Category Archives: International

Vancouver Casting Director

Spent the day in meetings in what some consider Hollywood North, Vancouver, Canada. Spent the morning with Vancouver Casting Director Laura Brooke Toplass who casts between Vancouver and Los Angeles. Laura Brooke Toplass has been the casting director at Insight … Continue reading

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How We Did It: The Blue Man Group "Actorpreneurs" like no other

Inc. Magazine has an inspiring article on “The Blue Man Group”, three young guys in New York City — an acting student, a magazine researcher, and a software producer! All are actorpreneurs. See the entire article below. How We Did … Continue reading

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Egyptian film extras seek respect

Egyptian actors who do extra work, sometimes called atmospheric background have been complaining that they are working without a guild to protect their rights. According to Egypt’s “GulfNews.com“, Many actors that do extra work in Egypt have been seriously harmed, … Continue reading

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Hollywood and Bollywood start dating

Front page article on Friday’s Wall Street Journal titles…..Bollywood Dreams Benefit Both Parties Hollywood gave Bollywood its name. Now, Bollywood is giving Hollywood its money. “Indians don’t have to look to the West for heroes or pop culture,” Siddharth Roy … Continue reading

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Bollywood acting school launched in London

From today’s India Post, Bollywood enters Britain’s filmdom market by opening the first acting school to prepare young Shah Rukh Khans and Aishwarya Rais from the Asian community has made a queue for obtaining the application forms. The school’s first … Continue reading

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