Whether you’re just getting started or are smack-dab in the middle of your career, agents are probably always close to if not top of mind for you. That means you should definitely have a sense of ...

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If one thing is for certain when it comes to show business, it’s that there is more than one road to becoming an actor or actress. Here are just a few ways that famous performers have established ...

Casting Caucasian actors for "Lights Out: Who's Out," a high-tension vertical suspense series directed by Nemo. The production is set to film in the Beijing area and focuses on a high-stakes "game" ...

Matt Damon was reportedly paid $15 million for starring in “The Odyssey.” Much of the cast of “Orange Is the New Black” was paid $900 per day. With such a large pay gap, you’re likely wondering how ...

If you’ve ever looked down at your hands and thought, “These things were made for modeling,” or had someone tell you, “Your hands are so soft and pretty,” you could have a modeling career on ...

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Casting "How to Wreck My Bully’s Heart," a vertical series. Synopsis: Angela is a shy but gifted high school singer who secretly lives a double life online as ...

PFH stands for “per finished hour,” and it’s a way audiobook narrators get paid that is different from per-hour rates. PFH rates are based on the length of the finished product. In this case, one ...

You’ve likely heard of the male gaze, the concept coined by British film theorist Laura Mulvey in her 1973 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” In her writing, she notes that the “male gaze ...

Screenplays are a different beast than a novel or short story. While they are a form of storytelling, scripts aren’t intended to be standalone pieces of work—they are the blueprints for a film or TV ...

Casting background for "The Woods," a TV series filming entirely in the Newburgh, NY area. Casting adults age 18+ and kids ages six and older.