The Acting Center Blog


28
Sep 11

Fleur Saville on Good Morning New Zealand

The Acting Center student Fleur Saville on Good Morning New Zealand.

Fleur studied intensively at The Acting Center and has plans to bring The Acting Center technique to New Zealand.


27
Sep 11

John Rabe interviews Jim Meskimen on Off Ramp for KPCC

Link to the interview

Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with Jim Meskimen, YouTube sensation, actor, and man of a thousand voices, including Robin Williams, Kirk Douglas, Charleton Heston, Woody Allen, Droopy Dog, President George W Bush, and Harvey Keitel. His show “Jimpressions” comes to The Acting Center at Hollywood and Western October 7 & 8.


16
Sep 11

Elvis Winterbottom Nominated for “Most Hilarious Lead Actor In A Comedy”

Elvis Winterbottom just got nominated for “Most Hilarious Lead Actor In A Comedy” by the L.A. Comedy Awards.

The ceremony is on Oct 4th at the M bar in Hollywood.

They asked him to do some stand up as well, if you can come let us know, Elvis can get you tickets for half off (usually $20 but he can get them for $10).

Here’s the facebook event link, with all the info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132476613518046

Hope to see you there!


12
Sep 11

Parenthood Premiere with Erika Christensen

Here we go! The P’HOOD Premiere is tomorrow night (Tuesday) September 13th @ 10:00pm on NBC.

Erika was a guest on KTLA this morning talking about the show with clips from season 2 and season 3!

Click below to see the fun interview.

Enjoy the show!


1
Aug 11

Jimpressions Makes Time’s July’s Top Five Viral Videos

Jim Meskimen’s viral video hit “Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices” made it into Time Video’s July’s Top Five Viral Videos along with Justin Timberlake, Fabio and the Hogwarts parodies.

Meskimen can be seen monthly at The Acting Center performing his hit one man show Jimpressions.


31
Jul 11

Jimpressions Tampa Bay Area Show – September 17th

Jim takes his hit show on the road to the historic Capitol Theatre in the Tampa Bay area.

Don’t miss it!

Click here for tickets!


28
Jul 11

Jim Meskimen Front Page of Funny or Die

Funny or Die
Click for the inside page


28
Jul 11

Jim Meskimen on E! News

Jim Meskimen was a guest on E! News as a result of his smash viral video “Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices” (http://youtu.be/j8PGBnNmPgk). The video which currently has over 475,000 views has been picked up by media all over the world including an upcoming interview on NPR.

See Jim performing monthly at The Acting Center (http://theactingcenterla.com/on-the-stage-2)


21
Jul 11

Meskimen’s Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices up to 46,000 hits!

Jim Meskimen, popular funny man and all around great actor, stars in his latest video “Impressionist Does Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices”

The video has gone viral with over 46,000 hits as of today!

Meskimen also stars in his hit one man show Jimpressions at The Acting Center July 29th & 30th.


28
Jun 11

Lee Burns’ “Freedom for Joe” under Kerry Kimmel & Pollack Banner

Lee Burns is a student and teacher at The Acting Center.

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Morgan tapped as Kerry Kimmel & Pollack prexy
‘Twilight’ exec producer tops banner

New York-based production company Kerry Kimmel & Pollack has tapped “Twilight” producer Mark Morgan as president.

KK&P made the announcement Monday. Morgan exec produced the second and third “Twilight” films and produced “Stepfather.”

The company also said Brett Hudson (“The Hudson Brothers,” “Cloud Nine”) has joined the company as a partner.

The banner has previously announced a multi-picture deal with “Drugstore Cowboy” screenwriter Daniel Yost including the sequel to the 1989 original. KK&P is in post-production on “A Star For Rose” with Debbie Allen and John Savage. It’s prepping drama “Freedom for Joe” with Anne Archer and Robert Patrick attached to star for producer John D. Schofield (“Jerry Maguire”) and director Stephen Bridgewater from a script by Lee Burns.

See it in Variety