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Natalie Portman doesn’t believe she would have become an actress if she’d had brothers or sisters. The ‘Closer’ star is an only child and doesn’t believe her parents would have been able to devote so much time to her and take her to all her auditions

Eileen Davidson: “Motherhood Has Completely Enriched My Life” - celebritybabyscoop
ED: “Jesse is fantastic. Every age is just better and better. When you don’t think they can get any cuter, they do! He loves to build “empires” and he’s very interested in space and time travel! Isn’t that wild?” CBS: How has motherhood changed you

Metcalfe: Being a pin-up is great - Virgin Media Music
Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe has no trouble juggling her acting work with being a pin-up. When she is not playing Mercedes McQueen in the teen soap, the sexy star can often be seen gracing the pages of lads’ mags. Asked if the pin-up tag makes

Eagles roll through St. Catharine - Morehead News
It was like auditioning for a big old acting job, you hope you do well. The Eagles rolled to a 44-25 first half lead behind 66.7 shooting and an 8-0 run midway through the half to turn a two-point MSU advantage into a 10-point lead.

The Big Sleep - San Diego weekly Reader
Although relocated in modern-day England, this stays closer to the letter of the Raymond Chandler original than Howard Hawks’s 1946 version did. And yet, hastening through the labyrinthine plot in well under two hours, it turns brusque and unfeeling

Video interview: Dallas filmmaking funnymen Jeff Hoferer and Bryan - Pegasus News
Jeff Hoferer (pronounced HO-fer — trust me on this) came up with the idea to begin a short film series about the trials and tribulations (and stuff) of struggling Dallas actors, because he actually IS a struggling Dallas actor. Jeff enlisted the aid

My AVATAR Review - COMICBOOKMOVIE.com
I’ve called District 9 - the ‘Alien’ of my generation. If that’s true - then Avatar is my generation’s ‘Star Wars.’ James Cameron has pulled off his epic masterpiece - and as cocky as he very well may be and as expensive as this movie is (massively

CHARLESTON The makers of the upcoming True Grit remake are bringing their search for someone to play the role of Mattie Ross to West Virginia. The Casting Office says auditions will be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the

Behind-the-scenes Documentary The Audition Premieres on THIRTEEN S - Businesswire.com
Features the finalists of the Met s National Council Auditions As they compete in this career-launching contest NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke looks at the intense pressures young opera singers face as they

Ice hockey roster revelations to spark Olympic excitement - YAHOO!
Decision makers have used the first three months of the NHL season as an audition period, looking to see if injured players have regained their form and young talents have improved their skills enough to join the quest for gold . Sweden beat Finland

‘Big Brother’ targets wounded UK soldiers for show - YAHOO!
LONDON (AFP) Producers of the British edition of ” Big Brother ” were targeting wounded soldiers to be contestants in the show, sparking outrage from military charity groups, a report said Saturday. Military groups, some of which have been

Browns face Raiders with Holmgren looming - Morning Journal
CLEVELAND Mike Holmgren hasn t officially assumed control of the Cleveland Browns. However, his grip is already being felt. When the Browns host the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, it will be Cleveland s first game since Holmgren agreed to become

Oklahoma band contest has $1,000 prize - Daily Oklahoman
Apply: Applications are available at www. oklahomaheritage.com and due by 5 p.m. Jan. 22. When: Auditions will be Feb. 12 and 13. Rules: The competition is open to all bands, not only ones with high school students. Information: For

‘Idol’ to return Jan. 12 with Boston auditions - Waterbury Republican-American
NEW YORK (AP) — American Idol will return next month with a two-night, four-hour premiere featuring auditions in Boston and Atlanta, the Fox network says. The Boston auditions will air Jan. 12 and the Atlanta auditions will air Jan. 13, the

Katy Perry plots next album, does ‘MTV Unplugged’ - Reading Eagle
LONDON - “American Idol” contestants should be thankful that they have caring, sharing Ellen DeGeneres on the panel now and not Katy Perry. The singer was a guest judge for auditions to be featured on next season’s show, and she didn’t pull any

Cowboys trying to follow up big win over Saints - Tacoma News Tribune
least one miss by Folk, which finally forced the team to hold auditions Monday for a replacement. Late in the day, Dallas signed former Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham and released Folk. As well as linebacker DeMarcus Ware played just a week after

(AP) BEIJING - China, the world’s third largest economy, Friday revised upward its economic growth for 2008 to 9.6 percent after a nationwide census but said the change had little impact on this year’s growth rate. That raised China’s gross

China blames online games for drugs, murder, teen pregnancy - IT World
China’s state news channel has blamed hugely popular online games for problems including drug addiction, teen pregnancy and even murder this month as regulators crack down on allegedly harmful content in games. In a program titled “Confession of a

Ruffsdale woman Pfouts appears on ‘Jeopardy!’ - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
The answer is, “What female, freelance writer from Ruffsdale recently appeared on the game show Jeopardy!?” The question is, “Who is Barbara Pfouts?” Pfouts, 27, appeared on the Nov. 20 episode of Jeopardy!, but her journey to be on the show began

SCENE & HEARD - Times Union
Missed the summer auditions for “American Idol”? Will Clifton Park do? Registration is now open for “Clifton Park Idol,” the local singing contest being held as part of the town’s annual Winter Fest to be held on Saturday, Feb. 13. Registration is

Man critically hurt, other driver arrested after crash - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The crash was reported shortly after 8 p.m. at S. 13th St. and W. Cleveland Ave., said Deputy Inspector Gregory Thompson of the Milwaukee Police Department. According to Thompson, a 36-year-old man was driving southbound on 13th St. when he crossed

Cellist teaches young students - NorthJersey.com
TENAFLY Internationally acclaimed cellist Fred Sherry will teach New Jersey students in a Master Class as part of the JCC Thurnauer School of Music’s Sylvia and Jacob Handler Master Class Series. The class will take place on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010

An echo in his soul - Tulsa World
The sun shines like a spotlight on Paul Hill’s face, then fades against the tinted backdrop of the Walmart food center’s sliding glass doors. Hill clips his sheet music in the top basket of a shopping cart. He rings his bell on the downbeat, leans

Tom Wopat left ‘Hazzard’ long ago; now he’s working in ‘Chicago’ - News-Press
Tom Wopat is getting good at the old razzle dazzle. Sure, his ongoing role as slick lawyer Billy Flynn won’t eclipse his best-known character anytime soon. People still walk up to Wopat and call him Luke Duke, the brainy redneck he played on the hit

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina priest missed the $1 million top prize in a poker tournament to be televised this weekend, but he won $100,000 for his church. The Rev. Andrew Trapp, 28, said he entered the PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge in

This is an audition. These last couple of games is an audition. Bruce Allen pretty much got a head start on evaluating talent. If he looks at what he saw today, he’ll scrap this whole thing.” Redskins coach Jim Zorn didn’t do much to help whatever

Bradshaw’s TDs help Giants lead Skins 24-0 at half - Examiner
This was a game between one team doing its best to make a push for the playoffs (New York) and another that just parted ways with the head of its front office (Washington) - and it was quite clear which was which. Look at the statistics with 4 1/2

Arnold Stang, Milquetoast Actor, Dies at 91 - New York Times
himself; he told interviewers that he got his first job in radio in 1934 at age 9 after he wrote to Let s Pretend, a New York children s radio show, and asked for an audition. Told he could audition when he was next in New York, he

Giants’ romp adds spice to playoff race; Zorn, ‘Skins sink to new low - CNN Sports Illustrated
If this was the start of the franchise’s three-week audition before Washington’s new general manager, I doubt he needs to see much more from the players and coaches he’s inheriting, courtesy of recently deposed executive Vinny Cerrato .

Giants stay in playoff hunt, beat Redskins 45-12 - CNN Sports Illustrated
LANDOVER, Md.(AP) This was how the New York Giants played when they were starting 5-0, back when they looked like a solid Super Bowl contender. The dominant version of the Giants showed itself again Monday night, only this time as a desperate team

Holidays are a time of tradition. Christmas especially. Among musical traditions in Seattle is the Deck the Hall Ball , an annual concert organized by radio station KNDD 107.7, also known as ‘the End.’ This year’s concert takes place Tuesday at the

Interview: Interview outakes - Tulsa World
Most of the time, when I am conducting an interview with a soap star, I have more material than space for printing the interview. Here something up on YouTube the other day, and some of my earlier acting jobs came up. I saw something I had done

Holidays are a time of tradition. Christmas especially. Among musical traditions in Seattle is the Deck the Hall Ball , an annual concert organized by radio station KNDD 107.7, also known as ‘the End.’ This year’s concert takes place Tuesday at the

Guest Columnist: An Evening with Four ‘Supernatural’ Guest Stars, Part - Buddytv.com
Chris : Straightforward Comedy type movie. Mitch: Anything Comedy. Mark: Horror Comedy, similar to Shaun of the Dead . Rob: Zombie filled movie of some sort. What weird/alternative Jobs have you had outside the usual acting jobs? Chris: I was once a

And writing hasn’t taken her away from other acting jobs; she has appeared in dance, drama and children’s theater productions, and is set to play Abigail in a New York production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible in January. Jones’ ideal world

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhuanet) — U.S. renowned actor Alec Baldwin claims that he has lost interest in acting and considers to set about something new, according to foreign media Monday. “I don’t have any interest in acting anymore.” Baldwin said. 51

The Diva Gets Domesticated - New York Observer
Anna Netrebko sings the role of Antonia in Offenbach s Les Contes d Hoffmann at the Met starting Thursday, Dec. 3. Anna Netrebko is a very good, very famous singer. It feels almost heretical to ask her about the way in which her dazzling career

The Glass Half-Full - BackStage.com
British native Emma J. Purv y is thankful her American-based talent agency sponsored her O-1 visa to work here. “I want to act in film, and there are so many more film opportunities here,” she says. “I can now do everything here within my profession

By be there, he doesn t mean in the Seussical company itself but in theater, period. The business is cutthroat, Richards says. I guess I just hadn t experienced it. It hurt, and I didn t want to be a part of that. It was too

Comedy show dives beneath the script - San Francisco Examiner
So she disguises herself as a man to audition for the role of Orlando in the same production, playing opposite Alison, who, in true Shakespearean fashion, not only crisp, fine-tuned and full of visual gags to match Greenspan s prodigious wit.

NHL roundup: Monday’s action on the ice - News1130.com
The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting tired of Ryan Miller’s Olympic audition. The Sabres netminder stopped all 38 shots he faced Monday to lead Buffalo to a 3-0 victory over Brian Burke’s Toronto Maple Leafs. “Their goalie over there has stolen two

Where Reality and D.C. Collide - NBC Chicago
What struck me about the White House gate crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, was not just their ability to pierce security checkpoints but also a report that Tareq had been spotted around town in a stretch Hummer. Reality show culture, with