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Student Christina Scherer just signed with KSA and Kincaid Management
and less than one month later, has booked her first commercial for J.C. Penny!
Congratulations Christina!
Thanks to everyone who wrote us about the Spokane workshop!
Hi Hallie,
Thanks so, so much to you and Glenn for the acting for camera workshop I attended this month. I had such an amazing time.
Here's my blog post about it: http://actressbackstage.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-am-blessed.html
Thank you both a million times.
Yours,
Erin
And another note:
Dear Glenn & Hallie,It was great to see you both again. The new concepts we worked on (especially the shot inside the car) was extremely helpful in learning how to setup those kinds of scenes.
Thank you for coaching us. Your training and encouragement are always indispensable.
Caleb & Josh
Here are some more great e-mails. The first one is from Max, one of our students at the Spokane workshop:
Hello and thanks for the great and helpful workshops last week. Do you plan on coming back soon, if so, I hope I can see you again!! I really like you guys and I thought you helped me out a lot!
And this one:
Hallie and Glenn,
Thanks for having the Acting on Camera workshop. I had a blast, and it was good seeing everyone else who took the workshop.
Thank you both for passing this way, and hope that our paths cross again soon!Richard
Check out our schedule of classes and workshops. We hope to see you there!
We received a very nice note from Nichole, one of our students in the recent workshops we hosted in Spokane, Washington:
I just wanted to thank you and Glenn for coming to Spokane and teaching the classes last week. I learned so much in just two days it's amazing, I tried to absorb all of the advice and information you both gave me and i'm still studying the paperwork/notes I took. I really loved the passion that both you and Glenn have for this. I was excited to go out to LA already but after the class last week I felt really encouraged by you two! Just wanted to say thanks!
Thanks very much for the kind words, Nichole, and we hope to see you again soon!
We proudly announce the recent successes of some of our students and coaching clients:
Brett Delbuono
stars as the son of Benjamin Bratt in the
A&E series, The Cleaner!
Congratulations on the pilot and the pick-up!
We are so thrilled for you.
Congratulations to Aidan Mitchell for a second season pick-up of the FX series, The Riches
Congratulations to Michelle Labret
For landing the series regular role in the new pilot, Super Kids and Dad
Congratulations to Cameron Palatas for his recurring role on October Road and the two starring roles on Steven Speilberg’s On the Lot
Congratulations to Hailee Denham for her recurring role on Desperate Housewives
Congratulations to Randall Bentley for his continuing success on Heroes
Congratulations to Lianna Liberato for her recent guest star role on FOX's “House”
From the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Sunday, March 9, 2008:
Is this the big one?
Young Brett DelBuono lands a spot with Benjamin Bratt on A&E’s ‘The Cleaner’
By Pamela H. Sacks
Telegram & Gazette Staff
He is five inches taller than he was when he made his first movie, and
his voice is deeper. Brett DelBuono is now 15, and his acting career is
beginning to take off.
“There’s heavier stuff, more dramatic because you’re at an older
age,” Brett said the other day as he reflected on his current on-screen
pursuits.
Two years ago, Brett had just finished shooting a small role in
“Balls of Fury” with Christopher Walken, a big-screen flick that was
released last year. He had also landed minor parts in pilots for two TV
shows, neither of which took off.
But the young actor kept on auditioning, making tapes at his home in Westboro and turning up in person when he was in Hollywood.
Just as the writers’ strike got under way last November, Brett was
booked for a recurring role in “The Cleaner,” an edge-of-the-seat drama
starring Benjamin Bratt. Brett has been cast as Bratt’s son, Ben Banks,
and has been told that he will be in eight to 10 episodes. The series
is expected to start airing on A&E in August and is produced in
conjunction with CBS.
Is this the big break?
“I don’t know,” Brett said with a shrug and a wide grin. “It’s at
least a big step for me. It’s an interesting show. The cast is great. I
hope it will take off.”
The producers are optimistic enough to have signed Brett to a seven-year contract.
“The Cleaner” is about a recovering drug addict, William Banks,
who, with the help of two assistants, rescues young people in the grip
of addiction. He delivers them to rehab and takes down drug operations.
Brett plays a normal teenager who resents the time his father spends
away from the family. “It’s all based in truth,” Brett said, adding
that the real William Banks is always on the set.
Brett is thrilled to be working with Mr. Bratt.
“He’s a really nice guy,” Brett said. “He’ll knock on my trailer
door and say, ‘Hey, you want to go rehearse?’ He’ll talk about the
scene and give me pointers.”
The young actor lives with his family in a modern Colonial on a
hilltop. Brett and his mother, Debbie DelBuono, have been dividing
their time between the coasts for three years. Brett has two older
brothers; his father, Gary DelBuono, is a vice president at Travelers
Insurance in Hartford.
Last week, Brett and his mother headed back to Los Angeles. They
have an apartment in a 1940s complex in Studio City, at which several
episodes of “I Love Lucy” were shot. Brett had been summoned to do
publicity shots for “The Cleaner.” Around Hollywood, he said, it’s
common to see splashy promotions for new shows.
Brett, who has curly hair and a wide open face, is bubbly and full
of good cheer when he talks about the tryouts and the competition he
faces for parts. He’s not even testy when he mentions the good movie
role he recently missed out on. After a series of auditions, it came
down to him and another young actor.
“If you’re not called back after the first audition, that’s one thing,” he said. “But when you come so close, it’s a killer.”
Brett’s career started five years ago when his mother saw an
article in the Telegram & Gazette about auditions for the movie,
“Freedom Park.” The family comedy was set in Central Massachusetts and
made by actress/producer Andrea Ajemian, who lives in Rutland, and Jon
Artigo, her business partner. Brett was 10. He tried out for the lead
role but wasn’t quite the right type. Mr. Artigo was so impressed that
he wrote in a part for him.
Even then, Brett already was an experienced performer. He had taken
years of dancing, singing and acting lessons and been in half a dozen
community theater musicals. After “Freedom Park,” mother and son got
serious about the big time. Mrs. DelBuono signed up her son for the TVI
Actors Studio intensive training camp in New York City. Brett later
attended the same program in Los Angeles. He came away with both a
manager and an agent.
Brett goes to school online. Child-labor laws require that he study
at least three hours a day. If he is going to have a long shoot on a
particular day, he can bank school hours ahead of time. Until he turns
16, his mother must be on the set with him when he is acting.
Brett has already had a taste of the quintessential Hollywood life.
He walked the red carpet for the premiere of “Balls of Fury,” stopping
to answer reporters’ questions and greet fans.
Asked what he thought of this year’s Academy Award winners, he
laughed as he offered his stock reply: “Everyone who won deserved it.”
With a twinkle in his dark brown eyes, Brett went on to explain:
“It pays to be cautious about what you say about an actor or a movie.
You never know what the connections are.”
Congratulations to In House Media students and coaching clients who have been recognized for their hard work and talent! We are so proud of all of you!
Nominees
2008 Young Artist Awards
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURE FILM
Supporting Young Actor
Courtney Taylor Burness
Premonition (MGM)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV SERIES
Supporting Young Actor
Aidan Mitchell
The Riches (FX)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURE FILM
Leading Young Actor
Chris O’Neill
The Last Mimzy (New Line Cinema)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURE FILM
Ensemble Cast
Chris O’Neill
The Last Mimzy (New Line Cinema)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV SERIES
Recurring Young Actress
Kylie and Keaton Tyndall
Big Love (HBO)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM
Young Actress
Diandra Newlin
The Bench (Revolocity)
We received this very nice note from one of our students at the Spokane workshops, and wanted to share it with you. Thanks very much for the kind words, Erin!
Dear Hallie,
Thank you so much for the workshops you gave last week - I attended the Wednesday evening one. :) I really, really enjoyed myself and learned lots....
I wrote a little bit about it on my blog, if you're interested (along with the picture that Mr. Courtney took of us): click here
Thanks again so very much.
Yours,
Erin McIntosh
Check out Caleb Courtney's commercial with the Washington State anti-smoking campaign. It's airing on the Fox network and on MTV.
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