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The Rise of the Riz
When starting out in acting he would normally get the conventional roles...
Being half arsed or getting off the pot
When someone says to you ‘Don’t mess this up’ then you know where you’re...
J**p!
Who can remember the songs of yesteryear that always kept us upbeat?...
Art & Cooking
Marco Pierre White is a chef who started from humble beginnings and at...
Let’s Improv(e)
The Second City is known for raising some of the most fascinating and...
Let’s Be Ernest
He was a man of many guises, a globe-trotter, a hedonist who loved women...
The Groundhog Give
Has anyone here seen the film Groundhog Day? Remember, that film from the...
ABR
So, what does ABR stand for? I’ll get to that shortly. But for now let me...
Let’s talk Chutzpah
Chutzpah is a Yiddish term that comes from the Hebrew word ḥutspâ, which...
Producing Comedy
Having read Jon Plowman’s book on How to Produce Comedy Bronze I thought...
Downey Time
From early on in his life he was always a rambunctious kid growing up to...
Time To Brand
The key to building your brand is, as the ancient Greeks taught us, to...
Know Thyself
Most actors who start off in their career will most probably have an idea...
Katharine the Great
Cary Grant was never so jaunty and appealing as when he was playing off...
The art of paying attention
You’ll notice that the stories throughout history and since the beginning...
The Adler Way
She wanted to be a movie star but she only acted in three films, none of...
Early De Niro
Growing up in NY to a gay father with feelings of insecurities and...
Writers behold!
David Mamet shares some writing tips with his writing team from the Unit...
The Bogie
The leading man of the past was one of the most imitated movie actors of...
Rehearsing with Sidney
Sidney Lumet was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the modern era,...
The Herzog Way
This is taken from a chapter in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic which...
Brando the brand
Brando would often say to his close friends ‘If you want to know me,...
10 ways to keep active during the lockdown
Now that the winter of our discontent is behind us we have the spring of...
Why don’t artists ask?
Starting out as a street performer known as ‘The 8ft Bride’, exchanging...
A Fool’s Journey
Buster Keaton was a master of the streamlined gag. He once said ‘A good...
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