Back Stage caught up with Kevin McKidd to discuss his experience at the helm of the an episode of "Grey's Anatomy"—titled "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)"—and how being an overthinking actor helped him.
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In the new film The Cooler, Maria Bello gets to make movie history. "I deflowered William H. Macy on the screen," said the petite blonde with a laugh. "Lucky me." Bello is referring to the graphic and intense love scenes she shares with the actor, moments that originally earned the ...
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Michael Pitt: Pushing Boundaries
You wouldn't think it while looking at his delicate, cherubic face, but 22-year-old Michael Pitt knows how to portray troubled, rebellious misfits. Whether playing thieving rock star Tommy Gnosis in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a murderous teen in Bully and Murder by Numbers, or the vulnerable American tourist ...
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Mitchell Gossett is a rare breed. Equally talented as an agent and performer, he might be the only agent in town with a Back Stage West Garland award for performance on his desk, won for his virtuoso performance in Mac Wellman's demanding language play Terminal Hip. Not only is ...
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"But to play someone who is real and alive—that's intimidating," asserts model-turned-actor Liya Kebede, who is tackling Waris Dirie in Sherry Hormann's film "Desert Flower."
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Sam Lloyd is the rare actor you can both laugh with and laugh at—and he doesn't mind. As the hapless, increasingly suicidal hospital attorney Ted Buckland on NBC's delightfully warped comedy Scrubs, Lloyd even makes depression funny. His Ted is that rare creation; a Mr. Cellophane who ...
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Voicing Opinions Tips for Breaking Into Voiceover:
As legend has it, in 1965 Hollywood an agent invited his on-camera talent to stop by and record script pages into a simple tape recorder, the sounds of traffic on Hollywood and Vine flowing through the windows of a small talent agency in the upper floors of the Taft Building ...
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Where we saw her first: Bonet started auditioning for commercials at the tender age of 9. "At that point my dream was to act," she said. "But the business was so different then. There was little opportunity for young people of color. Now it seems like everyone is an actor ...
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Duplass Brothers Direct Jason Segal and Ed Helms to Hilarious Heights
Filmmaking brothers Jay and Mark Duplass make their most commercial film yet with "Jeff, Who Lives At Home."
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Terence Blanchard Provides ‘Streetcar’ with Sultry Sounds
Producers Steven C. Byrd and Alia M. Jones recruited composer Terence Blanchard to score the show.
