Gina Wilhelm Actress - Stephanie Courtney, Progressive's 'Flo'
The internet is full of people expressing their love for Stephanie Courtney, the 39-year-old actress who plays Flo in the Progressive Insurance campaign.
The veteran character actress finds the internet crushes "hilarious." She's generally only recognized by the public if she's "gussied up for an audition."
She is more often recognized by her voice.
She does a lot of work with the Groundlings troupe in LA. She says she has gotten some larger audiences at the Groundlings shows because of the exposure from the advertisements.
Courtney is surprised by the attention. "I don't think Flo puts out any sort of vibes at all, but God bless America if they think she's cute."
She describes the character as a highly exaggerated version of herself with a bit of her mother thrown in.
Gina Wilhelm Actress thinks this is great; one of her favorite characters was based strongly on Gina's mother.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Mixed Martial Artist To Work with Soderbergh
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Mixed Martial Artist To Work with Soderbergh
Although Steven Soderbergh's latest movie "The Informant" still has a week before it opens nationwide, he's already busy on his next project.
He'll be directing "Knockout," a spy thriller that marks the feature film debut of Gina Carano, a mixed martial arts circuit fighter
Soderbergh discovered the fighter on the MMA circuit. The movie is said to be in the James Bond style.
It tells the story of a tough girl from the wrong side of the tracks who has a special set of sills, using them in a more focused, constructive environment.
Carano is tough, but very pretty. However, there are dangers associated with casting a newcomer in a lead role, so Soderbergh plans to surround her with better-known actors.
The script is by Lem Dobbs, who has collaborated with Soderbergh in the past. Shooting is set to begin in January with locations in the US, Turkey, and Ireland.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Although Steven Soderbergh's latest movie "The Informant" still has a week before it opens nationwide, he's already busy on his next project.
He'll be directing "Knockout," a spy thriller that marks the feature film debut of Gina Carano, a mixed martial arts circuit fighter
Soderbergh discovered the fighter on the MMA circuit. The movie is said to be in the James Bond style.
It tells the story of a tough girl from the wrong side of the tracks who has a special set of sills, using them in a more focused, constructive environment.
Carano is tough, but very pretty. However, there are dangers associated with casting a newcomer in a lead role, so Soderbergh plans to surround her with better-known actors.
The script is by Lem Dobbs, who has collaborated with Soderbergh in the past. Shooting is set to begin in January with locations in the US, Turkey, and Ireland.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Julie Bowen, Modern Woman
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Julie Bowen, Modern Woman
Julie Bowen, formerly of "Boston Legal" and the winsome Carol Vessey on "Ed," is about to star in the promising-looking new sitcom "Modern Family."
The new ABC show focuses on three couples and their families. In the show, as in her real life, Bowen's character has three children.
Bowen says that she read the script and very much wanted to do the program. However, at the time auditions were being held, she was pregnant with twins, which is very different from the character.
In order to get the role, she had to do the audition and then beg and plead. Finally, they agreed to shoot around her belly.
Bowen went to Brown University and graduated with a BA in Renaissance studies. Her parents felt she should get a truly liberal liberal arts education.
However, they refused to pay for postgraduate studies in acting, so she wound up having to wait tables in order to take acting classes.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Julie Bowen, formerly of "Boston Legal" and the winsome Carol Vessey on "Ed," is about to star in the promising-looking new sitcom "Modern Family."
The new ABC show focuses on three couples and their families. In the show, as in her real life, Bowen's character has three children.
Bowen says that she read the script and very much wanted to do the program. However, at the time auditions were being held, she was pregnant with twins, which is very different from the character.
In order to get the role, she had to do the audition and then beg and plead. Finally, they agreed to shoot around her belly.
Bowen went to Brown University and graduated with a BA in Renaissance studies. Her parents felt she should get a truly liberal liberal arts education.
However, they refused to pay for postgraduate studies in acting, so she wound up having to wait tables in order to take acting classes.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Renee Zellweger's One and Only
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Renee Zellweger's One and Only
Renee Zellweger is starring in "My One and Only," which opened in theaters on Friday.
The movie tells the fictionalized story of George Hamilton at age 15 traveling across country with his brother and his mother, who is played by Zellweger.
She tells Newsday that the modestly budgeted movie was able to get the Oscar winner because of the quality of the script and the time was right in her life.
She said she also thought it seemed like a movie she'd like to see herself.
"The character is so much fun, and it felt right for last summer. I thought, 'I wanna go and be this lady this summer and discover what her experiences might be like.'"
She also revealed that she didn't initially understand her iconic line from "Jerry Maguire," "You had me at 'hello.'" Cameron Crowe had her do several different takes of the line.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Renee Zellweger is starring in "My One and Only," which opened in theaters on Friday.
The movie tells the fictionalized story of George Hamilton at age 15 traveling across country with his brother and his mother, who is played by Zellweger.
She tells Newsday that the modestly budgeted movie was able to get the Oscar winner because of the quality of the script and the time was right in her life.
She said she also thought it seemed like a movie she'd like to see herself.
"The character is so much fun, and it felt right for last summer. I thought, 'I wanna go and be this lady this summer and discover what her experiences might be like.'"
She also revealed that she didn't initially understand her iconic line from "Jerry Maguire," "You had me at 'hello.'" Cameron Crowe had her do several different takes of the line.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Friday, September 4, 2009
Mitzi Gaynor Returns to Kauai
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Mitzi Gaynor Returns to Kauai
Mitzi Gaynor, who celebrated her 78th birthday on September 4th, is going to return to Kauai, HI, for the first time since filming "South Pacific" there in 1957.
Gaynor played Nellie Forbush in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein play.
She's scheduled to make two stops on the island. Her first will be at the St. Regis Princeville Resort when it reopens.
The resort is at the location where Rossano Brazzi, as Emile De Becque, sang "Some Enchanted Evening" in the film.
Her second appearance will be at the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club for "An Evening with Mitzi Gaynor."
At the event, she will reflect on her career and the filming of the movie musical.
Gaynor says that Kauai was "undoubtedly the most beautiful setting" where she had ever worked.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Mitzi Gaynor, who celebrated her 78th birthday on September 4th, is going to return to Kauai, HI, for the first time since filming "South Pacific" there in 1957.
Gaynor played Nellie Forbush in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein play.
She's scheduled to make two stops on the island. Her first will be at the St. Regis Princeville Resort when it reopens.
The resort is at the location where Rossano Brazzi, as Emile De Becque, sang "Some Enchanted Evening" in the film.
Her second appearance will be at the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club for "An Evening with Mitzi Gaynor."
At the event, she will reflect on her career and the filming of the movie musical.
Gaynor says that Kauai was "undoubtedly the most beautiful setting" where she had ever worked.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Cate Blanchett Injured on Stage
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Cate Blanchett Injured on Stage
Cate Blanchett was injured during a preview performance of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" on September 2nd in Sydney, Australia.
Blanchett, who plays Blanche DeBois in the production, was struck in the back of the head by a prop radio that slipped out of costar Joel Edgerton's hand.
Edgerton was supposed to throw the radio out the window, but he lost control of it.
Blanchett reportedly fell after being hit, but, like a true professional, continued the scene.
She later left the stage, and the rest of the production was cancelled.
A spokesperson for the Sydney Theatre Company, which is putting on the production, said that Blanchett is "fine."
"She is fine this morning and we anticipate at this stage that the show will go ahead tonight." The show will open on Saturday.
Blanchett is co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company along with her husband, playwright Andrew Upton.
She has also appeared on the STC stage in "The War of the Roses" playing Lady Ann and Richard II.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Cate Blanchett was injured during a preview performance of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" on September 2nd in Sydney, Australia.
Blanchett, who plays Blanche DeBois in the production, was struck in the back of the head by a prop radio that slipped out of costar Joel Edgerton's hand.
Edgerton was supposed to throw the radio out the window, but he lost control of it.
Blanchett reportedly fell after being hit, but, like a true professional, continued the scene.
She later left the stage, and the rest of the production was cancelled.
A spokesperson for the Sydney Theatre Company, which is putting on the production, said that Blanchett is "fine."
"She is fine this morning and we anticipate at this stage that the show will go ahead tonight." The show will open on Saturday.
Blanchett is co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company along with her husband, playwright Andrew Upton.
She has also appeared on the STC stage in "The War of the Roses" playing Lady Ann and Richard II.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Lena Headey Takes the Throne
Gina Wilhelm Actress - Lena Headey Takes the Throne
The final open role in the new HBO pilot "Game of Thrones" has finally been filled by Lena Headey.
Headey was most recently seen playing the title character in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" on Fox.
On "Thones," she'll play Cersei Lannister. The pilot is an adaptation of a fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin. It begins shooting in Northern Ireland in October.
Although the pilot hasn't even begun filming yet and there's no guarantee the series would be picked up, fans are already excited.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
The final open role in the new HBO pilot "Game of Thrones" has finally been filled by Lena Headey.
Headey was most recently seen playing the title character in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" on Fox.
On "Thones," she'll play Cersei Lannister. The pilot is an adaptation of a fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin. It begins shooting in Northern Ireland in October.
Although the pilot hasn't even begun filming yet and there's no guarantee the series would be picked up, fans are already excited.
Gina Wilhelm Actress
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