OK, I finally got around to updating my site - thanks in part to the Swine Flu. My November update is online. WooHOO!

Wow! I have to get busy updating my site!

Since my last post, I have done the title character in an ABC pilot, played Adolf Hitler for a History Channel docudrama, delivered a baby for the Health Network, created a new character for a popular video game franchise, gotten a small voiceover role in a feature animation with an all-star cast, booked a role in a soon-to-be Lovecraftian cult classic... I know I'm forgetting some stuff.... OK, more's a comin'!

Could it be that we're over-saturated with blogs?

Just noticed I have failed to add anything to my blog since February of 2008.... and no one seems to have noticed?! INCLUDING ME!!!

When it rains....

Booked a commercial for a Russian telecommunications company and then had a very good callback for HP, and the casting folks said, "Now, we're shooting on Friday, will that work for you?" and of course the Russian commercial shoots Wednesday thru Friday! Hopefully with a little luck and my agent's influence, we'll be able to get me in and out by Thursday and free up Friday should I book the HP gig. I'm just sayin'....

Hubbub about Tom Cruise and Scientology

Wow! It's no wonder stories like these are newsworthy. So many people have to defend their beliefs because they desperately want to "be right!" Sadly, most have the idea that "I must be right and therefor you are WRONG." There are commonalities in most religions and wouldn't it be amazing if people could just look into their heart and do good for their fellow man regardless of race, gender, creed or any other man-imposed label? Scientology is not a path I choose to follow but I have explored many of the World's religions and have always kept an open mind. There can be a lot of good to be mined from religious thought... for that matter, there can also be a lot of good derived from atheistic thought as well. We're all just trying to find our way in the World, 'cause we don't know what comes after... if anything. Can't we all just live and let live and listen to others (or not) with a compassionate heart? IMAGINE! (I miss John Lennon ;-)

Peace.

As Time Goes By.... My Rye Mistake

I was a fool! I was visiting the Rose Bowl Swap Meet this month and stumbled upon a booth where this man was unloading his grandfather's bar. The grandfather apparently didn't drink, but kept the bar for guests and perhaps appearances?! One of the items for sale was an unopened bottle of Old Overholt from 1957! The kid wanted $20 bucks for it and I was out of cash. Rather than RUN to the cash machine... I went looking for this Fedora seller I've seen before.... Of course by the time I got back to this kid, he had sold a number of bottles including the Old Overholt! (Sob!) It may be one of the grandest "Fish that got away" stories I will henceforth be lamenting.

Oh, I just realized that I didn't blog about the success of our medieval marriage ceremony!

It went off better than we hoped by all accounts! Of course I could nit-pick, 'cause I can be a bit obsessive-compulsive at times.... who knew I had "control issues?!" But I will try to upload the first batch of photos to the official site this week or next (The best-laid plans of mice and men) - http://wedding.lancejholt.com/

Man, this is frustrating....

I'm checking over the links I've set to my on-camera reels from the IMDB (Internet Movie DataBase) and to my horror, I find that my reels are choppy and not running smoothly! Don't know if my compression is fouled up or how long these have been like this... The lesson of course is to monitor your business tools closely! Aargh! If you have trouble viewing them (and you wish to, of course) Please contact me directly and I will see that you either get a link to a functioning demo reel or I can upload a compressed version for you.

Two days before we make the trek and step back in time...

August 3rd we pick up the van, pack it and drive up north to the Great Northwest.... oh, after I stop by Warner Bros. to audition for the role of "John Lennon" in the upcoming "Watchmen" film. Now my brother, Keith sent me the lead to audition weeks ago, but my manager could drum up no interest, so I proceeded to grow my "medieval beard" for the wedding. Now with two days to go and a great looking Van Dyke (if I do say so myself), I get called in for the Lennon role!

The last time I was called in to audition for "John Lennon" was for the film, "Chapter 27" and I was in the middle of shooting the role of Henry Morgan in "True Caribbean Pirates." My manager INSISTED that I shave my Van Dyke during our week off from filming.... needless to say, I didn't get the role and man, were the producers pissed at me! (Of course I DID check it out with my makeup artist before shaving the beard, but... you get the idea). As much as I would like to get this role, I simply can't shave for this audition. I mean, my wedding is a pretty big production too. Ellen loves my Van Dyke and yes, it does make me look more period-correct. I will be going to the audition with lots of "Lennon-like" photos under my arm. Just hope someone there has the imagination to see through the facial hair. Murphy's Law rules my household.

Interesting note: Mark Chapman is the actor who eventually booked the "Chapter 27" gig, which is fitting since he lost out on a television docudrama in the late 80's because his name was too similar to the murderer of John Lennon. I was at one of the first auditions for "Northern Exposure" and the casting director said, "Where were YOU when I was casting THAT show?!" So it just seems weird that our paths are crossing in odd ways.