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Ivana Chubbuck's Guide to Bold Choices

Ivana Chubbuck's Guide to Bold Choices

Advice Art of Acting Industry 101 Your Career
April 24, 2025

Few acting teachers have impacted this generation of actors as profoundly as Ivana Chubbuck. Her 2004 book, The Power of the Actor, has been a ...

Green Flags: What a Great Set Experience Should Feel Like

Green Flags: What a Great Set Experience Should Feel Like

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How to Handle Being Typecast and Use It to Your Advantage

How to Handle Being Typecast and Use It to Your Advantage

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Casting Calls 101: How to Spot the Red Flags

Casting Calls 101: How to Spot the Red Flags

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‘Miami Vice’ Redo Revs With ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Helmer Joseph Kosinski, Dan Gilroy Rewriting Eric Warren Singer Script

Universal Pictures has set Joseph Kosinski to direct Miami Vice, a drama based on the iconic ’80s NBC series about undercover cops taking down drug dealers. Dan Gilroy is rewriting a first draft script by Eric Warren Singer. No cast yet.

The Hollywood Reporter

Greg Berlanti Nabs Series Order for Horror Drama ‘Stillwater’ at Amazon

The mega-producer has three projects, at three different streamers, in various stages of development — including a series order for Stillwater, based on the horror comic of the same name, at Amazon’s Prime Video. Berlanti is also developing a high school mystery series at Hulu and a family drama at Max.

Variety

Matthew Broderick, Sally Hawkins and Martin Freeman To Lead Simon Bird’s WWII Comedy Drama ‘Pretend I’m Not Here,’ Cornerstone Launching in Cannes

Simon Bird, the British comic best known for his role in The Inbetweeners, has lined up his second film as director following his 2019 feature debut Days of the Bagnold Summer.

TVLine

Casting News: Matt Lauria Joins CBS’ 'Fire Country' Spinoff

The actor will star opposite Morena Baccarin in the Fire Country spinoff Sheriff Country.

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