For five seasons and counting, Christina Hendricks has turned heads as fan favorite Joan Harris (née Holloway) on AMC’s “Mad Men.” So after more than a decade in the business as a model and actor, now with three consecutive Emmy nominations for her “Mad Men” supporting role under her belt, how has her role on the hit show changed Hendricks’ audition experiences?
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Nearly two years after their cancellations, ABC’s long-running soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” could finally be coming back—to computer screens. Prospect Park, the company that currently produces USA’s “Royal Pains” and FX’s “Wilfred,” plans to resurrect both daytime TV properties as web-based series that are expected to begin airing in 2013. And at least one long-time “All My Children” cast member will be back in Pine Valley for the new online episodes.
When Cirque du Soleil first approached Andrew Adamson to bring its stage shows to the big screen, the Academy Award-nominated director of “Shrek” and “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” admits he was hesitant to pursue the project. “I was a little concerned at first, because I didn’t know whether it would translate well from stage to screen,” says Adamson, an avowed Cirque fan. “It’s such an art form in its own right. I didn’t want to be the person to do that badly.”
