TAEM- We are always excited to present a popular acting celebrity to all our readers. Actor Brian Tee is well known for his roles both in television and film. Brian, we have many students of the Arts who follow our publication, The Arts and Entertainment Magazine, to obtain guidance for their chosen careers. Please tell us what made you choose acting and what training you had undertaken for this career.

BT- Well, as a child, I always had dreamed of being an actor, but as time went by, I slowly drifted away from those unfiltered and pure dreams you have as a kid. After graduating high school, I attended Cal State Fullerton. With no real direction, I simply took the general classes to get back. BUT, in one of my electives, I chose to take an acting class… “Acting for non-majors” to be exact. I thought… “An easy A!” In my first week of taking the class, it basically changed my life. I found my calling. That light bulb, that spark, like I hit by lightening and from then on I knew I wanted to be an actor. So I dropped out, went to Fullerton JC because they had a better theatre program, in hopes to transfer to a University of California arts school. I never applied myself in the academics so hard… and was fortunate to be accepted into the UC Berkeley Dramatic Arts program. Funny… when filing for my major, I was going through all my transcripts and everything my mom kept of my education… I’m talking kindergarten handprints. Well, I cam across a 3^rd grade assignment, “what do you want to be when you grow up,” and to my surprise, I wrote as a 6 year old, that “I want to be an actor and be in TV/Film…” call it fate or destiny… but I always knew. (more…)

As a yearly Father’s Day outing my son and I attended the Sully Historic Site Car Show in what once was the Sully Plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. This is by far the most prestigious car show in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Every year cars from around the region, and the nation, converge here to show off the restorations that make these outstanding centerpieces for a hobby that gives pride to their owners. Some cars are sold here, but most gather to win recognition and trophies for the efforts put into them. Our host was Justin Mawdley who steered us to our particular interests. There were food and antique venders, and even a ‘Down Home’ band to provide refreshments and music during our stay. (more…)

TAEM- The Entertainment Industry has many facets when it comes to acting. Actors themselves have many venues and can advance themselves by switching the hats that they wear. One such actor is Gage Maverik, who has speedily adapted within the industry. Gage, what interested you the most about the Entertainment Industry, and how did you get started in it?

GM-Oh wow, great question. I was attracted as a young boy. The first time I ever performed and heard the applause I was hooked for life. I was around 2 years old at the time.

TAEM- Prior to acting you first appeared on the Texas Live Show on television, then later on a number of shows including ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘Fox and Friends’. What was the nature of these shows for you?

GM-Texas LIVE was a fun, Wild on E! type show, but for Houston and Texas cities where we would cover events, interview fun people doing their thing then just letting cameras role. My parts where 100% IMPROV. The others are more journalistic in nature with some idea of a plan going into the piece, pre planned sets of questions then working within the conversations to keep it rolling while finding new angles as you go. (more…)

TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine is always looking towards the horizon to explore the future of entertainment. We recently discovered a new wave of actors and producers that are growing to succeed the eminent personalities that exist today. One such rising star is producer Bruce Kade. Bruce, you recently emerged as a player in my favorite sport….hockey. Tell us of your early days in this arena, and the team that you played with.

BK- For most of us boys up in Canada I like to say we were born with skates on our feet. In all seriousness my dad loved the game and I was running around the house in hockey equipment and with my stick by the time I was one-years-old. At age two I was actually skating on ice in our backyard rink my father had made in Lloydmimster Alberta, Canada. Then you just grow up playing through the kids minor hockey system and skating on the outdoor rinks all winter long. I stopped playing briefly in high school because I was enjoying other sports and all my friends. Unfortunately I missed the draft year for kids going to play really high levels of hockey or even college hockey. After high school I really missed the game and walked onto a college team and made the squad. Then after college I played some minor pro for a couple years in Canada. (more…)

Guest Author David Rhodes

I believe I came from a good upbringing, a good home life. My family wasn’t overly religious, but my parents injected a lot of morals into my childhood, morals that as a young man I didn’t always follow, but as an older man I live by.

Although my family now only consisted of Marina and me, it is nonetheless my family, and I vowed to always provide for and protect that institution. Violent attacks were happening everywhere, so I decided to do something about it.

I never really had a reason to own a gun, although I’ve always kept a baseball bat under the bed – you never know, and Marina would never allow firearms in the house, but I thought what with everything going on and all, it might be a good idea. Marina was dead against it, but I finally won her over with reason and a lot of persistence. Believe me, it was never easy going up against my wife, but is it ever easy for any man? It is, and always will be, one of the greatest battles men will ever have to endure.

On this particular day, I was driving over to AAA Pawn on Center Street, intent and a little nervous about buying my first gun, when I noticed some activity out of the corner of my eye. To my right, two policemen were chasing a man through the huge trees of Pioneer Park. I didn’t think it was that unusual; vagrants and train jumpers are always hanging out or sleeping there, begging for spare change at the grocery store just across the street. It is a way station not only for the homeless of Compton, save for those just traveling through to whatever destinations the road takes them. (more…)

TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine is always excited to be able to present a well known actor to the many students of the arts who follow our publication. For this we are proud to present actor Adrian Bustamante to all of our readers.

Adrian, aside from several acting classes in a community college, we understand that you have had no formal training for this career. How would you explain your natural acting abilities to our readers ?

AB- Ha.. OK let me clarify that just a little bit.  It’s true I haven’t taken a lot of classes or had “formal training.”  But that doesn’t mean that I am not constantly learning or trying to get better.  I do a lot of self-teaching through books on acting and watch a lot of videos on line.  I also do things like video tape myself doing scenes to have myself or others critique them, as well as the occasional one on one class with an acting coach by the name of Nancy Nayor.  She helps me when I have a big audition to get ready for.  The reason I tell you all this is because I cringed when I hear actors say things like “I don’t need classes I’m a natural.”  You may have a natural gift at something but if you are not always trying to expand upon that gift and get better in some way shape or form I feel you are wasting it. (more…)

TAEM- Literature plays a big role in our lives and it is the basis of movies, theater, and television shows. Long before all of these it was the centerpiece of learning and communication for the human race. It has also been the documented record of our history and all that we know.

Author Paul Serup’s work encompasses all these qualities. As an independent author and researcher he has spent many years studying a case that has haunted America’s history since the Civil War. Paul, tell us a little about yourself and your work as a researcher.

PS- I have loved reading from an early age and am fascinated with history. As it has been said, real life is often so much more interesting than fiction. As you mentioned, I am an independent research and author, based in central British Columbia, Canada. It is very nice part of the world, but somewhat removed from important repositories of information like the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library etc, so doing research in the area I have, has been a challenge. I hold the record, the last time I checked, for the amount of inter-library loans at the library of the city where I live, while researching the book. There is, however, no substitute for having boots on the ground and doing research on location, although travel is expensive. (more…)

TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine is always excited to be able to present a well rounded and experienced actor to all our readers. Lee Tockar is just the type of person to be able to shed the full light of his experience on all the students of the arts who follow our publication. Lee is an actor with over 131 titles to his credit, and has garnered accolades from every corner of the field of entertainment.

Lee, what made you choose acting as your career of choice, and who was your greatest influence to do so?

LT- I have been voicing cartoons for over twenty years but I did stand up comedy before that. My first time on stage was when I was seven and I got the bug when I heard I could make people laugh. But, in truth, I have also been writing and drawing and painting for just as long. Cartoons were just the first thing to pay me well enough to dedicate myself to it. Where Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seus and Magrete have influenced my art, I would have to say that Mel Blanc was my idol for animation. I always wanted to be able to do multiple voices like him.

TAEM- What training did you undertake for your career?

LT- No training. Many logged on stage hours doing stand up maybe. That was a kind of training, I suppose but my shtick was always doing different voices anyway so this seemed like a natural progression. If anything, my real training came from being a class clown. (more…)

TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine has always explored the avenues of ‘what’s new’ in Hollywood. This encompasses new acts, movies, and television shows. Documentaries are also of great interest and we have delved into them, and their producers, many times in the past.

We therefore would now like to present producer Johnny J. Sullivan to all our readers. Johnny, we understand that you began as an actor. Please tell us about your earlier work and the training that you had for it.

JJS-Johnny J. Sullivan (Johnny) was born and raised in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada. He showed interest in acting at an early age by performing in school plays, musicals and school band. After graduating from high school and university, Johnny acted on being an IT Consultant and IT Architect. Johnny holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Co-operative) along with a Masters in Business Administration. After 15 years in the IT industry, Johnny perused a full time acting career, following his heart and passion, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 2009. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Johnny enrolled in numerous acting and improv courses.  See http://www.johnnyjsullivanproductions.com/resume.htm or http://www.johnnyjsullivan.com/resume.htm for further details.

Johnny holds dual citizenship, both Canadian and American. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has taken numerous acting courses and workshops and performed in numerous showcases in Studio City and Hollywood as outlined in his resume. In a diligent effort, he has been extensively training vigorously in Los Angeles and working some acting jobs prior to taking writing and producing his own projects.  Johnny is very excited and looking forward to continuing to pursue a professional career in the entertainment industry. (more…)

TAEM- There are many aspects in the show business industry to make it work. Photography is one of those key tools that pull it all together. From advertising to event coverage, and from head shots to fashion, it is the important factors to make it all work.

The Arts and Entertainment Magazine would like to present to all of our readers one of the leading Hollywood photographers, Rozel Alcid. Rozel, what made you first interested in this line of work?

RA- I love Photography, period. But only last year is when I decided to pursue this passion, and I started viewing other peoples work, looking at magazines and enhancing my skills on Photoshop. I wanted to be different and unique; I wanted to create photos that are different from everyone else. (more…)