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Saturday, November 2, 2024
How to Become a Background Actor
What is a background actor? "A background actor, or extra, is a nonspeaking role; extras appear frequently in the background of television or film productions, intended to round out the scene for realism’s sake. They could be spectators at a baseball game, audience members at a comedy club, or just people strolling through Central Park—these are all common background roles.
"Is there a difference between “background” actor and an “extra”?
"There is not! You may hear “background” used instead of “extra” because, frankly, it sounds a little more sophisticated. But a background actor is the exact same thing as an extra.
"What is a featured extra? "A featured extra is a background actor who gets a little more screen time. Maybe they pour the lead a latte, deliver a newspaper to their doorstep, or catch a fly ball—meaning that it’s more likely for a featured extra to be recognizable in the final episode or film. "Featured extra" is not an official SAG-AFTRA designation, however, and doesn’t translate into additional pay.
"Another thing to remember: featured extras still don’t speak on camera. If they have even a one-word line, they’re now considered a “co-star.” Co-stars have five lines or less; generally, they’ll only be required for one day of shooting, though that’s subject to change. Unlike extra work, you absolutely can put co-starring gigs on your acting résumé when trying to land speaking roles. Also unlike extra work, almost without exception, productions will require co-stars to be members of SAG-AFTRA.
"How to be an extra in a movie or TV show
"Becoming an extra is much simpler than becoming an actor: you need a recent headshot, and that alone will enable you to apply for gigs, though an acting résumé with any background work you've done can help you land a part. “What we’re looking for in a submission is a picture that represents yourself,” says Grant Wilfley of Grant Wilfley Casting, which handles most background acting work in New York.
“We’re not interested in retouched professional headshots if they are not an accurate representation of what you look like,” Wilfley continues. You can even use a photo you took yourself, provided it shows that you took your submission seriously. Don’t use “an out-of-focus shot of yourself where you can only see half of your face. That’s not super helpful. It may show your quirky personality, but it’s not showing what you look like, and that’s really the most important thing.” . . .
. . ."For instance, an extra will be paid more if:
- They are required to get wet (unless provided with swimming or surfing gear) or work in a smoke-filled environment
- They personally provided certain props, such as pets or golf clubs
- Body makeup or oil is applied to more than half their body
- They use special skills such as tennis, ice skating, horseback riding, or driving a motorcycle
- Full article...
- There are good extras and not-so-good extras!
Hugh Hewitt Quits Washington Post After Confrontation During Paper’s Live Show
"This guy proved Hugh's point. He just sat there with dead air. Nothing in his notes to read as a rebuttal. Can't think on his feet, and no one whispering a follow up in his ear. They were both stunned with the Hugh's facts! Hugh is a seasoned and educated journalist, lawyer, and an articulate political analyst. Because the liberal host couldn't respond, he took the "you hurt my feelings" way out." (Comment)
"Conservative radio host and Washington Post columnist Hugh Hewitt quit the paper after seven years.
"Hewitt quit after an explosive confrontation with Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus over the election.
"I don’t blame Hewitt one bit:
CAPEHEART: Is it me, or does it seem like this week Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for contesting the election by complaining that cheating was taking place in Pennsylvania, by suing Bucks county for alleged irregularities. And this is on top of his continual assertion that if he loses it’s because of cheating.
MARCUS: Yeah. He’s been laying the groundwork for this, just not in the last week, but in the last “umpty yump” months. No election can be fair unless, in Donald Trump’s mind, unless Donald Trump wins it. And I think we are going to see him both rev up his supporters to contest elections outside of courtrooms and go to every courtroom he can in America where it’s relevant to make whatever arguments he can, no matter how far fetched we saw…But it didn’t work out. That may not happen this time.
CAPEHEART: And now I’ll let you go. Hugh.
HEWITT: Well, I just got to say we’re news people, even though we’re at the opinion section, it’s got to be reported. Bucks County was reversed by the court and instructed to open up extra days because they violated the law and told people to go home. So that lawsuit was brought by the Republican National Committee, and it was successful. The Supreme Court ruled that Glenn Youngkin was successful. We are newspeople, even though we have opinions, we have to report the whole story if we bring up part of the story. So, yes, he’s upset about bucks County. But he was right. And he won in court. That’s the story. I’ll let you keep going, Jonathan.
CAPEHEART: No. I just don’t appreciate being lectured about reporting. Many times you come here saying lots of things that aren’t…
HEWITT: I won’t come back, Jonathan. I’m done. I’m done. This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of. You guys are working. That’s fine. I’m done.
Once 'joyful', Harris now goes the full McCarthyite: Victor Davis Hanson
Well, Democrats had to make Kamala's laugh a feature instead of a bug. TD
. . ."Fascists seek to control and weaponize the media. So, Facebook and Twitter both conspired with the FBI to censure news accounts favorable to Trump. The major newspapers, social media corporations, television networks, and public broadcasting systematically and continually attacked Trump, censured his supporters, and fused with his opponents. Why then the charges of Trump the fascist and Hitler reincarnation?"
"In the last two weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has been trying to revive her stagnant campaign by smearing Trump as being Hitlerian and a fascist. She claims Trump is planning to put his enemies in encampments.
"Yet in the modern era, it was not Trump who put large numbers of U.S. residents and citizens into "relocation camps," but liberal Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt who sent Japanese-American citizens and residents into them.
"If Harris refers to Trump's supposed fascist policies during his prior four-year tenure, there is no such evidence.
"Nonetheless, the once "joyful" Harris is ending her campaign by trafficking in lies and smears reminiscent of the Joe McCarthy era.
"Recall that fascists hijack law enforcement and the military to suspend constitutional rights and punish enemies. But Trump did neither.
"Instead, in 2016, a corrupt FBI went after Trump himself during the Obama administration with the bogus Steele dossier.
"The FBI, which in 2016 had hired the faker Steele, in 2020, fused with social media to suppress accurate news reporting of the embarrassing Hunter Biden laptop scandal.
"A number of FBI directors and intelligence officials — John Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, Andrew McCabe — who openly sought to destroy Trump had a long history of either lying or feigning amnesia under oath.
"Fascists try to warp the legal system. But Trump's own Justice Department selected an independent special counsel to investigate the invented Russian collusion accusations against him.
"In vast contrast, the Biden Justice Department coordinated with Georgia prosecutors Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, special counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg, and New York Attorney General Letitia James to prosecute Trump, bankrupt him, and keep off the campaign trail.
"Fascists use their governments to destroy their enemies." . . .
Report: White House Officials Pressured Stenographers to Edit Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Smear
“There’s no way to spin it: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don’t just hate President Trump, they despise the tens of millions of Americans who support him. Kamala does not deserve four more years,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump campaign national spokesperson, said Tuesday
"White House press officials reportedly pressured stenographers to cover up President Joe Biden’s “garbage” smear by editing the transcript to alter its meaning.
"The coverup was “a breach of protocol and spoilation of transcript integrity between the Stenography and Press Offices,” according to a stenographer supervisor’s email obtained by the Associated Press (AP).
“ 'The only garbage I see floating out there is his [Trump] supporters,” Biden said Tuesday.
"The White House stenographers added an apostrophe to “supporters” and an em-dash to alter the meaning of Biden’s statement.
“ 'This would be called lying in a public document,” Clay Travis, founder of Outkick, reacted on X. Greg Price said the edit is a “Direct violation of the Presidential Records Act.”
The change was made after the press office “conferred with the president,” according to an internal email from the head of the stenographers’ office that was obtained by The AP. The authenticity of the email was confirmed by two government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.According to the email, the press office had asked the stenographers to quickly produce a transcript of the call amid the firestorm. Biden himself took to social media to say that he he was not calling all Trump supporters garbage and that he was referring specifically to the “hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally.” . . .
Democrats "speak"; Republicans "spew". TD Biden Calling Trump Supporters ‘Garbage’ Says All You Need To Know About Today’s Dem Party; Issues & Insights . . ."As the news site Just the News noted, “the Democrats’ penchant for smearing MAGA supporters and other dissident groups has become a central part of their messaging as Trump appears poised to make a return to the White House.”
"With two assassination attempts made on his life and his fervent MAGA followers vilified daily by the so-called mainstream media, Trump’s response to Biden’s word-belch perhaps put it best: “You can’t lead America if you don’t love Americans,” he told supporters at a North Carolina rally Wednesday. “And you can’t be president if you hate the American people.”
"Next Tuesday, Democrats might find out just how true those words are."
Why You Should Always Double-Check Your Ballot: Kentucky Voting Machine Showed Trump Vote As Vote For Harris
"Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump encouraged voters to report any issues to ProtectTheVote.com.
Try to ignore the dramatic music.
“ 'I tried to pick Trump 10 times, it would not work.”
"That’s part of the caption for a now-viral video on X showing a voter trying to cast a vote for former President Donald Trump. After several attempts, the video shows, the electronic voting machine captured a vote — but it was for Vice President Kamala Harris. Although officials have looked into the issue, such glitches are a reminder to voters to always double (if not triple) check ballots when casting votes.
"The user, whose screen name is “it’s me,” said in the post that the incident took place in Kentucky. She claimed she “went to the head of the election board and will send this video to KY attorney general.”
"Kentucky Attorney General Michael Adams said in a post on X responding to a report on the incident that “there is no ‘vote-switching’. The voter confirmed that her ballot was correctly printed as marked for the candidate of her choice. Get your voting information from legitimate sources, not TikTok or cat turds.”
"Laurel County Clerk Tony Brown later confirmed in a post on Facebook that when the state’s Attorney General’s office came to “check the device,” the incident eventually occurred again.
“ 'The Attorney General’s office has been to the vote center to check the device that has been shown across social media today. In full disclosure, after several minutes of attempting to recreate the scenario, it did occur,” Brown said on Facebook. “This was accomplished by hitting some area in between the boxes. After that we tried for several minutes to do it again and could not.”
"Brown also posted a video of what he said was “the same machine used by the voter” in which viewers “can see us going back and forth through the names with no issues.” He said there were no other reports of issues with the machine." . . .
‘This is CNN’
"Anderson Blooper: Thank you all for your observations. (Removes his eyeglasses, battling to hold his emotions in check, and looks up at the clock). I am going to read a wire service report. President Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m. Eastern Standard Time."
"The mainstream media mangle the truth in their collective effort to push America toward a communist-styled government. Imagine the reporting if today’s one-sided leftist media had been around in April 1865.
"The Civil War, with approximately 600,000 casualties, ended on April 9 with a decisive Union victory. On April 15, a war-weary President and Mrs. Lincoln, along with some guests, went to the Ford Theater to see My American Cousin and then…
"Announcer: This is Counterfeit News Network. We interrupt our regular programming with a bulletin. We go to our CNN studio in Washington, D.C.
"Anderson Blooper: Ladies and gentlemen, we have just learned that President Lincoln was shot. We take you outside Ford Theater, where the Secret Service is holding a news conference.
"Secret Service Spokesman: …the hallway leading to the presidential box at Ford Theater was sloped, which is why we didn’t have anyone standing guard outside…
"Anderson Blooper: We’ve been informed that the injured president, and we do not yet know how serious his injuries are, was transported across the street to the Petersen boarding house. Let’s first go to Dana Rash inside the theater." . . .Full article here.
Robin M. Itzler is a regular contributor to American Thinker. She is the founder and editor of Patriot Neighbors, a free weekly national newsletter. Robin can be reached at PatriotNeighbors@yahoo.com.
Coulter: TAKE 2 MILLION IMMIGRANTS AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING
. . ."But also, since 1970, we have been deliberately bringing in the poorest, least-educated people in the world. They don’t come close to making enough money to pay for the massive amounts of services they consume. Every additional schoolbook, teacher, bus driver, janitor, hospital bed, catheter, liver transplant — that’s on you, taxpayer. (If Kamala Harris is elected, you’ll also be on the hook for illegals’ transgender operations, too.)"
"At this point, the only thing we know for sure about the presidential election is that if Donald Trump loses, it will be because of his personality, and if he wins, it will be because of immigration.
"I know this because the media are publishing almost as many stories about the wonders of immigration as they are about Trump being Adolf Hitler. The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, MSNBC, the lickspittles at Cato — you can’t open your computer or turn on the TV without encountering a tidal wave of lies about our beloved immigrants. (Former Washington Post readers, you’ll just have to take my word for it.)
"In the Times, Linda Qiu produced a whopper of an article purporting to refute Trump’s malicious nonsense about immigration, and as an immigrant herself, must be completely unbiased, so I’ll use that as my template.
"Qiu begins with the silly claim that Trump and his vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, blame everything on illegal immigrants. (Her article is already hanging in my Museum of Straw Man Arguments.)
" 'Be it gun violence, high housing costs, long wait times at emergency rooms or an impending depletion of disaster relief funding,” she writes, “Mr. Trump and Senator JD Vance have offered the same diagnosis: All are because of unauthorized immigration.”
"Well, maybe not exclusively because of illegal immigration. (Only RACISM can be blamed for everything.) But while immigration is not 100% responsible for these problems, it’s hard to think of anything that’s been made easier to solve by dumping millions of uneducated, poverty-stricken, non-English-speaking people on our country.
"Nevertheless, Qiu claims Trump and Vance are not merely overstating the case, but completely wrong. You see, she has “experts.”
"One “expert,” Ieva Jusionyte, a professor at Brown University, said, “Vance is not correct that there is an influx of illegal guns from Mexico … It is simply not a thing.”
"I totally trust someone who says, “it is simply not a thing.” If she threw in “not on my bingo card” or “saying the quiet part out loud,” she’d have sold me right there.
"Except Jusionyte’s claim is absurd. Where do liberals imagine criminals get their guns? According to the Department of Justice, the guns used in crimes mainly come from illegal sources, to wit: people involved in the sale of illegal drugs, markets for stolen goods and other criminals or criminal enterprises. (How about the much-maligned gun shows? A grand total of about 0.8% of guns used in crimes come from gun shows. Ninety percent of guns used in crimes do not come from any retail source at all.)" . . .
Two more from the Babylon Bee (Parodies)
Biden Fitted With Muzzle So He Can't Bite Any More Babies . . ."The White House has been running damage control in the wake of the incident. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the incident was "taken out of context" and that the president has "been very clear about how much he loves babies." This statement prompted Fox News reporter Peter Doocy to say, "How much he loves eating them, you mean." Jean-Pierre responded by calling the statement out of line and unprofessional.
""This is just a misunderstanding and, frankly, I think it's being blown out of proportion. It's MAGA gaslighting and it's irresponsible," the press secretary said. "But to assuage the concerns of the public, and to prove he is a president for all Americans, the president has agreed to wear a muzzle." . . .
. . ." 'Mr. Walz is always trying to give us tampons," local 13-year-old boy Evan Gessel commented. "‘I have no idea what to do with them, I have like 300 in my closet at home but he keeps giving them to me…not just on Halloween"
"Other kids mentioned wanting to avoid the Walz's house on their trick-or-treating route but feeling awkwardly compelled to stop by and take a tampon.
" 'Mr. Walz followed me and my brother down the street with a giant box of pads and a fistful of tampons," 12-year-old Macey Ferguson said. "We told him we were ok but he insisted we take them and then told us he was an ally or something like that-I was so confused."
"At publishing time, Walz could be seen throwing tampons at the kids egging his house."
From The Babylon Bee
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