What they didn’t teach you in acting class It’s not easy to avoid in this industry. S*E*X is everywhere! Hey, it sells and Hollywood knows it. These days, almost every television show or mainstream film contains at least one scene involving kissing, nudity or sex. If you are an actor who has questions about…
Joyful Simplicities
The Path to Prosperity is lined with multiple dimensions. Last weekend I attended a memorial service that celebrated the life of a brilliant and creative man who had a profound impact on everyone who knew him. Leaving us far too young, I knew Gary Smoot as an award winning theatrical scenic designer, but I learned…
High Performance in your Career and Life!
Does it feel like your finish line… keeps getting moved? I’ve been there. A LOT. It doesn’t matter how ambitious you thought you were before you jumped into this crazy career of yours… there are days when it feels like your dreams are being dangled like a carrot in front of your nose— just out…
The Wonder Woman in All of Us
Breaking: Box Office Records, Feminism Misconceptions and Glass Ceilings Seen as a milestone for many feminists, Wonder Woman just smashed box office expectations by having it’s biggest domestic opening of a film directed by a woman (Patty Jenkins) with $100.5 million in revenue. Furthermore, the film itself has saved the day for DC Comics after…
The Soundtrack of Your Life
We aren’t always aware of the little things that foster our experiences. Unless you are really looking for it, you are likely unaware of how your mood and reaction is being manipulated by powerful, but hidden, artistic elements in the shows and films that you watch. Music expresses that which cannot be said and on…
Hollywood’s Call to Activism
In times of great peril, comes great opportunity. It’s an historic time. Whether you realize it or not, having a career in the arts gives you the power to make a positive mark on the world. Don’t look now, but there is a new wave of Hollywood activism. Actors, performers, musicians, writers, artists and directors…
Making Magic…and using it to get you there, FASTER.
Achieving Great Success Starts With a Bit of Reprogramming Much like the butterfly that has the ability to alter the weather with a simple flap of its wings, we have the power to create change…within ourselves, in the lives we lead, the careers we choose, and in the world we live. It all starts with…
The NEW Role of Women in the Entertainment Industry (and Beyond!)
The Rapidly Changing Role of Women in Entertainment In case you haven’t noticed, there has been a paradigm shift for women leaders across the country as entrepreneurs, change makers, executive leaders and mothers. Hollywood is no exception as the rise in feminism has had an increased number of celebrity women speaking out publicly against long-endured…
Do you HATE the “business” part of Show Biz?
If you are like most artists, it’s the creativity that fills you up. There is nothing like being fully emerged in your craft, but often that performance high you feel leaves little to be desired when it comes to doing the business side of your career. Most creative types avoid the “business” side of…
So… you want a career in voice over, eh?
Is Voice Over the Career for you? Have you heard this before? “You’ve got a great voice. You should be an announcer on the radio.” Receiving a compliment like this might get you day dreaming about all of the potential you have to make money by simply using your voice. All you gotta do is…
