The Polar Express
So now the holidays are officially here (even though I’ve had a tree up since Halloween!) it’s time to hop on The Polar Express. Childhood dreams are what this Christmas is all about to me. I loved The Polar Express and had the chance to see it in 3D at Regal Imax Mall of Georgia. It was amazing. Everything came to life on that 5 story screen. Wouldn’t it be great to wake up and have that huge train pull up on your snow covered street? Imagine! CLICK HERE TO PLAY SONG!
I would sit in the dining car of course and enjoy my Good Measure Meal on the way to the North Pole. Then I’d have one of those delicious Hot Chocolate drinks…and then once I arrived I would want to see all the Elves making toys….I’d ask Santa for that small bell that only people who truly Believe can hear ringing.
What are you looking forward to this Holiday?
A True Christmas SPECTACULAR!
The Fabulous Fox is ready for Christmas!
I had the honor of attending a private full dress rehearsal for the Radio City Rockettes as they prepared for opening night of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular running through December 6th at The Fabulous Fox Theatre. I love this show! Being huge fan of Christmas and the holidays, I found myself smiling ear to ear as Santa and his sleigh made an entrance with of course his tiny reindeer Rockettes leading his sleigh!
And then the unveiling of the world famous Radio City Rockettes and those incredible legs!
Check out the lips on this bear–Pucker up for the holidays!
My favorite scene in the show is the Toy Soldiers. Rockettes learn to safely fall down once “shot” and the secret to walking like a toy soldier? Keep your leggs straight and no bending at the knees.
This is the tricky part! How to fall so no one gets hurt? (Tons of practice and a secret male toy soldier in back.)
Before you know it Santa’s back and has transported us to New York City for the Holidays!
And who else loves to wear red? Santa’s elves of course…but who knew they had legs like this!
Over 300 kicks a show per Rockette and you have to be able to kick to eye level…so limber up! An another Rockette secret? During kicks, the girls do not hold onto each other. Safety!
Treat yourself, friends, family to an early Holiday gift. The Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular is absolutely FANTASTIC! You’ll love the feeling you have once you are there and see the magic of Christmas come alive in true Rockettes style. And yes, there is a chance of snow the entire run so dress warmly!
Look for Atlanta’s own Carolyn Simpson from Duluth, GA. A UGA grad, Carolyn has been “hunkering down” as a Rockette since 2005. Thank you Carolyn for my behind the scenes tour. The show was pure magic!
Get your tickets before they sell out!
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Everybody Dance Now!
Tonight come watch local celebs dance for a great cause! E.D.I.N. is hosting the first Celebrity Dance Challenge and my TV wife Holly Firfer is looking for your votes!! Also performing is Corinna Allen from CBS 46 “Better Atlanta”, Reggie Aqui from CNN.com, Veronica Best “model/actress”, Vincent Martinez “Urban Couture / Fashionado”, Ricardo Ullio “U restaurants” and Suchita Vadlamani from FOX 5 “Good Day Atlanta”. I will be one of the judges (I’ve been practicing my best “Fa-nom-i-nal” like Paula) along with Richie Arpino and Ofelia de La Valette. Q-100’s Jeff and Jessica Dauler are hosting and my favorite Bubba Carr will be performing. (You may know Bubba from his extensive dancing with Cher on her concert tours.) Musical guest Chase Mitchell singing his new single “Please Remember Me.” It will be great to watch weeks and weeks of preparation hit the stage. Doors open at 6:30 at the 14th Street Playhouse, 1280 Peachtree Street. So come after work, grab a drink and bid on some great silent auction items. For more information and behind the scenes video, CLICK HERE!!
Casting Calls!
Casting Call: A TV pilot is looking for overweight families who are ready to get in shape. Interested families must submit details on how they got so out of shape and those with teenagers are considered a plus. Selected families will be given the tools to change their lives forever. Send the family description and a family photo to tvpilotcasting@earthlink.net.
Casting Call: A new show, with the working title New You, is looking for shy girls who are tired of sitting on the sidelines and ready to find their dream man. This show will be inspiring and with the help of a celebrity mentor, the selected woman will gain confidence and step into the spotlight. If you live in the Los Angeles area and want to be on the show, visit www.newtvcasting.com or call 818-325-6920. Interested applicants can also send an email to thenewyoutv@gmail.com.
Casting Call: An upcoming new television series with an inspirational theme for a major cable network is seeking families who are experiencing hard economic times and are presently down on their luck. The chosen families for this series will be given a fresh start on life with a new home, new jobs and relocated to another state. The series needs families with at least four members and children age 5+. Send an email to freshstartcasting@gmail.com and include a description of your family with information on
Casting Call: A television series for a major cable TV network is looking for engaged couples getting married this spring who want to work with three expert wedding planners for a dream-come-true wedding. The couples will have three wedding designers to chose from, plus receive $10,000 toward their wedding budget. Send an email to TVcouples@gmail.com and include names and ages of the couple, contact numbers, emails, your story and why you would like to appear on the show along with two photos of the engaged couple.
Casting Call: A wedding show on a major cable TV network is casting for wedding designers/planners who have personality-plus and creative visions working in the Southern California area. Wedding planners/designers who are interested in competing with others in their profession to create a dream-come-true wedding for a couple should send an email to Tvweddingplanner@gmail.com and include name, company name, number of years in business, contact numbers, email, city and state and why they would be great on the show.
Casting Call: Evident Entertainment is looking for couples or event coordinators who are planning or have just recently celebrated a double wedding for an upcoming television project. Interested participants (two brides and two grooms or any combo involving two couples) can live anywhere as long as there is willingness to share the process with production cameras from start to finish. Note: This is not a “Bridezilla” type of show. Please send an email to info@evidentent.com and more details about the show will be provided.
America’s Got Talent AUDITIONS Today through 7 p.m. downtown Americas Mart, Building 2 West. Click Here for INFO! Sunday, February 21, 2010.
Casting Call: The series Great Yoga Teachers is due to re-launch and is looking for yoga teachers who have acting experience to host upcoming episodes. The show needs teachers of all styles for all markets. Interested applicants should send an email to inquiry@greatyogateaches.com and include your name, age, yoga background, on-camera experience, city/town, a recent photo and contact numbers.
Casting Call: A new competition series featuring a top Hollywood entertainment career coach, seeks skilled professionals in the entertainment industry who are interested in increasing their number of new contacts and jobs. The show is looking for outgoing, ambitious candidates who are actors, directors, writers, production designers, camera operators, editors, costumers and more. Participants must be available between April 27 to May 10 and live in Los Angeles. Those interested, can send an email to casting@TheGreenlightCoach.com and include name, age, classification(s) and why you would be great on the show in addition to a recent photo and contact numbers.
Casting Call: A new competition series for the Logo Network is seeking floral, plant and garden artists who possess personality-plus. The show will consider male and female professionals or those with a special artistic flair for gardening and landscaping. The winner of the competition will receive the #1 Floral Designer title and a large grand prize. Applicants should send an email to castingflowers@gmail.com and include name, age, occupation, your city/town and why you would be great on the show. Also include a recent photo and your contact numbers.
Casting Call: Original Productions, the production company behind Discovery Channel’s series The Colony, is casting for the show’s second season. Casting directors are looking for skilled professionals who are willing to participate in a social experiment over a 60-day period. Open casting calls will take place this Saturday at the Fairfield Commons Mall in Dayton; Denver Pavilions in Denver; and The Galleria in Houston from 11a-7p. Interested applicants can also visit www.metalflowersmedia.com and apply online or call 323-785-2500 for more information. Casting for The Colony will conclude on March 3.
asting Call: Several audition dates for the seventh season of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance series are set for next month: Dallas on March 10; Nashville on March 14; Chicago on March 18; and Los Angeles on March 26. For the most up-to-date information on the venues as well as eligibility rules, applicants should visit fox.com/dance.
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CASTING CALL FOR LEAD ROLE IN UPCOMING
“REAL STEEL” MOVIE STARRING HUGH JACKMAN
DREAMWORKS STUDIOS LOOKING FOR YOUNG MALE ACTOR (AGE 10 – 14)
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 4, 2010) – DreamWorks Studios has launched a nationwide casting search to fill a lead role in its upcoming movie “Real Steel,” it was announced today by DreamWorks Studios.
Actors interested in the role have two ways to audition. Beginning immediately, individuals can submit a videotaped audition through www.realsteelcasting.com. Complete instructions are available on the website.
Additionally, two open call auditions will be held starting on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois and then on Saturday, February 20, 2010 in New York, New York. No acting experience is necessary for interested actors, nor are they required to prepare anything for the audition.
Role to be cast is ‘Max’: Male, 10-14 years old. He’s a street-smart, tough, charming kid with a hard, untrusting outer shell which hides a warm enthusiastic spirit beneath. He is a complicated, strong-willed and resourceful boy.
Details on the open call auditions are as follows:
CHICAGO
Sunday, February 14, 2010
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Chicago Academy of the Arts
1010 W Chicago Street
Chicago, IL 60642-5490
(Parking behind building)
NEW YORK
Saturday, February 20, 2010
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street
12th Floor
New York, NY 10019-5515
Complete details on the auditions are available at www.realsteelcasting.com. All videotape submissions will become the property of Dreamworks Studios and will not be returned.
The new sport of robot-boxing is the backdrop for the sports drama “Real Steel” about a former boxer (Hugh Jackman) who gets one last shot at the title when he teams up with his long-lost son (‘Max’) to train a unique robot for the upcoming Real Steel World Championship. Film is being directed by Shawn Levy (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM) and produced by Don Murphy, Susan Montford and Shawn Levy. Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Josh McLaglen, and Mary McLaglen are all executive producing. John Gatins has written the script.
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Casting Call: Chef Gordon Ramsay and the producers of NBC’s The Biggest Loser are seeking amateur chefs to appear on the upcoming cooking competition series, MasterChef on FOX. The show will highlight people who are great cooks though have never had formal training. Auditions are scheduled in several cities across the US next month. To audition, send an email to masterchefcasting@gmail.com and include your name, age, occupation, current photo, contact number and a brief description about your cooking experience and style. Also, please put the city and state where you reside in the subject line of the email. Auditions begin January 10 in Boston, Dallas, New York City and Seattle followed by auditions in Atlanta, Miami and Denver on January 16; more auditions take place in Kansas City on January 17; New Orleans on January 23; Chicago and San Francisco on January 24; and in Los Angeles on January 31. Full details on the auditions and the show can be found at Fox.com/casting.
Casting Call: HGTV and Mark Burnett Productions are now casting for its design competition series HGTV’s Design Star: Season 5. The show is seeking interior designers/decorators, design enthusiasts, architects and artists to compete in a series of design challenges to win their own HGTV show. Auditions for the fifth season will be January 9 in Los Angeles at The Beverly Garland Holiday Inn, 4222 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood, California from 9a-3p. A second audition will be January 16 in New York City at Shetler Studios, 244 W. 54thSt, 12th floor from 10a-4p. Those interested in applying, can visit HGTV.com for more information.
Casting Call: MTV is seeking a newlywed couple to appear on an upcoming episode of the network’s award-winning docu-series True Life. The ideal couple should live in the Northeast and appear to be between the ages of 18-28 and have just gotten married or are about to tie the knot. The documentary will follow young couples through their wedding and immediately after as they adjust to their new life together. Interested couples or if you know of one, should send an email to newlywed@mtvn.com along with names, contact info in addition to relating what your expectations of newlywed life are/were. MTV is producing the show in-house and this episode is tentatively slated to air next spring.
Casting Call: FOX is calling all cooks at any level to appear with Chef Gordon Ramsay on Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live airing December 15 at 9p. The network is looking for people who have a passion for cooking but lack certain skills; those who always wanted to work with a professional chef; and fans of cooking shows who watch for inspiration and for recipes to create dishes or entire meals. FOX is looking for couples, families, best friends and individuals. For full information, visit FOX.com/casting.
Casting Call: Oxygen announced a national search for male and female contestants to appear on the second season of Dance Your Ass Off begins later this month. The series wants people who love to dance and are ready to loose weight. Open casting calls and dates include November 21 in Los Angeles; December 5 in Dallas; December 12 in Chicago; and December 18 in New York. For more information and how to apply, visit http://dyao.oxygen.com/extras-dyao-casting-update. Dance Your Ass Off is produced by Magical Elves.
Casting Call: A new kids’ game show called House of Fun, from the producers of NBC’s My Dad is Better Then Your Dad and American Gladiators and set to air on a major cable network, is casting high-energy boys aged 13-15 who live in the Los Angeles area. Participating boys will have fun while playing cool games and winning prize money. Parents, if your son loves adventure and is a little rambunctious at times, send an email to houseoffuncasting@gmail.com. Along with the email include your name, address, phone number, a recent family photo and a brief description of your family and your son. Casting will take place during the next two weeks.
Casting Call: ABC’s reality series The Bachelorette is currently casting for the next season and is looking for attractive, outgoing singles that have personality-plus between 21 and 40 years old. The show is looking for the 25 guys as well as the bachelorette. Interested candidates should send a brief bio along with a recent photo to sunnywillebrand@gmail.com or attend an upcoming open casting call in Chicago, Kansas City, Cleveland or Minneapolis. Other cities are TBA and more information about the open casting calls can be found at www.thebachelor.tv .
I came unglued
I was in my basement today and went for the Gorilla Super Glue. My “gut” said I should put on some gloves. My rushed adult said “don’t need em.” I applied a dot of super glue and then found it needing a little sticky adhesive so I applied wood glue. I picked up the tiny decorative piece I was glueing and you guessed it, my index finger and thumb stuck together. Give yourself the “OK” sign and that’s how my left hand looked. OMG! No Facebook or Twitter!!
First, DON’T PANIC!!! Of course there was no telephone number on the small tube. So I casually got online and pecked out google for “gorilla glue help” and found their website. I dialed them up and as the lady said “good afternoon” I blurted out HELP ME!! She told me to get acetone (fingernail polish remover) and warm soapy water. As I talked to her, I went further in their website and found first aid. “Don’t panic” said the instructions. Of course, I WAS NOT GOING TO PANIC!! I phoned back again. I calmly said “You’ve probably heard this before…but I got my fingers stuck together…I am soaking in acetone as told and warm soapy water. I need some reassurance. She gave me their medical toll free number. I phoned them. They said “we suggest you don’t use solvents of any kind, including acetone!!” HELLLOOOOOOOO!!! Two previous phone calls and a website first aid page said “use acetone.” She gave me different tips to try. Use gritty soap…use a dry towel. All the while I am soaking in acetone. I thanked her for reassuring me and hung up. I got liquid soap and hot water and soaked…20 minutes, 30 minutes, and slightly trying to wiggle my fingers. Call in the prayers! I prayed for help, and not to be SO STUPID!!.
45 mniutes later I came unglued! How did I do it? I googled “super glue help” and read that acetone does indeed disolve the polymers in glue. So I got a cue tip and soaked it in acetone (with aloe) and kept dipping and rubbing the cue tip across the point of contact. I “attacked it from all sides.” I could see some loosening and the light at the end of the tunnel. When I “broke free” I was overjoyed!!! By this time it was after 5 and that was excuse enough to open the wine and celebrate. And thankfully just in time for dinner! My Good Measure Meal would give me all the nutrients I needed to feed my body and brain and make better choices in my life. And trust me, when you’re working with super glue, wear gloves.
