Hollyblogs
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Is Julian Assange Doing the Voice-Overs for Nikon Ads? (Guest Blog)
Could Assange have gotten the part-time gig to do a secret voice-over for Nikon while still holed up in an Ecuadorian embassy in London?
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11 Standout Moments From ‘The Voice’ Knockout Rounds (Guest Blog)
A Season 2 alum, I blog about the NBC talent competition every week
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Unlikely La Costa and Its Very First (Sports) Film Festival (Guest Blog)
“We thought, why don’t we bring Hollywood to the beach?”
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Finding the Right Formula for Your Acting Technique (Guest Blog)
Different techniques are useful — depending on the medium you’re working in
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What Do You Say to an Actor After You Say, ‘Cut’? (Guest Blog)
I’m beginning to wonder what questions like “How do you think it went” do to the actors?
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Why Spielberg Honoring Clooney With the Shoah Humanity Award Meant So Much to Me (Guest Blog)
Now that my mother is no longer alive, I will be forever grateful for Spielberg’s wise insight to document the past to help prevent future genocides
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Peter Chan’s ‘American Dreams in China’ Backfires (Guest Blog)
It’s not really Chan’s film, since it was produced and written by Beijingers more interested in propaganda than storytelling
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10 Best Moments From ‘The Voice’ Final Battle Rounds (Guest Blog)
A Season 2 alum, I blog about the NBC competition weekly for TheWrap
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Heavy Metal, and What it Means to Me (Guest Blog)
And why I used a quote from Slipknot’s “All Hope Is Gone” for the epigraph of my new book, “25 Perfect Days”
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Directing Directors on the ‘Right’ Approach to Coaching Actors (Guest Blog)
Never mind the objective, a veteran mentor says, the key is to activate the character
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‘Rush’ Captures the Testosterone-Driven World of Formula One Racing as I Recall It
My introduction to Formula One was a friendship with Jackie Stewart; Ron Howard got it right
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Short Film ‘Stray’ Proves Happy Endings Do Exist (Guest Video Blog)
In “Stray,” a man and a stray dog team up and become pals
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10 Reasons I Love This Week’s ‘The Voice’ Battle Rounds (Guest Blog)
A Season 2 alum, I’m weighing in weekly on the show for TheWrap
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Actors Caught in the Act of Acting … for My Camera (Guest Blog)
Characters that I suggested to actors, from John Malcovich to Sissy Spacek — and how they responded
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In Response to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas (Guest Blog)
My new film, “The Mirror,” is part reaction against a Hollywood system that leaves zero room for risk or experimentation and part homage to it
