OK... so... the Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced today by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Anne Hathaway...

BEST PICTURE?? Wow, that's a tough one. 10 nominees? Well.... I I PRAY I'm wrong.. and It pains me to face it... but I don't think any of the other nominees are strong enough to take it. AVATAR will probably win. But I think it should be either HURT LOCKER or PRECIOUS. That's probably because I am always pulling for the underdog (GO SAINTS). I have to be honest here... I haven't even seen PRECIOUS, but I love the story behind the film and the fact that the lead character is played by a no name newcomer (I mean that in the kindest way possible). So NO, I havent seen PRECIOUS.... but I'd be willing to put MONEY on Mo’Nique to get Best Supporting Actress.

And NOT to be too cynical.... because CONAN O'BRIEN told me NOT to be cynical... and I sometimes find myself leaning on the cynical side... but the OSCARS... in my opinion... are awarded based on FIFTY percent quality of work slash outstanding achievement.... and FIFTY percent politics slash marketing....

which is why I believe that AVATAR will win for Best Picture....

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

A STUNNING spectacle... no doubt...  more like a cool ride at a theme park than an award winning film.... AMAZING to look at... but without the visual effects... without the 3D... its not THAT great of a film... and handful of TWO dimensional characters and a few DIALED in performances... hardly worthy.

“The Blind Side” (Sanda Bullock's film)

Haven't seen it. Not a big fan of Sandra Bullock movies... always so MTV-ish. I'm sure its probably a decent film... its a movie about FOOTBALL...and I love football... but whatever... doesnt mattter.... NOT GONNA WIN... surprised its even nominated.

“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

D9 was cool... but during the first 45 minutes of the film I had NO idea what the hell was happening... I couldn't figure out WHO the story was about... many elements of the first act either didn't make any sense or just weren't believable.... these guys are aksing ALIENS to sign a piece of paper on a clipboard.... WHY would these big ugly Aliens...who eat CAT FOOD...and could rip a human apart and kick them a hundred yards away with no problem be willing to SIGN some document that is basically an EVICTION notice? why I should care? I remember saying to myself  "So far, this movie kind of sucks." Once the story got going... I really liked it... but .... no... not worthy of BEST PICTURE


“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers

Haven't seen it. Almost went this past weekend with my girlfrfiend, but we saw Crazy heart instead. I will probably go check it out in the next couple of weeks... it may be good... but it's TOO indie... playing in Art House theaters.... will NEVER win for BEST PICTURE.

“The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined

Saw it... I really really liked it.... but AGAIN... it's TOO indie... NO big names at all.... played the Art House joints....  I don't  think HURT LOCKER can pull it off.


“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer

Quentin Tarantino gets an OSCAR??  That would be AWESOME. Mind you... he DID win one already. He won Best Original Screenplay for Pulp Fiction. But I'm always pulling for Quentin Tarantino. I liked INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS because it totally surprised me. It was SO different... and so much better than I expected it to be. You wanna win an OSCAR? Make a movie about "Killin Nazi's."


“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers

Like I said.... havent seen it.... but I'm pulling for the underdog. PRECIOUS won't win Best Picture but it will definitely round up an award or two.


"A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

I SAW this movie. I was CONFUSED. It was.... gooood (??)... I would give it an "interesting." Maybe if I was Jewish I would have more of an appreciation for the parody.


“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer

PIXAR... cartoons.... I'm sure it's delightful.... not my thing.... every few years a new animated film comes out and someone says "EVEN THOUGH it's an animated movie... THIS one is really good." So I go see it and I'm bored... I don't like cartoon movies... I'm always disappointed.... I've never seen an animtaed film that I liked..... WAIT.... Except for ONE....

SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER and UNCUT.... that was F%#*%$ing BRILLIANT.


“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

BEST PICTURE? Not in my opinion... but it COULD win.... I actually posted a few commenst about this movie in a recent blog entry....

(January 28th) I'm not going to say it wasn't good. It WAS good. It was your standard, solid major studio production, with a decent story and strong acting.... it WAS a good movie.... a good, predictable, bland movie. If you like really EASY, George Clooney movies.... go for it... you'll enjoy it. It WAS a little depressing at the end... so it WASN'T all warm and Fuzzy.... but It WAS what I thought it was going to be....


So that's where stand on the whole BEST PICTURE conversation.... WHY do we have TEN nominee's this year?

I looked it up... word on the street is....

(Dave Karger's Oscar Watch)

“After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” said AMPAS president Sid Ganis. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same—one Best Picture winner—but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.” In the ’30s and ’40s the Academy recognized between 8 and 12 Best Picture nominees each year.

Several groups, like the Broadcast Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, and the American Film Institute, have already been listing 10 best films of the year instead of five. And with the Oscars now doing the same, I’d say this could really help the chances of some more commercially popular films, which are often edged out of the running by typical “Academy films” like The Reader or Frost/Nixon. Certainly The Dark Knight and WALL•E would have made a top 10 Academy list this year—will we now see Up and Star Trek on the Oscar ballot?


(From Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY)

The supersizing of the best-picture category was suggested during a postmortem with Bill Condon and Laurence Mark, producers of this year's ceremony, which boosted viewership from the previous year by 13%.

Still, considering the 2008 edition – when No Country for Old Men claimed the best-picture trophy – was the least-watched show ever, the increase was only a mild improvement. Which is why, to continue to draw more eyes, the academy would like Oscar to find room for more popcorn-type films in its diet.

"All the critics' 10-best lists have 10 films," Sherak says, explaining the logic behind the move for the March 7 ceremony. "And there have been 10 nominees in the past. Maybe it would create more interest and allow us to have more fun. Maybe a comedy or a blockbuster would be nominated. The board felt it was an idea that should be tried."

Ok, what is it? Wednesday? Where am I? What's goin on? I'm changing gears on this next corporate video project. I initiated the casting process this week and let me tell you somehting... I used to wonder why Casting Directors always seemed to have a certain disdain for actors. When I was back in New York, and I was auditioning 6-10 times a week, I would quite often take offense to the "rolling your eyes," "talk to me like I just pooped in my pants" attitude that one would get upon enyering a busy casting office for an audition. Now that I'm producing more often than I'm auditioning... I'm starting to see what drives that dynamic. The majority of actors you have to deal with when you are in the middle fo the casting process... are F%$#&^ retarded.... and I'm SORRY if using the term RETARDED offends anyone who actually is RETARDED.... How about I use the term... SPECIAL NEEDS? Ok? Alright so I have such a rant building up that I think I'm going to record a video blog later today so I can cover everything... but for now, maybe just a preview. Seriously... how many SPECIAL NEEDS actors does one have to deal with before one finds someone that you would actually CONSIDER casting and working with on a project? HOLY CRAP... from the beginning to end, which starts at the submission process, going through hundreds of emails, browsing pictures and resumes to determine who should even be invited to audition.... to the coordination and scheduling process... to the day of the audition... HELLO??? AAAAAGGGHHH.... does my car have an "I BRAKE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS" bumper sticker on it?? NO! Am I in customer service? Available 24/7 to take SPECIAL NEEDS calls on the SPECIAL NEEDS hotline and answer SPECIAL NEEDS questions and concerns? Do I CARE if you are SUCH a busy ARTIST and you submit for so many projects that you cant remember who I am, or what project I'm casting? Or what roles are available? NO!!! SPECIAL F%$#&^&^ NEEEEEDS!!!

Anyway, I've been bouncing the idea around of starting a video blog... and I think this might be the day. I promise I wont be TOO negative... I do have some contsructive criticism... some advice and helpful tips... but some of those tips are going to come in the form of a RANT... because for the past 48 hours... Ive been dealing with my fair share of SPECIAL NEEDS.

Also... I saw UP IN THE AIR this weekend. BEFORE going to see it, My girlfriend and I both pretty much felt the same way... from the commercials, UP IN THE AIR looks like a very Vanilla, predictable Romantic George Clooney Comedy. But then friends of ours started telling us how good it was... it was "better than expected," "dark and different," "surprisingly good!"

Really? Could it be? I feel like I could guess the whole story from beginning too middle to end based on the trailer... but UP IN THE AIR is getting great reviews... Metacafe gave it an 84.... and thats prettty good... I was definitely curious.

So the day came to go see UP IN THE AIR. We put on some pants, brushed out teeth, tied our shoes.... drove over to The Arclight in Hollywood..... and decided to see CRAZY HEART instead... Jeff Bridges is supposed to be PHENOMENAL.

So WAIT... hold on....

We walked up to the box office a little on the late side and the Arclight didnt have two seats together. So our Plan B landed us at the next showing of UP IN THE AIR, starring George Clooney.... hooray.

So how was it?

I'm not going to say it wasn't good. It WAS good. It was your standard, solid major studio production, with a decent story and strong acting.... it WAS a good movie.... a good, predictable, bland movie. If you like really EASY, George Clooney movies.... go for it... you'll enjoy it. It WAS a little depressing at the end... so it WASN'T all warm and Fuzzy.... but It WAS what I thought it was going to be....

A good friend of mine told me that UP IN THE AIR was "dark." Now, I like "DARK." So I was really hoping that this film could at least fill that expectation. At first, I really thought it would.

There is a scene in the beginning, a series of shots and explanations that set up the premise, where Clooney's character explains what he does for a living (He acts as a corporate Grim Reaper and terminates employess on-site) and tells us that "People do F^%$cked up sh%t when they get fired." To demonstrate we see a disgruntled employee, played by Zach Galifianakis (from THE HANGOVER) doing "F$#ckd up Sh%t after getting fired. The closing image to this opening scene shows that character on the roof of an office building holding a big riflke and assuming a snipers position.

So the WHOLE time I'm watching this movie.. I'm thinking "OHHHH snap.... Zach Galifianakis is going to shoot George Clooney! This is going to be AWESOME. Andrew said this movie was dark, but this is even better than dark!"

Well... Zach Galifianakis never shot George Clooney.... I was very disappointed.

UP IN THE AIR was boring.

Hi James,

A Happy New Year ahead to you! Cheers!

I'm an aspiring actress looking for some focus and direction as I pursue my journey in the biz here in NYC. I just came across your inspiring interview, The Big Break, written by Margo Curry...

http://www.bigbreakny.com/acting/interviews/huffman.php

Are you still running the Audition Experience? The phone number was invalid and I can't find any info on it. Just curious. I know many folks go to one-on-one and actor's connection seminars and classes to meet agents and casting directors. I've started to do this. But you're approach was so fresh and interactive. I can tell you're passionate about helping others and creating a forum for questions and the exchange of information and experiences among actors. I would really like to join the Audition Experience, if the program is still in place.

Are you still in touch with Ginger Dicce? Funny how you describe her, because that alone makes me want to meet her and see if I'm truly 'qualified' to be in this business. I really respect the old-school way of thinking. Guess it works - did you shave for that next audition! But she got you a commercial! Very cool! I'm signing up to meet her next week 1/26 at Actor's Connection. Also thinking of taking a class with Sande Shurin.

You've done tons of soap work! I would like to work on the soaps - it's definitely one of my types. Which soap classes benefitted you the most?

Thanks so much!
Great Web Site!

Chessie Gumar


Hi Chessie-

Thanks for the email... and no... The Audition Experience is no longer in business... Actors Connection is probably your best bet... those workshop places all offer pretty much the same thing...  BREAKTHROUGH, ONE ON ONE, ACTORS ALLIANCE, THE ACTORS MARKET... I've been to all of them...

I'm in Los Angeles now... I've been here since Sept of 2007....

If you meet with Ginger Dicce...tell her James Huffman says HI... she is a hoot... and a tough cookie....

And if you take a soap class... make sure its with a real Soap CD... I would start with Bob lambert... if he is still doing workshops... He is great... and if you meet Bob... YOu can tell him I said HELLO as well.

I took workshops with CD's from all the NY shows.... hoping to make the most of the opportunity to meet the casting people from each show face to face....

Good luck... and all I can say is perform, perform, perform... do as much as you can as often as you can.... have fun.... good things will come your way....

Happy MLK day! God Bless Martin Luther King JR. and all the great things his name has come to represent.....

"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."

Coincidentally...  I watched... or RE Watched... a documentary last night called STREET FIGHT ... not really in OBSERVANCE of MLK, but the film is failry apropriate I think. "Street Fight" is a documentary by filmmaker Marshall Curry, chronicling Cory Booker's 2002 campaign against Sharpe James for mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Street Fight originally screened at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, whihc is where I first saw it. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. 

STREET FIGHT Trailer on Youtube>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8jtAASYdLw

It's a great story about street level politics... and all that's good, bad and ugly... in the black community.... I highly recommend it.

It's also MONDAY.... so Happy Monday. Or Happy DAY OFF for most people. Its raining in Los Angeles, which is rare, and its supposed to rain all week... which is also rare. Although I will say that my first Januray in Southern California... back in 2008.... ALL the way BACK in 2008... was filled with cold weather and lots of thunderstorms... I was like "HEY, how come nobody ever told me about the CRAPPY January out in Sunny California?"

I'm still trying to get myself back in to the swing of things. I got back from my East Coast Tour on Januray 8th... so I sort of missed out on that quiet week after the New Year ... which for me suaully serves as a a time to rest, re group, make resolutions and just get ready to rumble....

My week after the New Year was spent trudging around in the SNOW and sub zero East Coast Cold... DAMN was it cold....



That's Kristen and I braving the elements to visit the Washington Monument on January 7th. It was SO cold!!!!

My East Coast tour this year was about three weeks long and covered Six states... some states I hit twice... and I covered multiple locations in New York and New Jersey. We had a lot of fun.... my girlfriend flew into JFK halfway through the trip to spend New years with me in NYC... We had a lot of fun... and we had a lot of SNOW...

On Dec 21st... I landed in Greensboro, NC and hopped in a van with my Brother Dave, Papa Jerry (My Dad) and my two nephews Keller and Casey. We traveled from Greensboro to Hickory to see as much of the Huffman Family as we could. We visited my Grandmother at The Lutheran Home. She was pretty much out of it on the first day but when we went back the second day she recognized us, held our hands (she actually grabbed on to my finger and held it tight for a good long while, forcing me to pry myself from her grip as we were leaving), and told us she loved us... whihc was nice... and a little sad.

We left Hickory on the 23rd and headed up to Fairfax, VA to spend Christmas at my Brother's and I got to finally meet my new NIECE, Marley. Dave and Holly adopted a little girl from China and traveled oversea's to fetch her last January... so this was my first chance to meet her. She is really really cute... and MAN...can that little girl EAT!!!

Seriously... Keller and Casey demostrate your usual finicky 5 and 7 year olds eating habits. They dont like much...so they end up eating a lot of pancakes and chicken fingers... but MARLEY?? Marley eats EVERYTHING!! Seriously unstoppable... she will take the food right out your hand if you're not careful. Its really funny.... for now.... hopefully that healthy appetite doesn't translate into a future appearance on THE BIGGEST LOSER.

After a few days in Fairfax and plenty of foolin around with the kids, I hitched a ride with my Dad and had him drop me off in Ocean Grove, NJ, whihc is right next to Asbury Park. My dear friend Jen hosted a little get together at her house in Ocean Grove.....focusing on the New York Giants game against the Carolina Panthers. The FOOD and the COMPANY were fantastic... the game absolutely SUCKED... I don't even want to talk about it.

That night I hitched a ride with my buddy AL, his wife Philene and his two little girls Olivia and Avery, to his beautiful new house in Suffern , NY. Al and I grew up together in Ridgewood, NJ and he erecntly bought this house in Suffern, which is actually a part of NY State but borders Northern NJ. I spent a couple days with Al's family, watching Football on TV and watching DEER roam around in his back yard.

Scheduling and coordinating a trip like this always presents a few challenges, and one of those challenges was trying to find time to see my Mother. She was doing her own holiday dance and was bounding up and down the East Coast as well. Fortunately we were both hanging around the North Jersey area at the same time, so we were able to get together. We had a nice lunch. I got the mussels at PASTAFINOS in Allendale, NJ. While I would have LOVED to go... I just didnt have time to drop in at the AB & G... Allendale Bar & Grill.

Ok... NEXT...  I headed into Williamsburg, Brooklyn to hang out with my buddy Andrew. We went out to a bar called THE ABBEY in Williamsburg... drank beer and played BUCK HUNTER. Then we somehow ended up at a place called BEMBE on 6th street in Williamsburg... it was CRAZY packed in there... so we didnt stay long... and that was pretty much it.

Next Day I loaded in at my friend Jenny's place in Park Slope. Jenny was nice enough to let me sublet her place for New years Eve and Day. I wanted to have convenient and comfortable spot for my girlfriend and I spend New Years in New York. While I had been fkying solo for ten days and sleep9ng wherever... couch crashing just wasnt going to cut it. So, Kristen flew into JFK on Wednesday December 30th... no delays... no drama... thank GOD....

We spent the next three days bouncing around Manhattan and Brooklyn, we had a great New Years Eve at a party with friends in Hell's Kitchen (after MUCH deliberation and coordination with ideas and plans that came and went). This was Kristen's second time in New York City so we did a lot of sight seeing....

At this point I am running out of time and enthusiasm for details.... so i am going to defer to TWITTER to tell the tale of my trip.... I managed to send updates to TWITTER and FACEBOOK during my travels... because of course the WORLD wants to know what I'm doing at every moment....

(FOLLOW ME at twitter.com/slimjimhuffman )

Ready... get set... GO>>>

New Years Day. Just got an EVERYTHING Bagel at TERRACE BAGELS in Park Slope. BEST BAGEL EVER!!!

New Years Day... Staten island ferry

Still New Years Day>> Rooftop lounge 230 FIFTH AVE capaccino with patron coffee liqueur

OK... missed The 10AM bus.. getting on the 11AM FUNG WAH to BOSTON

Drinking pomegranate martinis at Ken Newman's in Newton Massachusetts

Enjoying a MINI- Framingham State College reunion at JILLIAN'S

Glass of wine at the TOP OF THE HUB in the PRUDENTIAL building. Boston.

Back on the FUNG WAH to NYC for another day before migrating south again.

Coffee and bagels at THE BAGEL STORE, Williamsburg BROOKLYN

Taking my girl SHOPPING in SOHO. Then Lombardi's? Or John's Pizza of Bleecker?

Stopped in for a drink at SWIFT and we just ran into BENJAMIN LINUS... seriously

LOMARDI'S it is>> (http://www.yelp.com/biz/lombardis-pizza-new-york)

LOMBARDI'S was awesome. Shortline back to SUFFERN.

Manhattan again. MURRAY'S BAGELS in Chelsea. ONE more perfect NY bagel before hitting the road.

The new HIGH LINE park is kind of cool. Kind of COLD... VERY COLD. Going to Chelsea Market.

Rental Car on the road to DC.

One more time at Jen's place in Ocean Grove. Dinner with Jen, Matt and Max (aka Nugget).

Returning the rental car. HERTZ at Dulles. Ready for some Fairfax fracas with Keller, Casey and Marley.

One last little snow fall in DC before we fly west tomorrow afternoon. Today? THE NATIONAL MALL.

OK... its REALLY COLD at the NATIONAL MALL.

UNITED flight 947 delayed 4 hours! Stuck at Dulles for a while. Least I get to watch the JETS game. BEAT DEM BENGALS!

J-E-T-S. JETS JETS JETS!!! (that took 52 keystrokes)

AND... thats about it... I'm back in LA... back in Sunny...er... WINDY and RAINY Southern California.

Looking for a JUMP... a BOOST.... or a KICK START... maybe just a swift KICKINTHEASS.

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THIS... is pretty F%$$#ing cool....

WebTheatre/ Adescati dai siti di dating

di Gabriele Niola - Una girandola di collaboratori per un poliziesco che scava nelle paure delle persone. Sullo sfondo, gli appuntamenti mediati dalla Rete

Roma - Alle volte la scarsità di opportunità lavorative canoniche unita alle possibilità di nuovi mezzi è l'origine delle idee. È il caso di James Huffman, attore americano residente a Los Angeles (come chiunque voglia fare questo lavoro ad alti livelli), impegnato in serie televisive indipendenti e progetti non particolarmente importanti, che ha deciso di affiancare a questa carriera anche dei progetti online ma non nella consueta veste di autore/produttore/attore/regista, come spesso accade per le webserie, quanto in quella di produttore e occasionalmente autore, come accade nelle serie per la televisione moderne. Il risultato di questo tipo di impegno e soprattutto delle scelte che Huffman (e gli altri) hanno preso riguardo la troupe è Catch, una serie davvero interessante che fa ruotare registi e sceneggiatori di episodio in episodio traendo il massimo vantaggio dall'eterogeneità.....

(http://punto-informatico.it/)


I recently noticed a spike in traffic directed to my website and traced it back to this article about my web series, posted on an Italian online magazine called PuntoInformatico.... I don't read or speak Italian so i used Google Translate to read it.... the translation isnt perfect... but the feedback is undeniably positive...

THANK YOU Gabriele Niola!!!




WebTheatre / lured by dating sites

Gabriele Niola - A swirl of collaborators for a detective who digs in the fears of people. In the background, the events mediated by the Network

Rome - Sometimes the lack of job opportunities combined with the canonical possibilities of new media is the origin of ideas. This is the case of James Huffman, American actor living in Los Angeles (as anyone who wants to do this work at high levels), engaged in TV shows and independent projects is not particularly important, who has decided to assist in this career but also of online projects in the usual capacity as writer / producer / actor / director, as often happens with webserie than in the work of producer and occasional author, as happens in modern series for television. The result of this kind of commitment and above all of the choices Huffman (and others) have taken on the cast is Catch, a series that spins really interesting directors and screenwriters of episodes in episode taking maximum advantage of heterogeneity.

The basic idea of all may remember American Psycho (psychopaths that attract the opposite sex with appointments and then kill them in a brutal), but any criticism of hedonism has dried or 80s subtext of the concept of double, and contaminated with the social anxieties of our years.

Catch (episode came in seventh on nine under for the first season episodes and equipped with the usual "extra") proceeds with a wire but without a plot that unfolds in a linear episode episode. What happens from time to time are events in the real world among people conosciutesi online dating site on the imaginary Catch.com. In any event we understand a bit 'more about what triggers the violence and what are the factors involved, the mystery of the plot is clearly a central element, but each episode is filmed and written well enough to not focus exclusively on it. Catch it avoids the typical lack of production for the network and instead of focusing on what may be his strong point opts for a fascinating and interesting writing of individual scenes, with ability to manage different plots simultaneously. Excellent example of this is the sixth episode, which is introduced the figure of the detective (played by James Huffman) into the background (the story is that just the frame) the solicitation of another serial killer next door.

Updating the stereotype of the serial killer without too much fantasy, but with taste and knowledge of the mechanisms and the psychology of the average users of dating sites, Catch can do what every story should do: enact their audiences along with its uncertainties, or In this case, fear.

The discourse on the fringes of the series it stirs the cauldron of fear of eternal and inherent sense of guilt related to sexual attraction yield, mediated by the fragility of their relationships acquired in the network who try to become real. Without wishing to indictments against the Internet (not a thing to webserie!), Catch introduces a creeping banality of discourse that avoids the risks of networked communication to center the way in which phobias atavistic perpetuation translates into the language of the Internet .

Leaving a series between Gore and the police populated by many characters will die (aptly users hooked by the dating site) who show through their oddities fragility of love and a thirst not quenched, which are often the that humanity hidden figure that emerges strongly through the mediation of the anonymous network.

Sorry to see that a product so interesting, well done and exciting (it's still a crime) is not distributed in a prudent but simply thrown on YouTube.

Please enjoy the latest and greatest installment of the CATCH web series saga... episode 7.....




Written and produced by James Huffman; Directed, shot and edited by Shirley Petchprapa.

Featuring Anne Judson Yager, Trevor Jones, JJ Huckin, Milo Erikson, James Huffman, Bill Oberst JR, Brian Wilson, Stephen Schaffold, Lisa Strauss, Stephanie Lavon, Megan Forrest, Bobby Raywatie

Music: STARE TO THE SUN by Boy / Girl (Eric Stiner/Lisa Cusack) http://www.myspace.com/weareboyslashgirl

CHERRY BLOSSOM by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

BASEMENT FLOOR by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

DARK COLD DARK by Kxll Kxll Kxll (Eric Stiner/Amy Golden) http://www.myspace.com/k1llk1llk1ll

Aaah yes, its that wonderful time of the year, its STREAMY NOMINATION TIME!!!!

SHOULD you be so inclined, You can cast a quick and easy public vote for CATCH that would count as a nomination for "Best New Web Series" of 2009 and make my work eligible for a Streamy Award....

Its very easy to cast a public vote. You dont have to register or submit an email address. All you do is choose a category from the drop down menu (Best new web series), add the name of the web series, and copy and paste the following URL....

http://www.youtube.com/catchthefirstseason

and that's it... the site will allow one vote per IP address per day.

http://www.streamys.org/submit/public-submissions/


THANKS!!!!


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City of Angers, a "Noir" style film, in which I play Detective Nick Sterling, has been selected to be shown at the Idyllwild Film Festival in Idyllwild, CA, January 11-16. The website for the festival is Idyllwildinternationalfestivalofcinema.com. Times are apparently subject to change, but right now they have City of Angers showing Wed, Jan 13th at 11am, and Friday the 15th, at 10am, both at the Caine Center.

I'm not quite sure if I'm going to attend. I will just be getting back from a 2 week trip up and down the east coast. I don't where Idyllwild, CA is... but from what I'm hearing... members of the cast and cre are talking about sharing a CABIN??? for the Festival??

TEXT: Hi James....It's April... from City of Angers - how are you? Are you going to the Idyllwild Film Festival by any chance for the screening? you ARE the lead:)

ME: When is it again? I don't think I'm in town... and I have no idea where Idyllwild is.

TEXT: I believe it starts the week of the 11th....thinking of going from Thursday through Saturday:) Just checking so maybe we can all share a cabin or something.

ME: sharing a CABIN?? what the hell? I don't know. Not sure if I'm feelin it.

TEXT: Michael Madsen will be there. He has two films being screened on Thursday-he knows my cousin and appeared in my good friend's film "Strength And Honour"...Mark Mahon.

ME: Let me mull it over.

TEXT: It COULD be a good time even if I don't like my part...thank God it's not a lead lead!

ME: Riiiight... well...like I said... let me think about it... I mean hey... ya never know... if MICHAEL MADSEN is going to be there!!!

TEXT: YES!!!! I am thinking photos with Michael for sure... right?!! it's all about being seen.... right?

ME: Riiiiight.... I will let you know... have a great holiday.


Good Times in Idyllwild!!!


ALSO....

I released  the latest episode of CATCH on a handful of sites yesterday. I'm really happy with the way this episode turned out. I think it looks amazing... and I owe a big thanks to Shirley Petchprapa, her superstar directing and her shnazzy little set of lenses. I also love the way the music filled out the film. While I used to royalty free tracks from Kevin MacLeod and incompetech.com, I also was fortunate enough to get permission to use a couple of great songs from a few friends who also happen to be in a band.  I owe a big thanks to the members of BOY/GIRL and KXLL KXLL KXLL. Most people who have seen it agree that it's the best one yet....

CATCH 7: No News is Good News

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQF4dOGoQIA

MYSPACE: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=101388371

DAILYMOTION: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/19308178

BREAK: http://www.break.com/usercontent/2009/12/catch-7-no-news-is-good-news-1549448

VIMEO: http://vimeo.com/8199856