Big Shots is a new dramedy on ABC that takes a candid look at lives of businessmen. The show takes place in New York City, and follows the professional and personal exploits of four powerful CEOs. James Walker (Michael Vartan, Alias) is the CEO of giant retailer AmeriMart, but his world starts crumbling after a major corporate shake-up. He also finds out that his wife is cheating on him and addicted to cocaine. Brody Johns (Christopher Titus, Titus) is the senior vice president of a leading crisis management firm and is fixated on how popular his birthday party will turn out. Karl Mixworthy (Joshua Malina, The West Wing) is the nervous CEO of a pharmaceutical company, who has a loving wife and an overbearing mistress. Duncan Collinsworth (Dylan McDermott, The Practice) rounds out the cast as the cocky, divorced CEO of a cosmetics company who is threatened by a rumor about his tryst with a transsexual. Check out Big Shots for a revealing look at powerful men behaving badly.
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I finally attended an audition last week. I studied my monologue for a few days and was ready to show them my talent. Then, when the casting director called me in to perform, they took one look at me and gave me a whole different monologue to read ice cold! I was so nervous an unprepared that I blew it. How can I better prepare for a cold read next time?
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A cold read can be a scary thing. You've never read the script in your life, so how can you give your best performance? Well, you don't have to...
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