It’s easy to poke fun, but lets be clear here. Being an actor is a way cooler job than anything you’re doing.

Don’t take my word for it. A quick check of the blogosphere confirms it. These are real-time numbers from blog posts, tagged with the various occupations. See who’s laughing now, [...]

Sure the Oscars are grand. But any award will bring out the shine in an actor.

It all starts early on, usually in grade school, when SOMEONE (other than your actor) got the leading role in the Christmas pageant. Ever since then, it’s been payback time.

And what better payback than a [...]

Even the cutest actors can turn. Take the case of Haley Joel Osment, that cute kid in The Sixth Sense who was seeing all those nasty dead people.

Last summer, young Haley ran afoul of the law in Los Angeles. Hardly an LA bad boy though, this guy’s so cute his alleged transgressions occurred [...]

It’s big news in India. A former Miss World engaged to be married to (and soon to be living with) one of India’s biggest name actors. Via the International Herald Tribune.

Last autumn, as rumors of their relationship emerged, one television critic put out a prescient plea to the couple, begging them not to [...]

Over at 43 Things, lots of people who WANT to be an actor…

Just Curious is a web site where you can ask a question and see who answers.

Here’s one about Actors…

I’m surprised this kind of thing doesn’t happen more often. Imagine the actor trapped in the cartoon animal outfit all day. via Yahoo News

A Walt Disney World employee dressed as the character “Tigger” was accused of hitting a child while posing for a photo, a spokeswoman for the theme park said Saturday [Jan [...]

Here’s one of those ‘what’s the right answer’ situations. Your actor comes home and says she’s been offered a part, as long as she doesn’t mind dressing up in a fat suit.

You say:
A. No way, it’s stupid and demeaning!
B. Are you kidding, you’ll be the laughing stock of the acting community.
C. Sure honey, no [...]

Let’s say you’re trying to get find out about actors in Canada.

Let’s say you check out Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.

Who do you think leads the list ?

Sometimes actors find a niche and that’s their ticket. Like Roger Marks…

The 50-year-old Marks is making a career out of portraying Chasidic rabbis. To casting agents, he’s quite literally a God-send. He’s the go-to-guy whenever film or television needs a rabbi with a big fat beard.

Full story at American Jewish Life