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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY 2017!
3 Actors Who Have Played Santa Claus
1. Ben Affleck in “Reindeer Games”
Though Affleck doesn’t necessarily play Santa Claus himself, he dresses up as Saint Nick when his character, an ex-convict recently released from jail, becomes entangled in a plot to rob a casino on Christmas Eve.
2. Paul Giamatti in “Fred Claus”
Giamatti plays Saint Nick in this fantasy comedy that focuses on Santa’s relationship with his resentful older brother, Fred Claus (played by Vince Vaughn). When Fred ends up in a bind and tries scheming his brother into loaning him $50,000, Nick demands he travel to the North Pole and earn his money by helping work during the Christmas rush.
3. Billy Bob Thornton in “Bad Santa”
The 2003 comedy (and its 2016 sequel Bad Santa 2) sees Thornton in the role of a conman who, along with his dwarf sidekick, dress as Santa Claus and his elf helper at a department store each holiday season just to rob the mall once Christmas Eve hits, and all shoppers have gone home.
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Pros And Cons of Going to a Full-Time Acting School
Pros:
- Amazing experience – To get to spend 3 years of your life focusing on acting, and being surrounded by others on the same mission as you is priceless!
- You’ll learn a lot about yourself – Through meeting different people and listening to their ideas and stories, the acting exercises, trust when playing scenes (the list goes on) you’ll come to find you’ll learn about yourself and others, which is invaluable.
- The training is intense – Normally working 8am-6pm, some schools work you even harder. It’s not often you get to act for this amount of time, it’s a blessing!
- You will make a lot of contacts – There is no doubt that while you are there you will make contacts that can help propel your career after you graduate. Especially if you make the most of your showcase – and the schmoozing that comes after it!
- You are more likely to be booked for work when you graduate- While you don’t NEED to have a full time drama school on your resume, it does help and you will be more likely to be signed up by a good agent and book work.
- The best qualification you will get in acting comes from an accredited drama school.
- Top agents attend the final year showcases to seek fresh talent to represent.
Cons:
- You might not get in – The volume of applicants is incredibly high. If you want to go down this route, you must be willing to persevere and not get disheartened if it doesn’t work out the first time.
- There are no guarantees – Just like any course in education, it is how you utilize your learning and put in the extra work. There are plenty of graduates who do not make it in the acting world when they leave. Be hungry and be prepared to give it your all.
- You won’t be able to work while you are training – You will be dedicating all of your time to your course for 3 years, whereas if you train part time, you can start working as soon as you feel ready.
- It just might not be for you – try going to open days at different drama schools and see what they have to offer. If you don’t get a good vibe, then it’s probably not a good fit.
- Not enough preparation for the business side of acting.
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Choreographer Peter Wright on what makes The Nutcracker so magical (The Royal Ballet)
Casey Affleck on Finding a Character
“Matt was going to direct that movie and then he decided not to. That happened long before we started the movie. And I can’t really talk — I don’t know how you guys feel, but talking to other people about a part is not helpful for me. It’s such an internal and complicated and still mysterious process. It’s almost all inside. And it was hard [emotionally]. Three times a week I’d show up and have to stand over someone who’s your dead relative and try to be authentically in that place. It broke me into a place where it became much easier to do all of it.”
Affleck also said that he doesn’t do much rehearsing, though he did on Manchester By the Sea and found the process more helpful since it was a low-budget movie. He explains, “On this movie — because Kenny [Lonergan, the writer-director] came out of a theater background — he wanted to rehearse a lot and talk about it. The fun part for me is endlessly talking about why does he do this, or why does he do that, or why doesn’t he? I really get into that. [But] on movies that are small like that, with a low budget, you don’t feel like you have enough time. So sometimes we would only have time to shoot half the scene, or the whole scene just played on one person. So you spend a week working on that scene and [are told], ‘We’re not going to shoot that half of it.’ That’s OK. It still holds together, which is a testament to Kenny knowing which sacrifices to make and which not to make, and knowing which limbs to cut off and the thing could still live.”
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Research: The Stradivarius Secret
A team of researchers at National Taiwan University believe that the unique sound of Stradivarius instruments may have arisen from a secret anti-woodworm treatment applied by the master-luthier.
Our analysis of Stradivari’s maples from three independent sources showed reproducible differences in chemical compositions compared with modern maples. Stradivari’s use of mineral-treated maples belonged to a forgotten tradition unknown to later violin makers. His maple also appeared to be transformed by aging and vibration, resulting in a unique composite material unavailable to modern makers. Modern chemical analyses may, therefore, improve our understanding of Stradivari’s unique craft and inspire the development of novel material approaches in instrument making.
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