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Interview with Actor and Writer (and Lawyer!) Dan Chen

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DAN CHEN co-stars with our own Bruce Faulk in an upcoming episode of Memorable Minorities. Best known for his work as an actor, Dan has guest-starred on television in the hit HBO series “The Sopranos;” “Third Watch” (alongside Bobby Cannavale and Kim Raver); and opposite rap and hip hop stars Fabolous and Red Café in

Interview With Actor And Queen Of ‘The Battle Below’ Tania Verafield

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Tania Verafield (The Queen) began her career as a Ford model at age 10.  Tania made her feature film debut in 2005 opposite Christian Bale in Harsh Times, the directorial debut of David Ayer, screenwriter of Academy Award-winning Training Day. Since then, she has had the pleasure of playing opposite Tilda Swinton in the foreign film Julia, getting in touch

Asian Writers Panel Reveals There Are Many Paths To Publishing

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I attended an informative writers panel sponsored by the Asian affinity group, A3, at Time Inc. It featured Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Author of the novel Pastor’s Wives and the CBS pilot The Ordained and former TIME writer; Alison Singh Gee, Author of the memoir Where the Peacocks Sing and former PEOPLE writer; and Kirby Kim,

George Lopez Talks To Judy Gold At The 92nd Street Y

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I had the privilege of hearing Judy Gold interview George Lopez at the 92nd Street Y. Full disclosure: I am a BIG George Lopez fan. I discovered his TV show in reruns because my 11-year old watched it on Nick, and it became our family show. When my 11-year old had to get an MRI

Favorite Takeaways From the 5th Annual Film Finance Forum East

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I attended the 5th Annual Film Finance Forum East today, presented by Winston Baker with Variety magazine and chock full of key players in film production, distribution, sales and financing. There was so much information, and I highly recommend catching an upcoming conference like this if you can. It was encouraging to hear the different

5 Lessons From Sheila Nevins, President Of HBO Documentary Films

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I had the privilege of attending a Power Talk at the Barnard Athena Center between Barnard President Debora Spar and President of HBO Documentary Films, Sheila Nevins. Nevins’ projects have won 24 primetime Emmy Awards, 28 news and documentary Emmy Awards, 23 Academy Awards, and 35 George Foster Peabody Awards, including a personal Peabody in

Interview With Actor Tory Kittles

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Tory Kittles is an American actor, writer and producer. He's appeared in films such as Get Rich Or Die Trying, Next, Miracle at St. Anna and Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias for which he is currently nominated for an NAACP award for his performance as Jackson. Kittles also had a stint on the hit series Sons of

Lessons Learned From Ang Lee About Juggling Art AND Business

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I had the amazing privilege of attending a talk with director Ang Lee, screenwriter David Magee and TV critic Mike Hale at The Times Center. Of course, there were candid insights into Life of Pi, which Lee directed and Magee scripted. But I was particularly struck by how much Lee balanced talk about creative considerations