We've had some video issues this week on the website, so my Wrestling update will have to wait a week.
(But I promose you, I've got the Manchurians waiting for you in the wings)
Instead, let's talk about local show biz.
For the next 3 Sundays, you've got a chance to break into movies.
A local movie production is holding auditions here in town.
Casting calls will be held from 10 AM to 6 PM at 350 Walsh Rd., Chattanooga, TN 37405 in the Stringers Ridge area.
That's at the HGTV Dream Home, which will be featured in the film.
Here is their pitch:
[0]Last Chance: Thick As Thieves is a prequel to Brigand Pictures’ groundbreaking all-digitally shot film, Last Chance, where Rob (Kristof Robinson) is sent on a mission to assassinate a mysterious old man and is forced to decide where his loyalties lie when he meets a beautiful woman with ties to his target. As he rediscovers his skills to fight for something he believes in, he realizes he must find a way to play both sides, or lose for good. Since the movie’s premiere ten months ago, Brigand has signed Last Chance for distribution to Los-Angeles based Unistar International Pictures. Production is set to begin on this film on May 5.
They are looking for people for both speaking and non-speaking roles.
They'll put you through a 15 minute audition.
If you want to audition, call ahead to make an appointment with Mike Click at (317) 670-8282 or by email at mike@brigandpictures.com [1].
However, if you just walk up, they'll try you out.
[1]An actress born in Dalton has her first leading movie role.
"A Dance For Bethany" shows at the Wink Theater in Dalton on Saturday, March 1st.
[2]I'm really bummed out this week after reading that one of my favorite music magazines will cease publication.
"No Depression" has been the Bible of alt-country and roots music for more than a decade.
Unlike other magazines, the readership hasn't dropped. But advertising has. They'll try to keep the website going, but not many of these migrations from print to the web actually work.
You can read the publisher's statement here [3].
I love magazines. But like newspapers, books, movies and TV, we're all facing an uncertain future in the digital age.
[3]Finally, I just won't let sleeping dogs lay.
Several months ago, a lot of you gave me grief for talking about Pat Summit's divorce.
My point was that while coach's are preaching discipline, achievement and setting priorities to their athletes, they struggle with the same thing in their marriages.
Since then, Vols mens basketball coach Bruce Pearl has gotten a divorce.
And now this week, we learn from the Tennessean [4] that Titan's coach Jeff Fisher's marriage of more than 20 years is also ending.
That's just about every high profile coach in Tennessee.
Don't get me wrong. They're all great coaches and we're lucky to have them. But that doesn't mean that the platitudes that work on the field or court, always apply to everyday life.
So I ask you. Is coaching hard on marriages or are these cases just typical of the national divorce rate?
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