They are casting for a project for a kid that look like a young version of Jesse Eisenberg. Doesn't my client look like him?......Thoughts.....Opinions......
Jesse Eisenberg
Kevin Austin
Also Kevin Austin just booked a Jay Leno Show Skit, as well as a live project Ironwill Kids!!!
As a model or actor you are a representation of what you present. You are a product. Presentation is key. If you present a crappy product to prospective buyers most likely your sales will not go up. If you present photos to perspective agencies that are seriously unprofessional (Naked, horrible quality, photos with your friends) you will not be looked at seriously. Your snapshots should look something like the ones below:
When I got the call for my client Rushawn being considered for the role of "Nahuel" in "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" I was ecstatic. Not only did we get a call for my last client Kayla Di Venere to audition for the role of "Renesmee Cullen", but now we received one for Rushawn. We just signed Rushawn last month and this is an excellent beginning for him since joining the MMG Model and Talent Management family. He most recently can be seen in Marie Claire Magazine (Article: The Best Cities for Singles: New York). In my opinion, Rushawn fits the role perfectly. Right now we are in the waiting phases to find out if he will actually receive the role. Everyone wish him luck as he definitely needs it!!! Check out the snapshots below of Rushawn, as well as his online tearsheet with Marie Claire....What's your opinion? Look wise, do you think he should get the role?
I had to blog about this most recent situation that happened. I was submitting talent to possibly audition to play the role of "Renesmee" in the new Twilight: Breaking Dawn. I couldn't find any one that fit the specifications they were looking for until I saw one of our new girls Kayla Di Venere. Out of a great amount of talent I received in the past month I felt as though her and brother stood out like a sore thumb to me. They had excellent looks, their personalities were on point, as well as their acting skills. I submitted Kayla for the audition (and no one else) and literally in twenty minutes she was called in to audition in Toronto, Canada. When one of my associates had told me she received a call to audition I was so excited because it is really hard to get an audition for Twilight. You have to have something really special to be called in by them because the project is so big and is a guaranteed blockbuster! Even though this is not the 1st time I have gotten someone (Brianna Schlanger) an audition for the film it's another shot to possibly give another special talent of mine an opportunity. For the second Twilight: New Moon I had my client Brianna Schlanger (she looks like Taylor Lautner's Sister) audition for the role of Emily, but the role was later given to Tinsel Korey.
What happened the next day was just crazy:
The press later found out that Kayla was auditioning for the role and ran with it. It was on blogs, websites, websites in different countries....Crazy. We even received calls from popular channels about doing an interview with her, but we declined them all. In the end I would love it if she just booked it.
The press is nice, but the role would be better. We'd rather have her receive an hour, than just 15 minutes. We want her to become a Dakota Fanning!! Also another I just realized is that the Twilight fans are hardcore and will find out whatever they need to know about the film by whatever means possible. Point Blank!! Ha ha ha.
Ladies and Gentleman, as I write this I am on my last ounce of sleep. When I say I work more than 40hours a week....I definitely do. I am always on and my talent contact me well throughout the night for booking info, questions, etc. It's annoying sometimes, but the majority not because I love my job and put my all & all into it. I had to get this blog posting out because of all the hype around this particular booking at this moment.
When me and Simona 1st saw the posting that BarelyPolitical.com was looking for a Rihanna look-a-like, me and Simona screamed with excitement as we knew our talented, and very beautiful Bobbi Jo Kitchen would book the job. For probably 1 or 2 days I was waiting in anticipation for the call (And would ask Simona Annoyingly just incase I missed it) because I knew it was coming. When it comes to Bobbi Jo's background she is highly well versed as an actress and model, and almost identical if not more beautiful than Rihanna. She was so perfect for the job that even though she didn't book the job yet, I called her and told her she was going to be booked so keep her availability for the specific day of shooting. So long behold she gets booked, and we get her to the set and the product is on youtube.
What is sooooooooooooooo exciting for me about this project is to see all of the websites, radio stations, and blogs that are picking up how good this video is. The first blog that picked it up was PerezHilton.com (and you know when he picks it up its a wrap) which made me so excited because it was the second thing I sent my talent to that he talked about (the 1st was Sheena Sakai from ANTM auditioning for Victoria's Secret). Other websites, and radio stations that posted it were Entertainment Weekly, 95.1 Kiss FM, 92.3 Now, B96 Chicago, 96.5 Tic Fm, Yahoo.com, Q 104 Radio, and many more!
It was also voted Favorite Youtube Video and Most Watched Youtube Video for that week!!! I only wish we could win a Webby, that would be the highlight of this booking or if they can put it on like one of those VH1 show's where they make fun of the internet videos!!! OMG, I would so be in love!!!!!!!!
If you wanna check out the video that is sweeping the internet check the youtube video below:
P.S. I've also attached some behind the scenes footage from the shoot!!!
I have been waiting for this video to come out for the longest time (at least a year or more)!! Usually I know when videos are out, but this particular video took a very long time to come out which was annoying. The video is called "Who inna di Middle" by popular Reggae artist Spragga Benz.
The song features my model Bobbi Jo Kitchen (50's Cents "I Get Money"). What people don't know about me and Bobbi Jo is that we went to college together. We always had mutual friends, would have casual conversation from time to time, casual acquaintances. The 1st time I met her was near the cafeteria at my college. I saw her and had to say something to her because I thought her beauty was magnificent. I went up to her as are mutual friends were talking and I said "You are so pretty. You need to audition for America's Next Top Model, they would take you", and she said "Thank you, I went, but they didn't take me". I replied back "they are retarded". Now the rest is history and in the present she is signed to my agency as as well as others and working very consistently. Consistently enough that I say Rihanna, watch the hell out!!! Bobbi Jo is not a musician, but she is coming for you!! Make sure your contracts with Covergirl are Iron Clad Tight!!!! She's hungry, and when the lioness is hungry, she needs to be fed!
Also speaking of Rihanna, I recently booked Bobbi Jo on a webisode job where she plays Rihanna in the Eminem "Love the Way You Lie" music video. I'm excited and cannot wait to see the parody as the previous parodies done by BarelyPolitical.com have recieved lots of press, and are really funny. Attached below are some links on their previous parodies:
Going back to the Spragga Benz Music Video..... I didn't even think the video was going to come out (which has happened before, and is really annoying), but it did and the video below is the result. I think the song is pretty okay. I didn't think it was Spragga Benz's best song, but it was cool. I got a great amount of feedback on it, and a lot of people have told me they hate the song (to each their own). The song may not be up to par with what some of his fans like, but when it comes to the presentation of the video I liked it. I thought it had a very reggae meets old school 1950's-60's Harlem feel. I also thought my model Bobbi Jo showed her acting skills, dancing, and personality all in this video.
Behind the scenes shots:
When all comes down to it only you can be the judge, but just letting you know. You can't judge me, you can only judge the artist and the director. They make the choices, and I just give them the supplies. They don't have to choose scissors if they have a knife, but scissors do cut more precisely. Damn me, and my on the spot metaphors! lol.
I'm watching Rachel Zoe on Bravo as I type this blog posting. It's the episode of Naomi Campbell's Haiti Relief Fashion show and models are not showing up. I totally get what she is going through because me as a booker I always get the backlash and look totally bad in the eyes of the client if the talent decides it's not important to show up!!! That is total grounds for dismisal, and is one of my biggest pet peeves with models. If you want to be a model dedicate yourself to it. You are not going to BE Naomi Cambell if you can't ACT like Naomi Campbell!!! Take that quote, read it, analyze it, and run wit it!
But going back into why I'm writing today, I just wanted to let you all know my clients Christopher Mello, and Emma Marin both have lead roles in the new Bare Naked Ladies Music Video. I was excited because I do videos all the time, but the Bare Naked Ladies are a very prominent and popular rock band. Ever since I was growing up I would always hear "Bare Naked Ladies" this, and "Bare Naked Ladies" that! Even though I was never an avid "Bare Naked Ladies" fan, after watching the video (called Subway Car), the direction they took with it, and the meaning of the song. It just makes me want to listen to them more. I also feel like i'm apart of history as I was one the one who had a hand in placing such talented people in their video.
Oh lord! "Freedom Writers" is on MTV. Why do they always make movies with the white woman from the suburbs who comes to the ghetto minority community and change them for the better. I'm not gonna lie....it's a good movie, but it's always the same old stories with these movies! LOL. I'm sooooooooooooo going of topic.
But yeah, definitely watch the music video below. It has a very urban-esc, at the same time beautiful feel to it. My clients are the graffiti artist, and the girl on the bus.
