Friday, January 17, 2025

*Primary* Ongoing Log of Updates

I aspire to be a natural appearance performer

Divorced Billionaire Heiress

A lot of my friends and acquaintances are telling me that they've seen me in this vertical drama, where I play the powerful billionaire gramma.  Here's my blog about it Blog link

Performance Reels

Dramatic/Comedic reel

Commercial Reel

Legit Soprano music video (Sound of Music)

Alto belt example

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I am 10x vaccinated against COVID!

News from 2025

Acting related

  • Jan 14 Actors Connection class with Dani Markowitz

News from 2024

Performance

  • December 6 filming "Family Affair"
  • Sept 13, filming Woobles Ad
  • July 12, discovered an ad for Divorced Billionaire Heiress with extended clip 
  • June 13 release of FOGO (Fear of Getting Old) https://vimeo.com/957504849
  • June 4 filming  ad in Chicago retina specialists ad
  • May 21 release of Count of Monte Cristo  more info on blog
  • May 6-9 filming "The Divorced Billionaire Heiress"  Blog
  • May 5: I discovered that the "Secret Trillionaire" was renamed "Mystic Tycoon" and a clip is on FB.  blog with clip
  • May 2 "The Substitute Bride" starts streaming on Short Max Blog about The Substitute Bride
  • Feb 26 Filming  "Secret Trillionaire" (later called "Mystic Tycoon"  d Amy Omar.  
  • Jan 28 & Feb 5 Filming "The Substitute Bride" d Ying Xiao

CLE

  • 241107 NYIPLA fall one day program
  • 241020 State of the Law: Transgender Rights Lawline
  • 241018 Artificial Intelligence & Chat GPT: Uses, Abuses, and Ethical standards Lawline
  • October 2024 Poll Observer Training NYDLC
  • September 10 JPPCLE
  • July 23 NYDLC Supreme court Ethics
  • Feb 16, "Protections of Geographical Indications in the EU and Beyond" IIPS

Media consumed

  • Movies seen in Theatres:"Moana 2", "Wicked", "Venom: Last Dance", "DeadPool & Wolverine", "American Fiction", "Aquaman 2"
  • Audio purchased (Yeah, I haven't joined a streaming service yet) : "Impossible Dream" by Aaron Lazar, Everything I could find by Tony Ann, "Hell Together" by David Archuleta, "Fraggle Rock" with Adam Lambert, "Musical Priest" by Lucia Micarelli
  • Live theater & Music: Find your Light Benefit Appel Room; "Cabaret" at the Weathervane Theater in NH; "Cabaret" featuring Adam Lambert; Concert by Dave & Kat Foster in Staten Island

Other

Earlier updates, deleted from this blog and moved to separate blogs:



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2023 updates

 I moved these from my primary log of ongoing updates


News from 2023

Performance

  • Oct 10 & 18 recording VO for Count of Monte Cristo
  • June 8&9 -- recording VO for undisclosed commercial -- very pleased that new XLR mic is giving satisfactory results -- after struggling with  USB mics for years.
  • April 14 -- filming "Fear of Getting Old" Bridgeport CT d Leo Caserta

Courses

  • Netflix CD's -- Actor's Connection

CLE

  • 11/8/23 "One-Day Patent CLE Seminar" NYIPLA in person
  • 11/1/23 "Is It Obvious? Let's Reconsider.  Design Patent Obvioiusness vs Utility Patents"  NYIPLA in person
  • 9/7/23 JPPCLE -- on Zoom
  • Dartmouth Lawyers Association’s July 18, 2023 program entitled, Generative AI and Its Legal Implications in IP Law,

  • 6/22/23 "Anti-counterfeiting Procedures in Latin-America and Europe" IIPS
  • 6/10/23 "From Madoff to SBF to Trump: The Changing Role of White Collar Prosecutions" Columbia Law School & a conversation with Dean Lester & Preet Bharara
  • Dartmouth Lawyers Association’s May 24, 2023 program entitled, Town Hall,
  • 2/3/23 "The New Unified Patent Court and "UPC Land" IIPS
Media consumption
  • Live shows attended: Lindsey Stirling 8/1/23; Sweeney Todd 7/15/23
  • Recordings purchased; Josh Groban (20th anniversary edition of Closer); Mat & Savanna Shaw (2 albums); Lucia Micarelli & Leo Amuedo (Saudade, 2 Christmas Singles), Tony Ann ( Emotionally Red, Emotionally Blue, Emotionally Orange, Something I could ..., Rain); Jackie Evancho (Behind my Eyes, Carousel of time); Connie Talbot (4 singles with Boyce Avenue);  Adam Lambert (You Make me Feel...); William Goldstein (Collaborative Composition); Voces 8 & Eric Whitacre (Home): 
  • Movies seen in theaters: Trolls, Wish, Spiderverse, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Mission Impossible VII
Other events attended
  • NYYM Sessions in April, July & November -- all on Zoom
  • 40th Law School Reunion, Columbia -- in person
  • 50th High School Reunion, Livermore, CA -- in person
Sightseeing videos

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Monday, January 13, 2025

The Divorced Billionaire Heiress

 May 6-9, 2024 I had my first sleep away acting gig.  We were shooting a vertical format movie of mini-episodes.  This is a remake of a series that has been very successful in China.  Apparently, this particular one was the most popular vertical drama in China.

Here's a promotional video for the series, my part starts shortly after 19 minutes.  It's a long promotional video.  These vertical series are typically viewed in an app on cell phone.  This one is apparently called Short TV, tho I've also heard the app called "Shortmax."  I haven't actually gotten the app myself.

Thanks to my sister-in-law for finding this clip. She immediately remarked that the real "Raft of the Medusa" is 16'x24', much larger than the one shown in this clip.


Director: Ying Xiao

Production Studio: Paradox Films https://www.paradoxfilmsny.com/

Here are some set pix



The director gave me a nice compliment.  She said I was the prettiest grandma in NYC.  Swelled head. 

I bought myself a little souvenir on my own.  Part of the plot includes references to fake antiques.  This is such a one.




The team that made this series is very impressive.  Since the film uses vertical [aka portrait] format, they can have multiple cameras at once, each one focused on one actor.  They only had to do one or two takes of each scene.  Normally you get a separate take for each view, but this way they don't have to take separate takes for different views.


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Concerns:

The characters in this show are mostly very poorly behaved.  My cast mates compared this show to a series called "Succession," which I haven't seen.

Some of the characters are depicted committing crimes such as commercial bribery and conspiracy to monopolize interstate commerce.  A concern I have, as an attorney, is that viewers may not realize that these acts are white collar crimes.

If you see a murder depicted on a a show, I think you know right away that that's a crime.  You immediately know that you're not supposed to do that yourself.

I'm not sure if the viewer of white collar crimes -- as shown here -- knows that they are just as much crimes as physical crimes like murder and assault.

I wish there were some kind of warning about the criminal nature of the activity depicted.

#DivorcedBillionaireHeiress #VerticalDrama #ShortTV


Here's an Instagram post that I made about this film.


Here's a trailer of the French dub version

@Short Max

Héritière Milliardaire Divorcée

♬ Promoted Music - Short Max


Apparently the English Language version is doing well


 This is the instagram account of the production company, in case you're curious https://www.instagram.com/journey.entertainment.official/

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Sunday, January 5, 2025

"Family Affair"

 This was a student movie that I did at SUNY Purchase.

The author/director/producer was Cheye Bieber.

My character was called Amaryllis Vacanti.

Here's the YouTube video



This was filmed in the admissions building at the college. I was wondering all the time if this was a sign that I should maybe take some courses there.  I think this is a surprisingly good student movie.


It's always an internal debate for me, if I should accept unpaid positions in student films, when I'm trying to position myself as a professional actress.  I like to help students, tho.  You never know when  student is going to become a famous director later and hire you.

I don't just go out for any role however.  I don't like to play "sick grandma" who has cancer or Alzheimer's.  I am a real cancer survivor, but that's depressing and I'm doing acting as a fun retirement activity, not to get depressed.

Most roles for grandma are either "sick grandma" or "flashback grandma" who is already dead.

This one was different.  This is grandma who is still alive -- tho not too sympathetic in her reaction.  Also I think the plot is very topical

I am very interested in this business of long lost family members appearing after DNA tests. There were a couple of instances of this in my personal life.  

My ex has a biological cousin who was put up for adoption in infancy who reappeared later as an adult.  Most family members welcomed her warmly and invited her to family reunions.  Her bio-mom was long deceased, in fact her illness was why the baby was put up for adoption -- and she was never married to the father, so he wasn't around to object.  One aunt was suspicious of the young woman, as possibly wanting money, like the character in this film.  Actually, that woman, like the one in this film, did not need money.

Later, I was approached on FB in a situation where there was a long lost member of my cousins' family.  She was not a blood relative to me, because she was from my aunt's husband's family.  I was approached, because I'm active on FB, while the relevant cousins are not.  In that case, sadly, the cousins who were her blood relatives (tho somewhat distant) did not welcome her -- being concerned about embarrassing her bio-dad, who conceived her in a non-standard relationship.

Then, this summer, when I was driving through Ontario, I heard a radio broadcast on the car radio, about some research that had been done on this topic -- of the long lost relatives turning up after DNA tests.  The researcher found that out of wedlock children were generally not welcomed by their bio-dads.  Even the moms were often not happy to see them -- which was sad.

In any case, I thought that this was a very interesting topic, so I was happy to play this role. 

I think the student did a good job with this film.  

I do feel sad that my glasses sometimes blocked my eyes, but for the most part I think the thing is good for a student production.

#paternitytest #longlostfamily #dnatesting 

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Monday, November 11, 2024

links on my FB to NY Times gift articles against Trump

torrent of lies https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17w7twMXFm/

former advisors https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XJk1cakHA/


mental health professionals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/187FWByxV5/


trump scandals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18Mju9ZsQm/


fact checking Jan 7 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18C4mVGKSL/


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Also one about vaccines https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NUkFcgNPA/


Also one about immigrants https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CAn3KeLFq/

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

texts to the chair of the democratic party in westchester 241106

 I would like to communicate with the DNC about how I feel this all goes back to the way they silenced and smeared Tulsi Gabbard in the 2020 election. This allowed Biden, a historical hawk, to sneak into office without his hawkish history being revealed. They ignored the fact that the majority of Americans wanted peace.

Trump framed himself as the “peace” candidate.  There were a lot of right thinking people who voted for him for that reason.

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e-mail to FCNL 241106

This election brings an interesting irony.  Many progressive Friends supported Harris, because of her views on human rights and social justice; however, we dropped the ball on peace.  We ignored the fact that the draft dodger candidate was positioning himself as the "peace" candidate.  We ignored the fact that the popularity of Sanders on the left and Trump on the right indicated strongly that the majority of Americans want to step down from being the world's policeman.  We went for the hawks: Hilary, Biden, and Harris.  We shot ourselves in the foot. Peace has to be a bigger priority.

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