The Healing Power Of Acting

CF Blog | 12.5.16

Sometimes the process of acting goes beyond being more than an exploration, passion, or career goal. And it, in fact, has the power to transform its participants' lives in a healing manner.

Take Michael Shannon, for example. Shannon is known for his versatility on screen in films like Revolutionary Road which earned him an Oscar nomination, Take Shelter, 99 Homes for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and Nocturnal Animals. In this Off Camera interview, Shannon describes his difficult childhood. His parents divorced early on, and he describes his high school years as "a disaster"--and he eventually dropped out of schoool.
Painting a picture of his high school social difficulties, he says, "I was in a different city with a bunch of kids I didn't know at a very large school. So my freshman and sophomore year I couldn't make friends to save my life." On top of it, his father with whom he was living at the time, was going through his own hard times, which ultimately lead Michael Shannon to move. In turn, he immersed himself in community theater.
Indeed, the more he performed, the more he realized acting "might be more than just something I'm doing to kill time and ease the pain." Instead, the theater allowed him to change how he and others perceived him. Shannon revealed: "I guess I had a lot of inappropriate behavior, or I didn't really fit into like normal societal situations. I struggled with those, but the great thing about the acting is that I could go on stage and act insane, where in real life if I acted that way, I'd get chastised and punished or told to shut up. But when you do that on stage, people applaud and say, 'Wow, you're a genius.' So it was a pretty easy bridge to cross."
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Direct Submit Roles This Week

Dec 5 | Get Together He is the love interest of the singer. Model type, very handsome with a lot of charisma! This is a R&B kind of video, so must have some swagger, have a good sense of rhythm. Dancing skills are a huge plus. Hip, trendy, with a lot of personal style.
Dec 4 | Cold Case This is a documentary recreation series about murder investigations that go cold and are solved decades later. You will be recreating real events.
Dec 3 | Target Must be proficient at one or all of the following: bikes, hoverboards, skateboards, rollerblades etc (trick is TBD). They need to be comfortable doing this - 1 girl and 1 boy each need to know how to do some special tricks
Dec 2 | Variety Show : Very positive and outgoing male/females who are active on social media and have a passion for pop culture and entertainment. Having a social media following is an added bonus, but is not the part of the judging criteria. Ideal age range 18-30 Please note this is an unscripted project, prepare to improvise to audition questions relating to pop culture.
Dec 1 | Old School Man Lives and breathes hip hop—music, clothing, culture--and he's not shy about his love for it. Could also be a recognizable D-list hip hop artist or type who could have been a one-hit wonder in the 80s.
Dec 1 | Mom - Oscar Mayer Woman 40-45 years old. She's a relatable mom, multi-tasker. Should be okay to eat meat.

Nov 30 | Dating Project Single male- ages 48-58 fun outgoing- get the opportunity to go out with Celebrity Comedian/Actress/National Talk Show TV Host.

Nov 30| Businessman Bob A little more uptight, suit and tie kind of guy, but in a technology world. Bob is a business decision maker - the money guy, money is always the motive. Wears a tie, white shirt, feels very corporate.

Jennifer Aniston Stands Up To Years of Tabloid Abuse

CF Blog | 12.3.16

It's hard to stand in a market line and stop yourself from reading startling headlines like "FBI Captures Bat Child!" and "Dolphin Grows Human Arms!" And then in the midst of it all are the hysterical titles about the tabloid-favorite Jennifer Aniston. For two decades, publications have been grabbing our collective attention with headlines like: "Angelina Jolie Beats Jennifer Aniston Down the Aisle," "I Can't Stop Loving Brad," "How Angelina Tortures Jen," "Jennifer Aniston Strapped For Cash," "Jen Gets Revenge," "Jen Jilted by Her Fiance," "Jen Confronts Fiance's Secret Girlfriend," "My Life Without Justin," "Yes, I'm Pregnant--with Twins!" "Pregnant and Alone," "Jen's Baby Dream Shattered"--and on and on it goes.

Well, a "fed up" Aniston insists this steady stream of false reports is "getting old." So, she penned an essay in The Huffington Post writing, "I don't like to give energy to the business of lies, but I wanted to participate in a larger conversation that has already begun and needs to continue." In turn, she calls out the multitude of authors who claim to write "under the guise of 'journalism,' the 'First Amendment,' and 'celebrity news.'"
"For the record" she states that rumors of her being pregnant are untrue, and she's had enough of all the speculation about her relationships as well as all the "sports-like scrutiny and body shaming" she's endured. Also, the Friends star hopes to raise readers' awareness of the negative ways such stories can shape our ideas about ourselves. She insists:
"We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone. Let's make that decision ourselves and for the young women in this world who look to us as examples. Let's make that decision consciously, outside of the tabloid noise. We don't need to be married or mothers to be complete. We get to determine our own 'happily ever after' for ourselves."
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