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Casting for America’s Next Top Model is Underway!
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:00am CDT by Spicy Pants
Tags: casting Calls
Currently Casting Female Models for Next Season of America’s Next Top Model with Tyra Banks!
Now searching the nation for fresh faces to participate in the next season and compete for a grand prize that will include a modeling contract with one of the world’s top modeling agencies.
If you’re a female that’s 5′7″ or taller and between the ages of 18-27 and you think you have what it takes to make it in the high stress, high stakes world of modeling, then contact us today.
TO SUBMIT:Be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com for priority consideration, and email ALL the information requested below to:
Include ALL the information requested below:- First and Last Name
- Age
- Height
- Weight
- Where you currently live
- Where you are from
- Your best phone numbers
- Occupation
- At least TWO photos (headshot, and full body shot) in jpg format.
- Be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com for priority consideration!
OR
You can also come meet the casting team in person at one of our nationwide open casting calls. We will be in the following cities on the following dates:- Los Angeles, CA (SAT 09.13)
New York, NY (SAT 08.16)
Chicago, IL (SAT 09.06)
Albuquerque, NM (MON 08.04)
Charlotte, NC (SAT 08.09)
Seattle, WA (TUES 08.12)
Houston, TX (SAT 08.23)
Tampa, FL (SAT 08.30)
Kansas City, KS (TUES 09.09)
For specific times, locations, and other details, please visit:
http://cwtv.com/thecw/topmodel-cycle12-Casting
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Jay McInerney To Cameo On Gossip Girl [Casting]
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 5:00pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Of all the cameos on Gossip Girl (Lydia Hearst! A kid I knew in college!), this one has to be my favorite. Jay McInerney is doing a guest spot next season. One of our saddest writers, McInerney wrote a definitive novel about youngs in New York called Bright Lights, Big City about sixty-three years ago and has been sorta mooching and blogging and bopping around since. (Oh fine, I suppose he's written some other novels too.) Matthew Settle, who plays Pa Humphrey on the New York City-set teen soap about the sadness and mystery of money, says that ol' Jay will be playing a mentor to Dan, a strapping DUMBO teen who aspires to be a writer (he's already been published in The New Yorker! Fist bump!) So that's just pretty much hilarious. Hopefully he'll enjoy the crafts services.
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These Actors Need to Fire Their Agents [Casting]
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 3:21pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.That's Cuba Gooding Jr. (natch), Lucy Liu, Jim Caviezel, Adrien Brody (sigh), Ben Chaplin, Wes Bentley, Emma Stone (really?), and the doomed Heather Graham. Well, these are The Playlist's picks for who needs new representation. We agree with most of the choices, except for Emma Stone, who is so new to the scene that it's hard to tell. In fact, we think she could be a member of the Tabloid Class of 2010. We've added another suggestion after the jump.
Joan Allen
The Steppenwolf Theatre alum has done such fine work in The Crucible, Nixon, and The Upside of Anger that we're not really sure why she isn't in every other prestige drama, a la Laura Linney. Yes her reps were clever to get her on board the Bourne movies, as those were kicky good fun and she did actually get to act a bit. But why God why is she next starring in a movie called Death Race alongside such notables as Jason Statham and Tyrese? And then, after that, she's doing a tiny movie called Good Sharma. At least she's got that Lasse Hallström movie coming up. Though, regrettably, it's called Hachiko: A Dog's Story. Oh, and she's coming to Broadway soon. Maybe that's the beginning of a renaissance, Joan! In the meantime, get better people.Who do you think? Anyone else who's perpetually denied golden opportunities or makes terrible choices, seemingly on the advice of representation?
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Kelly Killoren Bensimon is the New Real Housewife [Casting]
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 1:40pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Everyone (especially those who work at Elle) will eventually be on a reality show! Kelly Killoren Bensimon has been added to the cast of Bravo's reality nightmare Real Housewives of New York City. Like Project Runway judge Nina Garcia, Bensimon used to work at Elle magazine. Her ex-husband, Elle photographer Gilles Bensimon, used to do a prize photo shoot with the winner of America's Next Top Model. The black hole of reality TV continues to suck everyone who's ever crossed its path into its cold, obliterating maw. Video of Ms. Bensimon in the Hamptons is after the jump.
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Gwyneth Paltrow To Steal Role in Crappy Musical From Anne Hathaway [Casting]
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:35am CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Another little tale from the mixed-up files of Harvey Weinstein. One name on the busy movie czar's "Calls You Owe" list was Gwyneth Paltrow "re: Promises, Promises." The Village Voice claims that ol' Harve was due to call the pretend-British actress about playing the lead in a revival of the peculiar (if successful) 1968 Broadway musical. Funny thing though, non-gold-digging actress Anne Hathaway has supposedly already procured the role. Oh isn't casting fun? Your famous costars may think that you'll steal roles away from Gwyneth, but Paltrow's big name and big friendship with Weinstein will, of course, kick your ass in the end. Though, I don't quite get what all the fuss is about. Again, the show is peculiar, especially its show-stopping number "Turkey Lurkey Time." To see what I'm talking about, consult some video after the jump.
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This Is Good News [Casting]
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:50am CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Amy Ryan—she of the near-perfect Boston accent in Gone Baby Gone—will be reprising her HR lady role on the The Office for at least five episodes next season.
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Casting Call: Plain Janes & Ugly Bettys!
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 1:04pm CDT by Spicy Pants
Tags: casting Calls
CELEBRITY MAKEOVER SHOW
CASTING PLAIN JANES AND UGLY BETTYSNew show hosted by a major celebrity is casting the “Plain Janes” and “Ugly Bettys” of L.A. For a total makeover!
We are looking for ladies with a reputation for being a generic geek who want to transform into sexy chic!
Must be clueless about style and fashion with quirky or unusual personalities. Naughty or nice!
Ages 21-30. All ethnicities. Pay is $200/day, plus a fantastic makeover including clothes, makeup, hair, and maybe more!
Auditioning in Los Angeles 6/24-7/11, 2008. You need to LIVE in the Los Angeles area to be considered.
If you think you have what it takes to receive MAJOR celebrity star treatment, then we’re looking for you!
TO SUBMIT:
Be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com for priority consideration, and email ALL the information requested below to: LAcastingcall@gmail.com
Please include the following information:
1. First and last name
2. Recent picture
3. Contact phone number and email address
4. Please mention if you have a special occcasion coming up, or a good story of why you need your makeover!
5. Be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com for priority consideration!
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SJP to Star in Groundbreaking Film About New York City Lady [Casting]
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 9:36am CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Sex and the City workhorse Sarah Jessica Parker is in talks to star in the upcoming movie The Ivy Chronicles. Marking a huge departure from her previous acting gig, Ivy is about a single gal in New York City who lives in a series of wildly unrealistic apartments. The character, Ivy Ames, also helps rich kids get into rich people schools. This could be a make-it-or-break-it movie for Ms. Parker, who's had great success with the SATC series and movie, but whose other film efforts, for the most part, have, erm, failed to launch (though, the actual film Failure to Launch did very respectably at the box office.) Read a more detailed description of this Ivy Bradshaw—I mean Ames—after the jump. The actress is in talks with Warner Bros. to star in "The Ivy Chronicles," a story of class and the single woman in contemporary New York. It centers on Ivy Ames, an Upper East Side woman who, after losing her high-powered job and getting divorced, starts over again in a less ritzy downtown apartment. After pulling her children from private school, Ames starts a business to help upper-middle-class women get their children into elite kindergartens.
The project, based on Karen Quinn's eponymous novel, is described as following in the vein of "The Devil Wears Prada" and "The Nanny Diaries" as well as Gigi Levangie Grazer's "The Starter Wife," which became a successful limited series on USA. Jerry Weintraub is set to produce.
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Tinsley Mortimer To Guest on Gossip Girl [Casting]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 12:27pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Good gravy. Tinsley Mortimer is making a cameo on Gossip Girl next season, which she filmed over the weekend in the Hamptons. The handbag-designing, gobbledygook-talking Upper East Side socialite is a natural fit for the Upper East Side teen soap, we think. One wonders if she'll be playing herself or a character, perhaps named Brinsley Lorimer or something (who maybe eats banana peels and falls down the stairs a lot.) It's somewhat exciting news for Mortimer fans who were undoubtedly saddened by the untimely passing of her scuttled reality show. ("It was incredibly boring. The project is dead." Ouch!) Tinz joins fellow socialite Lydia Hearst, who guested on the first season finale back in May. Above is a picture of Ms. Mortimer on the set (via INF), and after the jump is an exclusive clip from one of her GG scenes.
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Gossip Girl Casts Older Woman - I Mean 'Cougar' [Casting]
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 2:35pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Warning! Cougars are everywhere! They're reading you your evening news, confusing dead people, and threatening day hikers and naturalists nationwide. And now they're going to be on the damn Gossip Girl. Yes, impossibly-named actress Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks) has just been cast on the Upper East Side teen soap as Catherine Mason, an older woman who aims to seduce our prettiest young thing, Nate (played by Chace Crawford). Well, that's good news I suppose. Nate could use some spicing up, as his character is currently about as bland as impossibly gorgeous bland people can get. Also nice to hear that they shored-up some casting after their Hamptons open casting proved to be a complete disaster. But "cougar." Grr. (Noise-pun not intended). That may just be EW's word, but we kinda doubt it. Is anyone as sick of that term as I am?Don't get me wrong, I think the trend, or whatever you want to call it, of older women dating younger men is kicky good fun, but that word! What does it even mean really? Mädchen Amick is only 37-years-old. I think the term for a 37-year-old guy trying to mack on an 18-year-old girl is "Man at a bar." Not to get all shrill and double standard shrieky about it — I understand that "cougar" is supposed to be sorta complimentary — but it's just one of those dumb buzz words (like "fetch," heh) that's just not gonna happen. Or rather, shouldn't have happened. Even if Amick or anyone else was 67 instead of 37, what's so wrong with just simply "older woman"? At least that doesn't conjure up images of some feral pussy that lives in the mountains and devours teenage boys on camping trips. Am I just being weird here?
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Seven Guest Stars for the Next Season of Gossip Girl [Fantasy TV]
Posted: May 20th, 2008, 1:10pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
Now that heriess/socialite (so many of them these days) Lydia Hearst has had her debut role on Gossip Girl, tumblrers are wondering which Manhattan media celebs could possibly turn up on the show next. Oh that's kind of fun! Let's see, you'd have to have dating columnist Julia Allison, of course. Socialite Leven Rambin, for sure. (Plus, she's already an "actress"). Men's Vogue writer and man-about-town Hud Morgan could turn up somewhere, along with a few other notable friends/foes of this here blog. Read our seven casting ideas, after the jump.
Julia Allison
The aggressively self-promoting and increasingly famous dating blogger/life-liver could turn up as Rachel Alice, a pesky gossip writer from a trashy tab newspaper who wants to do a story on Lily and Bart Bass, but quickly discovers that the real story is, of course, the kids. Using her youthful looks to her advantage, she infiltrates to write a nasty story, seducing Chuck at the same time. Eventually, in a dramatic waterside scene, she is exposed and an angry Blair pushes her into the East River. 3 episodes
Leven Rambin
The soap actress, who has guested on Lipstick Jungle in the past, could play Lux Rivington, the queen bee of a rival school who must ally with Blair to fight a proposed merger of their two schools. She and Lux grow increasingly close until Lux tries to kiss her and Blair runs away. Highly embarrassed and never wanting to see Blair again, Lux grudgingly seduces a wealthy alum of her school who donates a ton more money, making the possible merger moot. 5 episodes
Hud Morgan
Hud, the fruitini-drinking master of slap fights, could guest as Chad Stanley, a surprisingly straight fashion writer who goes to interview Blair's mother Eleanor about her fashion line. He is probing and cruel when interviewing Eleanor. She is angry and defensive at first, then turned on. The two try to "be intimate" but Chad is unable to perform, leaving Eleanor with leverage to demand his article be written as an adoring puff piece. 1 episode
Kristian Laliberte
The gay PR queen could play Timmi Devereux, a gay Upper East Side guru who takes the recently outed Erik van der Woodsen by the, ahem, ears and shows him the scene. All-gay tea parties, drinks at the hippest Hell's Kitchen spots, and a Broadway opening night gala. At the party, Erik meets a young dancer played by Broadway hottie Nick Adams. They hit it off instantly, and Timmi, who's been harboring a crush on Erik, gets a little sad. But, in the end, he decides to let them go and trots off into the night. 2 episodes
Tinsley Mortimer
Our daffiest socialite could play a homeless woman who eats banana peels and falls down the stairs a lot. The rest of the series
Arden Wohl
Crazy "bohemian" socialite Arden could play Avia Wuhrer, an up-and-coming video artist whose parents own a gorgeous flat in a sketchy part of Bushwick (think upscale McKibbin). She meets Vanessa at a video show, and instantly has an eye for Dan. Dan is conflicted, as he has been dating Vanessa but finds Avia mysterious and sexy. Avia gets Dan drunk and they almost kiss on the L train platform, but suddenly Avia stumbles and gets hit by an oncoming train. Everyone learns a lesson about death and Dan returns sheepishly to Vanessa. 4 episodes
Emily Brill
The daughter of former media tycoon Steven Brill, Emily could play Kitty Bowdoin, a formerly chubby classmate of Blair and Serena's who returns to Constance Billard, having shed many pounds at a special school, ready for social stardom. Blair, of course, will have none of it and sets out on a campaign to get Kitty big again. We don't so much mind because Kitty is a manipulative harpy. Evil, food-centered machinations ensue and Blair wins when Kitty's dress bursts at a huge social event. Whiffs of Mean Girls abound, sure, but it's only for 2 episodesOh a blog can dream, can't we? Who else might be fun to see on the show? Who would they play?
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The Real Housewives of New York City Want You! [Casting]
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 12:58pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
We all love the "ultra-stylish" Real Housewives of New York City, don't we? Oh. The women are all horrible monsters (except Bethenny) who probably smell like calamine lotion and bitters? Fine, but the show's coming back anyway so you may as well be on it, right?. Hey New York housewives and other ladies! They want you! Just as they did with the original Orange County version of this Bravo series, the producers are adding more characters to the upcoming season. They would like to talk to you if you are "a high rolling social butterfly juggling the ups and downs of family life along with a high-powered career and a social calendar to die for?" You're rolling and being a butterfly and juggling all at the same time!! You must be ambidextrous or have several arms. Are you the goddess Shiva Kali?? LuAnn would not like that. I think goddess trumps countess. The exciting casting call lies after the jump, including the number to something ominously called the "Real Housewives Hotline." I'd really love it if one or more of you ended up on the show.The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.
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Socialite, Descendant of War-Mongers, Somehow Gets Part on Television Show [Casting]
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 5:13pm CDT by Richard
Tags: casting
[That's socialite and occasional Page 6 contributor Lydia Hearst (great-granddaughter of the villainous William Randolph) with Ed Westwick, in a scene from an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl." She'll apparently play some sort of bitch. Image from LA Times]
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'Gossip Girl' Insider Clears Up The Mystery of Black Girl And Asian Girl [Dumb Casting]
Posted: November 16th, 2007, 12:20pm CST
Tags: dumb casting
The 'Gossip Girl' ethnics are explained at last! "Originally, the Kati and Isabel characters on GOSSIP GIRL were actually listed in the breakdown as "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Jimmy Choos,' writes a tipster who auditioned for the show, but wasn't ultimately cast. "They were actually the funniest part of the show - they had these totally bizarre three line conversations at the end of each scene. Unfortunately, for those of us who went in 19 times for every part on the show and ended up coming down to the very end for those roles, the network decided that they had to go "ethnic," and they claimed couldn't find any black or Asian girls who were funny, so they, at the last minute, cast models and decided to just make them sight gags. No joke."