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Nudity Required (Or Is It?)

in The Actors Voice on August 21, 2006 August 13, 2025

First and foremost, thanks as always for the great column. Recently you reiterated a point you’ve made in the past regarding castings that call for/require nudity. Although I’ve been told by managers and agents in…

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The Costs of Acting

in The Actors Voice on August 21, 2006 August 13, 2025

When looking over the many emails I received about my On The Set column, I noticed a few actors requesting more articles in the “how it really is” spirit of things. One of the things…

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Hmm…

in My Hot Bod on August 20, 2006 August 13, 2025

I just ate five rice cakes. Do I have an eating disorder?

Compare and Contrast

in Archive Funnies Showbiz on August 20, 2006 January 13, 2019

Deep thoughts while I’m doing the “brain work” behind this week’s column… This isn’t news. Everyone says Bruce Vilanch resembles a Fraggle. But check this out. Separated at birth, no? (That’s Sally Struthers, BTW.) Okay,…

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Beauty in Everything

in Bragging on Folks on August 19, 2006 August 13, 2025

Have y’all seen this? Pretty amazing. Dirty Car Art.

I believe

in Ramblings on August 19, 2006 August 13, 2025

that homes should come with as many dishwashers as there are residents. That way, we could all just get along in our chosen methods of loading up the damn things. That is all.

Motivator

in Funnies on August 19, 2006 August 13, 2025

This is bitchin’. Click here to make your own. I like this post much better than that bitchy, geeky last one. I’m sleepy.

I Give Up

in Geeky Stuff on August 19, 2006 August 13, 2025

I’ve blogged about this before. I have nearly 10,000 contacts in my Entourage and I can now (somewhat) sync those up to my Palm Pilot, but I lose all sorts of labels and can only…

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Let’s Go Again!

in Showbiz on August 18, 2006 August 13, 2025

Do you know that feeling? When you’ve heard about a new rollercoaster opening up at your favorite adventure park and you stand in line for days so that you can be the first one to…

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My Ego (or “How Babes McPhee Made Me Realize I’m a Lot Like Samuel L. Jackson”)

in Epiphanies on August 16, 2006 August 13, 2025

I have a healthy ego. (I also have a very fragile ego. I’m a lot like everyone else in that respect. Catch me at the right moment and I am my biggest fan. Catch me…

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