Thandie Newton Just Blew My Mind...

I'll probably love her forever for this talk at TED.  This is ... everything I've been struggling with lately.

My Landlord's Son Doing a Monologue on "Good Morning New Orleans"

He's a talented kid.

 

Hollywood South is heating up as the weather cools down | New Orleans Movies - - NOLA.com

Hollywood South is heating up as the weather cools down | New Orleans Movies - - NOLA.com

HBO casting folks looking for extras for 'Treme' series | Treme - HBO - - Treme – The HBO Series | News, Blogs & Reviews – NOLA.com

I'm there!

http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2009/10/hbo_casting_folks_looking_for.html
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Shadow and Act - Tyler Perry Announces "Dream Cast" for "For Colored Girls..."

I have no idea why it took me so long to post this.  It bugs me, for many reasons, that Tyler Perry is adapting and directing this film.  He may think that women are the most awesomest awesome ever, but he doesn't understand us, as evidenced in pretty much all of his films.  Also, Hollywood?   I get that he's the only Black director making you money right now, but that's because you only fund bullshit done by has-been comedians.  There are more.  Find them.  Fund them.  Please?

Breaking! Tyler Perry Announces “Dream Cast” For Adaptation Of “For Colored Girls…” & Talks About Film’s Content!

Anyway, this list of his dream cast just highlights his hackary.  This list is basically a combination of some extremely talented actresses, a few prominent older women who may or may not have acting experience, Halle Berry (because she's the most famous, prettiest Black woman ever, right?), and three famous singers who have very little acting experience.  Why not look for a few unknowns to boost to stardom?  His movies tend to be such spectacles, just chock full of every Black name he can find, and more and more often he's casting singers in parts that could be played by actresses who have honed their talents for years, if not decades.

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From Shadow and Act - Multifacial

This was Vin Diesel's first acting performance, which he wrote and directed as well.  It makes me sad, that he really wanted to be taken seriously as an actor, and ended up an action star instead.  I know a couple of years ago he got good review in a dramatic role, but he seems to have been usurped by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the good-looking action star with an ambiguous ethnicity.



I can only imagine the things that I'll hear when I start auditioning.  I'm too dark to be a romantic lead, I don't talk "ghetto" enough, too wholesome looking to be a Black girl, blah, blah, blah...

Some updates with me

I'm visiting my Mom in Maryland until Thursday and I can only pick up a wireless signal on the left side of my childhood twin bed, so posting will be a bit sparse.

She surprised me with church this morning, which is annoying. Even when I considered myself a Christian I didn't enjoy church, and while I'm not an athiest, I've seen and heard too much bad shit to trust organized religion. Also, if she'd told me before I got here, I could've at least packed an appropriate dress and shoes. I'll admit though, when the turbulence got bad on the plane ride over, I definitely prayed.

As I figured, the organic diet is not going to work here. I'm glad that I'm just starting it, and haven't completely crossed over yet.

I started reading World War Z during my 2 hour flight, and by the end of the day on Friday I had finished more than half of it. If the church service is too boring, I may whip it out. I took a break from it yesterday because someone with an imagination as overactive as mine really shouldn't be reading a realistic portrayal of the zombie war. I do want to adapt it into a film, however. And buy a gun. I'll review it when I'm done. I also have been putting off a review of District 9, which I saw on Wednesday.

I still want my fleur-de-lis tattoo, and hope that I can find a shop to do it for less than $100. I decided to wait until after my trip home so it would be completely healed when Mom comes for Christmas.

I'm feeling a little down about the acting thing. I jumped at the oppurtinuty to get $75 headshots throug a cultural center here, but I didn't really know what to expect and don't think I was prepared. I don't know if they're good enough to snag an agent. But if the pic I took with my BlackBerry has been good enough to get me cast as an extra (and an audition with Tremé), these will be good enough for me to get more of the same until I can afford better headshots. I also need to save up for acting classes and workshops. I haven't seen one advertised for less than $250. It seems like it wouldn't be worth it, but casting and talent agents sometimes observe these things and you can get work that way.

I've also been feeling down about my lack of a love life, but what the fuck else is new. I don't even want a "boyfriend", just someone to hang out and fool around with.

Lastly: I miss Biko. : (
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Treme Gets an April 2010 Launch on HBO!

Soon, soon. *twiddles thumbs, waits patiently*
They're supposed to start filming in November, meaning I need an agent and real headshots by, oh, late September/October-ish.

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"Treme" Has Been Picked Up by HBO

Story here. I'm so excited, I hope I can get a part on it when it starts filming in the fall! I need to get head shots and find an agent before then...

NOLA Rising Mural

NOLA Rising wants to paint a mural on the flood wall in the Lower 9th Ward. Its not the same as, you know, actually rebuilding the houses there but I guess anything that gets the L9 attention is a good thing. And after spending all of last year working out of a makeshift office North of Claiborne in the L9, I can agree that it would be nice to see something pretty down there, instead of high grass and empty space.