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DeNiro’s Speech Before The Screening Of ‘Everybody’s Fine’

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 5th November 2009 in Fine Film Acting, Premiere

Everybody’s Fine, Is Robert DeNiro’s New Film

To introduce it, the actor made a short speech at the AFI Film Fest.

Also at the presentation were two actresses who play his daughters in the movie, Drew Barrymore and Kate Beckinsale. With them, stood writer-director Kirk Jones.

It should be noted that this is an American version of an Italian film that starred Marcello Mastroianni.

Sam Rockwell, who plays one of two sons, in the film, was an absent actor at the screening.

Actor DeNiro Hope

“It was great to work with my two daughters, and Sam Rockwell.

actor deniro my two daughters

“…And Kirk was terrific. I knew that when he wanted to do the movie it was going to be a special project for him. He really really wanted to do it. I saw that as soon as I met him, in the way he presented the whole project to me.

Actors Barrymore Beckensale Director Kirk

“What else can I say?” DeNiro said with a shrug.

deniro same hand out

“I hope everybody likes it.”

everybodysfine

Intentionally, I did not put the Everybody’s Fine trailer here. It’s a spoiler; for the jokes especially. Cover your ears and eyes, during commercials, also, if you want to fully experience this film.

DeNiro’s acting performance, in this one, makes it extremely worth it.

Thanks to Miramax for the last photo. The ones above it, are my own.

Release date: December 4, 2009.

Enjoy,

;~Dana

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Where Ever Is Dana Kaminski?

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 19th June 2009 in Film acting movie actors, Premiere

Why…at the LA Film Festival, of course.

Last night, I was twittering away. Live from the Red Carpet at the Opening Night Premiere; and afterward, from the Gala Event.

I’m going to continue doing so, throughout the 10 days of the LA Film Fest… And I may even be live blogging by iPhone.

There’s a ton of stuff to cover: narrative films, documentaries, parties, symposiums…and, I will be at them.

My focus, as ever, will be the acting in the films. I’ll be tweeting about the actors at the festival, and may throw in done film reviews, too.

To come along with me, just keep checking back here, at Hollywood Actor Prep.

If you really want ‘real time’… Twitter may be the best method. I post photos there too, just like on this blog.

On Twitter, my user name is __dana__.

My page address is here at this link for Dana Kaminski.

Stick around!
;~Dana

TV Schedule With Mid-Season Premieres :::: Cheat Sheet

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 7th January 2009 in Hollywood Actor Prep Cheat Sheet, Premiere, Television Season

                                     Supersized thanks + hat tip to Cinemablend

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Television Mid-Season Premiere Schedule…

 

Broadcast Networks 

January 3rd
8-9 PM GAME SHOW IN MY HEAD - Series premieres (CBS) 
8-9 PM Cops - Season 21 returns (FOX) 
9-10 PM America’s Most Wanted - Season 22 returns (FOX) 

January 5th
8-9 PM The Bachelor - Season 13 premieres (ABC) 
8-9 PM SUPERSTARS OF DANCE - Series premiere (Previews on January 4th) (NBC) 
8-9 PM Gossip Girl - Season 2 returns (CW) 
9-10 PM One Tree Hill - Season 6 returns (CW)
10-11 PM TRUE BEAUTY - Series premiere (ABC) 

January 6th
8-9 PM HOMELAND SECURITY USA - Series premiere (ABC) 
8-9 PM The Biggest Loser: Couples - Season 7 premieres (NBC) 
8-9 PM 90210 - Season 1 returns (CW) 
9-10 PM Scrubs - Season 8 premieres (ABC) Read the REVIEW
9-10 PM Privileged - Season 1 returns (CW) 
10-11 PM PRIMETIME - Series premiere (ABC) 
10-11 PM Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 10 premieres (NBC) 

January 7th
8-9 PM Knight Rider - Season 1 returns (NBC) 
8-9 PM 13: FEAR IS REAL - Series premiere (CW) 

January 8th
8-9 PM Ugly Betty - Season 3 returns (ABC) 
8-8:30 PM My Name Is Earl - Season 4 returns (NBC) 
8:30-9 PM Kath & Kim - Season 1 returns (NBC) 
9-10 PM Grey’s Anatomy - Season 5 returns (ABC) 
9-9:30 PM The Office - Season 5 returns (NBC) 
9:30-10 PM 30 Rock - Season 3 returns (NBC) 
10-11 PM Private Practice - Season 2 returns (ABC) 
10-11 PM ER - Season 15 returns (NBC) 

January 9th
8-9 PM Ghost Whisperer - Season 4 returns (CBS)
8-9 PM HOWIE DO IT - Series premiere (NBC) 
8-9 PM Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? - Season 3 returns (FOX) 
8-8:30 PM Everybody Hates Chris - Season 4 returns (CW) 
8:30-9 PM The Game - Season 3 returns (CW) 
9-10 PM Flashpoint - Season 2 premieres (CBS) 
9-10 PM Friday Night Lights - Season 3 premieres (NBC) 
9-10 PM Don’t Forget The Lyrics! - Season 2 returns (FOX) 
10-11 PM Numb3rs - Season 5 returns (CBS) 

January 12th
9:30-10 PM Worst Week - Season 1 returns (CBS)
9-10 PM 24 - Season 7 premieres (Previews on January 11th) (FOX) 

January 13th
8-9 PM American Idol - Season 8 premieres (FOX) 

January 15th
8-9 PM Bones - Season 4 returns (FOX) 
8-9 PM Smallville - Season 8 returns (CW) 
9-10 PM C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9 returns (CBS) 
9-10 PM Kitchen Nightmares - Season 2 returns (FOX) 
9-10 PM Supernatural - Season 4 returns (CW) 
10-11 PM Eleventh Hour - Season 1 returns (CBS) 

January 18th
7-8 PM Hole In The Wall - Season 1 returns (FOX) 
8-8:30 PM The Simpsons - Season 20 returns (FOX) 
8:30-9 PM King of the Hill - Season 13 returns (FOX) 
9-9:30 PM Family Guy - Season 7 returns (FOX) 
9:30-10 PM American Dad - Season 4 returns (FOX) 

January 19th
8-9 PM House - Season 5 returns, New timeslot (FOX) 

January 20th
9-10 PM Fringe - Season 1 returns (FOX) 

January 21st
9-10 PM Lost - Season 5 premieres (ABC) Read the REVIEW 
9-10 PM LIE TO ME - Series premiere (FOX) 

January 26th
10-11 PM TRUST ME - Series premiere (TNT) 

January 28th
10-11 PM Life on Mars - Season 1 returns, New timeslot (ABC) 

January 29th
9-10 PM Hell’s Kitchen - Season 5 premieres (FOX) 

February 2nd
8-9 PM Chuck - Season 2 returns (NBC) 
9-10 PM Heroes - Season 2 returns (NBC) 
10-11 PM Medium - Season 2 premieres (NBC) 

February 4th
9-10 PM Life - Season 2 returns (NBC) 

February 13th
8-9 PM Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Season 2 returns, New timeslot (FOX) 
9-10 PM DOLLHOUSE - Series premiere (FOX) 

March 1st
9-10 PM The Apprentice - Season 8 premieres (NBC) 

March 17th
9-10 PM Dancing with the Stars - Season 8 premieres (ABC) 
9-10 PM Reaper - Season 2 premieres (CW) 

March 19th
10-11 PM KINGS - Series premiere (NBC) 

March 24th
10-11 PM CUPID - Series premiere (ABC) Read the REVIEW 

Date To Be Determined
Better Off Ted - Series Premiere (ABC) Read the REVIEW

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Cable Networks 

January 5th 
8-9 PM The Secret Life of the American Teenager - New timeslot (ABC Family)
10-11 PM No Reservations - Season premiere (TRAV) 

January 6th
10-11 PM Nip/Tuck - Season 5 returns (FX) 

January 7th
9-10 PM Ghost Hunters International - Season 2 premieres (SciFi) 
10-11 PM Damages - Season 2 premieres (FX) Read the REVIEW
10-11 PM The Real World - Season 21 premieres (MTV) 

January 9th
9-10 PM Monk - Season 7 returns (USA) Read the REVIEW 
10-11 PM Psych - Season 3 returns (USA) 

January 15th
10-11 PM THE BEAST - Series premiere (A&E) Read the REVIEW 

January 16th
10-11 PM Battlestar Galactica - Season 4 returns (SciFi) 

January 18th
9-10 PM The L Word - Season 6 premieres (Showtime) 
9-10 PM Big Love - Season 3 premieres (HBO) 
10-10:30 THE UNITED STATES OF TARA - Series premiere (Showtime) 
10-10:30 PM Flight of the Conchords - Season 2 premieres (HBO)
10:30-11 PM Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Season 2 premieres (Showtime) 

January 22nd
10-11 PM Burn Notice - Season 2 returns (USA) 

January 26th
10-11 PM TRUST ME - Series premiere (TNT)

 

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Sneak Preview–Wayne Wang Feature Film

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 17th October 2008 in Premiere

Groundbreaking For The Movie Industry

Wayne Wang, the director, is about to premiere this new feature tonight, but you can see it here right now. It is a groundbreaking event, altogether, because he is broadcasting his premiere, on the web!  And, it costs nothing… tonight: October 17,1008, on YouTube.   This film is called “The Princess Of Nebraska”, and it is a “first” because he is  major Hollywood director, and it’s an original story.  Don’t get confused, however, because Wang does have another film out now, in the theaters…That one is a different movie. 

Why a free web premiere??  Because…

  1. Thematically, the internet plays a large part in “The Princess Of Nebraska”.  The story follows the evolution of  a young woman’s identity, while using the ‘net.
  2.  It’s an “artistic movie“, and they are hoping to establish a trend; so that movies may get exposure on the internet, so smaller films can find audiences.   They are hoping that smaller films will make their way and thrive, on the internet: as happened with the music industry.  (No longer a hit-making creating machine; with all the limitations that come from that one perspective….).  

I am hoping, along with them…I’m wishing on every star in the sky: that more artistic films, that smaller films, that more literate films, that films made by auteurs…(I am scrinching my eyes shut, and my hands are clasped with this wish…)I sincerely hope this makes a “home”, that tonight begins a solid and sincere environment for quality and high level product to be seen and appreciated, and also to get support for endeavors that aren’t major blockbusters, or same-old-same-old  acccchhhttt.  And that in turn, more “auteur” product gets made, and higher level productions get inspired by this.(…A big exhale, and I unclench as I let my wish float up to the sky.)

A Blog On “Variety”

Variety’s Anne Thompson, who has a blog called “Thompson On Hollywood” had “The Princess Of Nebraska” up on her blog, for this sneak preview, and that is how I knew and where I got it from…

And I’ve been able to get a widget, if you’d like to read the current Anne Thompson post right here. …To watch “The Princess of Nebraska, click here for the full-length, streaming version, on YouTube…

In case you aren’t up on your Hollywood directors, Wayne Wang has some very major feature credits, including “Because of The Winn Dixie”, “Maid In Manhattan”, “Anywhere But Here”, and many more. If you click on his name, You can view  his full feature list of credits, at ‘IMDB’, if you click on his name, above.

 


Watching “Californication”, As An Actor

Which shows might you watch for the acting?  I have comments, below this listing…

The TV shows premiering tonight:

7:00 PM ABC  Extreme Makeover Home Edition 

8:00 PM  CBS The Amazing Race

               Fox The Simpsons

8:30        Fox   King Of The Hill

9:00        ABC  Desperate Housewives

               CBS   Cold Case

               Fox   Family Guy

               ST    Dexter

9:30        Fox  American Dad

10:00      ABC Brothers And Sisters

               CBS The Unit

               ST  Californication

 

The Relevancy to Acting 

 

Californication

Californication

 

 

Californication is a must. It’s theatre, on TV.

Not only is the acting (David Duchovny) seamless, effortless, and relaxed-as-you-can-get; but the scripts are original and it’s great with as far as acting “relationships” (fa-real relating, modern).  It does jack up the uchh-Hollywood-sleaze-in-the-business..so if that already makes you creeped out, then don’t watch it…the show is so effectively done, the fear of being  “Hollywood-slimed” could  keep you from going after your career here!

Don’t worry…

Some people get H-slimed, others don’t.  (… If you keep your integrity, and stick with my site + blog…you can learn some good boundaries to stay out of that ‘world’ here…)  Generally, I find, some people are naive, and some people simply like sleaze and slime. They venture in, not just into Hollywood, but into the slime in Hollywood; they choose to walk right in.  Do they unknowingly get sucked in?

 

Some who get sucked in

Some do know it, as it happens. Yet,  it still happens, because they let it.  There’s conflict and discovery… and that’s what this show is about. 

Great drama often involves situations where the character is sinking into some lower state, and suddenly they find themselves immersed in an environment (external or internal) , that is different to what they know. Than what they’re familiar with. 

So how do you act that?

Acting is active.    

The most exciting roles, dramatically, are where the character is transitioning.  In the midst of it.  The discovery, where the character recognizes that he is not the moral or ethical person that he once was.  How he sees himself, the level that he holds himself.  The solidity, core of how he defines his identity, is transitioning.  He discovers as when we do, the audience.  We all discover it together; and then; we, as the audience, watch him struggle to try to get “himself” back. 

In this show, he almost can’t help himself; and there is an ongoing inner struggle there, and a human weakness and lack of control.  

I do love Californication, and don’t love to admit it… It really does a great job of portraying some  (existing somewhere)  ooh-yuk,slee-e-ezy  perspective of H’wood.  It’s a got a good lens on modern relationships, as well.

I give it a vote of very “real”.  Even though it isn’t a pretty “real”, not easy to take.  It’s art, like a David Raab play is: it’s “too much”, and that “too much” is part of what makes it art.

Can’t stand to watch it; and have to watch it…The tension is this: Is he going to pull himself up a little, or stay down; with his next step?

(I hate to use the word “character”, I just can’t think of a better way, right now.  It isn’t apt, not precise.  It distorts, describing acting.  As soon as I hear “character”–that makes it “once-removed”… it takes the connection out.  I do use “me” or “you” when speaking about acting; but when writing, that doesn’t “read” precisely, either–it doesn’t define…When I write or say “the character“;  immediately, it seems like detached acting, like bad acting, phony….)

 

 

Sociopaths, Psychopaths, Auditions

 

Dexter

Dexter

 

 

Dexter is popular, I know.  From an acting standpoint, I think it’s good for research. Here’s a guy who actually is a sociopath.  (Sociopath and psychopath have the same definition; the “S” one is more polite, nicer-sounding! …Just some psychology F.Y.I.!)  

Actors often play those with mental disorders.  Again, it makes great drama.  Meaty roles to play, too. 

Dexter’s duality is that he works for the police, and is murdering people; two extreme sides within the same person.  

Personally, I find the premise to be too “gimmick-y”. However, it’s interesting to observe the acting choices, while watching the story; any sociopathic personality would be interesting to play, even without the “pushed” circumstances.  And they are unique.

Basically, sociopaths feel no conscience pulling at them.  They get their “thrills” in very different ways than most other people.  

Statistics estimate that there is one sociopath for every 25 people.  

Many don’t murder people, or even do other extreme, physically violent things. The pathology isn’t easy to detect, even by psychiatrists. But, they do have differences, and do act differently.

This kind of depth makes a role  interesting to play, because the symptoms are not obvious; they are under the surface, difficult to detect and define. Characteristically, sociopaths are quite engaging, socially.  These complexities can also make a role more difficult to play.

I always think it is a good idea, while watching performance, to keep one eye on how someone plays a role. What choices did they make?   Especially, when they’ve make a success of it.

I also think it is good to give yourself exercises, while watching.  You may do so, automatically; get in the habit, if not: of thinking how you might portray this specific sociopath, yourself… 

I’m not suggesting you play these parts in  your life.  

In Dexter, his pathology is central to the theme. 

When shows and roles become successful, that type of character becomes more prevalent in the “Breakdowns”.  There’s a good chance you’ll audition for a role like this, in the future, or at least do a scene in a class…

 

Best,

;Dana

TV Premiere Cheat Sheet for Thursday 9-25-2008. And Harvey Keitel?!

 

The fall television season is underway. Want an easy schedule?

t night.   

 

Tonight:

 

 ABC 

 

UGLY BETTY 

(2 hours of) GREY’S ANATOMY

 

 

NBC

THE OFFICE  (followed by THE OFFICE SPINOFF*)

MY NAME IS EARL

ER

 

 

Jamie Pressley  ::  Actor  ::  My Name Is Earl

Jamie Pressley :: Actor :: My Name Is Earl

 

 

“30 Rock”, the big Emmy winner, won’t be premiering until late October.

No “Lost”, yet, (still my favorite show)—and it won’t be premiere-ing for a while…boo hoo!

 

No  “Miami CSI” yet either…they are scheduled for winter…

 

Harvey Keitel on Television

That’s really big news.  As far as great acting goes, well, Harvey Keitel is his own genre…

Movie actors didn’t used to migrate between television and film: it was really strict–one or the other, as a classification.  

What a great character he will be on the new show, called “Life On Mars”!  What great casting–  a hardened, weathered, New York detective.  

This show was already a hit, where it was conceived, in England.  On the BBC.

(Thank you, BBC, for creating and proving a hit; perhaps too creative to ever have passed up our past our “Network Brass”  to make it to air, here in the States.)

Another reason that it went right up, with a big pass, thru-the-ranks-of -network–was, that it started out as a David Kelley production (duh, “Boston Legal” etc)

[--and if you don't know who David Kelley is, may I send you, please, to the back of the room---]

He’s no longer involved, and the show is still on the lineup; with a few changes…cast  and city changes–it went from LA to NYC.

 

The story concept– “Life On Mars”:

Cop, in the middle of work, gets transported back to the 1970’s.  Same day, different year; same job, different cultural period!

Great.  Let’s hope it plays out that way!

The cast is a good, solid,  ”real actors”:

 

  • Gretchen Mol
  • Lisa Bonet
  • Harvey Keitel (and again, I say: Harvey K.)
  • Michael Imperioli 
  • Jonathan Murphy
  • Jason O’Mara   (Actor from Scotland, orig.)
For more info on “Life On Mars” , here’s a link to an “TV Guide” article.
Jason O'Mara The Lead Actor On ABC's Life On Mars

Jason O'Mara

 

Best,

; Dana

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