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Shakespeare gets the star treatment from Jim Meskimen

Jim Meskimen has been the voice-double of more famous people in movies, TV shows and video games than you could easily count, and now he’s stepping out of the shadows to take a well-earned bow.

This is Jim reciting Clarence’s speech from Richard III – in no less than 25 different [...]

Studio Center, a rare glimpse of subtle success

The entertainment world is rather liberally stocked with people who will eagerly tell you they’re unfeasibly talented, so it makes a very welcome change to find a group by whom such claims have been viably earned. One of these rare cases is Studio Center.

Formed in 1966 the firm specializes in [...]

Good news for concert fans

Despite the wonders of Blu Ray and Imax there’s still nothing to beat the experience of a live concert. Watching your idol on the screen is one thing but to see them live on stage is usually an experience few fans can forget.

Of course, the big snag is the cost [...]

Paris Hilton TV fan gets pwned with child porn

An attraction to child porn is the unequivocal sign of an unbalanced mind, but at least one of its addicts have raised the concept of ‘stupid’ to the realms of a science!

MTV recently opened a web site that allowed people of such mental intensity they can watch Paris Hilton without [...]

Can Jay Leno stop Conan’s climb?

For seventeen years, Jay Leno ruled late-night with no serious contenders. Since relinquishing his throne to Conan O’Brien, the NBC suits have been faced by a complex conundrum – How to stop Coco’s ratings from tanking once Jay debuts in the fall?

Conan’s rendering of a show that is one of [...]

Oscar is thin…take the hint

Summer is finally here, but with it comes the depressing reality of how many pounds the Winter helped add. As an Actor, you never know what diaphanous outfit you’ll be presented with next, so some light extra padding is not just a risk, it can shrink your career.

You must keep [...]

Movies Can Be a Hard Sell

As we all know, this business is fixated on looks; The better you look, the more you succeed. And that simple rule holds just as true for those people like me who work far away from the flashlights and glamour. Making movies is great, but what goes unseen is the endless parade of [...]

NBC gives WGA a new offer – The finger!

NBC Direct, the “free” service from NBC that lets you download full episodes of shows like The Office, 30 Rock, Las Vegas, Biggest Loser and more, has opened on NBC’s main site.

Currently in that annoying cop-out known as “Beta,” and originally scheduled to open last month, the new video service lets you download [...]

WGA – Day 5. TGIF !!

After yesterday’s malevolent demands by the AMPTP that every word a Writer may have even contemplated committing to paper belonged to them and must be surrendered immediately or incur a Fatwah, we reach another low-point in the course of any strike; The Opportunists.

The picket lines on the East Coast are rapidly becoming clogged and [...]

Day 4 – The Knives Come Out…

This should be titled, “Mediation Won’t Work…So Let’s Try Fear”…

Members of the Western arm of the WGA whose unproduced scripts were shopped or bought by a Studio now have until tomorrow [Friday] to give those scripts to the Union for their ‘Script Validation’ program. This is an attempt to keep track of possible rogue [...]