What's New?
JULY, 2010
- "Eco Ninja" and "Going Green", two short films from featuring Paul are making their way around festivals, including LA Shorts Fest on July 23rd at Laemmle Sunset 5 in Hollywood. The shorts have already played Canada, South Korea and Europe!
- is going strong! Karen will be doing a video review of "Get Low" on that site in July, and you can go there now to watch Karen's "Sex and the City 2" review and the May Movie Previews, which were hosted by Karen and Paul. There's new material posted to the site daily.
- Karen's been bitten by the songwriting bug, and as she writes new songs, she's performing classics about town. She recently placed at the Cowboy Palace talent contest!
- Hollywood Hayride, the country band Karen and Paul are in, has seen its debut around town at the Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills, The Cat Club on the Sunset Strip and Viva Fresh in Glendale. You can watch the band in action .
- Paul's been called in to "General Hopsital" for a few days to appear in a couple episodes. He shoots this week and air dates will be announced as soon as we know them.
- Paul recently finished more video projects with his production company, Digital Mind Productions, including:
Live concert videography for Gilby Clarke, Faster Pussycat, Ed Roth's Funktone Express feat. Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers & Frank Stallone
Sean Kingston concert at CityWalk
CityWalk StreetFest video
Plugged In concert series Press Event video
- Paul will be doing his first audience warm-up gig for a game show this Monday, the 19th, for "Catch 21". As he looks for a show where this can be a regular gig, we'll keep you updated here!
- Paul continues to perform in The Blues Brothers R&B Revue at Universal Studios Hollywood. Call or e-mail for industry comps or discounted tix!
- Paul & Justin Bowler continue to pitch their TV pilots around town. Their latest stop was Triage Entertainment. We'll keep you posted as the bites come!
APRIL, 2010
- "Sweetener", the original short film Paul & Karen made just got optioned by the to appear on their DVD subscriber series. It's not often that something cool can happen with a short film, they more likely become a calling card, but "Sweetener" is going places!
- Karen is performing in May and June at Universal CityWalk, as part of CityWalk's "Street Fest" (Sundays, 5/16 - 6/13). She's playing "lifeguard" of sorts at the CityWalk fountains, doing comedy bits and once an hour Paul joins her and they do CityWalk Swim Team routines - synchronized swimming, rescue scenarios, etc. It's hilarious and totally weird!
- Paul recently finished more video projects with his production company, Digital Mind Productions, including:
Jordin Sparks concert at The Grove
World Wish Day at The Grove featuring Mark Ballas, Jordan Pruitt and Miley Cyrus
The War Within, short film
Wango Tango Breakout Star and Ambassadors of Rock music competitions at CityWalk
- Karen is back involved with "Baby, It's You!" as it workshops and prepares for the next stage production!
- Paul & Justin Bowler continue to pitch their TV pilots around town. Next up, 20th Century Television. We'll keep you posted as the bites come!
- Paul has wrapped up The Special Effects Stages at Universal Studios Hollywood, but continues to perform in The Blues Brothers R&B Revue. Call or e-mail for industry comps or discounted tix!
- Paul shot a USC student scene from "Broadcast News" last week. Normally, Paul & Karen don't do these much, but "Broadcast News" is one of Paul's all-time favorite movies. He sat in on a great class with USC professor Barnet Kellman and the shoot went well!
- Karen and Paul recently returned from the Cayamo cruise, and as usual, it has inspired them to keep up the music. They're still rehearsing classic country tunes with their friend Patrick. Gigs played out will be posted here!
- Karen and Paul will host the May Movie Preview on ! For all The Movie Guys' videos go !
- Paul performed at the Novo Nordisk Victoza Launch in Las Vegas in the beginning of February. This event launched a new diabetes drug and they hired comics to perform SNL-type sketches to train their employees to sell the new product. Paul even employed his Walken impersonation.....everybody's got one.
JANUARY, 2010
- Paul's national Toyota spot aired during the football playoffs! You can now see it online . It's about the world's first Cheesehead. Check it out!
- "Help Yourself", starring and written by Karen and directed by Paul, appeared in its first film festival. After first screening at the MECONN meeting in Hollywood, this short about a psychiatrist determined to be a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was a finalist in .
- Paul and his buddy Justin Bowler have a big pilot pitch coming up this week. Wish them luck. Paul has a couple of pilots in development, as they get pitched, we'll keep you updated. PLUS, we'll definitely tell you about the shows if they sell!
- website is ROCKIN'! Chock full of reviews, videos, podcasts and more, it's building more and more each month. Paul & Karen are both contributors and will be co-hosting the February Movie Preview, which can be seen on next month.
- The comedy short Paul acted in last summer is done with post. It's called "Premarital Six" and the trailer can be seen at the short's .
- In '09, Karen learned the guitar and Paul picked up the bass. Together with their friend Patrick, we've put together a country music trio. So far we've hit open mic nights with classic Hank Williams and Buck Owens tunes. More to come in 2010!
- Paul played the lead in a staged reading of an original sci-fi script by Luis De Vega called "The Burning Plain". The reading was part of the MECONN (Midwest Entertainment Connection) Script Reading Series at Theatre Palisades.
- Paul just finished more video projects with Digital Mind Productions, including:
Jonas Brothers private concert at The Grove
Justin Bieber concert and appearance at CityWalk
Universal CityWalk Holiday and New Year's Eve events reel
and more new demo reels and audition tapes, too! Recent Digital Mind clients have appeared on "Scrubs" and "24".
- Paul hosted all the live concerts at CityWalk during the holidays, from Dec. 23 - 31, including concerts by Emily Osment and a huge New Year's Eve event with a live '80s band, fireworks and thousands in attendance.
- Paul is still getting it done at two venues in Universal Studios Hollywood, the Blues Brothers R&B Revue and the Special Effects Stages show. Contact Paul for free or discounted tix! Come see the Special Effects Stages before it closes after Spring Break '10.
OCTOBER, 2009
- Karen performed as Florence Greenburg at the Pasadena Playhouse's preview production of "Baby, it's You!". Stay tuned here for more dates when Karen goes into the show!
- Paul & Karen are working on a bunch of top-secret pilot projects! They're involved in a new pilot table read Thursday, Oct. 15th, another pilot is about to be launched online, one is in post-production, and one has its first pitch meeting next week! More info later here as it unfolds...
- website has launched its first video. Movie Guys Paul & Adam made a short about their experience going to a screening of "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra". See it
- Paul has a bit part in her friend Vanessa Whitney's upcoming short called "Results Not Typical". It's shooting over the next few months.
- Paul appears in the opening video of "Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure" at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights. Paul plays on-the-scene reporter Rob Cox. Heh-heh...
- Paul worked another day at "General Hospital". As long as Sonny's in charge, he'll need bodyguards, and so far, Paul gets a semi-regular call to step up.
- Karen performed in the final show of 2009 of Will Ryan's Cactus County Round-Up, a country music live radio revue at . Karen's been singing original country music as Catastrophe Jones and hopes to return to the stage with Will in 2010!
- Paul just finished more video projects with Digital Mind Productions, including:
The CityWalk Summer 2009 Sizzle Reel
Universal Studios Hollywood Special Events Gallery
Live Events at The Grove
and a number of new demo reels and audition tapes, too!
- Paul is still doing it at two venues in Universal Studios Hollywood, the Blues Brothers R&B Revue and the Special Effects Stages show. Contact Paul for free or discounted tix! Recently Paul performed as Elwood for a standing-room-only shows when Sempra Energy bought the place out for the night! Also, read about Paul's encounter with the real Elwood, Dan Aykroyd at
- Karen recently lent her voice to the cast recording of selections from an original musical, "iGhost". She participated in the staged reading of the show earlier this year.
AUGUST, 2009
- "Sweetener" continues a streak of film festival appearances won Best Cinematography at the Faith Film Festival and also screened at the legendary Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA as part of the Feel Good Film Festival on August 8th to a full house!
- Karen is now part of the ensemble of "Baby, It's You" at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. She plays Florence Greenburg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered The Shirelles and founded Scepter Records. The show is full of great songs and plays through August. There's rumor of a re-mount. We'll keep you posted here.
- Paul shot a national commercial for Toyota. The commercial goes back in time to 1972 and Paul plays the first Packer fan to wear the "Cheesehead". Look for the spot during football season!
- Paul just launched , a new website devoted to movie review, articles, video, opinions and more. Karen is also a contributing writer. Please check it out, the link from the home page will take you directly there.
- A new episode of "Two Guys Drinking at a Bar" is up and running. It's episode EIGHTEEN of the series! Check out the whole series starring Paul and Kevin Farley .
- Paul appeared in his friend Jonathan Browning's new spec commercials "Going Green" and "Eco-Ninja". Check out everything Jonathan works on at , there's a still there from the shoot.
- Paul just wrapped more video projects with Digital Mind Productions, including:
Summer concert series at CityWalk, featuring Missing Persons, Naked Eyes, Klymaxx, Billy Vera, Thelma Houston, The Motels and more
Celebrity Band Saturdays at CityWalk, featuring Lukas Rossi, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Chase Masterson and more
Cirque du Soleil at The Grove
Transformers Takeover at CityWalk
The Spyder Ryder event
and a number of new demo reels, a wedding and a webisode shoot, too!
- Paul hosted the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" show Press Event at Universal Studios Hollywood, hosting the mock-up "arrival" of the Creature, and introducing the original "Creature" film star, Julie Adams!
- Paul performed as Elvis Presley in an AGVA show in Beverly Hills alongside Hollis Paysour and Rickie Howell. People are encouraging an Elvis one-man show. Hmmmm...
- Paul worked BIG Outdoor Movie Night at Universal CityWalk all summer, hosting screenings of "Kung Fu Panda", "Transformers", "Grease", "Mamma Mia!" and more