JUST A FEW OF OUR ARTISTS
THE STUDIO HAS COACHED AND TRAINED

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

HALLE BERRY
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Monster's Ball
Academy Award
SAG Award
Golden Globe Nomination

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Coached by Joanne Baron
Emmy Award
Golden Globe Award
SAG Award
Image Award

MARISKA HARGITAY
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - "Law and Order: SVU"
One Emmy Award, Four Nominations
One Golden Globe Award, One Nomination
Four SAG Award Nominations

MARTHA COOLIDGE
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Emmy Award Nomination
DGA Award Nomination

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television - If These Walls Could Talk
DGA Award Nomination

Best Director - Rambling Rose
Independent Spirit Award

PATRICK DEMPSEY
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - "Grey's Anatomy"
Two Golden Globe Award Nominations
SAG Award Nomination
Two People's Choice Awards

SHERRI SHEPHERD
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Less Than Perfect"
BET Comedy Award Nomination

Outstanding Talk Show Host - "The View"
Daytime Emmy Nomination

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REVIEWS

JEFF GOLDBLUM IN ADAM RESURRECTED
Coached by Joanne Baron

“A bravura performance!”
--Ann Thompson, Variety

“The role of his career!”
--Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

“In Adam Resurrected, Paul Schrader's fearless film version of Yoram Kaniuk's Holocaust novel, Jeff Goldblum is nothing short of dazzling as a former circus clown being treated in an Israeli mental institution.”
--Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

“A Pandora’s box of a performance.  It is heartbreaking, surprising, mysterious and frightening, usually all at the same time.  And it seems effortless... Watching his performance will haunt you to the core.  Both the cast and crew, in fact, are working at the peak of their talents. ”
--Matthew Torti, Chud

“A darkly abstract and haunting film featuring Jeff Goldblum in his finest, most layered performance ever... Goldblum's performance as Adam is complex and engrossing to watch, and while I can't begin to fathom what it must have taken out of him to get inside this story and character to pull the performance off at this level, it's truly a wonder to behold onscreen. The Oscar buzz circulating Goldblum's turn in this film is far from hype; he educes the death and rebirth of a man's soul in such a way that I'd be hard pressed to compare it to anything I've ever seen onscreen. Adam Resurrected is hardly one of Schrader or Goldblum's more mainstream-accessible films, but for those who have the courage and patience to go down the rabbit hole with them, this is art and poetry at its highest level, a truly astonishing achievement.
--Kim Voynar, AOL Cinematical

LESLIE MANN IN 17 AGAIN

"...the reliably terrific Mann, who persuasively conveys all the emotions -- confusion, near-recognition, unmistakable attraction -- of an emotionally bruised woman coming face-to-face with a younger version of her soon-to-be-ex. Mann and Efron strike up a real chemistry, particularly in an impromptu dancing/wooing scene that would be far creepier and less charming with the gender roles reversed."
--Justin Chang, Variety

ROBIN WRIGHT PENN IN SORRY, HATERS

"It contains such a gripping performance by #Robin Wright Penn that it succeeds... Everything about this woman named Phoebe, feels real, including her mania bordering on madness."
--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

ROBIN WRIGHT PENN IN STATE OF PLAY
Coached by Joanne Baron

"Robin Wright Penn brings amazing depth of emotion to Collins’s wife, with whom McAffrey once had an affair. Pissed off, humiliated, she allows herself no extraneous gestures—all her effort is channeled into holding herself together. (She recalls poor Silda Spitzer standing by her man.)"
--David Edelstein, New York Magazine

JAMIE KENNEDY IN "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment"

"For truly original, elaborate, and funny hidden camera fake-outs, 'JKX' reigns supreme...the star's ability to marry sketch comedy with unscripted mayhem is unparalleled."
--Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly

KIRSTIE ALLEY IN PROFOUNDLY NORMAL

"A winning and benevolent performance from Delroy Lindo and charming chemistry between the actor and Kirstie Alley allow Profoundly Normal to find its bearings... Story depends heavily on the two leads. Alley is asked to be a bit flighty, and she does so without supercilious flair."
--Phil Gallo, Variety

KEANU REEVES IN THE GIFT

"Some surprising casting in the supporting roles pays off handsomely, particularly in the case of Reeves, who is terrifically effective as a mean and sexy predator who could be kin to Cape Fear's Max Cady."
--Todd McCarthy, Variety

"Reeves hits paydirt as Donnie; he gives a knockout performance, terrifying yet powerfully seductive in a way that explains why a woman might trust this bastard against her better instincts."
--Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

CLIFTON COLLINS JR. IN SUNSHINE CLEANING

"One element does work, and it's off to the side, apart from the rest of the plot. It involves Winston (Clifton Collins Jr.), a one-armed hardware store owner, who baby-sits Oscar in an emergency and provides an oasis of warmth and common sense. You may recall him as Perry in Capote (2005). An actor like this works a lot but doesn't always get ideal roles. Now he's beginning to emerge, with seven more films in post-production."
--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Most eye-catching supporting turn comes from low-key work by Clifton Collins Jr. as a sympathetic cleaning supplies store clerk who is willing to watch little Oscar."
--Todd McCarthy, Variety

CLIFTON COLLINS JR. IN CAPOTE

"The film succeeds remarkably in tracing the process by which Truman gained the trust and esteem of a man he described as "remote, suspicious, sullenly sleepy-eyed" -- all qualities brought to wounded life in Collins' deeply etched performance."
--David Rooney, Variety

"Collins is mesmerizing!"
--Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"Hoffman's is a great performance, but he's not alone. Collins matches him, moment for moment, in their scenes together."
--Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

TOM SHADYAC, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF BRUCE ALMIGHTY

Bruce Almighty, directed by Tom Shadyac... is a charmer, the kind of movie where Bruce learns that while he may not ever make a very good God, the experience may indeed make him a better television newsman."
--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Don't worry -- it's not too preachy. It's too busy being the year's funniest film. Carrey made sure of that, strategically re-teaming with Tom Shadyac, his director on the hits Liar Liar and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective."
--Bruce Westbrook, The Houston Chronicle

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