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South Bay
My wife and I originally met in NY and reconnected here in Los Angeles when she decided to move and focus on the film and television world. I grew up in an academic film family and I have worked in the music industry for almost all of my life. Fatefully we attended a charity casino night for the Directors Caucus where I won a silent auction for my wife to have a lunch with the late great Garry Marshall. He and his right hand executive, Heather Hall, instantly became family. Garry’s advice was to write and produce your own stories!…
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The Valley
I started as a ballet dancer when I was 5 years old in my hometown in Japan. I was a ballerina for 5 years; however, my school got busy so I ended up quitting. After 11 years, I restarted my dance journey. I was a basketball player in my middle school, and even though I was really into it, my dream back then was to become a backup dancer for this one artist group there; they have dancers and singer in a group and perform as a whole. When I was in high school, I started to train in Hip…
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Hollywood
I grew up in San Diego California in a small section known as Lil Afrika. Sex, guns and murder you name it I seen it, I lived it. I started out Djing parties back in the mid 90's for local cliques then ventured into battling, The art of scratching, beat juggling and mixing fascinated me to where it consumed my life, I would be in my bedroom with the homies for hours just mixing and scratching, coming up with battle routines. Eventually I started making the transition into music production and song writing. Creative writing was something I was always…
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Hollywood
I grew up in Somerville MA loving the mirror and the camera just the same. I had mini concerts in the mirror all the time and me and my sisters constantly did photoshoots with disposable cameras in our bedroom. I attended a modeling school when I was 15 and loved it, but decided to wait until I was 18 as to not burden my parents. I spent a few years going back and forth from Boston to NYC for auditions until I was 24 and my agents in Boston suggested acting. I took a workshop with Marnie Saitta from Days…
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Mid Wilshire
I moved from Israel to the US. In Israel I worked in entertainment journalism. In the US I’ve lived in SF, NY and LA, knowing that my dream is to work with talents, to develop their acting career, but also working on development of content, I started as an intern, in production companies, moved to the talent management world and fell in love. I knew this was my destiny.
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Hollywood
Thank you for reaching out to me Buzz! I am an Australian actor who has been in Los Angeles for a number of years now, working hard and living the dream! I started my film, TV & theater career as a teenager in Melbourne, Australia. At that time we had Hollywood films shooting in Australia on the regular - 'Ghost Writer' with Nick Cage, 'The Matrix' with Keanu Reeves, and 'Blonde' starring Patrick Dempsey and Kirstie Alley which was one of my very first film shoots. I began in theater, and to this day I adore a live performance. I…
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Hollywood
When I was a teenager, I experienced a pretty brutal sexual assault. At the time, my way of healing was to fantasize about becoming a movie star. At the time, I believed that by being a movie star I would be in a position where no one could ever hurt me again, and I could also inspire others to heal. I believed that I would take this experience and make something beautiful out of it, then others could too. Except...I skipped the healing part. At twenty-one, I was addicted to drugs, a college dropout, and working at what seemed like…
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The Valley
I’ve been playing music and performing my entire life, though it’s taken a while to find my footing as an artist. I was classically trained as a violinist from age 3, and performed in theater and dance all throughout my childhood, as well as playing in orchestras and taking voice lessons. I went to college for musical theater and had my heart set on Broadway, which never quite planned out despite my spending 7 years in New York pounding the pavement and waiting tables. I started writing songs about seven years ago after spending a summer in Alaska performing at…
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West LA
Yes! So I am a 24 year old 2x TED Talk Speaker, 3x Best Selling Author, AfterBuzz TV Host + Writer,Anxiety Advocate for Teens & Podcast Host! I am very passionate about helping teenagers and raising awareness for mental health. Personally, I struggled for years as a teen- I noticed the lack of open conversations about these real life topics. So I took it upon myself to be the change I wanted to see, I really think things happen for a reason and I struggled severely with really intense daily anxiety and panic attacks. I know what it's like to…
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The Valley
We're five friends from Moorpark, California. We all met in grade school but connected musically after high school. Our different influences have helped shape our open-minded approach to songwriting. We've played everywhere from pizza places to LA Clubs like the Roxy. No matter the stage, you can expect a high energy rock n roll show from us.