Monday, March 08, 2010 :::
 
The little cotton bras I bought yesterday at the Dollar Tree seem just fine! I DON'T spend a lot on my undies! (In San Diego I found new shapewear for $7 each - originally $40! - so I snapped them up.)And I have a new DKNY bra from a thriftshop in Sacramento for a few bucks....Even Hanes bras are @ $9 on SALE. A real savings. And who knows?

We "starving" artistes need to pinch our pennies!

Labels: bras, DKNY, Dollar Tree, shapewear, thriftshop

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Link: Inexpensive Reading Glasses at Speert.com

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Thursday, March 04, 2010 :::
 


Starting to review books for Book Sneeze, they give me the books - I review -

Labels: book reviews, Book Sneeze, books, freebies

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Tuesday, March 02, 2010 :::
 
Spent yesterday with buddy Eldon clearing out another corner of the apt. - in the bedroom this time. This gave me the chance to take partial stock of mly wardrobe - I DO keep things I would never wear as a person as costuming. I could just wear jeans & t-shirts or sweatshirts - & mostly be fine - That is for sitting here at the computer and trawling for work & keeping up the PR efforts and so on....

But then out of the blue, I am called upon to produce formal wear - the full rig - or professional business wear (another full rig) - Rig meaning shoes - tops - bag, earrings and pins and scarves & so on. I have found that it's MUCH easier to pick up these pieces as I go along than to shop for anything in the last minute. Not to mention MUCH CHEAPER. I picked up a Chanel-style knit suit for $5.00 at an old ladies thrift shop a week or so ago - which will go with the expensive designer "court shoes" I picked up a few years ago (the shoes alone are worth about $400 new!!) I frankly could not have afforded to get new clothes of this quality.

Now, the downside is that I have to store all this stuff. But I can get dressed quite quickly without making myself totally nuts.

Since I do indie films and other projects with relatively low budgets - I find myself having to provide my own wardrobe more often than not - And of course, nowadays, you have to dress to subliminally indicate character for the part - so I have to keep on hand dorky things I would never wear otherwise. The people at the French commercial were crazy for my old faded stretch denim capris that I had mended (even tho my hubby had said - just throw it out!)

Clothes do make character - especially for women - the shoes you wear and the behavior that the clothes demand do proscribe a "world" that the woman lives in - & it's all just so much easier to dress the part & let the wardrobe do a lot of the character work for you rather than trying to pretend - no?

Labels: acting, character, clothes, indie films, wardrobe

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Friday, February 26, 2010 :::
 

Checked out http://www.janefonda.com/ & she has a blog, too - & I am in one of the pix of the beta Boomer exercise session -

That's me doing a proper spinal twist, so you can't see my face! Great form, tho. (That's me in black in the middle of the back row....) Ah! If every day could be so productive. What a wonderful atmosphere on what turned out to be a set.

Well, Sat. I am going to get my pix taken for the Med3 Skin Care Trial I am participating in - no $ (how typical) - but hundreds of dollars worth of skin care - The quality is so high, that I am going to be very spoiled once it runs out! Love the whitening cream for evening out the freckling I have from sun exposure on the boat. (That's with sun screen & all!)

Have to do more yoga - either home or find a class - altho doing research I discovered that unbeknownst to me, I have included basic yoga moves recommended for seniors into my daily routine! So I am more limber than I think. The best is the Cat - keeping my spine flexible - Gotta keep the spine flexible! I do that in bed every morning.

Labels: exercise, Jane Fonda, Med3, Pamela Munro, skincare, yoga

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Thursday, February 25, 2010 :::
 
Ok, I am a star f**ker - but I DID exercise with Jane Fonda in person yesterday - From Craigslist - who knew? Jane commented that they had had a hard time getting people to come to test the Boomer exercise program - & we were taped & signed releases - but the workout was great - & it's good to be on a set - & just to watch such a pro at work. (She was interviewed by Entertainment Tonite & People while we were there.) It's also said that we will get copies of the workout (the one with us?) & maybe lead to more....Good to blog/tweet about, no?

Labels: Boomer, Entertainment Tonight, exercise, Jane Fonda, People Magazine

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 :::
 
Hello, I am BACK - going to talk about what's up - book reviews, etc.

Note: Was just given a very nice ocarina by Darryn Songbird (of Songbird ocarinas) to play with & see if I can become a virtuoso(a) - HMMM I am practicing. Still think that it's easier to play with real musical notation with the fingerings on top (as I learned on the clarinet), as then you learn BOTH the fingering AND the note on the scale - so you can read any sort of music. Also, I think this ocarina is perfect for Native American music - just the right sound & MUCH less expensive than those Flutes which I HAVE coveted. Having a lot of fun & it hangs around your neck, so you can play it when you are seated at the keyboard, waiting for your computer to catch up! Will keep you all posted

Labels: BACK, book reviews, Darryn Songbird, ocarina, Pamela Munro, Songbird

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Friday, April 02, 2004 :::
 
Haven't written in a while - but I am back here to tell you all that I am am willing to share my on-line info for a small consideration. I have been surfing the net for HOURS every day to skim off some casting info - & for a character actress of my venerability (that's to say I am middle-aged) it's been few & far between.

However, I have found stuff & for anyone younger, it's even easier! So, I am planting this here - FYI - for those who are interested. You can contact me at casadracula@Comcastmail.com -

Some freebies to start with -
www. cinefuse.com (indies)
nowcasting.com ($ per mo)
la casting
actorsaccess.com

(I will leave my reviews of sites for our talks....) YOu can call me on the phone & make the small payment via paypal....

Good luck.



ALSO

See www.talentpages.com - I am appearing at Hollywood-By-the-Sea
(Can't get away from Hollyweird - which is actually at Channel Islands Harbor in Ventura) for Easter Brunch doing funky classical favorites on my autoharp. (that's the folk singer part of me) - It's a lovely bistro.


Mark & I also appeared at the Harbor for our annual visit as Mr. & Mrs. Claus....


The death of my father last fall really hit me hard - so I was very quiet for a long time....doing a lot of writing. I seem to be up & out again now and look forward to doing a film or something real soon. Heaven knows, I have sent out enuf pix via the net & the auditions are beginning to happen. (Also got a nice residual from my UNSOLVED MYSTERIES - which continues on Lifetime!)



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Tuesday, January 21, 2003 :::
 
1/21/03
THE YEAR COMMENCES
Pamela Munro continues to be busy. The process with her new photos is almost complete. Her agent, Rich Smith at Morgan, is impressed by the shoot and says that she looks like a "real person." Well, Pamela has always thought that she was real enough.
By the way, the Morgan Agency got a nice write-up in BACKSTAGE a couple of weeks ago - a whole article about the agency and its growth and recent move. The new offices near Hollywood and Highland (where their launch party was held at the glittering Highlands nightclub) have a great view of downtown Hollywood and the Hills. The agency continues to prosper, and Pamela looks forward to being with them for a long time.

Pamela revived a dramatic scene with her friend and scene partner Jody Lee Olhava for a showcase through the auspices of the Kansas Connection - where they were seen by producer Robert Thompson of the PAPER CHASE movie and series fame. (He's doing a movie with Whoopi Goldberg in Texas later this year - wouldn't be nice to be in that?) She also attended a seminar with the manager Brad Lemack of Lemack and Company, who has written a book THE BUSINESS OF ACTING, and stayed on to chat with him about this topic, which is near and dear to her heart. She used to emphasize just this aspect of the biz in her years at the SAG/AFI Conservatory. (Unfortunately, Mr. Lemack didn't mention the Conservatory in his book.) She's considering compiling her own outrageous observations about a show biz career - all the things no one dares to assert. Have any suggestions? Here's your chance to share them with her at pamphyila@yahoo.com

Pamela is also looking forward to meeting later this month with Linda Purl, the star of the Rubicon's upcoming production of STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, about working with her. She also is talking with Peter Strauss of the Raven Playhouse in NOHO, about putting together a short piece for the NOHO Festival this Spring and has several things in mind. If time permits, she may be able to mount a staged reading of classic Hollywood screenplays up in Ventura's Hollywood-By-the-Sea. (Valentino filmed THE SHEIK up there on the dunes, and had a beach cottage there - not to mention other later Hollywood luminaries - Bogart and Bacall, and Gable and Lombard.)

Pamela went sailing with old Hollywood friends on the Martin Luther King holiday, and then regaled them with tapes of the WIZARD OF OZ parody she did for the Ant Farm for the Key Art Awards, and of TRAVELING LADY, which received an Ovation Theatre Award nomination (which they had missed). Doesn't look like mention of those projects made the blog screen - so she's highlighting them again here. It's always nice to be in such good company, and thanks to the magic of tape - we can preserve some of our work, so we can see if it really did get across, which, happily it did!

P.S. on the language front, an former student from Pamela's German classes at LTU looked her up, and they now are happily working on German for the student's summer trip to Austria. It's fun to exercise the German language muscle - especially, since Pamela has been, once again, working on her Spanish, even reading some interesting PLAYS in that language. Wouldn't it be FUN to ACT in a language other than ENGLISH (altho it's unlikely that she'll be taken for an Hispanic anytime soon! - a German or a Russian or Scandinavian, perhaps).

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Saturday, January 04, 2003 :::
 
1/04/03
THE NEW YEAR
2003 starts with intimations of activity. Pamela helped host the photographer Peter Brown's Open Studio in December ( a glittering Hollywood evening), where she talked a lot with John Parcher, whose independent film has finally gotten a distributor and gotten interest from German TV. John is now discussing with Pamela being in his upcoming new project NOW.



Pamela is seeing the folks at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura about appearing in their upcoming production of STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. (No ,not as any character you know, but as the neighbor, Eunice. Is that where Carol Burnett got the name of her character?) She's also working on a scene with her friend Jody Lee Olhava for a showcase in later January.

Jody(who's also working on a children's film project) hosted a party at her house in Echo Park that was like a reunion of the SAG/AFI Conservatory at which they spent so many years - for the departure of Corinne Kason for the San Francisco area. (Pamela sang with Corinne in the Papal Choir 'lo these many years ago and appeared in several plays with her at the St. Ambrose Genesius Society, a 99 seat theatre, where Pamela functioned as artistic director and associate producer for almost 10 years.) Bob Beecher, actor (DICK TRACY), teacher and long-time conservatory person was also there.

Pamela has just discovered that she has been included in a recent book about making a career as an actor in L.A. - ACTING IS EVERYTHING - and even recently got a call from a persistant and enthusiastic reader from Las Vegas working on a one-woman show.
(This comes from her work drawing from her own experience to show others how to produce waiver theatre in L.A. on a shoe string, a course which she taught for several years.) She is still considering mounting a production of a new play of Aram Saroyan's on Hollywood later this year at the Company of Angels.

Nathalie Neurette from Weller-Grossman also called to inform Pamela that the UFO's IN THE BIBLE segment that Pamela worked on last year will be shown on the History Channel on 1/28 at 9 PM. Pamela was one of the followers of Moses, and it was a fun shoot in Malibu Creek Park. Apparently, according to neighbors, Pamela's Power 90 Exercise promo is still running on cable in the L.A. area.
And her UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, "Suddenly Psychic," is on Lifetime.

So now much music she will be able to do will depend on how busy she ends up being ACTING. But she is looking hungrily at the Open Mics etc. up here in Ventura - and even an invitation to play at the Ventura Street Fairs. Not to mention the writing - dramatic and otherwise - that she has in mind to do. So 2003 won't suffer from a lack of activity. May we say the same to all of you who read this. A good, happy, healthy, prosperous year!



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Thursday, December 12, 2002 :::
 
12/1/02
UPDATE
Pamela Munro and Mark Christensen appeared as Santa and Mrs. Claus at the daytime activities at Channel Island Harbor's Festival of Lights, wandering around the harbor distributing candy canes and good cheer! They then were ferried across the harbor with the help of the Harbor Patrol and boarded the City of Oxnard's Centennial boat - where they proceeded to wave royally and enthusiastically to the crowds who had gathered for the parade. This holiday burst of activity was capped by an appearance of Pamela at St. John's Lutheran Church in Oxnard, where she played seasonal autoharp instrumentals for the hors d'oeuvres at the church's holiday dinner.

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Tuesday, December 03, 2002 :::
 
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Monday, December 02, 2002 :::
 
I, Pamela Munro, am new at this - so look in the archives for more detailed posting. FYI I am represented by the MORGAN Agency in Hollywood (323) 469-7100 contact Rich Smith.

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UPDATE
Pamela Munro (pamphyila) is currently engaged in getting ready to appear as Mrs. Claus in the Channel Islands Harbor Holiday Festival Day before the Festival of Lights on 12/7. She will be appearing with her significant other, Mark Christensen in his debut as Santa Claus himself.

She recently appeared at the Harbor Village doing holiday music on the autoharp, recorder, digital horn and other instruments -- as well as appearing doing Celtic folk music at an Open Mic at Hollywood By the Sea. She is available for holiday entertaining in her group - usually called the PICKWICKS for the holidays.

Pamela will continue with her Celtic folk music - People of the Stag - in the new year. And also with Panoply - for more classical and wedding music.

TRAVELING LADY, the production in which she appeared at the Company of Angels in Silverlake (L.A.) last season was nominated for a theatrical Ovation Award for best direction. Pamela feels as if she was part of a winning team!

During the summer Pamela appeared in a comic video produced by Hollywood's Ant Farm for the Key Art Awards - a parody of the Wizard of Oz. She also appeared in an airline industrial and in a History's Mysteries segment on Moses for the History Channel.

She also joined the festivities at the Highlands at the glamourous new Hollywood and Highland complex for the opening of the Morgan Agency's new Hollywood offices.

Pamela also used the summer to work on her creative writing in a special writing seminar directed by the renowned Aram Saroyan. Her short piece "Almost a Mystery" appeared in the Oxnard Review, part of an on-going series of literary journals published by Mr. Saroyan's students. (Aram Saroyan, the son of the famous William Saroyan, and a noted poet and writer in his own right, is currently teaching in the professional writing program at USC.)

BUSINESS

She continues to work for Clive Brewster of HealthSouth, and recently contributed to an article for the HealthSouth in-house magazine.

Pamela also is working on doing PR for the photographer Peter Brown for his Open Studio in Hollywood on 12/15. (See peterbrownstudio.com) at the historic Ed Rusha Art Complex. Email her for info on the Open Studio at pamphyila@yahoo.com.

PAMELA MUNRO Sag/Aftra/AEA
Represented by the Morgan Agency in Hollywood (323) 469-7100
Member of the Company of Angels

Resume on Request/Tape on Request/Voiceover Tape on Request



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