Category: Entertainment
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Speaking From Experience: Losing a Role
Today, I lost a role. Normal. Because of my hair…Not normal to most people seeking employment in the everyday workforce, but it’s all too common in this industry. When I saw Jessica Chastain at an industry event, she had mentioned how crazy the business is, and how, for an industry that deals with the imagination,…
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Acting with An Accent: British
Some actors are really really good at accents: Daniel Day-Lewis, Meryl Streep, Toni Collette, Kate Winslet, Hugh Laurie, Gwenyth Paltrow, & Johnny Depp–just to name a few. One of the most basic accents that we learn in acting school is the British accent and its many forms: RP (received pronunciation: think the BBC version of…
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The Character Actress in the Ingenue’s Body: Brittany Murphy (1977-2009)
Currently in the industry, I myself, get compared to a “young Brittany Murphy” in her Clueless days. She was always someone I looked up to as an actress, and when she all of the sudden became an ingenue, I forgave her. It was probably the people surrounding her who influenced her work and tried to…