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The Newcomer Clause: Negotiating Contracts When You're Fresh on the Scene

The Newcomer Clause: Negotiating Contracts When You're Fresh on the Scene

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June 24, 2025

Whether you've booked a lead in an indie film, a guest role on TV or a character in a web series, you’ve finally landed your first big break. Upon landing the role, the pr ...

Why Do Casting Directors Consider So Many Options?

Why Do Casting Directors Consider So Many Options?

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How To Analyze Sides for Film and TV Auditions Like a Pro

How To Analyze Sides for Film and TV Auditions Like a Pro

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Back to Basics: How to Research a Character

Back to Basics: How to Research a Character

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Dianne Wiest & Stockard Channing Returning for ‘Practical Magic 2’; Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly Mcleod Also Set

Oscar winner Dianne Wiest and Oscar nominee Stockard Channing are set to return for Practical Magic 2, Warner Bros. Pictures’ sequel to the 1998 romantic fantasy starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock.

The Hollywood Reporter

Taylor Kitsch To Star in ‘Eleven Days’ Prison Hostage Thriller

Concussion helmer Peter Landesman is directing the indie based on a real-life Texas prison uprising, with Kevin Sheridan penning the screenplay.

Variety

‘The Pitt’: Tracy Ifeachor Not Returninga as Heather Collins for Season 2

Tracy Ifeachor, who played Dr. Heather Collins in Season 1 of The Pitt, will not return for Season 2.

The Hollywood Reporter

Hailee Steinfeld Joins Miles Teller in Paramount’s ‘Winter Games’

Paul Downs Colaizzo, who wrote and directed the sporty-themed Brittany Runs a Marathon, is helming the feature and co-wrote the script with Patrick Cunnane.

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The Newcomer Clause: Negotiating Contracts When You're Fresh on the Scene
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How To Analyze Sides for Film and TV Auditions Like a Pro
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In-Person General Auditions: 5 Things That Make You Stand Out
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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
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Casting Calls 101: How to Spot the Red Flags
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Formation Talent Agency's Rick Estimond and Lauren Williams Discuss People Store Rebrand and More
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Fight Director Benedetto Robinson Gets into the Nitty Gritty of Fight Choreography, What it Means to Be an Actor Combatant
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Brent Paxton Breaks Down the Role of a Talent Manager and How They Differ From Agents
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A Conversation With Legendary Abrams Artists Agency Founder and Longtime Hollywood Agent Harry Abrams
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A Day in the Life of an Audiobook Narrator
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