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Teen Health Coach Linda Mandelbaum Shares Healthy Recipes Teens Will Love

Allison Kugel — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:09:19 +0000

How to Make Sunflower Seeds, Carrots, & Vegetable Rice — powered by ehow

Certified Health Counselor and Lifestyle Coach, Linda Mandelbaum, has developed a teen nutritional and wellness personal coaching program, called The Teen Health Coach (www.theteenhealthcoach.com).

Linda is a personal life coach for teens and adolescents, working one-on-one with young people ages 11-25, guiding them to greater health and wellness. Linda uses methods like her Teen Circle of Life Wheel, as part of a holistic approach to teen wellness. She also employs tools like journaling, drawing, grocery shopping and food education, food preparation and cooking with clients, vision board creation, and celebration of weight loss, fitness and goal achievement milestones.

See video clip above from Linda Mandelbaum’s eHow.com video series, titled, “Healthy Foods For Teens.”

Demi Lovato Insulted by Rejected X-Factor Contestant As Britney Spears Sticks Up for Lovato – Video Inside!

Allison Kugel — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:59:55 +0000

Britney Spears sticks up for X Factor co-host, Demi Lovato, as Simon Cowell laughs when an X Factor contestant slams Lovato for “using auto-tune” in her albums.

Does Lindsay Lohan Make a Convincing Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s “Liz & Dick”?

Allison Kugel — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:58:33 +0000

Mitt Romney Accepts Republican Presidential Nomination at 2012 Republican National Convention

Allison Kugel — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:39:31 +0000

TV is the New Pathway to Prosperity – What Does that Mean for Public Relations Campaigns?

Allison Kugel — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:01:16 +0000

Exhibit "A" Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi

It used to be said that innovation is the mother of invention. I will now venture to say that television is the mother of brand awareness. All of the reality television personalities that the public either finds amusing, loves to hate or mocks, are all cashing in to the tune of six and seven figure multi-tiered incomes that most Americans can only dream of.

Before you decide to remain on your high horse, consider the fact that these days, corporate interests from Hollywood to Madison Avenue are skittish at best about investing their time and financial resources in an unproven or unknown “brand,” and their new go-to gambles are all television personalities. Just take into account all of the latest celebrity memoirs to hit your local bookshelves (or tablets), and a large majority have familiar television faces on the front cover. Why? Because book publishers look for something called a “built-in platform.” Put in plain English = they want turn-key authors whom they know can move six or seven-figure units of books. No one in this 21st century economy is willing to take a gamble on talent, alone. But they will gamble on notoriety, no matter the source of that notoriety. If you have a built-in fan base, you are a publisher’s dream. Same goes for cosmetic endorsements, nightclub and restaurant promotions, and just about any other corporate interest. Business owners care about the bottom line, and television makes people familiar to the public; that elusive combination of familiarity and pseudo-celebrity is very alluring to the public, and potentially very lucrative to corporate brands who use these TV celebs to promote and sell their wares.

What does this mean for me as a publicist and for anyone who embarks on a public relations campaign to get themselves, their product, or their service noticed in the media? It means that television and all of its fame-producing splendor is indeed the brass ring for many of my clients and for their public relations campaigns.

My company, Allison Dawn PR, is currently pursuing multiple television opportunities with various television production companies for PR clients, as that magic tube (or flatscreen) holds such power to introduce someone to the public and powerfully position their brand to a wide demographic of consumers. The one thing I do try to do, however, is to provide quality, meaningful television content, which means taking on quality, meaningful public relations clientele.

But the bottom line, before you go hating on the Kardashians, the Jersey Shore gang, the Teen Mom cast, or any other people who hit it big through reality-based television programming, take into consideration the ambition, innovation and long term goals set forth by people who you might have been quick to dismiss as dimwits. Think again!

Kevin Jonas Talks About His Solid Marriage to Wife Danielle & E!’s New Show “Married To Jonas”

Allison Kugel — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:13:38 +0000

Married To Jonas on E!

I recently spoke with eldest Jonas Brother, Kevin Jonas, to discuss his forray into reality television with E!’s newest reality series, Married To Jonas (Sunday, August 19th at 10 ET/PT on E!). The latest Ryan Seacrest produced reality vehicle takes a look inside the young married life of Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle as they balance Jonas Brothers insanity and day-to-day married life in suburban New Jersey.

Speaking with Kevin Jonas felt like speaking to one of my twenty-six year old brother’s friends (in a good way!), or my brother for that matter. Kevin’s voice and intonation doesn’t carry an ounce of celebrity bravado and his stories about courting his wife Dani, how they chose their wedding destination (with the help of a former boy bander), and why he decided to jump into the pool of celebrities putting their personal lives on television for the viewing public. As Jonas is all too aware, it’s this new phenomenon of voyeristic celebrity-watching that the public craves and he is happy to be in the fray to keep his music at the forefront of fans’ minds.

While his wife Danielle Jonas was busy doing her share of the Married To Jonas press, Kevin Jonas and I had some one-on-one time to talk about what it means to be a famous recording artist/reality TV star.

Allison Kugel: I read that it was your brother Nick who originally wanted the recording career, and you and Joe came on board to support Nick’s singing aspirations. Is that how the Jonas Brothers happened, or did you want a career in music as well?

Kevin Jonas: I was only interested in playing guitar and different things like that. But when it came to the career, it was one of those things where I always thought it would be fun to be in a band. I never expected the life that I ended up leading. We wrote a song together as the Jonas Brothers and somehow it just made so much sense. I was really blown away by the connection that we had.

Allison Kugel: You wrote that first song, and then how did it become the hysteria that the Jonas Brothers were a few years back?

Kevin Jonas: We wrote that song in 2005 and 2006 and it started then. It took a long time for things to culminate and years had passed and we moved from one label to another and then we really just built up a fan base. We really owe it to our fans. Honestly, it transcended everything that we ever imagined and it really kind of blew us away.

Allison Kugel: How do you feel about the label “reality TV star” as it pertains to your Jonas Brothers music career?

Kevin Jonas: Honestly, you can see amazing Grammy nominated and Grammy-award winning artists that are all over reality TV, whether it’s The Voice, American Idol, whether it’s music related shows or not. Cee Lo Green has his own reality show beyond The Voice. People are doing TV because it’s a market that seems to be working for people to get into the line of sight for their fans.

Allison Kugel: Do you think it’s because now the public wants more than just an artist’s work, they want to be privy to your personal life?

Kevin Jonas: Absolutely. For some reason it’s like they have to be more invested. It almost takes more out of you as the artist. You can’t just put out music and that’s enough. They want to be a part of every aspect of your life.

Allison Kugel: Is it that people want to know that in your everyday life when you’re not on stage, on the red carpet, or in the studio you’re kind of just like them?

Kevin Jonas: It’s partially that, and it’s partially the thought of humanizing the artist so that it’s relatable. And you also want to know where they’re coming from in terms of why they’re writing the songs that they write.

Allison Kugel: I watched the first episode of Married To Jonas and I have to ask, what is it about your mom that makes your wife Danielle so nervous?

Kevin Jonas: I think the idea is that my mom has had four boys and she has done a good job, and Danielle is the first other girl among all these boys and my mom. So [Danielle] is taking on a very intense role as well. I imagine I was the same way early on with her father, you know, I wanted to impress him. I wanted to show him that I could take care of his daughter.

Allison Kugel: What have Danielle and your mother bonded over?

Kevin Jonas: They’ve bonded so much in dealing with the travel, dealing with the life. No other person knows how to deal with the schedule and the way we have to do things other than my mom, from a woman’s perspective.

Allison Kugel: Were either of Danielle’s two sisters Jonas Brothers fans prior to you meeting Danielle on vacation in the Bahamas?

Kevin Jonas: It was one of those weird situations where her sister found out about us on the plane ride to the Bahamas. She actually saw a picture of us in one of those pop star magazines from back in the day, from early 2007. She was like, “Oh, look at these [guys].” Then, literally, maybe two hours later when she landed in the Bahamas and got to the hotel, I was standing by a pay phone when I first saw Danielle and her sister, and that’s when her sister asked to take a picture of us, because she had just seen us [in the magazine]. She’d never heard our music before, she didn’t know anything. But it was so early in the Jonas Brothers’ career that it was really a positive for me and Danielle because she was there through everything.

Allison Kugel: And because of that you feel that you can really trust her.

Kevin Jonas: Oh, my Gosh, absolutely! There has never been a minute where I haven’t trusted that girl.

Allison Kugel: I’m a Long Islander so I think it’s pretty cool that you and Danielle got married at Oheka Castle in Huntington on Long Island. How in the world did you happen to find out about Oheka Castle as a wedding venue?

Kevin Jonas: You’re going to laugh, but I called Joey Fatone (former member of ‘N Sync). I said, “Hey where’d you get married?” And he was like, “Well, I got married here.” I remember looking at their wedding and liking where it was, and I was like, “Oh, it’s Long Island. I can make that happen.” So Joey Fatone is actually the reason we got married where we did.

Allison Kugel: What’s your relationship like with your show’s producer, Ryan Seacrest?

Kevin Jonas: I speak to him all the time, weekly, if not daily. He’s always checking in and always saying, “Hey, I saw this latest cut, loving the show, it’s really interesting.” Beyond that, our reputation with Ryan goes back years with the music, the shows, and all those things. And he knew getting into this that we weren’t just the typical family signing up for a show. We had certain things we had to arrange and certain things we had to protect. He knew the dynamic of the band so he wasn’t out there trying to accomplish something that we weren’t also trying to accomplish.

Allison Kugel: What are you and your wife Danielle’s methods for handling aggressive female fans?

Kevin Jonas: Dani has always been so good about it. It’s amazing how well she has always handled it. Sometimes people will ask, “How do you deal with this?” But it’s really cool that the fans have taken her in. They’ve taken her in and they respect her, and sometimes a girl will ask [my wife] if she can take a picture with me. It’s kind of awesome.

Allison Kugel: So, there’s never been a situation where somebody pushed her aside or tried to shove their phone number at you?

Kevin Jonas: No, no, no. But even if there was something like that she would’ve brushed it off; she always has.

Allison Kugel: What kind of role does religion and spirituality play in your marriage?

Kevin Jonas: A huge part. We founded our relationship on a lot of the things we have in common. We come from the same place in the things that we believe and the values, and how we want to raise our kids. It’s very important to us both.

Allison Kugel: You’re both Christian, but are you more religious or more spiritual?

Kevin Jonas: I think it’s more spiritual. The word “religion” really makes me feel like there are certain things that you have to do, unlike in having a relationship. And that’s more of what we have. Our relationship is what’s important.

Allison Kugel: Every marriage is different. No two marriages operate in the same way. That being said, what’s one thing that works for you and Danielle that other people may think is quirky, or that wouldn’t necessarily work for other married couples?

Kevin Jonas: Even just living in New Jersey, with everything that we have to do. Most people feel like it’s crazy when everything we have to do is in the city or in LA. People look at us like we’re making things hard for ourselves. But at the end of the day, this is what we want and this is our decision.

Allison Kugel: How do you think the show Married To Jonas is going to affect your relationship as the season plays out and you see the footage on TV?

Kevin Jonas: It’s a very real mirror. We’re growing because of it. The show’s made us have to talk about everything and really share your feelings, and in doing that you grow. Sometimes in marriage you sweep things under the rug and you choose your battles. You work together to compromise a lot of times, but with this you see everything and talk about everything. You really grow as a couple. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad, but for us it’s been a good thing.

Allison Kugel: How will the show incorporate the making of your new Jonas Brothers album, and time with your brothers in the recording studio?

Kevin Jonas: It will cover it here and there, for sure. We are excited about working on an album and making music. The show is really about me and Danielle and our relationship and family, but [music] is a big piece of who I am because I am a Jonas brother.

Allison Kugel: Is your wife interested in music?

Kevin Jonas: Listening to it, yeah. Singing (laughs), no.

Allison Kugel: On a scale of one to ten how would you rate Danielle’s singing abilities?

Kevin Jonas: Never heard her sing. She will not sing in front of me. So I can’t even give you a good answer on that.

Allison Kugel: Does Danielle ever feel like she’s married to all three Jonas brothers?

Kevin Jonas: I don’t think she ever feels like she’s actually married to them, but I think she does feel like she’s married to our schedule. We are a very busy family and we work very hard. Sometimes we get caught up in that and we have to travel so much. Sometimes we go along with it, sometimes we make our own decisions and our own plans, but it does take some getting used to.

“Married To Jonas” premieres Sunday, August 19^th at 10PM ET/PT on E!

Follow Kevin Jonas on Twitter @kevinjonas.

Joe Pantoliano Exclusive Interview on Mental Health, Iconic Acting & the Downfall of American Television

Allison Kugel — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:45:30 +0000

By Allison Kugel

This is my second time speaking with Emmy winning actor, Joe Pantoliano. We first sat down for a face- to-face interview in December of 2010 when Panoliano was on a publicity tour to promote the documentary film, No Kidding, Me Too!, about people living with brain disease. During our 2010 chat, the wildly expressive character actor regaled me with vivid stories from his childhood and adolescence, as well as his recent diagnosis of clinical depression. At the time Pantoliano seemed self-aware but still raw from some of his previous troubles with his depression and the effects it caused within his family. At the time I wondered what the next couple of years would bring for Joe Pantoliano.

Fast forward to June 2012 when I received an email from Joe out of the blue telling me he happened to read our original interview and he wanted to chat about his recently released follow- up memoir, Asylum (Pantoliano’s first memoir, Who’s Sorry Now? was released in 2002). I read his new book, Asylum, and we scheduled some time to chat about the book and what Pantoliano has been up to.

Our second conversation was more laid back and familiar, and the Hoboken-bred character they call Joey Pants seemed more at ease in his own skin, his sense of humor now fully intact. This time I opted for off the cuff conversation in lieu of structured questions. I wanted to see what flowed…

Allison Kugel: It was comforting to read your new memoir, Asylum. You discuss how your success as an actor paralleled your brain dis-ease, and your ultimate diagnosis and treatment. I can honestly say “No Kidding, Me Too!” (nkm2.org, Panoliano’s org to erase the stigma of brain dis-ease), because I suffer with Anxiety and Panic Disorder. I’m in the same boat as you, and millions of others.

Joe Pantoliano (Joey Pants): How long have you had it, your whole life?

Allison Kugel: I have memories of being eight or nine and feeling anxious, or being eleven and feeling like I had to touch a door knob a certain number of times or lock a door three of four times. Since the mission of your organization, No Kidding, Me Too!, is to de-stigmatize emotional issues and brain dis-ease I would be remiss if I were not to disclose my own.

Joe Pantoliano: There’s a dynamite documentary I just saw called The Company. It’s about corporate America programming and manipulating the viewing public into buying their products. When I was diagnosed with clinical depression I couldn’t understand why I was depressed when everything was going good at face value. I had the success I wanted, I was making the kind of money I wanted, I was sleeping with the kind of women I wanted. All the things I thought were going to define me, and so that I would never have to feel bad again. In that film they talk about filling up the hole inside of you with people, places and things. At the time I didn’t consider the fact that I was addicted to Vicodin and actually recovering from Alcoholism. Those things played into the propensity for being a little more sensitive to my environment. It’s what makes us artists. The anxiety you feel or the depression I feel is actually reality telling you you’re going to the right place, that you are getting closer to your discomfort or away from your discomfort. They say that brain dis-ease comes in three parts; it’s genetic, environmental and socio-economic.

Allison Kugel: That’s what contributes to the symptoms developing.

Joe Pantoliano: Now my dis-ease is my friend, it’s my warning apparatus, so to speak.

Allison Kugel: In your book, Asylum you explain how your emotional issues, your “brain dis-ease” as you call it helped you to create magnificent three dimensional characters. As a result you won a lot of accolades. Was there a part of you that was afraid to get help or to get better for fear of being a less effective actor?

Joe Pantoliano: I never thought about that and at that point I didn’t care. Something had to change, and if I had to change my career then so be it. I didn’t want to live anymore. As it turned out, it was anything but that. It brought me closer to my feelings.

Allison Kugel: We share the same birthday, September 12^th, and the last time we spoke we talked about how you had trouble celebrating your birthday after 9/11. Can you celebrate your birthday now?

Joe Pantoliano: No, I still have a hard time with it. Because I’m also [observing] the death of three people that I really cared about. Also, I think I’ve gotten to the point where I’m less narcissistic. It’s one thing to celebrate the birth of a ten year old or a twenty-one year old, but when you celebrate turning fifty or sixty, you’re just that much closer to your demise (laughs).

Allison Kugel: In the past, since launching No Kidding, Me Too!, you’ve been to Washington to speak before Congress. What did you accomplish there?

Joe Pantoliano: It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been in Washington for that, specifically. We wanted equal rights for the all-American brain. Insurance companies do not treat emotional dis-ease with the same [consideration] that they would with gall stones, or a gall bladder operation, or putting a stent in your blood vessel because you have heart disease. There was a young boy in my film named Jordan who was diagnosed with depression in the third grade. He was only allowed one cognitive talk therapy session with a psychiatrist per month. By his senior year [in high school] he was so despondent that he had turned to alcohol. It was the only thing that helped him to feel better. He got caught and he felt so badly about letting his parents down again that he decided to throw himself out of his ninth floor bedroom window. He didn’t die. The minute he hit the ground the clock started ticking and that same insurance provider paid for the emergency medical helicopter, the fourteen operations that followed and the physical therapy.

Allison Kugel: All of that could have been avoided had the insurance company paid for talk therapy.

Joe Pantoliano: Yeah, so to get [congress] to understand about preventative medicine. Just like we’re starting to learn that preventative medicine is also what we eat, how we eat. Kids are getting Type 2 Diabetes because 60% of our nation’s adolescents are morbidly obese. The health community is looking at it as a Diabetes issue. They’re not looking at it as a symptom of a mental dis-ease. The way we are eating is symptomatic of the dis-ease we feel inside.

Allison Kugel: Aside from food, you also talk about a shopping addiction or unconscious shopping, as you put it. What is the most outrageous unconscious purchase you made?

Joe Pantoliano: Just recently I bought a pair of these Lululemon workout pants. You could wear them out to dinner or to a movie. They look like dress pants and they were fairly expensive, and I didn’t remember buying them. And I just bought a pair of Jimmy Choo motorcycle boots in black suede that were on sale. My addiction is funny. I never pay full price. I stalk sales. I have to have it, but I get to know the people in the store and I’ll ask them to hold it for me until it takes a [price] hit. This stuff is instilled in us. My parents were products of the Depression. There was always a fear about money and it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. I no longer have the option to steal so I have to look for the best bargain.

Allison Kugel: So, when you were able to steal you stole?

Joe Pantoliano: Yeah, because where I grew up that was a virtue, to be a good thief and then to re-sell. I had a scam in high school where I went down to Orchard Street to do my shopping. I used to go down there, this was like 1969, and I would buy these T-shirts and I paid legit, retail, I paid two bucks each. Then I’d stick them in the trunk of my father’s car and after school I sold them for five dollars and told the kids they were stolen. The kids wanted to buy stolen goods. The action of buying swag made them feel good, and made the clothes on their back feel more important. And the motion picture industry is a great thing because it’s the only product in America where you can sell something and still own it.

Allison Kugel: It’s been said that your cousin and step father, Florio, was a made man in organized crime. Fact or fiction?

Joe Pantoliano: One would think so. He always denied the fact that he was made, or that he ever made his bones is what they called it. He was involved and everybody knew him. He was in the penitentiary at the same time that Vito Genovese was. Genovese was a family friend and he took care of Vito. He made sure that he got his laundry done, protected him and got him midnight sandwiches. I think that he would have been well taken care of had Vito not died in prison… unless he was [made] and he didn’t want us to know that.

Allison Kugel: Was there ever a time when you considered organized crime or working with your cousin Florio to be a viable option as an alternative to acting?

Joe Pantoliano: No, never. That was made really clear by Florio. He saw how he had squandered his life away and realized how hard he worked. I think the guilt and the way he lived showed, because he always lost what he made. When he had it he threw it around like there was no tomorrow and he would lose whatever he had from his ill-gotten gains at the track. He told me that every move he ever made was the wrong move and that if I wanted [acting] I could do it, of course I could do it. He said, “You think Sinatra and those guys, they don’t wipe their ass every time they take a shit? There’s no difference between you and them. They wanted it, they wanted it bad and they were lucky enough to get it. And you just have to put in the work and be lucky enough to get it.” And then he said, “Stay away from these [neighborhood] guys, don’t ever ask them for a favor because you’ll owe them for life.” And I listened.

Allison Kugel: Some of your most iconic projects happened to be while you were struggling the most, emotionally. On some of these sets, did any of your fellow actors whether you confided in them or they picked up on your Vicodin use or mood swings, did anyone ever say, “Something doesn’t seem right with you.”?

Joe Pantoliano: The only time to my recollection was when I was doing a TV show called Easy Street on CBS, and Ken Olin thinking that I should look into mind medication and emotional [help]. I remember thinking, “You’re funny. You think I’m crazy, that’s funny!” But it was insightful on his part. My first remembrance was feeling odd and losing the desire to go out, or going out and doing things that were normally entertaining to do, and I was losing the fun. I felt sad all the time and didn’t know why. Friends like Chazz Palminteri would say, “What are you nuts?! You’re crazy. You’re sitting on top of the world. You’re making more money than you could throw a stick at.” [But] I remember Chazz Palminteri, he kidded me and he said, “Joey, you’re never gonna be the guy with the name above the title. You got a twenty minute face.” I was laughing, but it stung inside. And then I put my mind to getting my name above the title. I got Bound and then I started doing these character leads in movies.

Allison Kugel: What are your thoughts on young Hollywood versus seasoned actors when it comes to landing the best roles?

Joe Pantoliano: My agent said it best, that the young audience doesn’t understand a good actor from a reality star. Celebrity is celebrity whether you’re on Jersey Shore or you’ve starred in five or ten iconic movies. It doesn’t matter. They just don’t get it and they don’t care.

Allison Kugel: What’s your opinion of shows like Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives?

Joe Pantoliano: I don’t watch it. I think it’s really damaging. I think it’s another nail in the coffin of this societal decline. Television caters to the lowest denomination. If it’s being viewed, it doesn’t have anything to do with content. It’s like, it’s being viewed, so let’s make more of that. It promotes the kind of insidious, self-centered, narcissistic horseshit like The Real Housewives… I was at a celebrity fundraising event and there was a woman there that was one of these Housewives. Her husband committed suicide…

Allison Kugel: Taylor Armstrong…

Joe Pantoliano: There she was, having breakfast across the way from me. You could see she had all of this work done, and she was complaining how Amy Winehouse knocked her off the cover of People Magazine because she up and died, and that she would have gotten the cover because her husband committed suicide.

Allison Kugel: Are you kidding me?

Joe Pantoliano: Not kidding you. That she was comparing herself to an artist. We artists, we become artists because of our insecurity, that we want to say something, we want to make a difference. I found actors that I wanted to emulate and I wanted to be like them. I went to acting schools with teachers that I knew they had studied with. I wanted to learn and be as good as they were. I went and put it on the line and hoped to God I had the talent and good fortune to be able to get what I wanted. Now what do these kids think? These kids are thinking, “Oh, I’ll be a reality star. Or do a sex tape and leak it out and become a star.” You got to be careful showing these kids that stuff. I have a real pet peeve about that. I just recently got rid of our cable box. If my kids want to watch any kind of content they can do it on their lap top. I don’t know if I’m an isolationist.

Allison Kugel: Being that you’re a Sopranos alumni, what other HBO show would you be a part of regardless of the size of the part or the money offered?

Joe Pantoliano: Now I’ve got this thing for Aaron Sorkin and The Newsroom. I would work craft services on that. I just love how his mind works, and how prolific he is as a writer.

Allison Kugel: You’d take any role on The Newsroom, regardless of the size or content of the role, or what kind of money they were offering you?

Joe Pantoliano: Yup. I would do it in a heartbeat!

Joe Pantoliano’s latest memoir, Asylum, is available at Amazon through Weinstein Books. Follow him on Twitter @NKMToo or at nkm2.org.

TV Casting Seeks “Real” Modern Family for New Reality Television Show

Allison Kugel — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:07:08 +0000

Now Casting: The REAL Modern Family

Doron Ofir Casting & A Major Television Network is searching for the nation’s most entertaining, MULTI-GENERATIONAL and/or EXTENDED MULTI-CULTURAL families. We’re not just looking for parents and children, we want grandma, grandpa, aunts, and uncles too! If your family is a cast of characters that live near one another and regularly get together for Sunday dinners, BBQs, and birthdays, we want to hear all about you!

My Modern Family

Over the years, TV has brought us different examples of family. Leave it to Beaver, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, The Cosby Show and now Modern Family, they redefined stories of American families. Isn’t it time TV represented yours?

We are seeking diverse families with an array of dynamic personalities, real drama, and a penchant for hilarious comic relief.

Despite the dynamics, differences and dramas love and acceptance conquer all in a true definition of today’s real modern family.

Like the Keatons, the Seavers, the Ricardo’s, The Tanners, the Huxtables, or even the Addams before you ..

Is your family’s last name the next great television sensation?

Show us that home is more than where the heart is.

Apply now!!!! www.MyModernFamilyCasting.com

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’s Kim Richards Admits “I’m An Alcoholic”

Allison Kugel — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:26:50 +0000

Kim Richards Opens Up About Rehab

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards emerges from her stay in rehab with the self-realization that she does, in fact, have a problem with alcohol. Kim admits this much on the latest Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion show, stating to Bravo host, Andy Cohen, “I am an alcoholic.” I, personally, am proud of Kim Richards for her candor and for working on herself to improve her health and her life.

Good public relations is not always about concealing the truth or denying something that seems unflattering about you. Sometimes the most positive PR move one can make is to own up to a problem, a disease, or a mistake, explain what you have learned from it and how you are continuing on this journey called life. I hope that the public will embrace Kim and be supportive going forward.

Have a look at this promo clip from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion:

Betty White Turns 90 Today, Happy Birthday to a Comedic Legend!

Allison Kugel — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:20:27 +0000

Happy Birthday Betty

Golden Girl and comeback “kid” Betty White celebrates her 90th birthday today and we want to wish her a very happy birthday with many more to come. I am personally proud of Betty White’s achievements, her admirable attitude about aging and her remarkable comedic talents. As many of my friends know, I have been a Betty White fan since childhood, and I was faithfully watching reruns of The Golden Girls nightly, for years, before Betty White was considered officially “back” by the entertainment industry.

The Golden Girls has always been one of my standbys in my arsenal of things I pull out to cheer myself up when I need a good laugh. I absolutely adore that show, but I also adore each of its remarkable cast members: the late Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty as well as Betty White who we still get to have here on earth. I know that Betty White is now on to bigger and better projects, like TV Land’s smash hit, Hot In Cleveland, but what can I say? I am a Golden Girls superfan!

Here are one of my favorite Golden Girls clips below featuring great Rose moments: