Adventures of a Fan Turned Producer
Fans of The Mentalist and Paul Ben-Victor will enjoy this week’s episode entitled “Redline.” Paul plays the role of Noah Landau. The episode airs this Thursday, February 4, on CBS at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern/Pacific time). Check your local listings.
The following clip, unfortunately, doesn’t have Paul in it. But it was the only clip I could find of the episode.
Attention any actors or aspiring actors! Paul Ben-Victor will be teaching an acting master class workshop this Saturday, November 21, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Here’s a chance to learn from someone who has worked consistently in TV and film for over 20 years. Currently, Paul appears in the hit TV series In Plain Sight, but his career boasts a long list of roles in various films and TV series including our own beloved The Invisible Man for which he won an audience award for his role as Bobby Hobbes. Paul has had the kind of career that many actors only dream about, so it would behoove you to take advantage of this opportunity to learn from one of the best!
This workshop is sponsored by the International Academy of Film and Television. The cost is $179 or $49 to audit. Click on the link below to reserve your place in the class. Space is limited!
Sorry this is so last minute, but I only found out about this yesterday. For those of you in the LA area, Paul Ben-Victor will be performing Thursday, September 10 (tomorrow), in a stage reading of Last I Heard, Dave Rodriguez’s latest feature screenplay. Also appearing in the reading is Paul’s wife Julie Ben-Victor.
Synopsis: Mafia capo Joseph ‘MR. JOE’ Scoleri (Paul BenVictor), comes home to Queens, NY after serving almost 20 years in federal prison. He tries to re-connect with his daughter RITA (Kathrine Narducci) and establish a relationship with his neighbor BOBBY (Erik Palladino), who was a young boy when he went away, and is now married with a young son. He realizes through those relationships and other situations, that nothing is the same as it was before he went away.
The reading is from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Hayworth Theatre. The address is:
Hayworth Theatre
2511 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
The admission price is a simple RSVP. Can’t beat that price! Send your RSVP to daver1988@gmail.com or you can RSVP on this Facebook event page. This performance is one night only, so don’t hesitate if you want to attend!
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Some of you may have already heard this news, but for those of you who haven’t, you may be happy to know that on July 5, Paul Ben-Victor married Julie Austin Felder!
I would have gotten this notice up earlier, however, I’ve been having ongoing computer problems. But I want to thank Julie Ben-Victor, BB Fenix of Pure PR Associates, and Marc Bennett for being so gracious and allowing me to share the following pictures and video with all of you.
The wedding took place at a Los Angeles yacht club under a large white tent. Most of the guests wore white. It was a beautiful setting. There were so many wonderful pictures to choose from that I had a hard time deciding which ones to pick, but I can only post a few so, first up, here are the happy couple. Don’t they make a lovely pair?
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographer unknown
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographer unknown
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographed by Hart Nw Houston
Here are Paul and Julie lip-syncing to their own pre-recorded voices. What fun!
Not surprisingly, there were several celebrities in attendance, but since this blog focuses on the I-Man cast, there is one in particular that I know all of you are interested in: Vincent Ventresca. Check out the photos!
Photo courtesy of Marc Bennett
Photo courtesy of Pure PR Associates, photographed by Angie Pines
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographed by Hart Nw Houston
A couple of years ago I was approached by author/journalist Mark Phillips who, along with his writing partner Frank Garcia, was writing the second in a series of books on science fiction TV series. Their first book, Science Fiction Television Series, was published in 2006 and covered TV series from 1959 to 1989. Their second book was to cover series from 1990 to 2004. So guess which series that we all know and love fits into that date range? Yep, The Invisible Man.
When Mark approached me asking for help on an Invisible Man chapter that he was writing for the book, I was happy to help. Hey, I’m a fan. How could I resist? So I provided information about the show and helped edit the chapter, as well as arranged interviews with Vince and Paul.
Now, after all this time, the book has finally been published! Mark did a really nice job with the chapter. There are maybe one or two errors that crept into the chapter, but for the most part, it’s pretty accurate.
Mark starts out with a quote from writer Leslie Stevens who said, “Invisibility sucks.” Leslie wasn’t referring to the power of invisibility but, instead, was complaining about the difficulty in creating a successful series about invisibility. Is it any wonder? Virtually every invisible man series created before our invisible man series has performed poorly. But when you consider that film is a visual medium and invisibility is, well, invisible, you can begin to see the difficulties that filmmakers have making invisibility work.
This makes me appreciate the brilliance of Matt Greenberg even more. Not only did he not skimp on the invisibility aspects, but he created a way to do invisibility that we hadn’t seen before, what with the gland and Quicksilver. However, he wisely didn’t put the focus on the invisibility. Instead, he created fun, flawed, and fascinating characters that we could fall in love with and care about. In fact, it was the “show’s emphasis on characterization” that attracted Vince to the part of Darien.
Mark writes about several of the episodes such as the pilot (good choice), “Catevari,” and “Legends.” In hindsight, I probably should have suggested that he include something about a few of the stronger episodes. I would have liked to have seen something in the chapter about “Flowers for Hobbes,” ”Brother’s Keeper,” or “The Other Invisible Man.”
Subjects Mark writes about in the chapter include the casting process, the chemistry between Vince and Paul, the visual effects, the addition of agent Alex Monroe, and the cancellation. There’s some interesting stuff there that you may or may not know about.
The book is definitely a must have for I-Man fans, as well as lovers of science fiction TV shows. You can purchase a copy for yourself by clicking on the link below. That will take you to a website filled with all kinds of information about both books as well as ordering info. (I bought my copy from Amazon.)
Note: I’m not making any money plugging this book. My only rewards have been being able to help with promoting I-Man to more people and getting a very nice acknowledgment in the Acknowledgments section of the book.
