I voted. Keith and I went through the little voter guide book together this morning and then walked down to our little poling place (a school) and did our civic duty. As if a perfect little reminder of what that duty entails, I get a reminder of my jury duty service, which begins on Nov. 18th. I hope, if they don’t just say, “Sorry, you work for a major publication conglomerate, you’re excused,” that I at least get on an interesting trial.
Learned that only 3.9 million people are registered to vote in LA County (population over 9.5 million). Seems low, but I guess it’s not that different a ratio from anywhere else in the country. The big issue here is Free Hollywood. I received phone calls yesterday from Dianne Feinstein and Martin Sheen. How did these people get my number?
Attended an amazing showcase for HBO and the Aspen Comedy Festival last night with the Best of the Best of FEM. Just greatness. Faith was amazing, as always, but this time, she was actually flawless. And I do mean that. Just learned that the casting director we’d arranged to scout her got turned away at the door (it was standing room only, which Keith and I did, in the back, with Faith’s agent and the event producer, Steve). That’s disappointing, but we’re going to see what we can do to get HBO to send a tape to the casting director. I’ll meet her tomorrow night at the Take One casting director panel I’m moderating (she’s not on the panel, but called to ask whether she could come meet me and discuss getting involved on a future panel with me), and I’d love to have a copy of Faith’s tape to share with her.
For a Christmas present, of sorts, I designed an official website for Faith: FaithSalie.com. Please do check it out and tell me what you think. She’s very happy. I just couldn’t believe that anyone with the status of “tradable life form” on some Star Trek fan site didn’t have an official site of her own. So, anyway, check there to see when her Dragnet episode airs and when she’s doing standup around town. She’s up for an Ovation Award for her work with The Laramie Project later this month. So awesome.
Big things seem to be happening for a few actors in my management stable, which is really exciting. I love seeing good things happen for amazing people. Just so very cool! I think I’ll leave it at that…for now.
No one is using the Comments function I coded into the Blogs. Hmm… why is that?
The ActorsBone ShortsFest deadline has past, and with very little advertising and promoting, we have been flooded with entries for our first festival. My department (screeners) has been impressively performing and I am just thrilled to have such great people on board for this. Thank you, everyone, for your help. We’ll be announcing winners later this month, and the festival itself will be January 11th & 12th in Hollywood.
Oh! Very exciting: Nelson and I are working together on a new cool thing called Hollywood Happy Hour. The website is coming, but basically, it’s going to be “news, reviews, interviews, and schmooze with booze” one night a month, starting February 6th. We’re bringing in some radio folks, to see if we can shop the demo around, after the first event, and do a live telecast for subsequent events. I’ll keep you posted. Nelson and I have been wanting to work together on something like this ever since we met in early 2001. I’m very pleased that we’re finally doing something…and something this grand!
Ordered some marketing supplies for the book. It’s pretty bizarre that I’ll get to hold the dang thing in just a few weeks. What an amazing process this has been! Just about to begin the process of contacting drama schools and college theatre departments about adding the book to their curriculum (and therefore getting into college bookstores). Luckily, my work with Roxbury Publishing educated me on how to do all of that. Also, the shopping cart I designed for their site will be the template I use when I design one for a local bookstore’s webpage. I just LOVE how the universe works sometimes! It just always puts me right where I’m supposed to be (even if by the scruff of the neck, at times).
Keith is auditioning for the game show Lingo tonight with our friend Rich. The two of them should be a great pair for that silly spelling show. Heck, just saw a pair win $6500 the other day, so it ain’t a bad day’s work. Good vibes to the dyslexic beau!! I’ll keep you posted on the outcome.
Still no word on when Keith’s shows start airing. They “say” we’ll have plenty of lead time from the notification they provide about the airdate. We shall see.
Oh: spied in the past week…Reba McEntire (at last night’s showcase) and Holland Taylor (during lunch with Nelson). Good spy scores.
Okay, need to get back to Pilates. I miss it. The walk to the polls today was good, though. Every little bit….
Toodles!
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The Book Is Coming!
“Yup. Kids are growin’ up too fast and it’s all because of the Dairy Council.” – Dale Gribble, King of the Hill