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Video Interview with Dileep Rao, Star of ‘Avatar’ & ‘Drag Me to Hell’

By Claire Thursday April 15, 2010

How to Set Up a Home Recording Studio!

By Special Guest Tuesday April 13, 2010

Stagetribes.com: a New Social Network for Actors

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Interview with Celebrity Publicist Joy Donnell, Pt. 2

By Sarah Tuesday April 6, 2010

Interview with Celebrity Publicist Joy Donnell

By Sarah Tuesday March 30, 2010

Jack Plotnick on How to Prepare for Auditions

By Special Guest Thursday March 25, 2010

10 Books to Inspire

By Special Guest Tuesday March 23, 2010

Video Interview – Sundance Director Paul Solet, Pt. 2: On Actors & the Making of ‘Grace’

By Claire Thursday March 18, 2010

Highlights and a Call for Contributors

By The Brains Tuesday March 16, 2010

Video Interview – Sundance Director Paul Solet on Acting in Horror

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