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Bravo is gearing up for an artistic type of reality show and I do mean art. Apparently this has been in the works now for over one year and they are finally spilling the beans about it. The reality show will be called, “The Untitled Art Project.” Does it sound interesting enough yet?

There will be 13 artists in the reality show and one of the executive producers is new mom again, Sarah Jessica Parker. For those that don’t know, she and her husband just brought home twin daughters that’ll be joining their bigger brother.

The prize, since there always is one in these reality shows will be to compete for a “gallery show,” one person will get a national tour and finally there are cash prizes. Think you could stand out against the other artists? Casting call in

LOS ANGELES
Saturday, July 11 & Sunday, July 12, 10 AM – 2 PM
LAXART
www.laxart.org

MIAMI
Tuesday, July 14, 10 AM – 2 PM
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
www.Snitzer.com

CHICAGO
Thursday, July 16, 10 AM – 2 PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sullivan Galleries, 33 State Street
www.saic.edu

NEW YORK
Saturday, July 18 & Sunday, July 19, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
White Columns
www.whitecolumns.org

Good luck!!

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James Franco, actor of “Freaks and Geeks” has issued a casting call down in Suffolk, Virginia for a new movie he is directing. There is a certain type of person he’s looking for though, the character must be backwoodsy. Hmmm, any Grissly Adams looking guys out there? How about the really long beards and plaid outfit with overalls look?

No details will be released on the possible upcoming movie except he does need a lot of kids and extras in their early 40s to play parents. Hmmm, makes one wonder right?

Adult actors needed:

-  those looking tired

-  those who can play alcoholic parents

Young Actors needed:

-  barefoot children

-  muddy children living on farms

The casting call will take place at Hilton Garden Inn

Time: 5p.m.

Date: Monday, April 6, 2009

Oh you know you’ve got a handful on you and you just can’t seem to control those little monsters. Am I right? Okay, so they aren’t monsters but all your neighbors insist they are. Well if you’ve ever caught SUPERNANNY then chances are you’ve dreamed of her walking into your home and turning those little monsters into angelic creatures. Right?

SuperNanny will be in San Francisco, California on April 4th.

Details below:

Date:  Saturday, April 4th

Time:  noon until 4 p.m.

Address:  Pier 39

Entrance Plaza Beach Street and the Embarcadero

City: San Francisco, CA 94133

Check out the SuperNanny website for the application, you will need it filled out.

Rachel Ray has announced that she is looking for a few good cooks. For those that think they can cook, enter the “Hey, Can You Cook?!” challenge and see if you’ve got what it takes to beat everyone. The winner will appear on the Rachel Ray show.

The show will air the various challenges, with the top cooks moving on to the next round and one cook eliminated each week. At the end of the competition, only one cook will be left standing and crowned the “Hey, Can You Cook?! 4″ champ.

For more information on how to apply please go to www.rachaelrayshow.com. All audition tapes must be received by March 23rd, 2009.

Do you think you can beat everyone? Will you be entering?

Lifetime is looking to improve their viewer audience and trying to reach everyone, they are even having a casting call. Know any lesbian moms that would like to be on TV? Read below:

Be a part of a groundbreaking documentary series for Lifetime TV. We are currently casting individuals or couples who want to create a family but are struggling to do so.

We are looking for individuals or couples undergoing treatment who are willing to share their experiences with the world in the hopes of providing support, education, and guidance about a subject that many people still know very little about–infertility.

We are committed to telling the real stories of those of you that are currently navigating your way through the world of infertility treatments and we hope this will draw attention to the struggles that you endure in your journey to have a family.

We know that there are many, many eye opening stories to tell; whether you’re a single woman who has made the courageous decision to go it alone, a couple who has decided to turn to surrogacy, a same sex couple trying to build a family, or a couple about to go through their first cycle of IVF. We know that you have unique stories that have the power to inform and shed light on an issue that most know nothing about.

If you have a unique story and are currently going through treatment for infertility we want to talk to you.

If interested in speaking with the production company, please email dustin.kight@familyequality.org as soon as possible.

SuperNanny is looking to see who she can help next. Will it be you?  If you want to try out details are below:

December 13, 2008

Time:  noon until 4p.m.

Location: Amazing Pizza Machine

139th and Millard (guess she wants to see who can take their kids to a pizza shop)

Ritzville Journal:

Producers are hosting an open casting call for the show on Saturday, Dec. 13, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Northtown Mall at 4750 North Division, Spokane, in the Discovery Park Food Court.

This season, producers are searching for families with unique interests: parents who have ordinary and extraordinary circumstances; teen moms; parents with mean girls or bullying boys, culturally diverse parents and blended families where both sides are seeking help.

Interested moms and dads in need of help with their out-of-control kids may apply online at http://www.supernanny.com or send an e-mail to supernanny@ricochettelevision.com.

With the release of the popular book series, Twilight, making en estimate of $70.5million at the box office they are already looking at making the second movie. The second book is "New Moon" and the casting call has begun.

Here’s a list of the current cast that will be returning:

Kristen Stewart - Bella Swan
Taylor Lautner - Jacob Black
Robert Pattinson - Edward Cullen
Billy Burke - Charlie Swan
Ashley Greene - Alice Cullen
Nikki Reed - Rosalie Hale
Jackson Rathbone - Jasper Hale
Kellan Lutz - Emmet Cullen
Peter Facinelli - Dr. Carlisle Cullen

Interested in standing next to Edward, aka Robert Pattinson? You can if you are in Los Angeles, Portland Oregon, or near Hollywood you may want to head out to the auditions. Who knows you might get lucky and become famous.

The Lifetime Network is on the hunt for real Southern Belles in the Alabama area, so if you know of one and she’d love an opportunity on Television let her know.

On April 12th the Lifetime people will be in Mobile, Alabama from 9a.m. until 1 p.m. for the casting call. The event will take place at Mobile Botanical Gardens, Larkins Learning Center, 5151 Museum Drive.

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Have you seen “Deal or No Deal” and think you can win the big cash at the end? Well head on down to Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend. That’s right there is a casting call, April 12, from 10a.m. until 1 p.m. at RC Willey Store, 2301 S. 300 West.

Head on down and make yourself known, who knows you may just get on “Deal or No Deal.” If you make it let us know, even if you just show up for the casting call. We’d love to hear what happens.

Download an application at ksl.com

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If you are in or around the Kansas City area this week, you may want to come on down for the try outs. According to the Kansas City Newspaper the Nashville Star on NBC is looking for some singers for their show this year.

Do you have singing talent? If you believe you or someone you know does, head on out and try out. What’s the worse that can happen? Or should I say, imagine the best thing that can happen. Hey, you won’t know if you don’t try right? To all of you heading out, GOOD LUCK!

February 13th - Kansas City, MO
4pm - 9pm
The Beaumont Club
4050 Pennsylvania Kansas City, MO 64111

The children’s clothing company, GAP, is having a casting call. While this may not be a tv show or a movie, it is definitely on the tv. From October 1- 24, so hurry up and sign up.

More details here.

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It seems that after a mother complained to the state about something that happened during the filming of KidNation, New Mexico took interest. Even though the show stopped filming in May and begins to air in September, they can still get into a lot of trouble if found guilty.

New Mexico is looking into whether or not KidNation broke any state laws or labor laws when they had children fend for themselves. According to a rep for the Attorney’s State Office:

“Information is being evaluated now and reviewed in light of all the interest in this. We are determining what our next move will be or even if there will be one. Even though it seems it’s kind of a moot point, there are a lot of things to look into that we could still address.â€?

By all means, I really hope they didn’t but even after watching footage I had wondered. I don’t know if it is illegal to make the kids do all the work that they showed in the filming but I do understand why the parents would be upset. I’d be a bit ticked off if it were my kids.

According to the NYTimes the 22-page contract signed by parents stated:

“parents and kids were responsible for “emotional distress, illness, sexually transmitted diseases, H.I.V. and pregnancyâ€? if the participant “chooses to enter into an intimate relationship of any nature with another participant or any other person,

I’m not sure about you, but this would’ve been a definite FORGET IT. To state if something goes wrong they are taking no liability, they already had NO privacy except for showering and going to the restroom. Why could they NOT watch children to make sure they were doing anything?

Here’s a part that someone will be getting in trouble for:

“Violating the confidentiality agreement carries a $5 million penalty. CBS and the production companies, Good TV Inc. and Magic Molehill Productions, retained the rights to the children’s life stories ‘in perpetuity and throughout the universe.”

I wonder if they’ll sue now that word has gotten out? Now a child was able to get paid $5,000 but if they left the show early they no longer qualified. Hmmm, but didn’t they send kids away every week? (I could be wrong there since I haven’t seen the September episodes)

Accidents:
1 girl burned by splattered grease to her face. (sounds like cooking duty)
4 children hospitalized after mistakenly drinking bleach

We shall all be finding out really soon what it was really like and if KidNation broke any laws. Stay tuned!

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Joe Mantegna will be joining Criminal Minds this fall. Joe will be playing a character called David Ross, which is an FBI agent. You won’t see him until the 5th episode airs, but after that he should be a regular.

UPDATE: CBS’ Tuesday press release is below:

EMMY AWARD NOMINEE JOE MANTEGNA JOINS THE CAST OF “CRIMINAL MINDS”

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 — Joe Mantegna will join the cast of CRIMINAL MINDS starring as FBI Special Agent David Rossi. Mantegna is scheduled to make his first appearance in the fifth episode of the season which is broadcast Wednesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CRIMINAL MINDS also stars Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, AJ Cook and Kirsten Vangsness.

“We are all THRILLED to have Joe Mantegna joining our family. He’s an incredible actor, a genuinely nice person and, as a fellow Chicagoan, I can tell you he makes fantastic Italian Beef sandwiches and Chicago Style Hot Dogs,” said Executive Producer Ed Bernero.

“We’ve been fans of Joe’s since his early days on the stage and think he will be a wonderful addition to our CRIMINAL MINDS cast,” added Executive Producers Mark Gordon and Deb Spera.

Special Agent Rossi is an original member of the Behavioral Analysis Unit who took early retirement to go on lecture and book tours, and has volunteered to return to the unit.

Joe Mantegna is currently nominated for an Emmy Award for his role in the summer mini-series, “The Starter Wife.” His additional television credits include the series “Joan of Arcadia,” “First Monday,” the mini-series “The Last Don” (Emmy Award nomination), and “The Last Don II,” all on the Network, as well as “The Simpsons,” the television movies “The Rat Pack” (Emmy Award nomination) and three installments of “Spenser for Hire.” His feature film credits include “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” “The Godfather, Part III,” “Bugsy” and “The Simpsons Movie.” Mantegna won a Tony Award for his performance in “Glengarry Glen Ross.”

CRIMINAL MINDS is produced by ABC Television Studios in association with CBS Paramount Network Television.

To read more about Criminal Minds and keep up-to-date you should check out Katie-Mientka at 451press called, “Criminal Minds.”

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The much publicized Kid Nation has just released the names of those 40 children that will be appearing on the newest kid reality show, on September 19, 2007.

The 40 young pioneers participating in Kid Nation — as well as their CBS-supplied bios — are:

- Alex, a 9-year-old from Reno, NV

- Anjay, a 12-year-old from Pearland, TX

- Blaine, a 14-year-old from North Palm Beach, FL

- Brett, an 11-year-old from Edina, MN

- Campbell, a 10-year-old from Thomasville, GA

- Cody, a 9-year-old from Newport, OH

- Colton, an 11-year-old from Reno, NV

- Divad, an 11-year-old from Fayetteville, GA

- DK, a 14-year-old from Chicago, IL

- Emilie, a 9-year-old from Sparks, NV

- Eric, a 14-year-old from Morristown, NJ

- Gianna, a 10-year-old from Chicago, IL

- Greg, a 15-year-old from Reno, NV

- Guylan, an 11-year-old from Upton, MA

- Hunter, a 12-year-old from Martinez, GA

- Jared, an 11-year-old from Dunwoody, GA

- Jasmine, an 11-year-old from Atlanta, GA

- Jimmy, an 8-year-old from Salem, NH

- Kelsey, an 11-year-old from Furlong, PA

- Kennedy, a 12-year-old from Ashland, KY

- Laurel, a 12-year-old from Medford, MA

- Leila, a 9-year-old from Charlotte, NC

- Madison, an 11-year-old from El Paso, TX

- Maggie, a 14-year-old from Evansville, MN

- Mallory, an 8-year-old from Indianapolis, IN (Mallory is Olivia’s younger sister)

- Markelle, a 12-year-old from Marietta, GA

- Michael, a 14-year-old from Monroe, WA

- Migle, a 13-year-old from Downers Grove, IL

- Mike, an 11-year-old from Bellevue, WA

- Morgan, a 12-year-old from Indianapolis, IN

- Natasha, a 13-year-old from Miami, FL

- Nathan, an 11-year-old from Mount Prospect, IL

- Olivia, a 12-year-old from Indianapolis, IN (Olivia is Mallory’s older sister)

- Pharoh, a 12-year-old from Philadelphia, PA

- Randi, an 11-year-old from Sparks, NV

- Savannah, a 10-year-old from Partridge, KY

- Sophia, a 14-year-old from Winter Park, FL

- Sophie, a 10-year-old from Issaquah, WA

- Taylor, a 10-year-old from Sylvester, GA

- Zach, a 10-year-old from Miami Beach, FL

Will you be tuning in? I do believe I’ll watch the first episode, not sure after that.

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Over 50 young women turned out at the Yuma Palms Regional Center in Yuma, Arizona for the casting call for “America’s Top Model.” From college students to Marines, many wanted their chance at stardom this past week and showed up for that once in a lifetime chance.

This event is for the 10th Season of “America’s Top Model”, which the 9th has just begun taping. Contestants had to show off their catwalk, send in a video and do a few model poses. It sounds like it would’ve been a blast. Now models did have to be between the ages of 18-27 to be eligible for the show and 5 feet 7 inches tall. Whoever finalizes in this one will get to compete in Tyra Banks Modeling boot camp.

For those that do not know America’s Top Model is a reality show made up of models competing for a contract at the end of the season. There are other prizes as well but each one strives to get number one.

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