Nicholas Sparks: Mini-Bio. from amazon.com

Here is an interesting miniature-biography on Nicholas Sparks
which i just read on his own personal page on amazon.com
This is the original link for his page::
http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Sparks/e/B000APGF36/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1269836981&sr=1-2-ent
And here is the small-bio. written for him on this page:
[[i did NOTwrite this bio. and it is completely and totally from the link posted above.]]

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"Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 31, 1965, the second son of Patrick Michael (1942-1996) and Jill Emma Marie (Thoene) Sparks (1942-1989). His siblings are Michael Earl Sparks (b. Dec. 1964), and Danielle Sparks (b. Dec. 1966, d. June, 2000). As a child, he lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally settling in Fair Oaks, California at the age of eight. His father was a professor, his mother a homemaker, then optometrist's assistant. He lived in Fair Oaks through high school, graduated valedictorian in 1984, and received a full track scholarship to the University of Notre Dame.


After breaking the Notre Dame school record as part of a relay team in 1985 as a freshman (a record which still stands), he was injured and spent the summer recovering. During that summer, he wrote his first novel, though it was never published. He majored in Business Finance and graduated with high honors in 1988.


He and his wife Catherine, who met on spring break in 1988, were married in July, 1989. While living in Sacramento, he wrote his second novel that same year, though again, it wasn't published. He worked a variety of jobs over the next three years, including real estate appraisal, waiting tables, selling dental products by phone, and started his own small manufacturing business which struggled from the beginning. In 1990, he collaborated on a book with Billy Mills, the Olympic Gold Medalist and it was published by Feather Publishing before later being picked up by Random House. (It was recently re-issued by Hay House Books.) Though it received scant publicity, sales topped 50,000 copies in the first year of release.


He began selling pharmaceuticals and moved from Sacramento, California to North Carolina in 1992. In 1994, at the age of 28, he wrote The Notebook over a period of six months. In October, 1995, rights to The Notebook were sold to Warner Books. It was published in October, 1996, and he followed that with Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), and Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), Three Weeks with my Brother (2004), True Believer (2005) and At First Sight (2005) all with Warner Books. All were domestic and international best sellers and were translated into more than 35 languages. The movie version of Message in a Bottle was released in 1999, A Walk to Remember was released in 2002, and The Notebook was released in 2004. The average domestic box office gross per film was $56 million -- with another $100 million in DVD sales -- making the novels by Nicholas Sparks one of the most successful franchises in Hollywood.


The film rights to Nights in Rodanthe, True Believer and At First Sight have been sold, and Nicholas Sparks has written the screenplay for The Guardian, though he has not offered it for sale at this point.


He now has five children: Miles, Ryan, Landon, Lexie, and Savannah. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and children.


His ancestry is German, Czech, English, and Irish, he's 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. He is an avid athlete who runs daily, lifts weights regularly, and competes in Tae Kwon Do. He attends church regularly and reads approximately 125 books a year. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually."

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Official Eclipse Sneak Peak from NewMoon DvD

Official Sneak Peak of Eclipse Footage from NewMoon DvD Set

(one of the few diff. types//selections of dvd sets for NewMoon...)

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'Portions for Foxes' Lyrics by Rilo Kiley AND Video

[[Lyrics:]]

There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week


I keep on talkin' trash but I never say anything

And the talkin' leads to touchin'

and the touchin' leads to sex

and then there is no mystery left

And It's bad news

Baby I'm bad news

I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news
I know I'm alone if I'm with or without you

but just bein' around you offers me another form of relief.

When the loneliness leads to bad dreams

and the bad dreams lead me to callin' you

and I call you and say "C'MERE!"
And it's bad news

Baby I'm bad news

I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news

And it's bad news

Baby it's bad news

It's just bad news, bad news, bad news

'Cause you're just damage control


for a walking corpse like me - like you

'Cause we'll all be

Portions for foxes

Yeah we'll all be

Portions for foxes

There's a pretty young thing in front of you

and she's real pretty and she's real into you

and then she's sleepin' inside of you

and the talkin' leads to touchin'

then touchin' leads to sex

and then there is no mystery left


And it's bad news

I don't blame you

I do the same thing

I get lonely too.

And you're bad news


My friends tell me to leave you

That you're bad news, bad news, bad news
That you're bad news

Baby you're bad news

and you're bad news

Baby you're bad news

and you're bad news

I don't care I like you

and you're bad news

I don't care I like you

I like you.
 
 

Dracula Info -'The Twilight Companion' & more

Here's a little excerpt from 'The Twilight Companion' about Dracula
(the character, of course.):::  :)

--hmmm!!  no wonder so many parents were nervous about their daughters(and some sons..) reading the Twilight Series, before they knew that all of the vampires sparkle in the sun, and many of the main characters are 'Vegetarian'(meaning...they only eat animals.)
Haha, i would definitely prefer that my children(if i had any..) read those too. ;)
Well i'm a little bias, as well...because i LOVE them.
<3

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More--> "Most authorities believe the character of Dracula in Bram Stoker’s novel was based upon the historical figure Vlad Tepes (pronounced tse-pesh), who intermittently ruled an area of the Balkans called Wallachia in the mid 15th century. He was also called by the names Vlad III, Vlad Dracula and Vlad the Impaler. The word Tepes stands for "impaler" and was so coined because of Vlad’s propensity to punish victims by impaling them on stakes, then displaying them publicly to frighten his enemies and to warn would-be transgressors of his strict moral code. He is credited with killing between 40,000 to 100,000 people in this fashion."

[[From http://www.donlinke.com/drakula/vlad.htm]]

Some Magazines

Went for first springtime run today. :):)
Had a good night last night...went to Border's with the brother, got to read a lot of fabulous art magazines && even found a blogging mag!!
it made me SO happy.  if youre in love with blogging--do it as a hobby that you really enjoy--you should definitely buy it. its inspirational.
-->its called 'Artful Blogging' and i absolutely loveeee it.
i also bought a magazine called 'Photo Pro', which is also pretty cool.
I absolutely love writing//blogging--photography--and graphic design--
---so these two were fun to see.:)
--Borders has such a wide variety of magazines....atleast a couple hundred.
Well, atleast for the one i went to.  They also had a couple of rows of shelves just packed with a TON of books which were on Sale which made me happy too.:)
ok i think im done for now.<33 have a good day:)

Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture July 2009

^From Christian Dior's Haute Couture collection 2009^

^Cengiz Abazoglu Autumn/Winter 2009-2010 ^

Paris Fashion Week Photos 2010

[[full article at http://www.xomba.com/paris_fashion_week_beauty_round_big_hair_bold_makeup]]

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280 Great Monologue Books

Here is a great list of 280 Monologue Books, from::
http://redbirdstudio.com/AWOL/monologbooks.html

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THE MONOLOGUE BOOKS


1.50 Professional Scenes for Student Actors
by Garry Michael Kluger / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
2.Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble Improv Games
by Peter Gwinn / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
3.Life Interrupted: The Unfinished Monologue
by Spalding Gray / Crown Publishers / Drama
4.New Audition Scenes and Monologs From Contemporary Playwrights
by Roger (edt) Ellis / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
5.Play the Scene: The Ultimate Collection of Contemporary and Classic Scenes and Monologues
by Michael (edt) Schulman / Griffin / Drama
6.Santaland Diaries & Seasons Greetings: 2 Plays
by David Sedaris / Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated / Drama
7.Young Women's Monologs from Contemporary Plays: Professional Auditions for Aspiring Actresses
by Gerald Lee Ratliff / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
8.100 Great Monologs
by Rebecca Young / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
9.100 Monologues: An Audition Sourcebook from New Dramatists
by Laura Harrington / Signet Book / Drama
10.100 True Soliloquies for Women
by Jennie Wyckoff / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
11.50 African American Audition Monologues
by Gus Edwards / Heinemann / Drama
12.50 Great Monologs for Student Actors: A Workbook of Comedy Characterizations for Students
by Bill Majeski / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
13.52 Bible Characters Dramatized: Easy-To-Use Monologues for All Occasions
by Kenneth W. Osbeck / Kregel Publications / Christianity
14.60 for You: New Monologues for & about Actresses & Actors
by Ken Friedman / Wagon Press / Drama
15.99 Film Scenes for Actors
by Angela Nicholas / Avon Books / Drama
16.Acting Alone: A Drama Teacher's Monologue Survival Kit
by Demetra Hajidiacos / J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing / Education
17.Acting Out: Monologues and Scenes for Young People
by Theatre Direct Canada / Playwrights Canada Press / Drama
18.Acting Scenes and Monologs for Young Women: 60 Dramatic Characterizations
by Maya Levy / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
19.Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival
by Miguel / Griffith, Lois Algarin / Touchstone Books / Drama
20.Actors Book of Classical Monologues
by Stefan Rudnicki / Penguin Books / Drama
21.Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues
by Nina Shengold / Sagebrush Education Resources / Drama
22.The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from Over 70 Playwrights
by Nina Shengold / Penguin Books / Drama
23.The Actor's Book of Monologues for Women
by Stefan Rudnicki / Penguin Books / Drama
24.Actor's Book of Movie Monologues
by Marisa Smith / Sagebrush Education Resources / Drama
25.The Actor's Book of Movie Monologues
by Marisa Smith / Penguin Books / Drama
26.The Actor's Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Today's Hottest Playwrights
by Eric Lane / Penguin Books / Drama
27.An Actor's Dickens: Scenes for Audition & Performance from the Works of Charles Dickens
by Beatrice Manley / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
28.The Actor's Scenebook
by Michael Schulman / Bantam Books / Drama
29.Advice to a Player: A Collection of Monologues from Shakespeare with Explanatory Notes
by Donald Mackechnie / Limelight Editions / Drama
30.All Gall: Malicious Monologues and Ruthless Recitations
by Norman R. Shapiro / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
31.Alone in My Room - Monologues (UK Edition)
by Kenneth Pickering / Dramatic Lines / Drama
32.Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men (Theatre Arts)
by Simon Dunmore / Routledge / Drama
33.American Theatre Book of Monologues for Men
by Stephanie (ed.) Coen / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
34.American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women
by Stephanie Coen / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
35.Audition Monologs for Student Actors 2
by Roger (edt) Ellis / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
36.Audition Monologs for Student Actors: Selections from Contemporary Plays
by Roger Ellis / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
37.The Audition Sourcebook: Do's, Don'ts, and an Online Guide to 2,100+ Monologues and Musical Excerpts
by Randall Richardson / Heinemann / Drama
38.Audition Speeches for 6-16 Year Olds
by Jean Marlow / Routledge / Drama
39.Audition Speeches for Men (Theatre Arts)
by Jean Marlow / Routledge / Drama
40.Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1993
by Jocelyn A. (edt) Beard / Smith & Kraus, Incorporated / Drama
41.Best Men's Stage Monologues (2001)
by Smith & Kraus Inc / Smith & Kraus / Drama
42.The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2004 (Best Men's Stage Monologues)
by D. L. Lepidus / Smith & Kraus / Drama
43.The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2005
by D. L. Lepidus / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
44.Best Men's Stage Monologues (Best Men's Stage Monologues)
by Smith & Kraus Inc / Smith & Kraus / Drama
45.Best Men's Stage Monologues (Best Men's Stage Monologues)
by D L Lepidus / Smith & Kraus / Drama
46.The Best Men's Stage Monologues of ... (Best Men's Stage Monologues)
by D. L. Lepidus / Smith & Kraus / Drama
47.Best Stage Scenes (2001)
by Smith & Kraus Inc / Smith & Kraus / Drama
48.Best Women's Monologue of 1996
by Jocelyn A. (edt) Beard / Smith & Kraus, Incorporated / Drama
49.Best Womens Stage Monologue-00
by Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
50.Best Women's Stage Monologues
by Smith & Kraus Inc / Smith & Kraus / Drama
51.Best Women's Stage Monologues of 1992
by Jocelyn A. (edt) Beard / Smith & Kraus, Incorporated / Drama
52.Best Womens Stage Monologues of 1998
by Jocelyn Beard / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
53.Best Womens Stage Monologues of 2003
by D L Lepidus / Smith & Kraus / Drama
54.The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2004 (Best Women's Stage Monologues)
by D L Lepidus / Smith & Kraus / Drama
55.The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2005
by D. L. Lepidus / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
56.The Best Women's Stage Monologues of ... (Best Women's Stage Monologues)
by D. L. Lepidus / Smith & Kraus / Drama
57.Black Heroes in Monologues
by Gus Edwards / Heinemann / Drama
58.Body Blows: Six Performances (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
by Tim Miller / University of Wisconsin Press / Drama
59.The Book of Monologues for Aspiring Actors
by Marsh (edt) Cassady / Glencoe McGraw-Hill / Drama
60.Canada on Stage: Scenes and Monologues: A Survey of Canadian Theatre
by Iris Turcott / Playwrights Canada Press / Drama
61.The Carpenter's Tools: 12 Contemporary Monologues on the Disciples (Lillenas Drama Resource)
by Jerry Cohagan / Lillenas Publishing Company / Drama
62.City Women
by Cynthia Smith / Dramaline Publications / Drama
63.The Classical Monologue, Men
by Michael Earley / Theatre Arts Books / Drama
64.Classical Monologues Volume 1 Younger Mens R
by Leon (edt) Katz / Applause Books / Drama
65.Classical Monologues Volume 2 Older Men
by Leon (edt) Katz / Applause Books / Drama
66.Classical Monologues for Men
by Marina Caldarone / Nick Hern Books / Drama
67.Classical Monologues Volume 3 Women From Aes
by Leon Katz / Applause Books / Drama
68.Classical Monologues Volume 4 Women From The
by Leon Katz / Applause Books / Drama
69.Classical Monologues for Women
by Kyle Donnelly / Heinemann / Drama
70.Classical Monologues for Women
by Marina Caldarone / Nick Hern Books / Drama
71.The Classical Monologue-Women
by Michael Earley / Theatre Arts Books / Drama
72.Clown Skits for Everyone: How to Become a Performing Clown
by Happy Jack Feder / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
73.Contemporary American Monologues for Men
by Todd (edt) London / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
74.Contemporary American Monologues for Women
by Todd London / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
75.The Contemporary Monologue, Men
by Michael Earley / Routledge / Drama
76.The Contemporary Monologue Women: Women
by Michael Earley / Routledge / Drama
77.Contemporary Movie Monologues 1960-1989 for Audition and Study
by Marisa (edt) Smith / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
78.Contemporary Scenes for Actors: Men (Theatre Arts)
by Michael Earley / Theatre Arts Books / Drama
79.Contemporary Scenes for Young Women
by Shaun Mckenna / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
80.Creating Your Own Monologue
by Glenn Alterman / Allworth Press / Drama
81.Creating Your Own Monologue 2ND Edition
by Glenn Alterman / Allworth Press / Drama
82.Deeds That Won the Empire (Historic Battle Scenes)
by H. W. Fitchett / IndyPublish.com / Drama
83.Deeds That Won the Empire (Historic Battle Scenes)
by H. W. Fitchett / IndyPublish.com / Drama
84.Demystifying the Monologue
by Leonard Peters / Heinemann / Drama
85.Devoted Through Drama: Monologues, Plays, and Skits for Christian Youth Groups
by Kimberly, L Smiley / Holy Fire Publishing / Christianity
86.Dialect Monologues #01: Dialect Monologues
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Audio Books
87.Dialect Monologues with CD (Audio)
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
88.Dick Barton, Episode III the Tango of Terror: Warehouse Theatre Company
by Phil Willmott / Oberon Books / Drama
89.Dramatic Monologue (New Critical Idiom)
by Glennis Byron / Routledge / Literary Criticism
90.Dramatic Monologue (New Critical Idiom)
by Glennis Byron / Routledge / Literary Criticism
91.Duo! Best Scenes for the 90s (Applause Acting Series)
by Jack Temchin / Applause Books / Drama
92.Duologues for All Accents and Ages
by Eamonn Jones / A&C Black / Drama
93.Education, Inc.: Turning Learning into a Business
by Douglas K. Newell / Heinemann / Drama
94.Elvis Monologues
by Lavonne (edt) Mueller / Heinemann / Drama
95.Even More Monologues for Women by Women
by Tori Haring-smith / Heinemann / Drama
96.Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century
by Jo (ed.) Bonney / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
97.The Faber Book of Monologues for Men
by Jane Edwardes / Faber & Faber / Drama
98.The Faber Book of Monologues for Women
by Jane (edt) Edwardes / Faber & Faber / Drama
99.Famous Fantasy Character Monologs: Starring the Not-So-Wicked Witch and More
by Rebecca Young / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
100.Feiffer's People
by Jules Feiffer / Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated / Drama
101.Fifty More Professional Scenes and Monologs for Student Actors: A Collection of Short One-And Two-Person Scenes
by Garry Michael Kluger / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
102.First Folio Speeches for Women:
by Patrick Tucker / Oberon Books / Drama
103.Fitting in: Monologues for Boys and Girls
by Raf Mauro / Dramaline Publications / Drama
104.For Women: Monologues They Haven't Heard
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
105.For Women: More Monologues They Haven't Heard
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
106.For Women: Pocket Monologues from Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare / Dramaline Publications / Drama
107.A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way Through the Bible: A Collection of Humorous Sketches and Monologues Based on Familiar Bible Stories y Martha Bo (Lillenas Drama Resource)
by Martha Bolton / Lillenas Publishing Company / Drama
108.Gay Monologues and Scenes: An Anthology
by Sky Gilbert / Playwrights Canada Press / Drama
109.Goldberg Street: Short Plays and Monologues
by David Mamet / Grove Press / Drama
110.The Gospel According to Us: Sketches about How We Get So Much of a Good Thing Wrong
by Martha Bolton / Lillenas Publishing Company / Drama
111.Gray's Anatomy
by Spalding Gray / Vintage Books USA / Drama
112.Great Monologues from the Humana Festival
by Eric (edt) Kraus / Smith & Kraus, Incorporated / Drama
113.Great Monologues for Young Actors
by Craig Slaight / Smith & Kraus, Incorporated / Drama
114.Great Monologues for Young Actors #1: Great Monologues for Young Actors
by Craig Slaight / Sagebrush Education Resources / Drama
115.Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors
by Michael Schulman / St. Martin's Press / Drama
116.Great Scenes & Monologues for Children Ages 7-14
by Craig Slaight / Smith & Kraus, Incorporated / Drama
117.Great Speeches from European Drama
by Robert David Macdonald / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
118.Gwen: A Drama in Monologue
by Lewis Morris / Kessinger Publishing / General
119.Heroes of the Faith Speak: Seven Monologues
by Stephen M. Crotts / CSS Publishing Company / Drama
120.High-School Monologues They Haven't Heard
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
121.Hollywood 101 #03: Sensational Scenes for Teens: The Scene Studyguide for Teen Actors!
by Chambers Stevens / Sandcastle Publishing / Drama
122.Hollywood 101 #4: Magnificent Monologues for Teens: The Teens' Monologue Source for Every Occasion!
by Chambers Stevens / Sandcastle Publishing / Drama
123.Hoof 'n Mouth Disease: Biblical Monologues and How To Do Them
by Edward W. Thorn / CSS Publishing Company / Drama
124.In the Moment: Creative Spirits in Short Scenes, Monologues, & Readings
by Chuck Neighbors / Lillenas Publishing Company / Drama
125.Inner Monologue and Other Mistakes: Imperfect Reactions to an Imperfect World
by Mark Kolu / Writers Club Press / Drama
126.Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop, and Some People
by Danny Hoch / Villard Books / Drama
127.Killer Monologues: Highly Actable Monologues and Performance Tips to Give You an Almost Unfair Advantage in the Auditioning Game
by J. P. Pierce / Impact Films / Drama
128.Killer Monologues: Highly Actable Monologues and Performance Tips to Give You an Almost Unfair Advantage in the Auditioning Game with Book
by J. P. Pierce / Impact Films / Drama
129.Letters from Bethlehem: Five Dramatic Monologues for Advent
by Wayne L. Tilden / CSS Publishing Company / Drama
130.Luna Park: Short Plays and Monologues
by Donald Margulies / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
131.Lunar Fool
by D. D. Delaney / Writers Club Press / Drama
132.Merry Monologues a Laugh for Every Day in the Year
by Mary Moncure Parker / Kessinger Publishing / Drama
133.Methuen Audition Book for Men (Methuen Drama)
by Annika Bluhm / Methuen Publishing / Drama
134.Methuen Audition Book for Wome (Methuen Drama)
by Annika Bluhm / Methuen / Drama
135.Methuen Bk of Contemporary Monologues for Men
by Chrys (edt) Salt / Methuen Publishing / Drama
136.The Methuen Book of Classical Monologues for Men
by Chrys Salt / Methuen Publishing / Drama
137.The Methuen Book of Classical Monologues for Women
by Chrys Salt / Methuen Publishing / Drama
138.Methuen Book of Contemporary Monologues for Women
by Chrys (edt) Salt / Methuen Publishing / Drama
139.The Methuen Book of Duologues for Young Actors
by Anne Harvey / Methuen / Drama
140.The Methuen Book of Modern Monologues for Men (Methuen Drama)
by Chrys Salt / Methuen Publishing / Drama
141.The Methuen Book of Modern Monologues for Women (Methuen Drama)
by Chrys Salt / Methuen Publishing / Drama
142.Methuen Book/Monologues for Yo
by Anne Harvey / Methuen / Drama
143.Millennium Monologs: 95 Contemporary Characterizations for Young Actors
by Gerald Lee Ratliff / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
144.Minute Monologues for Kids
by Ruth Mae Roddy / Dramaline Publications / Children's
145.The Modern Monologue
by Michael Earley / Routledge / Drama
146.Modern Monologue of Men
by Michael / Keil, Philippa Earley / Routledge / Drama
147.Modern Scenes for Women
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
148.The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors
by Karen Kohlhaas / Limelight Editions / Drama
149.The Monologue Bin
by Jim Chevallier / Lulu.com / Drama
150.The Monologue: From Mystery to Mastery
by Peter Deanello / iUniverse / Drama
151.Monologues for Actors of Color: Men (Theatre Arts)
by Roberta (edt) Uno / Routledge / Drama
152.Monologues for Actors of Color: Women (Theatre Arts)
by Roberta (edt) Uno / Routledge / Drama
153.Monologues on Black Life
by Gus Edwards / Heinemann / Drama
154.Monologues from Classic Plays, 468 B. C. - 1960 A. D.
by Jocelyn A Beard / Smith & Kraus, Incorporated / Drama
155.Monologues From the Classics
by Shaun (edt) Mckenna / Consortium Book Sales & Dist / Drama
156.Monologues from George Bernard Shaw (Monologues from the Masters)
by Ian Michaels / Dramaline Publications / Drama
157.Monologues for Kids
by Ruth Mae Roddy / Dramaline Publications / Drama
158.Monologues from Literature: A Sourcebook for Actors
by Marisa Smith / Ballantine Books / Drama
159.Monologues for Men by Men
by Gary (edt) Garrison / Heinemann / Drama
160.Monologues for Men By Men Volume 2
by Gary Garrison / Heinemann / Drama
161.Monologues from Moliere
by Dick Dotterer / Dramaline Pubs. / Drama
162.Monologues from Oscar Wilde (Monologues from the Masters)
by Ian Michaels / Dramaline Publications / Drama
163.Monologues: Plays from Martinique, France, Algeria, Quebec
by Francoise Kourilsky / Ubu Repertory Theater Publications / Drama
164.Monologues from the Road
by Lavonne Mueller / Heinemann / Drama
165.Monologues for Teenage Girls
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
166.Monologues for Teenagers
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
167.Monologues for Teens and Twenties
by Jim Chevallier / Lulu.com / Drama
168.Monologues They Haven't Heard
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
169.Monologues for Women
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
170.Monologues for Women, by Women
by Toni Haring Smith / Heinemann / Drama
171.Monologues for Young Actors
by Lorraine Cohen / Avon Books / Drama
172.The Monologue Workshop: From Search to Discovery in Audition and Performance (Applause Acting Series)
by Jack Poggi / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
173.More Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men
by Simon Dunmore / Routledge / Drama
174.More Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Women (Theatre Arts)
by Simon Dunmore / Routledge / Drama
175.More Minute Monologues for Kids
by Ruth M. Roddy / Dramaline Publications / Drama
176.More Monologues on Black Life
by Gus Edwards / Heinemann / Drama
177.More Monologues for Kids
by Ruth Mae Roddy / Dramaline Publications / Drama
178.More Monologues for Teenage Girls
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
179.More Monologues for Teenagers: Roger Karshner
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
180.More Monologues They Haven't Heard
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
181.More One-Act Plays for Acting Students: An Anthology of Short One-Act Plays for One to Three Actors
by Norman A. (edt) Bert / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
182.Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays
by Nina Shengold / Penguin Books / Drama
183.Multicultural Theatre II: Contemporary Hispanic, Asian, and African-American Plays
by Roger Ellis / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
184.Multicultural Theatre: Scenes and Monologs from New Hispanic, Asian, and African-American Plays
by Roger (edt) Ellis / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
185.Neil Simon Monolouges: Speeches from the Works of America's Foremost Playwright
by Pub Dramaline / Dramaline Publications / Drama
186.Neil Simon Scenes
by Neil Simon / Dramaline Publications / Drama
187.New Monologues for Women By Women Volume 2
by Tori Haring Smith / Heinemann / Drama
188.Nineteen to the Dozen: Monologues and Bits and Bobs of Other Things (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, & Art)
by Sholem Aleichem / Syracuse University Press / Drama
189.Norm and More: A Collection of Plays and Monologues
by Arthur Goodwin / Writers Club Press / Drama
190.Once More Unto the Speech, Dear Friends: Volume I: The Comedies (Speak the Speech, I Pray You)
by Neil Freeman / Applause / Drama
191.Once More Unto the Speech, Dear Friends: Volume II: The Histories (Speak the Speech, I Pray You)
by Neil Freeman / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
192.One-Act Plays for Acting Students: An Anthology of Complete One-Act Plays--No Cuttings!
by Norman A. Bert / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
193.One Hundred and Eleven Shakespeare Monologues
by William Shakespeare / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
194.One on One
by Jack (edt) Temchin / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
195.One on One: Best Monologues for the Nineties (Men) (Applause Acting Series)
by Jack (edt) Temchin / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
196.Original Monologues That Showcase Your Talent
by Dwight Watson / Allworth Press / Drama
197.Out of the Fringe: Contemporary Latina/Latino Theatre and Performance
by Caridad Svich / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
198.Outstanding Men's Monologues 2001-2002
by Craig (edt) Pospisil / Dramatist's Play Service / Drama
199.Outstanding Stage Monologs and Scenes from the 90's: Professional Auditions for Student Actors
by Steven H. (edt) Gale / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
200.Outstanding Women's Monologues
by Craig (edt) Pospisil / Dramatist's Play Service / Drama
201.The Perfect Monologue
by Ginger Friedman / Limelight Editions / Drama
202.Perspectives: Relevant Scenes for Teens
by Mary Krell-oishi / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
203.Picasso's Women: Eight Monologues (Oberon Book)
by Brian Mcavera / Oberon Books / Drama
204.Playing Contemporary Scenes: 31 Famous Scenes and How to Play Them
by Gerald Lee (edt) Ratliff / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
205.Playing Scenes from Classic Literature: Short Dramatizations of the World's Famous Literature
by Joellen Bland / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
206.Playing Scenes: A Sourcebook for Performers
by Gerald Lee Ratliff / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
207.Plays Pleasant (Penguin Classics)
by Bernard Shaw / Penguin Books / Drama
208.The Playwrights' Center Monologues for Men
by Kristen Gandrow / Heinemann Education Books / Drama
209.The Playwrights' Center Monologues for Women
by Kristen Gandrow / Heinemann Education Books / Drama
210.Pocket Classics for Women
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
211.Pocket Monologues for Women: Convenient Scene-Study Pieces for Today's Demanding Actress
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
212.Pocket Monologues: Working-Class Characters for Women
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
213.Private Stories: Monologues for Young Actors Ages 8 to 16
by Elizabeth Bauman / Limelight Editions / Drama
214.Radioactive Duologues: For Radio, Stage and Screen
by Marina (edt) Caldarone / Politico's Publishing / Drama
215.Radioactive Monologues for Men: For Radio, Stage and Screen (Methuen Drama)
by Marina (edt) Caldarone / Methuen / Drama
216.Radioactive Monologues for Women: For Radio, Stage and Screen (Methuen Drama)
by Marina (edt) Caldarone / Methuen / Drama
217.Real-Life Drama for Real, Live Students: A Collection of Monologues, Duet Acting Scenes, and a Full-Length Play (Kids' Stuff)
by Judy T. Mecca / Incentive Publications / Education
218.Real: Scenes and Monlogues for Urban Youth
by Pannell / Limelight Editions / Drama
219.Rhetorical Readings, Dark Comedies, and Shakespeare's Problem Plays
by Ira Clark / University Press of Florida / Drama
220.Rooms and Fields: Dramatic Monologues from the War in Bosnia (Wick Poetry First Books)
by Lee Peterson / Kent State University Press / Poetry
221.The Scenebook for Actors: Great Monologs & Dialogs from Contemporary & Classical Theatre
by Norman A. (edt) Bert / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
222.Scenes Keep Happening: More Real-Life Snapshots of Teen Lives
by Mary Krell Oishi / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
223.Scenes from the Life: A Collection of Monologues, Sketches, and a Short Play
by Joseph Mcbee / CSS Publishing Company / Drama
224.Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays: An Anthology of New Scemes from Contemporary American Plays
by Roger Ellis / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
225.Scenes for Teenagers
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
226.Scenes for Young Actors
by Lorraine Cohen / Avon Books / Drama
227.Screenwriters Award-Winner Set, Collection 2: Sideways, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and American Beauty
by Alexander Payne / W. W. Norton & Company / Drama
228.Screenwriters Award-Winner Set, Collection 3: The Shawshank Redemption, Adaptation, and a Beautiful Mind
by Frank Darabont / W. W. Norton & Company / Drama
229.Screenwriters Award-Winner Set, Collection 5: The Shawshank Redemption, Cinderella Man, and the Constant Gardener
by Frank Darabont / Newmarket Press / Drama
230.Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two (Applause Acting Series)
by John Russell Brown / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
231.Shakespeare for One: Men: The Complete Monologues and Audition Pieces
by Douglas Newell / Heinemann / Drama
232.Shakespeare for One: Women: The Complete Monologues and Audition Pieces
by Douglas (edt) Newell / Heinemann / Drama
233.Shakespeare's Great Soliloquies
by William Shakespeare / Dover Publications / Drama
234.Shakespeare's Ladies
by Dick Dotterer / Dramaline Publications / Drama
235.Shakespeare's Monologues for Women
by Dick (edt) Dotterer / Dramaline Publications / Drama
236.She Speaks: Monologues for Women
by Judith (edt) Thompson / Playwrights Canada Press / Drama
237.Singular Sensation: Christian Monologues & Reader's Theatre Sketches
by Douglas Brendel / iUniverse / Drama
238.Sketch-O-Frenia: Fifty Short and Witty Satirical Sketches
by John Dessler / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
239.Soliloquy!: The Shakespeare Monologues (Men) (Applause Acting Series)
by Michael Earley / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
240.Soliloquy!: The Shakespeare Monologues (Women) (Applause Acting Series)
by Michael Earley / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
241.Solo!: The Best Monologues of the 80's (Men) (Applause Acting Series)
by Michael Earley / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
242.Solo: The Best Monologues of the 80's (Women) (Applause Acting Series)
by Michael Earley / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
243.Solo Voices: Monologues 1987-2004 (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Neil Bartlett / Oberon Books / Drama
244.The Speaker's Ideal Entertainments for Home, Church and School Consisting of Recitals Dialogues and Dram
by George M. Vickers / Kessinger Publishing / Drama
245.Speak the Speech!: Shakespeare's Monologues Illuminated
by Rhona Silverbush / Faber & Faber / Drama
246.Speeches for Teenage Girls
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
247.The Stage and the School, Scenes and Monologues
by Mcgraw-hill / McGraw-Hill/Glencoe / Drama
248.Straight White Male: Performance Art Monologues (Performance Studies)
by Michael Peterson / University Press of Mississippi / Drama
249.Tales from Within: A Selection of Scenes and Monologues by a New York Actor
by Sonny Parmar / Authorhouse / Drama
250.Talk to Me: Monologue Plays
by Eric (edt) Lane / Vintage Books USA / Drama
251.Tangled in the Tinsel: A Look at Christmas Through Sketches & Monologues for All
by Martha Bolton / Lillenas Publishing Company / Drama
252.Teenage Mouth
by Roger Karshner / Dramaline Publications / Drama
253.Telling Moments: 15 Gay Monologues (Applause Acting Series)
by Robert C Reinhart / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
254.The Theatre Arts Audition Book for Women
by Annika Bluhm / Theatre Arts Books / Drama
255.The Theatre Audition Book: Playing Monologs from Contemporary, Modern, Period, Shakespeare, and Classical Plays
by Gerald Lee Ratliff / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
256.These Truths Were Made for Walking: Comedy Sketches and Monologues about Walking the Talk
by Martha Bolton / Lillenas Publishing Company / Drama
257.Thirteen Monologues
by Jean Cocteau / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
258.This Unknown Flesh: A Selection of Plays
by Sky Gilbert / Playwrights Canada Press / Drama
259.Three Hotels: Plays and Monologues
by Jon Robin Baitz / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
260.Two-Character Plays for Student Actors: A Collection of Fifteen One-Act Play
by Robert Mauro / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
261.Two-Minute Monologs: Original Audition Scenes for Professional Actors
by Glenn Alterman / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
262.Two for the Show: Scenes for Student Actors
by Brian (edt) Kennedy / Theatre Communications Group / Drama
263.Ultimate Audition Book 222 Monologues
by John Capecci / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
264.The Ultimate Audition Book
by Jocelyn A Beard / Smith & Kraus Pub Inc / Drama
265.The Ultimate Improv Book: A Complete Guide to Comedy Improvisation
by Edward J. Nevraumont / Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. / Drama
266.Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler / Dramatist's Play Service / Drama
267.The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition
by Eve Ensler / Villard Books / Drama
268.Voices
by Lydia Cosentino / Dramaline Publications / Drama
269.Voices After 9/11 (Dramatic Monologues)
by Lavonne Mueller / Applause Books / Drama
270.Voices of Color: 50 Scenes and Monologues by African American Playwrights (Applause Acting Series)
by Martin Luther, Jr. King / Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers / Drama
271.Whalesong in My Latte: Monologues and Shorts
by Jennifer Dimarco / Paper Frog Productions / Drama
272.What's Growing Under Your Bed?: A Collection of Sketches and Monologues for Children and Young Teens
by Martha Bolton / Lillenas Publishing Company / Drama
273.The Wisdom of Bernard Shaw Being Passages from the Works of Bernard Shaw
by Bernard Shaw / Kessinger Publishing / Drama
274.A Woman Speaks: Women Famous, Infamous, and Unknown
by Lydia Cosentino / Dramaline Publications / Drama
275.Woman: Ten One-Act Scenes
by Susan Pomerance / Dramaline Publications / Drama
276.Women in the Wings: 20 Biblical Monologues
by Jacqueline Sharer Robertson / CSS Publishing Company / Drama
277.Writing 45-Minute One-Act Plays, Skits, Monologues, & Animation Scripts for Drama Workshops: Adapting Current Events, Social Issues, Life Stories, New
by Anne Hart / ASJA Press / Drama
278.A Young Actor's Scene Book
by Barbara Marchant / Scarecrow Press / Drama
279.The Young Actors' Workbook
by Judith Roberts Seto / Grove Press / Drama
280.You're Making a Scene
by Playwrights Canada Press / Playwrights Union of Canada / Drama

Explore Talent - Scam? GOOD RESOURCES ONLINE

Here is a great little article posted by 'Morgin' on YahooAnswers, that i found tonight. I was just contemplating joining ExploreTalent myself, and this is only the first post ive clicked on so far -- and right away i can tell this chick knows her stuff. So--i Will NOT be paying $200 a year for ExploreTalent.com. :) :) :)
Here's the article:
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Exploretalent is a SCAM! The ONLY legit sites are:

backstage.com
actorsaccess.com
mandy.com (be careful)
craigslist.org (same)

If you are in Ny...
nycastings.com
nycasting.com

If you are in LA..
lacasting.com
nowcasting.com

Get a headshot (I know a few.. if your interested). Get good training (NO JRP!! OR ACT!!). Do student films, theater, indies. Sign up for the above sites.

READ BOOKS! lol.
Self Management for Actors
How to be a Working Actor
Acting as a Business
Amazon.com
It depends how old you are but these links will be invaluable to you...


http://bbs.backstage.com
http://more.showfax.com/bbs2
http://forums.delphiforums.com/proactors…
http://backstage.com
more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/index.…
comunicatrix.com/lacasting-articles


You don't need an agent.... no alan baltes' websites... no big CD info... Start simple! Do community theater. Take some great classes. Do student films.

And, I don't know you, so I can't say this about you, but for the record, if your striving to be a star, please get the notion of stardom out of your head. If that is your goal, you don't want to be an actor. You want to be star. In which case, your not serious about this.

If you have any questions, email me.
[[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090608143521AAYxQqC]]

Lady Gaga Video - 'Telephone' feat. BEYONCE

Brand new, Lady Gaga music video for song 'Telephone' feat BEYONCE KNOWLES

FIRST OFFICIAL ECLIPSE TRAILER 2010

FIRST OFFICIAL ECLIPSE TRAILER 2010
---Eclipse is the 3rd Installment in our beloved Twilight Saga by Steph. Meyer

[[full trailer is only on http://eclipsethemovie.com]]
-->--> this is the trailer which will be premiering tomorrow, before each showing of Rob Pattinson's new film 'Remember Me'


-->below, in picture, is Kristen Stewart--braving the red carpet of Rob's 'Remember Me' Premier. :) :)

Tim Burton Interview at MOMA

Tim Burton Interview at MOMA[Museum of Modern Art] in NYC
-->thanks so much to the 'Simply Burton' blog!:) I adore your posts.

2010 Oscars List of Winners

List of winners at the 82nd annual Academy Awards:
-->Motion Picture: "The Hurt Locker"
-->Actor: Jeff Bridges
-->Actress: Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
-->Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
-->Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
--> Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
-->Foreign Film: "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina
-->Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
-->Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"
-->Animated Feature Film: "Up"
-->Art Direction: "Avatar"
-->Sound Mixing: "The Hurt Locker"
-->Sound Editing: "The Hurt Locker"
-->Original Score: "Up", Michael Giacchino
-->Original Song: "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
-->Costume: "The Young Victoria"
-->Documentary Feature: "The Cove"
-->Documentary(short subject): "Music by Prudence"
-->Film Editing: "The Hurt Locker"
-->Makeup: "Star Trek"
-->Animated Short Film: "Logorama"
-->Live Action Short Film: "The New Tenants"
-->Visual Effects: "Avatar"

Jabberwocky Poem

Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' Poem---
recited by actress--

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - #9 Last Fm's 'Best of 2009'

"Now one of the defining bands of the decade, many assumed that Brooklyn's Yeah Yeah Yeahs would melt away after their 2003 debut Fever To Tell , like so many young art-rock sensations had done before them. It took three years of writing, recording and touring but follow up Show Your Bones proved that wrong; band members Nick Zinner, Brian Chase and Karen O stepped up, cementing their position as an all-powerful touring band with the release of Tell Me What Rockers To Swallow and teasing fans with new work on Isls EP.

They returned in 2009 with It's Blitz! , an album that surprised fans and listeners with its surprisingly upbeat tone, light melodies and a slew of indie-club floor-fillers. 'Heads will Roll' and 'Zero' shot up the band's chart, while 'Skeletons' and 'Little Shadow' provided the emotional tug at the heart the band perfected with 'Maps'. As the band played the summer festivals their plays reached a new peak, while Karen O's soundtrack for Where the Wild Things Are began to start generation attention as well as your scrobbles.

The band will be touring Japan and Mexico in the new year, and will be announcing plays for 2010 soon."




--->source: http://www.last.fm/bestof/2009/chart/9

Johnny Depp Bio

[[text is from book - - "Johnny Depp - A Modern Rebel" by Brian J. Robb]]

---Introduction---
A Modern Rebel

Johnny Depp used to be a Hollywood outsider. Once seen by some as a modern rebel in the James Dean mode, Depp has grown-up considerably over the past decade. Now in his forties, he has left behind his rable-rousing, hotel-wrecking, paparazzi-baiting tearaway image, and replaced it with that of a loving partner to French singer Vanessa Paradis and father to his two children, Lily-Rose and Jack.
It has been a most unexpected turnaround. He once avoided Hollywood blockbuster movies and pursued a relentlessly uncommercial series of roles, but having children has given Depp licence to take part in familyfare like Pirates of the Caribbean, its sequel and Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. At the same time he's still pursuing his single-minded quest to play strange characters in strange ways, as shown by his Earl of Rochester in The Libertine or his plan to play the totally paralysed Jean-Dominique Bauby in the Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

With two critically-acclaimed, genuine blockbusters under his belt in Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp has been able to carve out a new life for himself in France with Paradis and his children, away from the press and the pressures of Hollywood which had so weighed on him previously.
Willing to pick and choose his roles, from the fulfilling and arty (The Man Who Cried, Before Night Falls, Chocolate) to the bank-balance boosting mainstream (The Astronaut's Wife, Secret Window), Depp is usually the best thing about any film he appears in. He can make a bad movie worth watching and he can bring something totally unique to a good project.
In 1995, Johnny Depp was a big star, an A-list name who'd made millions of dollars without ever starring in a genuinely successful box office movie. His image adorned the bedroom walls of millions of teenage girls the world over, but he continued to rail against the commodification of his image as he had done since his days as a teen heart-throb TV star on 21 Jump Street. He turned down the lead role in countless mainstream success stories- Speed, Legends of the Fall, Thelma & Louise, Robin Hood: Price of Thieves - in favour of quirkier fare like Ed Wood, Don Juan DeMarco and Benny & Joon.
In 2003, Depp surprised many by becoming an even bigger star, seemingly enjoying a second wind in his career via his unlikely scene-stealing turn as addled pirate captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. 'I only wanted to be in a movie that my kids could see,' said Depp of the choice. 'It was mentioned that they were considering a movie based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and I said I was in. There was no screenplay, no director, nothing. For some unknown reason, I just said I was in.'
Depp found, in a movie he explicitly did for his kids, a way to combine the quirkiness of the off-kilter characters he'd played in the past (to limited commercial success) like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sam in Benny & Joon, and even Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, with a successful mainstream movie. He'd pulled off the same trick as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, and as Agent Sands in Once Upon a Time In New Mexico, but it was Jack Sparrow who stayed in the minds of audiences, kids and adults alike. 'I had never experienced that before,' Depp said. 'And it's been fun to visit Hollywood and talk to studios as a bankable actor for a change.'
Depp's personal life has seen equally dramatic changes over the past ten years. As his relationship with Kate Moss crumbled in the mid-to-late-1990's- over the issue of having children - Depp took up with French singer Vanessa Paradis. 'I pretty much fell in love with Vanessa the moment I set eyes on her.' claimed Depp. 'As a person, I was pretty much a lost cause at that time in my life. She turned all that around for me with her incredible tenderness and understanding.'
The pair rapidly had a family, with two kids, Lily-Rose and Jack, and bought houses in rural France, Paris and Los Angeles. The man who'd never settle down, who rented property rather then bought, was now happily playing the role of doting father and 'husband' (Paradis and Depp are not married, but noth consider themselves to be husband-and-wife anyway).
'I love our house in the country,' said Depp of his new idyll. 'I can walk to the nearby village and have coffee and no one pays any notice. I'm just another dad with my daughter on my knee. The time I've spent in France with Vanessa has solidified my belief that I can keep a major distance from Hollywood and still keep in the game. Acting is my living, but I dont want to live it. Living in France is the first time I can honestly say I feel at home.' It's an outcome any Johnny Depp fan leaving a cinema screening of Nick of Time in 1995 would have been very surprised by.
The one common factor to all that Depp does, on screen and off, is surprise. It's as if he keeps himself interested, in himself and in his career, by constantly surprising himself by his choices, in life and in movies. 'TheThere's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy,' he admitted. 'I can weigh all the options, but there's always one thing that goes: "Johnny:this is the one." And it's always the most difficult - it's always the one that will cause the most trouble...'
While he may be bankable and a critical success, Johnny Depp has done it all on his own terms by tackling the roles he wants to play in his own unique way. 'All the amazing people that I've worked with- Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman,'Depp said, 'have told me consistently: don't compromise. Do your work, and if what you're giving is not what they want, you have to be prepared to walk away.'
It is that combination of surprise and uncompromising desire to fight for his own uniquely skewed vision that has brought Johnny Depp to the pinnacle of his career - complete with a Screen Actors Guild award and Oscar nomination for Pirates of the Caribbean. He shows no sign that this mainstream acclaim will in anyway deflect him from playing the Hollywood game his way. 'I've been around long enough to know that one week, you're on the exclusive list of guys who can open a movie,' said Depp, 'and then the next week, you're off the list. It's been a fun ride, and I'm enjoying it for all it's worth.'
--->This is the story of that rollercoaster ride, from Owensboro, Kentucky in 1963 to France in 2005 and beyond...

Clairvoyant Images

"Clairvoyant images are essentially made up of the same stuff as dream images and visual pictures evoked through memory, imagination and visualization. Within our minds we have what my teachers called, for lack of a better term, "the picture-making apparatus or machine."
-->This energetic apparatus seems to be located within the area of the sixth chakra, behind the physical forehead area. Many people refer to this as the third eye.
-->Clairvoyant images are derived from the brain as well as from a universal source. They can be sent through both verbal and telepathic communication to other individuals or through visualization and prayer out into the universe where they can create and manifest physical representations.
-->Clairvoyant and dream images can have both literal and symbolic connotations. For example, during several readings I have clearly seen the image of a person wearing a nurse's uniform. Sometimes I subsequently discovered that my readee was actually employed as a nurse. At other times it was clear that my client did not work as a nurse, but possessed a nurse's caring and healing nature, which was symbolized by nurse's attire.
-->One of the most difficult aspects of performing a clairvoyant reading is knowing when an image is intended as literal or symbolic. Obviously, if one misinterprets a symbolic image as a literal one, it will not only decrease the accuracy of the reading, but may cause the readee distress.
--->There are several ways to deal with the problem of how to interpret a clairvoyant image. Oftentimes, along with a clairvoyant image you will receive a bonus from your intuition or knowingness (the psychic ability located in your seventh chakra), which gives you instant awareness of what it is you are looking at. Unfortunately this is not always the case, especially for beginning clairvoyant students. So first, I recomemend that if you are confused as to whether an image should be interpreted symbolically or literally, you ask the image to show you another image that will provide more clarity. With patience and perseverance, your request will be granted more often than not.
--->...When doing a clairvoyant reading, I suggest that you get out of your logical mind and resist the urge to interpret everything you see. If the clairvoyant image is not accompanied by a clear knowing, then simply describe the image precisely as you see it. Whenever I have been wrong about information in a reading, it was due to my logical interpretation and not to the image itself.
-->Clairvoyant images are almost always pure and do not lie. There is always a reason a particular image is being generated. You don't always need to know the reason or the meaning for every image. You'll be surprised at how often your client knows exactly what is meant by the imagery you have described. Sometimes your client will not want you to know the meaning, and that is why you aren't getting the information.
---> Clairvoyant images are generated by the mind of the clairvoyant, by the mind of the person receiving the reading, or from a third party such as another spirit or one of the subjects of the reading. Clairvoyant images also come from what is sometimes referred to as the 'universal mind' or the 'collective unconscious'[a term coined by Carl Jung.] Sometimes your readee will understand the meaning of the images you are looking at before you do because the images have been borrows from their personal library rather than yours. Sometimes you won't be able to interpret an image because you are stuck inside an MEI picture.
----> Clairvoyant images are almost like living entities. They have a life of their own, and they reveal themselves in mysterious ways. As a beginning clairvoyant student, it is easy to become frustrated with the mischievious elusiveness of these enigmas. I encourage you to treat these visions as your personal teacher or guru. At times your teacher will give you an immediate response and tell you exactly what you want to know in very straightforward terms. At other times they will send you blindfolded and stumbling into the forest so that you discover your answers through direct experience.
*Some of the most helpful traits a clairvoyant can have are patience, determination, and the ability to apply these simultaneously, with grace.*"

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[[this was an excerpt from "You Are Psychic" by Debra Lynne Katz --- http://www.llewellyn.com]]

Motivational Quotations for Your Day

Motivational Quotes for improving your Spirit today:
-->"Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls." Mother Teresa [1910-1997]

-->"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius [551bc - 479 bc]

-->"He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow."
Tryon Edwards[1809-1894]

-->"It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr."
Napoleon Bonaparte [1769-1821]

-->"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Socrates [469bc-399bc]

-->"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities."
Kahlil Gibran [1883-1931]

--> "It's not what you call me, but whether i answer to." African Proverb

--> "Each of us is here to discover our true Self....that we're not human beings that have occasional spiritual experiences, that we're spiritual beings that have occasional human experiences." Deepak Chopra

--> "Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." Chief Seattle [1854]

--> "For the man who prays in his heart, the whole world is a church." Sylvain of Athos

-->"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair" Kahlil Gibran

Tips for Seeking a True Spiritual Mentor

If you are interested in finding a spiritual healer//teacher's information [online]; whether they use their articles, teachings, products, etc to draw you in-- [RondaRaLue.com says to:] "listen from a place beyond your mind." While reading this in one of her many outstanding spiritual-guidance articles, Ronda RaLue is an excellent source in showing you steps to find help on your miraculous journey called life.
Almost every spiritual advisor, mentor, counselor, etc-- stands on a firm belief of finding peace through your intuition [meaning those 'gut' feelings that you get every single day which most of us have subconsciously trained ourselves to tune out & ignore...]; so if you listen from a place beyond your mind, Ronda RaLue is basically saying, you will be listening to what your heart is telling you about anything you are inspecting[including a future spiritual-teacher.]
She says that, "if there is a type of buzzy excitement or thoughts of yes, i seem to already know this that he/she is speaking of, or if they and their message feel very familiar in an odd way, these are signs of truth recognized in your own being.
Ronda goes on to explain that "Truth is Truth"; meaning that each and every one of us needs to learn to ALWAYS listen our inner voice instead of relying on egoic fear and mental conditioning. If we can train ourselves to listen from our "inner-bodies", we will be passing a huge road-block on our way to valuable self-realization and peace//confidence in our true selves.
** Always remember this: our inner-knowing is infinitely more intelligent & true than any thought which passes through us from our conditioned mind.
If your possible Spiritual mentor is gracious, shows great humility, and projects pure joy and inspiration -- then they will shine a thick and luminous light on your own truth. This person will also have been through 'deep living'; and has gone through countless struggles which they will never try to hide//should always be completely open in sharing with you.
A good teacher is always obvious from their pure and very bring inner-light; and the way they use their own lamp to fully show you yours.
Remember, "when the student is truly ready, the teacher arrives!"
It is how we seek and the depth of what we ask for which are the keys to what we shall find. Your mentor's ultimate job will be to show you your inner strength//and your supreme art-making and sculpting abilities for your own life.
"Ask and it shall be given."



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