Director-Producer Benedict Hadley, Photographer Collis Torrington and Executive Producer Robert Galinsky Bring the Inner Workings of Talent Networking Agency "VIP TALENT CONNECT" to Web 3.0 With a New Reality-based Experience: "VIP/NYC"
NEW YORK, March 11, 2010 — The first live "VIP/NYC" shoot kicks off this Saturday with a mega-event (March 13th, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Caroline's On Broadway) featuring a meet and greet and interactive keynote speeches, with an exciting group of entertainment industry tastemakers and personalities from Broadway to Feature Film to Hip-Hop to TV and more! This Saturday brings attendees and talent together for an unprecedented launch of "VIP/NYC."
"VIP/NYC" encompasses the day-to-day events of "VIP TALENT CONNECT" with an amalgam of user-generated content, high-art-styled visuals and diverse locations throughout the tri-state area, all seamlessly strung together into one engaging five-minute segment. "VIP/NYC" captures the look and feel of the Empire State and the struggle of the quintessential aspiring NYC actor, singer, model and dancer.
Come join us this Saturday for the "VIP/NYC" kickoff event featuring:
Music:
Kobie Brown – Senior Director, Music Licensing & Business Affairs, Sony
Darren Beckett – Drummer from "The Killers"
Emilie Suman – Top-selling recording artist from Paris
Bonz Malone – Actor, Hip-Hop Historian and Producer
Randy Jones – Founding member, The Village People
Broadway:
Stephen DeAngelis – VP, Gray Advertising
Mark Schoenfeld – Creator of the Broadway musical "Brooklyn"
Jodi Katz – Trans-Siberian Orchestra, "Hannah Montana" backup singer
Film/TV:
Richard Stratton – Producer/Writer of "SLAM," creator of Showtime TV's "Street Time," editor-in-chief of "High Times Magazine"
Ali Houssanni – Director, featured in Whitney Biennial and has recently worked with Johnny Depp, Isabella Rossellini and Brad Pitt
Patrick Quagliano – Stella Adler Studios
Modeling:
Kalyn Hemphill – Winner, "Project Runway"
Nole Marin – Judge of America's Next Top Model
Terri Bostaji – Manager, Wilhelmina Kids
Monica Diaz – FORD Modeling Agency
Fuji Ruiz – New Faces Director, Wilhelmina Models
Erica Moran – Model and Talent, BMG
Guests Include:
Andrew Asnes – Tony-winning Broadway producer, "The Color Purple," "Superior Donuts," "Legally Blonde"
Ed Bennett – Former President, Viacom; CEO, VH1; CEO, Prodigy Networks
Mary Anne Plunkett – Tony-winning actor, "Me and My Girl"
Howard McGillin – Phantom of the Opera, 10 years, 2,557 shows in NYC
Craig "Mums" Grant – Grandmaster Caz, one of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop, member of Cold Crush Crew
Jamal Joseph – OSCAR-nominated songwriter (August Rush), Chair of Columbia University Film School, ex-Black Panther
Marc Schoenfeld – Creator of Broadway musical "Brooklyn," consulting producer of "Rock of Ages"
Larry Fesseden – Independent filmmaker, "I Sell The Dead," "The Last Winter"
Roger Guenveur Smith – Obie-winning actor and writer, "A Huey P. Newton Story," "Frederick Douglass Now," "American Gangster"
Kim Jackson – Manager, Keith Shocklee, Public Enemy, Mos Def
Deborah Gregory – Creator of the "Cheetah Girls"
Natasha Galkina – "America's Next Top Model"
Richard Stratton – Former editor-in-chief, "High Times Magazine"; Executive Producer of Showtime TV's "Street Time"
Tshidi Manye – from Disney's "The Lion King" on Broadway
Nole Marin – America's Next Top Model judge, contributing "Elle" Magazine fashion editor
Contact:
Adrianne Carlyle
212-332-0878
Email
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