Exclusive: Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has hired longtime Turner casting executive Alexis Booth as head of casting. Her first day is today.
She will be working closely with the other department heads at Kapital: Traci Myman (BA), Michael Lohmann (Production) as well as Brian Morewitz and Melanie Frankel (Creative).
“We are so excited that Alexis chose to partner with Kapital,” Kaplan said. “She has an amazing eye for talent but also understands the nuances and the respect we must have for our creative partners when making deals in this multichannel universe. What a great way to start 2023!”
Booth began her career working as a production staff member on shows such as Scrubs and Desperate Housewives before segueing to television casting. She worked in Scott Genkinger & Deborah George’s office on Breakout Kings and Gigantic. Booth then moved to feature films with Roger Mussenden & Jeremy Rich to cast X-Men: First Class and Jack and Jill.
She will be working closely with the other department heads at Kapital: Traci Myman (BA), Michael Lohmann (Production) as well as Brian Morewitz and Melanie Frankel (Creative).
“We are so excited that Alexis chose to partner with Kapital,” Kaplan said. “She has an amazing eye for talent but also understands the nuances and the respect we must have for our creative partners when making deals in this multichannel universe. What a great way to start 2023!”
Booth began her career working as a production staff member on shows such as Scrubs and Desperate Housewives before segueing to television casting. She worked in Scott Genkinger & Deborah George’s office on Breakout Kings and Gigantic. Booth then moved to feature films with Roger Mussenden & Jeremy Rich to cast X-Men: First Class and Jack and Jill.
- 1/3/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Scott Genkinger and Deborah George have split with Junie Lowry-Johnson Casting and launched their own Studio City office. Genkinger is currently casting the NBC pilot “The Mysteries of Laura,” which follows the life and relationships of a female homicide detective on. Other NBC pilots with casting directors attached includes “A to Z,” a comedy about modern dating as it’s viewed from the staff of an online dating company, to be cast by Lisa Ystrom; 1960s-set “Mission Control,” about a strong woman confronting a macho astronaut in the race to land on the moon, (Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson will cast out of New York and Susie Farris out of Los Angeles); and the comedy “Ellen More or Less,” about a formerly obese woman who has recently shed weight, being cast by L.A.-based Brett Greenstein and Collin Daniel. Meanwhile, the drama “Coercion,” about a man who discovers his parents are former spies,...
- 1/31/2014
- backstage.com
Rob Lowe was a "Jeopardy!" clue and it was literally the best.
The clue read: "This ex-Brat Packer who plays Chris Traeger on 'Parks & Rec' is 49 but literally looks better than men half his age."
Look who was an answer on Jeopardy @RobLowe!!! pic.twitter.com/2zG0iul7FN
— Debbie George (@DebbieEGeorge) July 22, 2013
Lowe was as excited as anyone to see his name on that blue screen:
Jeopardy clue!! “@svsteinfeld: @RobLowe Alex didn't say 'literally' right. It was lit-ral-ly heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/8DfTWiYIoi”
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) July 23, 2013
"Jeopardy!" has been full of updated pop culture references as of late. The game show mocked Dwight Howard, took a stab at Taylor Swift and her dating habits and had a category called "The Sexiest Potpourri Ever."...
The clue read: "This ex-Brat Packer who plays Chris Traeger on 'Parks & Rec' is 49 but literally looks better than men half his age."
Look who was an answer on Jeopardy @RobLowe!!! pic.twitter.com/2zG0iul7FN
— Debbie George (@DebbieEGeorge) July 22, 2013
Lowe was as excited as anyone to see his name on that blue screen:
Jeopardy clue!! “@svsteinfeld: @RobLowe Alex didn't say 'literally' right. It was lit-ral-ly heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/8DfTWiYIoi”
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) July 23, 2013
"Jeopardy!" has been full of updated pop culture references as of late. The game show mocked Dwight Howard, took a stab at Taylor Swift and her dating habits and had a category called "The Sexiest Potpourri Ever."...
- 7/23/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Lisa Soltau was living in Seattle when her friend Bonnie Gillespie sent her a book she had written called "Casting Qs," a compilation of interviews with casting directors. "I read it and I absolutely loved all the aspects of the job," says Soltau. "I loved the entertainment industry and movies and television. The process of casting sounded wonderful."She called one of the two casting offices in Seattle and ended up working as an intern there for about six months. But the CD told her she should move to New York or Los Angeles if she really wanted to pursue a career in casting. "I picked L.A. because I had lived there once for about three years and I thought it would be easier to acclimate there," Soltau says. "Plus I wanted to work on 'Six Feet Under,' which was airing at the time.
- 10/20/2010
- backstage.com
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