The Roots, Hip Hop’s reigning provocateurs of cool (and Jimmy Fallon’s house band), seek qualified actors for an “awesome” music video for their single “How I Got Over.” Thugs, Hasidics, Old Latino men, sleazy whites, and, most notably, wheelchair-bound black adolescents—your big break is just a casting call away. Now, the new single (and album of the same name) is billed as a celebratory, inspirational album, broken off from the Mahalia Jackson gospel song with the same title. Read more »
Let’s face it times are tough. Wall Street is crumbling, the economy is in ruins, and jobs are hard to come up, unless you’re a talented actress that has a knack for playing a vintage prostitute. A small city tour group is looking for a 20-30 something-year-old actress to play a hooker from 1910 on the Lower East Side and describes the outdoor opportunity as a “fun gig.” |Craigslist|
The DEA just can’t catch a break lately. After being publicly rebuked by Mary-Kate Olsen, smeared by TMZ, and taken advantage of by a heroin dealer, now a rapper is planning on humiliating the agency in a new music video. The video will feature a DEA agent getting tapped out and it’s very important that it looks real: “Must be physically able to sell a scene where you are being punched a few times as these shots will be played in slow motion periodically through the video,” according to the casting details. Pay attention folks, this is a viral hit in the making, especially with law enforcement. Full details below for the $50 payday, DEA shirt supplied naturally.
With urban exploration going mainstream, these folks are hoping to ruin the tranquil tours of the Atlantic Avenue tunnel with some theatrical performance concept. They’re casting male actors who ain’t afraid to be underground and are mentally fit, declaring: “CLAUSTROPHOBICS NEED NOT APPLY.” We of course would have went in a totally different direction and hired this chick, who would undoubtedly draw more attention and interest than some subterranean thespians. Full details of the potential employment opportunities below:
Are you a twenty-something-year-old who wants to be just like 50 Cent when you grow up—rich and riddled with bullet holes? Well, you’re in luck! MTV has put out a casting call for wannabe moguls who dream of becoming as big a baller as Fiddy and aren’t afraid to humiliate themselves on national TV trying. Following in the footsteps of MTV’s upcoming, Jamie Foxx produced series, “From G to Gent,” which premieres July 15th and features ghettofabulous individuals being transformed into Fonzworth Bentley’s bitches, this 50 Cent production is looking to take young, pseudo-entrepreneurs with half-baked ideas on a journey in which most will fail and only one will win $100,000. Note: “Slackers need not apply.” Apparently, there ain’t no half-steppin’ on this one, kids. Unfortunately, the call doesn’t specify if participants will learn what to do when you get busted selling coke to a cop, are shot nine times, and a suspicious fire burns down the house where your ex-girlfriend lives. Full details below:
The New York City Health Department has put out a casting call for a new abstinence campaign–and they’re looking for a few good mimes to spread the message against having sex. Perhaps prompted by recent news that one in four New Yorkers carry the herpes virus, the Department of Health has taken a decidedly “hands off” approach to sex in the city. Don’t do it. And if you can’t mime not doing it, forget about it. Or, as the call puts it: “If you do not have professional Mime experience DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME OR YOURS!” For now, one can only imagine the campaign itself. Will Marcel Marceau-trained mimes masturbate invisible genitals so as to teach us that the only kind of safe sex is one in which nobody touches? Whatever the case, the results are sure to be nonexistent. Full casting details below:
This spot for a Hip Hop impresario pays a lot better than that low budget LL Cool J shoot. McDonald’s is looking for a Diddy doppelgänger that ain’t canine allergic or scared of scarfing down some meat products for a commercial to run for 6 weeks in Germany, Austria, and Luxembourg. Must be well versed in “urban verbiage” and be able to play the role, they’re not just looking for a mere caricature of the rap mogul:
[THE MANAGER - P. DIDDY]
Male, African Am, 32-42 – P. Diddy/Sean Combs – that’s exactly what he is. Do I really need to elaborate on that? He’s a high power celebrity Manager, in the limo with his Starlet client and Body Guard, about to meet their Paparazzi at a red carpet club event. He’s a wealthy hot shot and in control. He talks incessantly to our Starlet in what is urban, jive-like, rap-like banter, full of realistic slang and the occasional bleeped word …. telling her who will be there, who to ignore, who the important people are that she should adore. He’s great at catering to her vanity. We really need a great actor here who not only understands (or better yet embodies) the role … but who is great at improvising, especially with all the “urban” verbiage (our German clients wrote some … but something tells me it’s not as convincing as what our actors think they should say). We’re not doing a spoof here … we need someone who brings the reality, believability and authenticity to what could otherwise be misrepresented as a cliché.
More mouth-watering, role playing details after the jump.
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