Paris Themmen is a former child star, most notable for his role as Mike Teevee in the original 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. VIP Talent were delighted to hear him speak at the last event held Bennett Media Studios, where he talked about marketing and promotional techniques as well as his experience as a child star. This was particularly important for the many aspiring child stars that attended the last event. However, even the older crowd had much to learn as Paris is well versed in marketing. Paris still works hard doing a lot of the promotional work for Willy Wonka and Mike Teevee. More info about VIP Talent Connect!
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Mike Teevee: Where are they now? At VIP Talent Connect!
Friday, December 17th, 2010Second Model Complains VIP Talent Connect and Kaback Models Helped Him Get Too Many Jobs
Friday, December 17th, 2010Like Dan Metz, Dylan McClane was signed with Colby models after attending a VIP Talent Connect event. Now he’s extremely busy doing jobs like appearing on CW’s Gossip Girls. VIP Talent Connect is to blame for getting Dylan started; everyone could not be happier. For more information click here.
Dan Metz Voices Complaint with VIP Talent Connect– He’s now getting too much work!
Friday, December 17th, 2010He’s been too busy! Getting too much work!
Dan Metz attended a VIP Talent Connect event and got signed by Ryan Colby at Colby Models. Now he can not stop working! VIP Talent Connect is proud to have been a major factor in launching Dan’s career and can not wait to see what future successes are in store for him. Check out his write up on OHLALA Mag: http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2010/12/ohlala-exclu-new-york-city-dan-by-jin-wang.html
VIP Talent Connect Staff Party with Stephen Dorff (Alycia Kaback)
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
After the VIP Talent Connect event this past Saturday VP/ Executive Producer Travis Martell and Talent Executive Farah Farag met up with award-winning actor Stephen Dorff to celebrate. Steven has been regarded as one of the most respected young actors in Hollywood. He is most famous for his role as Cecil in the cult classic Cecil B. DeMented as well as the role he played in Blade for which he won ‘Best Villain’ at the MTV Movie Awards. More recently he played in Public Enemies with Johnny Depp and Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. Travis and Farah discussed the exciting possibility that Stephen attend the next VIP Talent Connect event. With such an impressive list of screen credits, Stephen would make a fantastic guest speaker with many important industry tips to share. For more information click here.
VIP Talent Connect CEO Alycia Kaback with Steve-O of MTV’s Jackass
Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Alycia Kaback with Legendary Steve O
This past week Alycia Kaback met up with the infamous daredevil Steve-O at Caroline’s Comedy Club in New York City. Much comedy ensued to be sure, but most importantly Miss Kaback made a very exciting connection. Amidst his pranks, Steve-O actually got down to business and seriously discussed his desires to attend VIP events and begin mentoring those with the ambition to enter the entertainment industry. Steve-O’s accomplishments include the instant television hit Jackass and the four movies it spawned, as well as the show Wildboyz. Later Steve-O even created a line of shoes called Sneaux Shoes and starred in his own reality TV show, Dr. Steve-O. Most recent among his accomplishments is the release of Jackass 3-D, a must-see, which broke box office records. Steve-O is an excellent person to learn from as he was able to make it to the top of the comedy world merely acting like a “jackass.” For more information click here.
VIP Talent Connect Founder Alycia Kaback with Andy Morris (The Morris + King Company)
Monday, November 15th, 2010Andy Morris Founding Partner and Co-Principal
Andy Morris is a founding partner and co-principal of The Morris + King Company, one of the leading independent public relations firms in the industry. An Internet pioneer who was among the first marketing executives to recognize how the Web would forever change the way companies communicate with its customers, Mr. Morris leads SeisMK, MKC’s flourishing digital and social media division.
Among Mr. Morris’ primary responsibilities is providing unparalleled expertise for premier brands seeking the fullest range of communication tools available, from social media campaigns, microsite development and widget creation and marketing to branded online content development and syndication. Working seamlessly across both traditional and new media arenas, Mr. Morris has developed successful campaigns and initiatives for many of the top companies in the digital space, including AOL, Wikipedia, Glam Media, Real Networks, Stardoll, Heavy, Beliefnet, IDG, eMusic, Fanscape and Register.com.
Mr. Morris’ extraordinary insights into how the Internet is changing the way people obtain information, what they listen to and who ultimately influences them has put him at the forefront of the digital phenomenon. He has amassed and cultivated an extensive network of taste-makers and thought leaders across key categories including media, technology, lifestyle, entertainment and public affairs. Mr. Morris has also helped shaped the agendas of numerous prestigious new media conferences, such as the Monaco Media Forum, Personal Democracy Forum and D: All Things Digital, which is sponsored by the Wall Street Journal.
Throughout his outstanding career, Mr. Morris has been on the leading edge of innovation in the digital world. He has created groundbreaking public relations campaigns and innovative branding programs for Pseudo.com, an early Internet website for live audio and video webcasting, as well as for Razorfish, Excite@Home and Musicmaker.com. Prior to founding MKC in 2001, Mr. Morris was senior vice president at LaForce & Stevens. Before that, he served as vice president at Dan Klores Communications, where he co-led the Internet and healthcare practices.
Mr. Morris is the recipient of several honors and accolades for outstanding public relations programs, including the Creativity in Public Relations Award (CIPRA), the Public Relations Society of America’s “Big Apple” award and Bulldog Reporter’s “Silver Bulldog” award. For more information click here.
Eric Bana press conference with Executive Producer Alycia Kaback
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Alycia Kaback Eric Bana
Eric Bana press conference with Executive Producer Alycia Kaback
Alycia Kaback and Eric Bana on the new movie Hanna. If you’ve seen director Joe Wright’s last three films — Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, and The Soloist — Hanna might come as something of a shock. Based on a few minutes of sneak preview footage shown today at NYC’s Comic-Con, it’s got guns and spies. And a deadly teenager (Saoirse Ronan) who was raised as an assassin by her father (Eric Bana) and sent on a mission to find a CIA agent (Cate Blanchett) Release date 4/11
Eric Bana is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as acomedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biopic Chopper (2000). After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood’s attention by playing the role of American Delta Force Sergeant Norman ‘Hoot’ Gibson in Black Hawk Down (2001), the lead role as Bruce Banner in the Ang Lee directed filmHulk (2003), Prince Hector in the movie Troy (2004), the lead in Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005), and the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek (2009).
An accomplished dramatic actor and comedian, he received Australia’s highest film and television awards for his performances in Chopper, Full Frontal and Romulus, My Father.[1] Bana performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. For more information click here.
Entertainment Media Legend Stan Lee and Alycia Kaback backstage at New York Comic Con!
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Stan Lee with Alycia Kaback
Stan Lee, Founder, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of POW! Entertainment(Pinksheets: POWN.PK ) Stan Lee’s famous co-creations include Spider-Man®, The Incredible Hulk®, X-Men®, The Fantastic Four® and Iron Man® among many others. Lee, known to millions as the man whose Super Heroes propelled Marvel® Comics to its preeminent position in the comicbook industry, first became publisher of Marvel® Comics in 1972 and is presently the Chairman Emeritus of Marvel® Enterprises, Inc.
In 1977, he introduced Spider-Man® as a syndicated newspaper strip that went on to become the most successful of all syndicated adventure strips, appearing in more than 500 newspapers worldwide, making it the longest running of all Super Hero strips and each year, X-Men® sells more than 13 million copies. Without question, Stan ‘the Man’ Lee has exerted more influence over the comic book industry than anyone in history and successfully established himself as the creator of the modern day Superhero, creating or co-creating 90 percent of Marvel’s® most recognized characters, which have been successfully licensed and marketed since 1965. In Europe alone, Stan Lee’s name appears on over 35 million comics annually and more than 2 billion of his comic books have been published in 75 countries and in 25 languages. In 1981 Stan Lee transformed his Spider-Man® and Hulk® creations into Saturday morning and syndicated television cartoons and in 1986, when Marvel®Comics and Marvel® Productions were acquired by New World Entertainment, Stan had the opportunity to become more deeply involved in the creation and development of filmed projects for both the big and small screen, supervising such diverse animated series as X-Men®, Spider-Man® and The Hulk®. To date, Stan’s characters have populated over 24 separate television series, all of which continue in syndication around the world, even movies based on Marvel® characters have all become mega hits at the box office. During 2001, Stan formed POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment(Pinksheets: POWN.PK ), with producer Gill Champion and attorney Arthur Lieberman, a company unrelated to Marvel®, which has been active in creating a number of new projects that are now in various stages of development, pre-production, and production. POW! creates franchises for theatrical release, television, DVD’s, video games, merchandising, and related ancillary markets. Today, Stan Lee is still one of the most creative forces in entertainment, still writing, creating and producing…even performing in cameo roles in Marvel’s® biggest block buster hits. http://www.viptalentconnect.com
Alycia Kaback (VIP Talent Connect) with Producer Michael Butler (Hair)
Thursday, October 7th, 2010Alycia Kaback (VIP Talent Connect) with Producer Michael Butler (Hair)
Alycia Kaback and Michael Butler
Michael Butler (born November 26, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American theatrical producer best known for bringing the rock musical Hair from the Public Theater to Broadway in 1968. During his time as Hair producer he was dubbed by the press as “the hippie millionaire”.[1] Other Broadway production credits include the play Lenny in 1971 and the musical Reggae in 1980. In 1967, Butler was preparing to run for the US Senate when he began to discuss the Vietnam War with a young student who worked as a gardener at his home. As a result of these discussions, Butler says, “I was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the popular ‘hawk’ stand I had been taught as an axiom.” Later that year in New York City on business related to Otto Kerner, Jr.’s Commission about Civil Disorders, he saw an ad in the New York Times for Hair at the Public Theater that featured a photo of five Indian chiefs. Thinking the show was about Indians he bought a ticket. Instead he saw what he described as “the strongest anti-war statement ever written” and decided to obtain rights to the show.[6] Hair opened on Broadway in April 1968 and became a huge success, running for 1,750 performances and spawning numerous other productions. By the time the Broadway production closed in 1972, Butler had overseen nine national productions and nineteen international productions.
Available by invitation only, VIP Talent Connect membership is the world’s most exclusive opportunity to launch a career in the entertainment industry and confers a level of service that can be extended only to selected talent and individuals worldwide. For more information click here.
VIP Talent Connect Broadway In South Africa Event! Lance Bass Presenter
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Lance Bass and Alycia Kaback at Broadway in South Africa
Dancing With The Stars finalist and N’SYNC star Lance Bass joins The Good Wife’s Graham Phillips as presenters for the third annual Broadway in South Africa (BSA) benefit concert. The show will premiere new works, created for the evening, by such composers as Grammy Award winners Desmond Child and Julie Gold, to be performed by Broadway stars, like Tony Award winner Alice Ripley and Ariana Grande (Nickelodeon’s Victorious). This year’s honoree, producer Michael Butler, is one of the most successful theatrical producers, lauded for bringing HAIR to Broadway in 1968, and an active proponent of youth creating positive global social change. The concert will take place on Monday, October 4, 2010, at 7:30 pm in the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom, located at 311 West 34th Street. Slated to perform are Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Nickelodeon’s Ariana Grande (13), Sean Bradford (The Scottsboro Boys), Tituss Burgess (Little Mermaid), Darius DeHaas (Children of Eden), Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple), Frankie James Grande (Mamma Mia!), Emma Hunton (Spring Awakening), Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot), Adam Kantor (Next to Normal), Morgan Karr (Spring Awakening), Jose Llana (Flower Drum Song), Tracy McDowell (Rent), Julia Murney (Wicked), Christopher Spaulding (Curtains), Kate Shindle (Wonderland) and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson (The Lion King). Shea Sullivan will choreograph and perform a tap piece set to live African drums. The evening will be directed by Jen Bender (The Lion King) with music direction by Brad Haak(Mary Poppins).
Along with Desmond Child and Julie Gold, BSA has commissioned songwriters Drew Gasparini, Marcy Heisler, Joe Iconis, Kait Kerrigan, Peter Lerman, Brian Lowdermilk, Jordan Mann, Catherine Porter, Jeremy Schonfeld and Jeff Thomson to create songs based on essays and letters written by children BSA teaching artists instruct, during workshops conducted in townships surrounding Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
The concert event chair is Ward H. Simmons, Senior Director of PR and Marketing for Hugo Boss, a sponsor of the evening. Other sponsors include Design Compendium, Rockin’ the Big Apple and La Pomme.
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