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TexasLady:
Very interesting Snooky! I wonder if Tory met Brad when she auditioned!
marigold:
An interesting article: :res:
'Big Brother' coming to Tampa seeking narcissists
To some, it may sound like the eighth circle of Hell.
But if you're attracted to the idea of living for 100 days under 24-hour observation on national TV in a makeshift house on a studio lot with a handful of other attention-seeking nobodies, CBS has got a proposition for you.
Producers of the network's unscripted competition Big Brother are coming to town, casting for the show's 11th (?!) cycle beginning noon Saturday at Beef O'Brady's, 10029 W Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa.
Sarasota native and Big Brother 9 alum "Crazy James" Zinkand is an attention hog, previously known for videotaping a friend who jumped off the roof of a Sarasota resort into the pool and missed.
His audition advice, delivered by e-mail Monday: "They totally need stories. That is what you do mainly in the house is tell your past and what you want to do in your future. … Be proud of who you are. Wether (sic) it be the whitest redneck to grace this earth or the most flamboyant Drag Queen, tell them your issues and your struggles but tell them how you can overcome them all."
The local stop falls midway through a 25-city casting tour, ranging from New York City to Flowood, Miss. (I don't know where it is, either).
CBS officials suggest you bring ID — you need to prove you're over age 21 and a U.S. citizen — and be prepared to tell a camera why you should be on the show. Eventually, 40 finalists will be flown to Los Angeles for a week of auditions, where aspiring contestants prove they can handle repeated questioning from Big Brother's wooden host, animatronic Early Show newsreader Julie Chen.
The winner gets $500,000, two runnersup also get cash, and everybody else gets a stipend that Entertainment Weekly recently reported was about $750 a week. Not bad pay for lounging around a prefab home and starting fights with some of the biggest narcissists on the planet.
http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article990479.ece
RealityFreakWill:
ig Brother' in Big Country
Michael Tomlin already has a taste of Hollywood, and now he wants more.
The 21-year-old college student from The Colony was in Abilene on Thursday for a casting call for the 11th season of the CBS reality show "Big Brother."
"My life is a reality show," Tomlin said.
Thursday's casting call at The Mall of Abilene was one of only two in Texas (the other was in Austin) for this summer's production of "Big Brother," which follows a group of strangers living together in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones. Their every move is recorded 24/7. One by one the house guests will vote each other out until at the end of three months, the last remaining person will win $500,000.
"That would pay for medical school," said Tomlin, a junior at Texas Tech University.
"Big Brother" is shown locally on KTAB-TV. Saundra Carriker, local sales manager at KTAB, said Abilene's CBS station chose to conduct the casting call as a promotional event for the station, the city and the mall, which was a co-sponsor for Thursday's auditions.
In addition to Tomlin, early Thursday afternoon there were applicants from Abilene, Baird, San Angelo, Tulsa, Okla., and Dyess Air Force Base.
"It's a promotional event we chose to participate in with CBS," Carriker said. "We're glad we got to do it. It's kind of fun. It's a positive, upbeat event. Everyone is having fun, and it brings people together."
Applicants completed an extensive information form and recorded a two-minute video, telling producers of "Big Brother" why he or she should be selected.
Tomlin, a transfer from Trinity University, is a health exercise and sports science major at Tech. He played football three seasons for the Tigers, and he was involved in the "Mississippi Miracle," a 15-lateral play Oct. 27, 2007, that gave the team the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship.
It was the play that attracted Tomlin to Hollywood. It was nominated for an ESPY award, and Tomlin and other players and coaches were on hand for the award program presented by ESPN.
A friend told him about Thursday's casting call in Abilene, so he stopped in Abilene on his drive home from Lubbock to The Colony for Easter weekend.
"I think I've watched every episode of the show," he said. "I've always wanted to be on it, but I never thought I would get a chance. It would be fun to be on the show with everyone. And I love L.A. It would beat working this summer.
Carriker and her staff will assemble Thursday's videos and applications to send to CBS. Carriker said people have until May 4 to send applications and introduction videos to CBS (by mail or online on the CBS Web site).
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/apr/09/big-brother-in-big-country/
RealityFreakWill:
SATURDAY, APRIL 11: 2:00 - 6:00 PM PT
Dos Gringos Chandler Mexigrill
1361 N Alma School Rd.
Chandler, Ariz. 85224
If anybody is attending this casting call today, Jen Johnson, BB8 will be there for a meet and greet.
tory:
--- Quote from: TexasLady on April 08, 2009, 12:22:11 PM ---Very interesting Snooky! I wonder if Tory met Brad when she auditioned!
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u r soo right i wish they had a pic of brad becaus that is excatly how it went when i audition last yr. in va beach and the realy funny thing is it was called town center. only not in jax. and our town center has lots of resterunts and stores but the aud was healed out side and allso a beautiful day.. i could have written that artical last yr i allso meet some realy fun ppl one guy him and i decided we would b a secert allance if we got in it woud have been perfect..
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