From Academy Arts Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences® Press Release, and KABC: Am blogging this, prone, from my phone, because still ill. Ugh. Know though, it’s a very valid call and was sent to me via email from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences. Also involved is our Los Angeles ABC affiliate. [...]

Printable Cheat Sheet :: 2012 Academy Awards® Nominations   Actor In a Leading Role Demián Bichir A Better Life George Clooney The Descendants Jean Dujardin The Artist Gary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt Moneyball Actress In a Leading Role Glenn Close Albert Nobbs Viola Davis The Help Rooney Mara The Girl with the [...]

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PLEASE COME BACK TOMORROW…If you have arrived here on January 18th, 2012. I deplore piracy. (People stealing artists’ work without paying them.) SOPA doesn’t fix that. Consider H’ActorPrep on strike, shut down, dark like Monday night at the theater: On 1-18-12. Thanks. And I will be back here tomorrow. Dana Click here to Request Personal [...]

Where Have I Been?? Tending to some big personal stuff…Dana Kaminski will be back writing at Hollywood Actor Prep very soon.

Check out actor Allan Wasserman’s Facebook post today, for example: I like what he wrote about acting career gratitude. I’m a grateful actor too. I’m not seeking acting work, I still am grateful to have been born with an artistic sensibility and acting talent. You, too? Someone once said to me that an artistic people [...]

I hope that Ricky Gervais is funny this year, again. He was bordering close to almost pushing the shock for shock-effect, which can take the funny out. If he is able to keep the priority where it belongs and where identity/result comes second: i.e. humor over shock effect; then, there’s a good chance it’s going to be extremely enjoyable, especially for an Awards show. Simply, a freshly funny show.

Reitman: I had to fire an 8-year-old girl once on a Wal-Mart commercial. She was kind of a bad influence on the other kids. Payne: I fired an actor, just once. This actor was being disobedient in rehearsal the week before shooting, and so the day before shooting we made this actor go away and I [...]

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 For the role, the Actor was outfitted entirely in prosthetics, make up, costume…No CGI.  Here’s what went into 7 hours of hair, makeup and costume; every scheduled shooting day.   J. Edgar Hoover was known for his bulldog jaw, which is why DiCaprio wore dental appliances to push out the lower part of his face. [...]

Actors Glenn Close, Viola Davis: on dealing with bad reviews, negative comments. Davis debunks some myths about having a successful acting career. (THR VIDEO)

The backstory, and the reasons (besides the gay slur) that Brett Ratner won’t be producing the 84th Oscars. Includes Academy press release, Brett Ratner’s public letter…