Fun with Ferguson and a Shoe

Just did The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson for the 16th time.  It is always fun, but this time, in the middle of the sketch, I replaced the word “show” with “shoe”.  I don’t think I had Ed Sullivan on my mind, but still President Bush and his Iraqi hurler. Hopefully we’ll find a [...]

Mickey Rourke as The Wrestler

With his latest role, Mickey Rourke is compared to Robert De NIro or Marlon Brando, but another comparison came to light last night, Mickey Rourke and Jimmy Cagney. I went to a screening last night of the independent film “The Wrestler”, to see Mickey Rourke‘s performance. Physical, unwavering, and true on so many levels, his [...]

From Facebook to Film

Last week at Euro Cine Days, I got the opportunity with my company MagmaWave to share my experiences in the New Media with a group here in Italy. It was a conference for filmmakers, so I geared my remarks to give them the tools to communicate with their potential audience through the film making process. [...]

World Music

I presented at the 20th annual World Music Awards in Monte Carlo last week. I was honored to host the preshow live from the Zebra Club on the 8th of November and present an award to the Belgian singer Katie Ryan on Sunday November 9th. During the presentation for the preshow, I introduced Wes, a [...]

A wrap in Bologna

That’s a wrap in Bologna, where I finished playing “Bob” who like Elvis needs no last name. An American agent who mistakenly renders the wrong man, but is only concerned for saving his ass, he is like a mix between George Bush and James Bond, a dangerous combination. It was great working with the Manetti [...]

Yes

This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, [...]

Surprising Italian Football fans

My first day on the set of the film “L’Ispetorre Coliandro-Cous Cous Alla Bolognese” I got a great surprise. As I was preparing to shoot my first scenes for the cult directing team the “Manetti Bros”, Marco and Antonio Manetti, I was going through my warmup, as my character “Bob” is seen jogging through the [...]

Thank you

A lovely video from the ted talks. Thank you! This is the first phrase I learn in any language, but I don’t use it enough.

Back in the Saddle in Torino

Back here at my MagmaWave office in Torino overlooking Piazza Cavour.  Going over the script for Ispettore Coliandro, and working with our other projects here. A cold spell here brings an end to summer and an early autumn. It’s good to be back here, but my election addiction is satisfied by the internet.   The [...]

Too much politics, not enough pasta

As I’ve been watching the political season get crazier here in LA, I am getting ready to head back to Italy.  My company MagmaWave will be starting some new projects in the fall, and we will be editing the “Making of” documentary for the series “Il Bene e il Male” that I shot in July. [...]

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