At this year's AnimeExpo 2008, running through July 6 in Los Angeles, Anime Expo has teamed with Bang Zoom! Entertainment to offer free voice acting workshops that will give participants a taste of voice acting with insiders' tips, general discussions and chances to dub with a professional audio engineer. The free summer film fest in St. Louis, Cinemania, shown outdoors on a grassy lot, starts up July 5 running through July 26, and features musicals like festival opener, An American in... (continue reading)
Join fellow activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens in calling for real and lasting changes to the nation''s media system at the National Conference for Media Reform, June 6-8 in Minneapolis. Bill Moyers will deliver the keynote address. On June 7, the Alameda Writers Group in Glendale interviews humorous author, screenwriter, and producer Eric Garcia, best known for his novels, Anonymous Rex, Casual Rex, Hot & Sweaty Rex, Matchstick Men, and... (continue reading)
Now in its 26th year, Canadian Music Week, March 5-8, is a conference focusing on the business of music and spans four nights of performances, with over 500 showcasing bands at over 40 live music venues in downtown Toronto. International Festival of Films on Art encourages the film industry, both nationally and internationally, to increase its annual production of films on art. To this end, it strives to develop international markets by inviting both Canadian and foreign filmmakers... (continue reading)
The Actor's
Checklist serves as a news and information source for media
arts and communication professionals, and entertainment
entrepreneurs. It achieves this by providing networking, connection
and video exposure tools site visitors use to accomplish their
goals. Chief among this are dynamically updated news and
information items found throughout the sites many pages as typified
by the news and
events page. There is also a site blog archiving all
events, an RSS/XML feed to plug into a news reader, an SMS text
alert group that signals your cell or Blackberry of news and
information updates, and now a podcast directory featuring
audio and video podcasts to view or download to your ipod.
The focus is on media and entertainment
industry news, conferences, networking events, talent
competitions, media financing, workshops and contests, new digital
media distribution technologies, and upcoming event information for
producers, agents, actors, models, advertising professionals,
record industry, musical performers and all other media
professionals in aligned communications industries.
As an aspiring artist you might want to check out the open-mic
and talent-showcase, talent-search directory. It's useful for
telling you how to get on everything from American Idol to playing
at your local pub. You might find something useful there.
