tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80763448005345293992024-02-08T03:30:31.874-08:00Carlease's Bits N PiecesCarlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-9759081541887000792011-01-21T00:05:00.000-08:002011-01-21T00:05:58.246-08:00Post 226I haven't blogged since December 5th!! And I see I have some new followers. Wow. Welcome.
Last year, I was working this blog thing based on an idea that a "career coach" had given me so the title was, A Clear Channel. My intention was to blog every single day for a year then see what happens. I can definitely say, I Can See Clearly Now, although it is primarily due to the vicissitudes of lifeCarlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-38329225098733959512010-12-05T23:14:00.000-08:002010-12-05T23:14:07.243-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 225I have always admired the career of Cicely Tyson. I had the opportunity to meet her on one of my stand-in jobs. I watched her rehearse and when she was finished, I decided to introduce myself in the hopes of getting some words of wisdom from this legendary artist. I walked up to her, "Ms. Tyson?". She turned toward me very attentively and I continued, "I'm nobody important but I just wanted to Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-89238319513600560112010-12-05T22:59:00.000-08:002010-12-05T22:59:26.233-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 224One of my favorite movies of all time is Slingblade. The first time I saw it at screening, I was blown away by the story and particularly the brilliant work of the then unknown Billy Bob Thornton. To this day, I can watch that film over and over again and have become quite a BBT fan. Love him in Bad Santa!!
One day, not too long ago I was hanging out at Barnes and Noble at The Grove and some Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-86144034538981743662010-12-05T22:47:00.000-08:002010-12-05T22:47:58.787-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 223Someone once said everyone has a six degrees of Kevin Bacon story so here's mine: I worked on The Closer with his wife Kyra Sedgwick and their daughter shopped for the clothes I wore on the show. She has great taste and did an excellent job.
That's it. Short and sweet. The end.Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-4340208090929835272010-11-30T23:13:00.000-08:002010-11-30T23:13:31.637-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 222Sunday I visited the UP Church in Inglewood, CA where Della Reese is the pastor. I had been wanting to go there for a long time and since I am currently without a church home, I feel a bit of a void in that area of my life. I prefer to have a spiritual institution to give my tithes to. Not to mention that the service there starts at 1PM. Now that's my kind of church!
As I sat in the Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-54446741035668006122010-11-27T22:45:00.000-08:002011-01-20T23:09:09.996-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 221Back in the day, I was a traffic co-ordinator at J. Walter Thompson Advertising. I was in my early 20's and loved all the perks that came along with the long hours and hard work. Two hour lunches,limo rides, parties, Christmas bonuses, amazing gifts from vendors and the occasional glimpse of a celebrity. One day I was getting into the elevator at 420 Lexington Avenue with my friend Ellen Bonta Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-69879453925605731632010-11-27T22:17:00.000-08:002010-11-27T22:17:45.267-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 220During the rehearsal period of the one of The Academy Award shows I worked on, I was roaming around as usual checking out the surroundings. One of my favorites places to hang out is the green room. It's always so nicely decorated, has the best food and all the stars come through there at one time or another. So there I am strolling through the backstage area on my way to the green room and I Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-35610969089259623562010-11-27T22:01:00.000-08:002010-11-27T22:01:21.522-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 219Before I was a stand-in on award shows, I was a talent escort. Once. A talent escort is a volunteer position and duties include being assigned to an artist and making sure he, she or they are in the right place at the right time. You greet them when they arrive at the venue, give them their credentials and take them on a walk through to show them their dressing rooms, where their assigned seat Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-18495799659620302012010-11-27T21:47:00.000-08:002010-11-27T21:47:48.119-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 218Lately I have been enjoying the work of Diane Ladd. I've been studying her range throughout about 3 decades. A homework assignment I had was to watch Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, but I found Diane Ladd's work more interesting. Then I watched her in Rambling Rose....Loved it!! Her daughter, Laura Dern was in both of those films....really nice work in Rambling Rose from the Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-70921930978639862482010-11-08T23:34:00.000-08:002010-11-08T23:34:35.454-08:00A Clear Channel - Day 217Well Tyler Perry finally has my attention. I've been aware of his movies (even seen a few of them), his plays (never wanted to see one of them) and his TV shows. Tonight I saw For Colored Girls based on Ntozake Shange's work, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. I saw that piece on Broadway back in the '70's and performed in 2 productions here in Los Angeles in Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-84409973011631263922010-10-31T23:48:00.000-07:002010-10-31T23:48:30.356-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 216Watched two Ellen Burstyn films: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Resurrection. Even though she won the Oscar, for Alice..., I felt more connected to the Flo character played by Diane Ladd. I liked Ellen's work in Resurrection much more. The role was extremely challenging and I thought she did a brilliant job. It is the type of role I look forward to adding to my body of work. Ellen was Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-42887823566992429082010-10-30T22:51:00.000-07:002010-10-30T22:51:11.504-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 215It's been said that one way to become successful at achieving your dreams is to hang around people who are already where you want to be. Sometimes that's not possible because some of the greatest lessons can be learned from people who have passed on. Thank God for books, recordings and movies. I have been asked by my mentor to study actresses that have gone before me who have brought to the Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-15247791810968457512010-10-28T21:42:00.000-07:002010-10-28T21:42:19.613-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 214Two words. Russell Simmons. We grew up in the same neighborhood (Hollis, Queens), went to the same college and rode the same train to CCNY up in Harlem. It was on one of those old rickety E trains that I remember sitting with him and my friend Carmen and he said something I will never forget as long as I live.
Russell has risen above his seemingly dismal circumstances to become one of the Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-12193536548644062262010-10-27T21:53:00.000-07:002010-10-27T21:53:59.779-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 213Let me introduce you to another actress friend of mine. Do you remember the TV show ROC with Charles Dutton? His wife was played by the fabulous Ella Joyce. I know Ella from New York and when we met, she had an entirely different name. No, you won't get it out of me, I've been sworn to secrecy. Ella Joyce is one fierce sista. There were about four of us NY actresses that all came out to LA Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-80881445153475500652010-10-21T23:10:00.000-07:002010-10-21T23:10:43.643-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 212You know you have made it in Hollywood when people stop you on the street because they recognize your work. This is happening to me more and more lately. So much so, I had to do a bit about it in my comedy act. I talk about the person who came up to me and said, "I know you, you're an actress. I just saw your commercial. Aren't you the Pine Sol Lady?" When the audience stops laughing, I say, Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-64460929937318478872010-10-19T19:34:00.000-07:002010-10-19T19:34:32.150-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 211There is one person I know who probably doesn't have the same Whoopi Goldberg stories that I have and that person is my dear friend Sherri Shepherd. She and Whoopi work together on The View. I met Sherri in a stand-up comedy class when she was still working in a law firm a loooooong time ago. I cannot tell you how proud and happy I am for all of her accomplishments. I remember when she didn't Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-9983442590362588792010-10-13T22:51:00.000-07:002010-10-13T22:51:20.775-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 210There were less than a handful of celebrities that I thought I would love to meet. I've never really been star struck, but there is one star I always wanted to have 10 minutes of quality time with. She is smart, funny, famous and rich. I would simply ask her how she got started and if she had any words of wisdom for an up and coming actress like myself. This person was Whoopi Goldberg. I got wayCarlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-86707847691557244862010-10-11T19:58:00.000-07:002010-10-11T19:58:53.494-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 209I've been blogging for the past few days about being a stand in on award shows and I suddenly realized that some of you may not know what that is. A stand in is a union actor who is hired to replace the stars of the show in rehearsal for lighting, sound and blocking purposes. This is not be confused with a seat filler. Those people just fill the seats of celebrities during the show so that on Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-48922809971854807592010-10-08T07:20:00.001-07:002010-10-08T08:14:10.835-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 208I heard Dave Ramsey say on his radio program recently, that if you really admire a particular celebrity, you probably shouldn't meet them because you will most likely be disappointed. Enter Luther Vandross. I was working as a stand-in on the Soul Train Awards and Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross and Gladys Knight were the hosts. I was standing in for Patti, so at one point all four of us were Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-15325327631925456332010-10-04T21:33:00.000-07:002010-10-04T21:33:22.263-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 207Went to see FELA on Broadway with Patti LaBelle last night. As I watched her in her scene stealing performance, I was reminded of the other time I saw her on Broadway in YOUR ARM'S TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD with Al Green. It was so funny when Al's mic went out and Patti, being the giving performer that she is, grabbed his head and pulled it toward her chest so he could be heard through her mic.Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-21271202275828761842010-10-03T21:44:00.000-07:002010-10-03T21:44:51.590-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 206On Saturday night, I went to Black Spectrum to see Melba Moore in concert. It was a very significant evening for me since Black Spectrum Theatre is where I began my acting career. That's right. Right here in St. Albans, Queens on Linden Blvd. I originally went there to take an acting class but immediately started to get cast in productions. One of these shows became a big hit and ran Off Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-64571257785767780272010-10-02T07:35:00.000-07:002010-10-02T07:35:00.483-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 205Been so caught up these last couple of days I haven't had a chance to blog and I'm not too happy about that but I'm about to flip the script anyway. The title of this 365 blog experiment is called A Clear Channel, but there's more. I went to a year end career coaching session in December where we created my personal theme called, A Clear Channel To A Household Name. Hope you enjoy the ride.Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-33747287810529388022010-09-30T08:08:00.000-07:002010-09-30T08:08:46.820-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 204Another pouring rain storm in the middle of the night in Hollis Queens. I love it!
Had an interesting day yesterday. A family friend who was doing my Mom and I a favor, said something to me that hurt my little feelings. I felt she was out of line. Although I've love to get this off my chest and move on, I realize I don't want to get into this now because anyone can read this blog. I'm startingCarlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-21874852214772718272010-09-29T03:29:00.000-07:002010-09-29T03:29:24.056-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 203Danny and I have been playing house for about a week now, but last night we cooked our first meal together. That was interesting. I really need to work on my collaboration skills in the kitchen. I kinda wanted to do it my way. I'm used to either cooking for myself or having someone cook for me. When he wanted to add more paprika and sliced onion to my baked chicken, I had a bit of an attitude. Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-25264636786258057992010-09-27T07:33:00.000-07:002010-09-27T07:33:08.371-07:00A Clear Channel - Day 202I just realized I haven't checked my email since I've been here in New York. That's one week! Yikes. That's one of the reasons I bought this laptop. Obviously, I've been making time to blog, check out facebook and look up a couple of addresses on mapquest. This week, I've really got to get down to business with my Mom. With Danny being off from work last week I split my time between the two Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0