple other mediums, they are …
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Joanna Merlin, who created the role of the daughter Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway and served as a casting director for Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince and Bernardo Bertolucci, has died. She was 92. Merlin died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow …
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