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Industry News
May 11

Happy Mother’s Day from the staff and instructors at the Academy of Cinema and Television!

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not every one of these Mother’s Day celebrants is really a mom — but they play one on TV.

On-screen children honored their television mothers at “A Mother’s Day Salute to TV Moms,” an event put on by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Attendees included Marion Ross (”Happy Days”) and her TV offspring Erin Moran; Diahann Carroll (”Julia,” “Dynasty” and “A Different World”) and “World” co-star Jasmine Guy; Bonnie Franklin (”One Day at a Time”) and Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli; and Holland Taylor (”Two and a Half Men”) with Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen.

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Industry News
May 11

Child star Georgie is back in Narnia

By David Barnett

Bradford schoolgirl Georgie Henley is all set to go back through the wardrobe to the magical land of Narnia and 10,000 fans will be able to join her in what is being billed as the biggest UK movie premiere in history.

Georgie, who attends Bradford Grammar School, has reprised her role as Lucy Pevensie, the youngest of the four siblings who journeyed to another world in the hit film The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005.

On June 26 the second book to be adapted from CS Lewis’s Narnia series, Prince Caspian, goes on general release, featuring 12-year-old former Ilkley Upstagers drama school student Georgie once again in a starring role. Read on…

Source: Telegraph & Argus Newspaper

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Industry News
May 10

Every year the TED Prizes are given to three people with wishes, along with $100,000 each to make them happen. In 2006, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim was a winner. Her wish: to bring the world together through film.

The result is Pangea Day, a four-hour multimedia event this Saturday hosted from six cities, including Los Angeles, and beamed to TVs, cellphones, and computers in more than 100 countries (in the United States, it will be televised on Current, and you can also watch on the Pangea Day site.)

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Auditions, Auditions for Kids, Our Program, Student News, acting
May 10

Quick note to let all our readers know that we now have three videos on YouTube that were developed from the footage taken during the Academy of Cinema and Television event featuring Madison Pettis and her mom Michelle.  Go view all three, and don’t forget to leave your comments — both at YouTube and HERE.  Here is the link to the Madison Pettis Edu Event Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRmeqTZ2h8U#GU5U2spHI_4

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Student News, acting
May 09

Academy of Cinema and Televisionn student Anna Clark won the role of a little girl featured in commercial for Westcor Mall back in Nov of 2007 when Anna was a relative new-comer to the Academy family of students.

Today Anna is signed and working with a Talent Agent, has been selected to understudy on the film The Between and is auditioning for roles on a regular basis. All the staff at the school are very proud of Anna and her accomplishments.

Please take a moment and watch Anna’s commercial and then leave a comment so she can know we are enjoying the positive successes she is having in the industry. Here is link to take you to view the commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_VZyGCkFQo

May 9th, 2008 by Admin2 Comments »
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Our Program, Workshops
May 09

On March 30th Madison Pettis and her mom, Michelle, were on the Academy of Cinema and Television campus meeting students, signing photos, and answering student and parent questions — it was a great time for all.

We have place 3 Madison Pettis videos, created from footage filmed that day, and posted them on YouTube. You’ll find them at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AcademyofCinemaandTV

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Our Program
May 08

We are pleased to announce that Scarlett Johansson has agreed to join five other celebrities to create a specialized online educational series for kids and teens interested in the Entertainment Industry. This is the sixth celebrity to come on board for the series of Question & Answer Internet training sessions to be announced worldwide.

The new series will offer “always-available” personal insights to the various paths each rising star took as they struggled to reach the top of their field — be it acting, modeling, singing or dancing — depending on the celebrity.  The series, in a Q & A format, will enable performing arts students and their parents to instantly gain personal insight online about the celebrities featured in the series. Together with the aid of the Internet, the series will give parents, students, and the Internet community insight into the industry from this and others celebrities.  Click here to read all about the collaboration with Johnasson.

Check back at this blog for further updates as the program gets under way in the near future.

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Fashion, Industry News
May 05

Shorts are not just for the beach or for lounging around at home. Once again, they are in vogue and here’s how to wear them best.

FASHION is rarely original. In fact, a lot of trends are like Halley’s Comet, making repeated comebacks with each new generation. Case in point: the return of shorts as a fashion trend.

In the 1970s they were cutely called hot pants, the successor to the miniskirt, and were a huge rage. That was followed by a revival in the 1980s. More than 20 years on, shorts are hot again this season, with major fashion labels offering grown-up and glamorised remakes.

In the entertainment industry, shorts have long had an illustrious presence – Raquel Welch and Brigitte Bardot were among the sex sirens who drove the guys crazy by squeezing themselves into tight, little and oh-so-hot pants in the 1970s. This time, it is the likes of Jessica Simpson who have helped bring shorts back in vogue.  Click here to read on…

Source: TheStarOnline

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