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Casting Alert: Major Male R&B Artist Music Video, Major Streamer and Video Game Commercial and a Finance Company Project!

Casting Alert: Major Male R&B Artist Music Video, Major Streamer and Video Game Commercial and a Finance Company Project!

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January 29, 2026

Current opportunities include a major male R&B artist music video, major streamer and video game commercial and finance company project. If you fit the descriptions and wan ...

Professional Favors: Successful Approaches for Making Valuable Industry Connections

Professional Favors: Successful Approaches for Making Valuab...

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Pilot Season Prep: A Week-by-Week Mini Guide for Actors

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What Casting Director Rikki Gimelstob Looks For When Casting...

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Caitlin Reilly Joins Rachel Bloom & Rory Scovel In ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Do You Want Kids?’

Caitlin Reilly (Hacks, I Love LA) is set as a series regular opposite Rachel Bloom and Rory Scovel in ABC‘s comedy pilot Do You Want Kids?

The Hollywood Reporter

‘Ted Lasso’ Star Phil Dunster Joins ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’

Dean DeBlois, who spearheaded the original trilogy from DreamWorks Animation, is back as writer and director for the next live-action installment.

Variety

Antony Starr To Lead Netflix Series ‘Breakers’ As Mysterious Surfer

The Boys baddie Antony Starr will next star in a scripted Netflix series titled Breakers, from the creator of Somewhere Boy and production company behind Baby Reindeer.

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‘Eternally Yours’: Allegra Edwards Set As Female Lead Of CBS Comedy Pilot From ‘Ghosts’ EPs

Edwards, who starred on Greg Daniels’ AI-themed futuristic series Upload, has been tapped as the female lead opposite Ed Weeks in CBS‘ vampire comedy pilot Eternally Yours, from Ghosts developers, executive producers and showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and CBS Studios.

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