Archive for the ‘Hollywood’ Category
July 15th, 2009
Actor scams. When will they end? They’ll end when actors, wannabe actors and wannabe actors’ parents wise up and get educated to how the business works. What prompts this little rant? I received an email yesterday from an acting related blog I’m apparently subscribed to that led me to a link to a message board [...]
Tags: Acting Scams, Background Casting, Breaking into Acting, Casting Sites, Child Actors, Extra Casting, Headshots, Italian in the South, Peter McMahon
Posted in Acting, Acting Coaches, Acting Scams, Actors, AFTRA, Agent, Auditions, Casting Notices, Commercials, Headshots, Hollywood, Peter McMahon, Producers, Self Promotion, Tommy G. Kendrick | 1 Comment »
February 11th, 2009
Self-described ‘working class actor’ John Cygan offers his take on the deal that AFTRA signed and why SAG should not agree to that same deal. What do you think?
Tags: ACTORS HEALTH CARE, ACTORS RESIDUALS, AFTRA, AMPTP, JOHN CYGAN, New Media, NOW MEDIA, SAG, Strike, WEBISODES
Posted in Actor, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Auditions, Big Media, Casting Notices, Commercials, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Hollywood, Indie Film, New Media, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, Roberta Reardon, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, Self Promotion, Streaming Video, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick, WEBISODES | No Comments »
December 23rd, 2008
As 2008 draws to a close with no contract between SAG and the AMPTP, the animosity between factions within SAG has only become more vitriolic. What is the best course of action? Accept a truly lousy contract now and hope to undo the damage in three years? Or reject the contract and take a strike [...]
Tags: AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Nikke Finke, SAG, Strike Authorization Vote
Posted in Acting, Actor, Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Big Media, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Hollywood, New Media, NOW MEDIA, Residuals, SAG, SAG Membership, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick, WGA, Writers | No Comments »
November 24th, 2008
Tags: AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, IATSE, Middle Class Actors, New Media, Residuals, SAG, Strike Authorization Vote, WGA
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Directors, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, New Media, New Mexico Film Production, NOW MEDIA, Residuals, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Strike, Texas Actors, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA | No Comments »
September 11th, 2008
The following was copied from Deadline Hollywood Daily: THIS IS AN ALERT TO ALL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD MEMBERS It is imperative to your well being that you read the TV/THEATRICAL NEGOTIATING UPDATE that was recently mailed to you by Screen Actors Guild and check the box showing support for Doug Allen, Alan Rosenberg and the [...]
Tags: AMPTP, Day Players, Guest Star, Residuals, SAG NEGOTIATIONS, Streaming Video, Top of Show
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Auditions, Big Media, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Filmmakers, Hollywood, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, New Media, New Mexico Film Production, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, Right to Work, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAGIndie, Streaming Video, Strike, Texas film | No Comments »
September 4th, 2008
It’s been said there are no small parts…only small actors. Well, that’s not really true. There ARE small parts. I know. I’ve done my share of them and will likely do more, Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise. Last year I had the pleasure of doing a decidedly small role in a project called [...]
Tags: ANDREW JONES, GLYNN TURMAN, KINGS OF THE EVENING, REGINALD DORSEY, ROBERT PAGE JONES, TYSON BECKFORD
Posted in Acting, Actors, Agent, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Creating characters, Directors, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Hollywood, Indie Film, KINGS OF THE EVENING, Producers, SAG, Self Promotion, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas film, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers | No Comments »
September 1st, 2008
ACTING OUT of STATE by Craig Berlin Founding Board Member (Retired) Texas Motion Picture Alliance http://www.txmpa.org Acting is something close to my heart. Talent does not guarantee success and even though I did a lot of acting in high school and college, I opted to go behind the camera as a career because it felt [...]
Tags: Louisiana Film, Michigan Film, New Mexico Film, Tax Incentives, Texas Film Production
Posted in Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Hollywood, Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, Prison Break, Residuals, Right to Work, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas film, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA, Villa Muse, Whip It! | 2 Comments »
August 18th, 2008
Deadline Hollywood Daily has a full posting of all the most recent back and forth between SAG boards and SAG vs the AMPTP. Below is the full text of the email received by SAG membership on Friday, the 15th. August 15, 2008 CONTRACT 2008 UPDATE Discussions Continue SAG negotiators and industry representatives continue to have [...]
Tags: AFTRA, AMPTP, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, DOUG ALLEN, SAG, SAG Actors
Posted in Acting, Actors, AFTRA, Hollywood, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund | No Comments »
July 30th, 2008
It looks like warring factions inside SAG have found some common ground vs the AMPTP. Finally, all the SAG board agrees that allowing SAG sanctioned, non-Union production and no residuals for certain so called new media production is a bad idea for actors. Daily Variety reporter and AMPTP fanboy, Dave McNary lays it all out [...]
Tags: AFTRA, AMPTP, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, Daily Variety, New Media, NOW MEDIA, SAG, Strike
Posted in Acting, Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Big Media, Daily Variety, Hollywood, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Tommy G. Kendrick | No Comments »
July 28th, 2008
How quickly we (I) forget. Last Monday, July 21st, was the birthday of one of my all time favorite comedy actors, Don Knotts. He would have been 84 years old. In the midst of all the back and forth between SAG and the AMPTP and the internal bickering in SAG, it is easy to forget [...]
Tags: Acting, Actor, Don Knotts, Television
Posted in Actor, Actors, AMPTP, Andy Griffith Show, Don Knotts, Hollywood, Humor, Obituaries, Tommy G. Kendrick | 1 Comment »
