Gina Wilhelm Actress - Freida Pinto in Little India
Freida Pinto has been all over the world recently attending awards ceremonies for her film "Slumdog Millionaire."
However, she only recently got to Little India in Artesia, CA.
There, she talked with the Los Angeles Times about her new-found celebrity.
She had been a model and done work in commercials, but she really wanted to act.
She found it difficult living in India because she wasn't interested in Bollywood movies. She wanted to connect more with people, but she found Bollywood too escapist and over-the-top.
It took her six months of auditions to land her starring role in "Slumdog."
She reflects on all the changes that have happened to her since starring in the Best Picture contender.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Taraji P. Henson Wins Image Award
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Taraji P. Henson Wins Image Award
This week, Taraji P. Henson won an NAACP Image award for her performance in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
The New Orleans Times-Picayune sat down with the actress, who shot the film in New Orleans.
Henson waxed philosophic about her chances of an Oscar win. It turns out her philosophies mesh quite well with those of Queenie, her character in the movie.
"She had a big impact on me," the actress revealed.
She also filmed "Hurricane Season" in New Orleans with Forest Whitaker, so the paper took time to find out about that as well.
She also joked about the fact that she got the great opportunity to work with Brad Pitt, but not in the way most actresses would like.
Not only did she not play a romantic interest, but any time she touched his character as a child, he was either a puppet or a stand-in, not Pitt himself.
Queenie-and Henson-probably have some words of wisdom to lessen that sting.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
This week, Taraji P. Henson won an NAACP Image award for her performance in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
The New Orleans Times-Picayune sat down with the actress, who shot the film in New Orleans.
Henson waxed philosophic about her chances of an Oscar win. It turns out her philosophies mesh quite well with those of Queenie, her character in the movie.
"She had a big impact on me," the actress revealed.
She also filmed "Hurricane Season" in New Orleans with Forest Whitaker, so the paper took time to find out about that as well.
She also joked about the fact that she got the great opportunity to work with Brad Pitt, but not in the way most actresses would like.
Not only did she not play a romantic interest, but any time she touched his character as a child, he was either a puppet or a stand-in, not Pitt himself.
Queenie-and Henson-probably have some words of wisdom to lessen that sting.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Friday, February 13, 2009
Actresses and Others Share Their Valentine's Day Plans
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Actresses and Others Share Their Valentine's Day Plans
Valentine's Day is Saturday (in case you missed it), and everyone has some sort of plan. However, the majority of them aren't over-the-top.
Oscar nominee Viola Davis has the most romantic plans. She and her husband will probably go to a "grand restaurant," but she says that they really celebrate every day.
Melissa Leo will make a Valentine for her son and receive one from her mother, but otherwise she has no plans.
Teri Hatcher also plans to do most of her celebrating with her daughter, helping her with making Valentines for her school.
Jenna Fischer will be going to the bat mitzvah of a friend's daughter.
About the only actress with a real enthusiasm for the day seemed to be Dakota Fanning, but then, most 14-year-old girls are pretty pro-Valentine's Day.
She says she loves pink and hearts and flowers.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Valentine's Day is Saturday (in case you missed it), and everyone has some sort of plan. However, the majority of them aren't over-the-top.
Oscar nominee Viola Davis has the most romantic plans. She and her husband will probably go to a "grand restaurant," but she says that they really celebrate every day.
Melissa Leo will make a Valentine for her son and receive one from her mother, but otherwise she has no plans.
Teri Hatcher also plans to do most of her celebrating with her daughter, helping her with making Valentines for her school.
Jenna Fischer will be going to the bat mitzvah of a friend's daughter.
About the only actress with a real enthusiasm for the day seemed to be Dakota Fanning, but then, most 14-year-old girls are pretty pro-Valentine's Day.
She says she loves pink and hearts and flowers.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Jane Eyre Opens Today!
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Jane Eyre Opens Today!
Seattle Musical Theatre's production of "Jane Eyre" opens today, February 13th, at Seattle's Magnuson Park.
The play runs through March 1. We show Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. We also have a 7:30 performance on Thursday, Feb. 26.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 206-363-2809. You can also visit the SMT website.
Tickets range from $30-35 for adults and $25-30 for students and seniors.
The address for Magnuson Park is 7400 Sand Point Way NE. The theater is in building 47. Directions and maps are also on the SMT website.
The website also has a "study guide" for the play.
I play Miss Scatcherd, Lady Ingram, and a maidservant.
I'm particularly excited, as this is my first show with SMT, a company with which I've wanted to work for QUITE some time.
The show is directed by Gregory Magyar, who directed me in Inherit the Wind.
You've read about the auditions, now see the show!
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Seattle Musical Theatre's production of "Jane Eyre" opens today, February 13th, at Seattle's Magnuson Park.
The play runs through March 1. We show Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. We also have a 7:30 performance on Thursday, Feb. 26.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 206-363-2809. You can also visit the SMT website.
Tickets range from $30-35 for adults and $25-30 for students and seniors.
The address for Magnuson Park is 7400 Sand Point Way NE. The theater is in building 47. Directions and maps are also on the SMT website.
The website also has a "study guide" for the play.
I play Miss Scatcherd, Lady Ingram, and a maidservant.
I'm particularly excited, as this is my first show with SMT, a company with which I've wanted to work for QUITE some time.
The show is directed by Gregory Magyar, who directed me in Inherit the Wind.
You've read about the auditions, now see the show!
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Actress Finds Friday the 13th Painful
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Actress Finds Friday the 13th Painful
Amanda Righetti stars in the remake of "Friday the 13th," opening everywhere today. She wasn't even alive when the original movie came out.
Even so, she was still unsettled seeing the masked Jason Voorhees on the set because the killer is so iconic.
While there is a lot in the movie to appeal to fans of the original, Righetti says they do a lot to welcome new fans as well.
She is still dealing with the injuries from the filming. Apparently that's still what you get for messing with Jason.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Amanda Righetti stars in the remake of "Friday the 13th," opening everywhere today. She wasn't even alive when the original movie came out.
Even so, she was still unsettled seeing the masked Jason Voorhees on the set because the killer is so iconic.
While there is a lot in the movie to appeal to fans of the original, Righetti says they do a lot to welcome new fans as well.
She is still dealing with the injuries from the filming. Apparently that's still what you get for messing with Jason.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Reese Witherspoon is Just a Normal Mom
Gina Wilhelm - Reese Witherspoon is Just a Normal Mom
Reese Witherspoon may have an Oscar, but that hasn't kept her from embarrassing her kids.
She tells "Parents" magazine that she took her 9-year-old, Ava, to see Carrie Underwood. Ava begged Reese not to embarrass her by singing.
After all, Underwood is a "real singer." Reese is "just, like, a movie singer."
Witherspoon, of course, won an Oscar for her performance as singer June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line."
She tells the magazine that her children know that she's an actress, but they haven't seen any of her films yet.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Reese Witherspoon may have an Oscar, but that hasn't kept her from embarrassing her kids.
She tells "Parents" magazine that she took her 9-year-old, Ava, to see Carrie Underwood. Ava begged Reese not to embarrass her by singing.
After all, Underwood is a "real singer." Reese is "just, like, a movie singer."
Witherspoon, of course, won an Oscar for her performance as singer June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line."
She tells the magazine that her children know that she's an actress, but they haven't seen any of her films yet.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Canadian Actress is Eastbound
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Canadian Actress is Eastbound
Jennifer Irwin will appear in HBO's "Eastbound & Down," which filmed in Wilmington, NC. The Canadian actress was interviewed by the Wilmington Star-News about the role.
In the interview, she discusses her character, an uptight prude, and the character's brother-in-law, the central figure of the show, a loud-mouthed redneck.
She also talks about the universality of the mullet as a hairstyle, filming in a new town in a foreign country, and working as an actor with two small children.
"Eastbound & Down" premieres 10:30 pm on Sunday on HBO.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Jennifer Irwin will appear in HBO's "Eastbound & Down," which filmed in Wilmington, NC. The Canadian actress was interviewed by the Wilmington Star-News about the role.
In the interview, she discusses her character, an uptight prude, and the character's brother-in-law, the central figure of the show, a loud-mouthed redneck.
She also talks about the universality of the mullet as a hairstyle, filming in a new town in a foreign country, and working as an actor with two small children.
"Eastbound & Down" premieres 10:30 pm on Sunday on HBO.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
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