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Paradigm Agency Plays with the Big Boys

Whoa, Paradigm finally grew some man parts this week. With all of the agency switching, turn-coating, and insane bouncings-around between CAA, ICM, and William Morris Endeavor… the “fat kid” on the celebrity playground, Paradigm, finally decided to step into the action. The bicostal big-star-ish agency has signed on Taraji P. Henson and Bobby Moresco (an [...]

$800,000 Goes to Ex Gossip Girl Producer – Sordid Book Deal

Being remotely associated with the perpetually half-naked stars of a successful TV show has its perks, especially when you ‘wanna be a writer’. Books of the Beginning, a trilogy slash “young adult” series by the former producer of the CW Gossip Girl series (John Stephens), has been acquired for roughly $800,000 today. Knopf Chidlren’s books [...]

Fantastically Bad 80s Commercial: Pringles + Brad Pitt

Wow. As much as we laud Brad Pitt for saving a bunch of random offspring from battered conditions in 3rd world countries (in all seriousness, we really do), it doesn’t save him from us bashing him for doing this FANTASTICALLY awful 80s commercial. What’s it for, you ask? PRINGLES. Yes. Brad Pitt + The 80s [...]

L.A. Comedy Film Fest Announces Lineup – Raymond McAnally, Ashley Avis to Star

The biggest comedy festival in America is coming to Los Angeles on April 15-18th, 2010. The L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival showcases the best new comedic talent in the world, and has a slew of star-studded events and celebrity judges! The newest headlining short film comedy announced today was Daily Fiber’s BFF (watch it by clicking [...]

March Reel Competition!

Every month, ActorBean.com has a competition for The Best Actor Reel, ever. We rotate between the absolutely ridiculous and the submission of standard “serious”, agent-submission material. This month we celebrated Meisner with the “Worst Meisner Exercise, Ever” Grand Prize: Jackson wins a free round trip ticket on Virgin America from New York to Los Angeles! [...]

Depp & Jolie Should Fornicate – Result = Method Babies

Holy crap — the casting conundrum that has resulted in the final pairing for The Tourist, now shooting in Venezia, Italy — is simply insane. For actors who have been written out of scripts, re-cast, or have seen directors come and go — The Toursist’s bipolar production happenings are no different. The story centers around [...]

No More “FlashForward” – Show Goes to The Network Chest of Death

FlashForward is heading back to the Network Chest of Death. The popular series — which had rave reviews last Fall according to the unbalanced orthopedic charts of the Nieslen company — is tanking again. The UK, Fox Italia, and Cuarto in Spain all air the show via ABC… but nobody is really stepping up to [...]

Rebecca Mader Returning to LOST

Lost is considering bringing back it’s fiery perpetually seizing redhead! March 16, 2010 – The popular ABC show is in talks with Rebecca Mader, who played the scientist Charlotte Lewis for 19 episodes before they killed her off. But in that odd way Lost has, The Island is thinking of bringing her back. The rumor [...]

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Scorcese Ends Method-Love Affair with DiCaprio

The sordid Scorcese-DiCarprio method love affair has finally come to a (temporary) halt. The Shutter Island director has acquired the directing gig on a former children’s book called The Invention of Hugo Cabret, about a 12-year-old orphan in 1930 who (actually) lives in the walls of a Paris train station. The director is in talks [...]