Hello beautiful people! Today’s BonBlast is gonna be brief. (If you’re desperately craving more words from me, last week’s book-length post is here for you.) (Oh, and on that, THANK YOU for all the spectacular…
Creating the Hollywood We Want
Hello and welcome to all the new-to-the-Bonnie-Gillespie-experience folks (seems there’s something called “The Ava Effect” and our uptick in numbers (all over social) mirror the timing of getting regrammed by Ava DuVernay over in those…
What Actors Need to Know about Diversity in Casting
Let’s talk about STOPPERS, y’all. In showbiz, there are always stoppers: convenient ways to hand you your NO when the gig is not yours. We’ve heard them forever. “You’re too old,” “You’re not SAG,” “We’re…
Bonnie Gillespie on Episode 23 of The Ash Taba Show
Y’all. I do a lot of interviews. A. Lot. I’m ridiculously enchanted by this one… a deep, meandering, brainy convo with longtime SMFA ninja Ashley Tabatabai, an international client who has put is money where…
Character Study
Hello beautiful people. Have you hugged yourself today? This is a question I ask our members every time we chat because ever since 2020 went sideways, I’m finding we’re not getting nearly enough of the…
Becoming Anti-Racist
GROWTH: Remember, it’s NORMAL to travel among these zones as we’re building the muscles for change. Click for Instagram. Click for PDF. Click for source. This infographic is from Drew Ibrahim (adapted from the one…
Doing the Right Thing When There Is No “Right Thing”
My life’s work is to leave Hollywood better than I found it. To help creatives live the lives of their dreams, telling the stories they were born to tell at the highest possible tier for…
A Letter to Members of the Dojo
I’m putting the final touches on our monthly membership page for the mind-body mastermind that is Expansive Capacity. As I’m editing and tweaking — my own focus this weekend has delayed the usual "go live"…
White Privilege Means Having OPTIONS
I’m supposed to be going live right now to close off the SMFA Summit, remind y’all the free replays are available for a few more hours, announce the WINNERS of all our drawings (so! much!…
Creatives Create
HOW KEWT ARE WE?!? I don’t know when this photo was taken, but I’m gonna guess 2010? When we launched Somebody’s Basement (our distribution entity) at Hollywood Happy Hour (our networking behemoth)? Here’s the deal,…