Five (more) stars awarded to "The New Business of Acting!"

Happy to share a great review of The New Business of Acting.

Thanks and much appreciation to Don Grigware for his comments and perspective.

On to the Drama Book Shop, in New York City, tomorrow night!

BL

Let's talk "New Business" this Friday in New York City!

‎The New Business of Acting hits the road! This Friday, 10/01, 5:00PM, Drama Book Shop, New York City! I expect to see all of my NYC peeps (and that includes former favorite students) there!

Next Monday night, it's Chicago!

BL

Reviews of The New Business of Acting are arriving!

The reviews on The New Business of Acting are beginning to come in and of course want to share them (the good ones, that is :) ).

From Shari Ali, Co-President of Aimee Entertainment Agency, Los Angeles:
"Brad Lemack's 'The New Business of Acting' is an invaluable resource to anyone looking to keep up with Hollywood's new business model."

From Adam Ginivisian, Agent, ICM, Los Angeles:
"Read his book or get out of the business."

More at TheBusinessOfActing.com (Praise for the Book page).

For those of you who have already purchased the book from Amazon.com or one of our other favorite e-partners, please post your reviews on their sites. (Only good reviews, of course. :) )

The "New" team thanks you!

BL

We have "merch"!

With The New Business of Acting now on its way to retail and e-stores, we're excited to launch our "merch"! There is a new line of logo stuff coming you way. Starting today there are coffee mugs, T-shirts, canvas bags and ties all proudly (and shamelessly) helping us brand and launch the new book, while serving a useful purpose for consumers, of course. :)

Have a great weekend!

BL

New Business, Fresh Resources!

With the arrival of The New Business of Acting just days away (September 1!), we have just released our new, updated Resources page at TheBusinessOfActing.com. Check it out and pass it on.

In the coming weeks, I will be highlighting some of the various services and resources listed, offering up a bit of back story that I hope will be helpful.

In the meantime, if you know of any other services, sites or resources that should be considered for addition to the list, please let me know.

BL

It's a "New" Business ... Coming Sept. 1!

Happy to announce that I have a new book coming out on September 1st!

The New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape builds on the concepts of proactivity introduced in my fist book, The Business of Acting, and teaches how to apply those skills to the changing environment that surrounds us, while offering what I hope is a valuable insight and perspective on the changes that have occurred and what that future holds for actors, both new-to-the-business and those already in the business.

I'm thrilled this is done! :)

BL

Gary Coleman ... Much more than "Whachoo talkin' about, Willis"W

What a tragic life.

Personally, I liked Gary Coleman. I first knew him back in the days of his hit TV series Diff’rent Strokes. There were issues even then, all well documented publicly … health scares, health challenges, followed later by battles with his parents over control over money he had earned from that very success and very long running series that defined not only his career, but the rest of his life.

I am deeply sadden by the news today of Gary’s death at the age of 42. Only 42.

The legitimate new services will provide coverage of those details today and in the days ahead that is better left in their hands.

I prefer to remember Gary as he was in 1993, when I interviewed him for our Beverly Hills coffee shop chat show. He was unusually at ease talking about his life, both where he had come from, how he got there, his perspective on it all, and the challenges ahead – many never conquered.

My interview with Gary is a part of the RerunIt.com collection. It hasn’t yet been added to the viewing-on-demand library on the site, but we have been editing the various segments in preparation for the interview’s uploading in our next batch of segments to be added.

With the events of the day, I feel it important to rush the process a bit so that I can share with you some of the special moments from that interview.

Here is a brief clip below. There are eight minutes of clips that have just been uploaded to YouTube that are now available for viewing.

BL