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Actor I Writer I Nerder
www.jenniferdefilippo.com
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Video reblogged from LA Stories Podcast
Enjoy the trailer to Susan’s film, Smashed. If you haven’t already seen it, or if you want to see it again, it’s available to purchase on iTunes, Amazon Instant, and wherever DVDs are sold. Seriously, where are DVDs sold nowadays?!
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Comedienne, actress, writer, director, and my dear friend Susan Burke is the very special guest on today’s LA Stories Podcast. Susan tells her own L.A. story, arriving from Wyoming in 2001 to be mistaken (more than once) as a Russian prostitute, who would one day go on to be the co-writer of Sundance Film Festival favorite, Smashed. A staple of the comedy scene, Susan discusses her development as a stand-up comic, living in the Brewery in Downtown L.A., and her recent encounter with Tim Robbins and Sean Penn at an un-Hollywood party. As if the above wasn’t enough, Susan, who is sensitive to paranormal activities, indulges us in a classic Hollywood unsolved mystery.
*Find out more about Susan on her website and follow her on Twitter!
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Every actor should watch, That Guy… Who Was in That Thing. Every family member, friend, supporter of actors should also watch this documentary. It’s so wonderfully done and covers every conceivable aspect of what it’s like to be a performer, and particularly, what it’s like to be a character actor in this exciting, but sometimes tumultuous business.
I constantly struggle with how I can make anyone not in the industry understand what my world is like on a daily basis. I’ve gone the route of telling them all the details, all of the great victories, but because said victories didn’t result “in the job” the win no longer seems so clear to the outsider’s perspective. I’ve gone the route of just telling them when I book things, but that means only telling them things once every few months (if I’m really lucky). I’ve also gone the route of trying to over explain just how important it is to be called back into the same room over and over again, even if eight auditions later you still don’t get the job. I haven’t come up with the right formula to make my life seem worth the trouble to someone not in it, but this documentary definitely gets me a step closer.
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Fans of everything good and right in this world, get excited! Comedian, actress, writer, and director Susan Burke is on the show THIS Friday. We talk about all sorts of L.A. things, including GHOOSSSSTS.
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I took a break from stomping divots to take a photograph with this hunk of polo playing meat.
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And to accompany today’s episode, please enjoy Jeff Harlan’s Bridgestone Tires Commercial from 1987, featuring the pixilation technique he described during the interview. Enjoy!
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Good morning, folks! Please enjoy Episode 3 of LA Stories Podcast with guest Jeff Harlan!
About the episode:
Jeff Harlan is an actor, voiceover artist, and one time florist to the stars. He’s appeared in over 400 commercials, over 1,000 voiceover spots, and has made numerous television appearances on shows spanning the last three decades, including Mork & Mindy and Raising Hope. A Los Angeles native, Harlan has inevitably garnered numerous stories that will make you stop whatever you’re doing so that you won’t miss a word. From his early education at Fairfax High alongside the Jacksons, to improv classes with John Ritter and Robin Williams, and an early career as a floral deliveryman, Harlan has got a story that will certainly entice your eardrums. He’s the beholder of one of my favorite stories that could only take place in Los Angeles, so be certain to listen until the very end as we’ve saved the best for last. (Hint: It involves one of the greatest cinema directors of all time and a piece of cake.)
And here is a direct link to the .mp3 for LA Stories Podcast Episode 3.
*Jeff Harlan’s IMDB page.
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I loved having the lovely and amazing Joy Nash in the studio today for @LAStoriesPod. I am looking forward to sharing our conversation in the coming weeks!
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Dudes and dudettes!
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is upon us, and I have the pleasure of getting to perform in, “Unmoderated: A Reading of Eastsider Comments.” If you have a love/hate relationship with the comment section on your favorite websites, then you’re going to love (not hate) seeing their voices come to life.
Yesterday the show was featured on KCRW. Have a listen, and learn more about how to get tickets at:
http://hff13.org/1423
First of three performances is this Saturday, 11pm at the Open Fist Theatre Company.
Happy Hump Day!
Love,
Jennifer“Online comments get a bad rap. True, unhinged vitriol is rampant on some websites, but not everyone thinks it’s terrible across the board. Take a new L.A.-based play called “Unmoderated,” which uses comments as the raw material for drama and comedy on the stage. “Unmoderated” has its formal debut at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this month.Reporter Alex Schmidt has more.”
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Episode 2 of LA Stories Podcast is ready for you to listen! Today’s guest is cemetery guide and author of, “Hollywood Remains to Be Seen,” Mr. Mark Masek. Enjoy! www.lastoriespodcast.com
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Behold! Episode 2 of LA Stories Podcast. It was an absolute thrill to have Mark Masek on the show, and I have no doubt in my mind that you will truly enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed creating it. Please learn more about Mark through his website and books, Hollywood Remains to Be Seen. Enjoy!
* And for a direct link to the .mp3, please click here: LA Stories Episode 2.
About the episode:
The quintessential Los Angeles Cemetery Guide, Mark Masek, joins us to give a verbal tour of the greatest cemeteries in the world, right here in the City of Angels. For the last 30 years, Mark, author of Hollywood Remains to Be Seen, has become an expert on L.A.’s memorial parks. The cemeteries being discussed are beholden to true Hollywood history, as they are the final resting place of sweethearts from the silent film era, to our most recently departed personalities in television and film alike. Mark will give us “gravers” advice on which cemeteries to visit first, which to behave with discretion, and where you can pay your respects to the stars that have swept you away with their storytelling over the last 100 years. By the end of this episode, Mark will have exhumed the grave hunter in all of us.
I’m thrilled to finally get to share this with you. Enjoy!!!
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Photo reblogged from LA Stories Podcast
Do you love a cemetery as much as I do? Then you’ll love Episode 2 of LA Stories Podcast, coming out this Friday morning. (And, trust me, even if you don’t love a cemetery, you’ll still love Episode 2.) The quintessential Los Angeles Cemetery Guide, Mark Masek, joins us to give a verbal tour of the greatest cemeteries in the world, right here in the City of Angels. For the last 30 years, Mark, author of Hollywood Remains to Be Seen, has become an expert on L.A.’s memorial parks. The cemeteries being discussed are beholden to true Hollywood history, as they are the final resting place of sweethearts from the silent film era, to our most recently departed personalities in television and film alike. Mark will give us “gravers” advice on which cemeteries to visit first, which to behave with discretion, and where you can pay your respects to the stars that have swept you away with their storytelling over the last 100 years. By the end of this episode, Mark will have exhumed the grave hunter in all of us.
