Inside The Industry Seminar

Synopsis by Tracy Weisert Casting Networks’ September Inside the Industry Seminar began like no other when commercial casting director Danielle Eskinazi stated from her vantage point on the stage, “It’s like a Town Hall meeting!  I have all your pictures, (headshots)...

Questions & Actors

by Karen Michel Pavlick Help! My child is stuck in the body of an actor! QUESTIONS: My 5 year old son has an agent whom we had signed a contract about 2 months ago. So far we had one audition for an NFL commercial and I am trying to get a better understanding – of...

Theatre Review

Theatre Review Oh, Mortified Los Angeles. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…I take theatre very seriously. I love an earth shattering, groundbreaking theatre experience that leaves its audience different and changed. And… I also love Mortified. Quite possibly...

Movie Review

Movie review DRIVE Ryan Gosling, it seems, can do no wrong. Drive is a virtually flawless piece of genre-bending filmmaking that tells the story of a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver. Gosling (who plays the nameless “Driver”) befriends his...

CNI Recipe of the Month

CNI REcipe of the month My name is Sean. I started working in talent support at CNI in July. After graduating from USC’s Writing for Screen and Television program in May, my girlfriend and I backpacked for two weeks through Ireland, Scotland, and England. When...