Jill Wagner and Wipeout airing Superbowl Sunday!

Tune into ABC to watch IMTA alum Jill Wagner host a special episode of her hit show Wipeout on Super Bowl Sunday!! According to Live Feed:

"ABC plans to counterprogram NBC’s game-day entertainment telecasts with a sports-star-studded episode of the summer obstacle-course hit “Wipeout.”...The strategy will mark the first time in five years a major broadcast network has gone after a rival’s Super Bowl momentum with original entertainment programming. It’s broadcast’s biggest day, and this is a big mass-market show, and it’s fun to be able to participate and be a part of it,” said John Saade, senior vp alternative programming at ABC. “This will put ‘Wipeout’ back in the public’s consciousness between runs, and we plan to have a lot of fun with it.”

"The two-part ABC special — dubbed “Wipeout Superball Sunday” — pulls out all the stops to cater to NFL fans: Hall of Famer Michael Irvin will lend sideline commentary, the Navy’s Blue Angels will perform a flyover, the USC marching band will storm the course, contestants will run a gantlet with quarterbacks pelting them with footballs, NFL luminaries will stop by the commentary booth, and the show’s signature Big Balls obstacle has been converted into jumbo-sized footballs." This super exciting event will all be co- hosted by Jill!!

Jill competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in 2001 where she won Female Model of the Year! Many people know Jill as the Lincoln Mercury car girl as she has done many ad campaigns for the auto giant. She has a new Mercury commercial playing nation-wide! She played an operative on fellow IMTA alum Ashton Kutcher's hilarious show Punk'd and while on the show she punk'd Katie Holmes, yet another IMTA alum! Her television roles include Monk, Dr. Vegas, starring as Larrin in Stargate Atlantis, Blade: The Series, and she starred in the independent films Junebug and Shifted.

Catch a sneak peak of The Superbowl Episode of
Wipeout Here!

Christian and Connor Kramme!

IMTA alum Connor Kramme and his brother Christian have been very busy since competing at IMTA in 2007. They both booked a commercial for AARP and an episode of the upcoming VH1 show Confessions of a Teen Idol!

Connor has been in the films Alex's Halloween, Lullaby and Homework. He is working on new projects for Cartoon Network including a game show entitled Beat the Monkey! He will also be working on the feature film Mother and Child!

Christian can currently be seen on all the kid's channels in a national commercial for Fruit Gushers! He has booked voice over for Sea World. He also has done national commercials for Hasbro and Verizon Cell Phones!

Two IMTA alum's films now out on DVD!!

IMTA alum Regine Nehy's new dramatic feature film Lakeview Terrace is now out on DVD! This movie is about an interracial couple who moves into a new house in Los Angeles. Their next door neighbor is a single dad and a Los Angeles Policeman, played by Samuel L. Jackson. He starts stalking and harassing them. Regine plays Samuel L. Jackson's daughter, Celia Turner, in this suspenseful thriller.

Regine competed at IMTA in New York of 2000. She starred as Jacquie in the MTV film Super Sweet Sixteen: The Movie. She also starred in the the film Pride about a swim team overcoming numerous obstacles to become state championship . She has appeared in many projects such as: Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story, Grey's Anatomy, Lincoln Heights and Boot Camp.

IMTA alum Haley Bennett's movie College is also now out on DVD! This humorous coming of age film is about a high school student who after breaking up with his girlfriend has to be pushed to attend the freshman orientation weekend at Fairmont University where they both planned on going. Haley stars as Kendall along side Josh and Drake star Drake Bell.

Haley competed at the 2001 IMTA Convention where she received a lot of attention from the agents and managers who were there scouting for new talent. She starred in the thriller The Haunting of Molly Hartley with Chace Crawford. Haley co-starred in the hugely popular romantic comedy Marley and Me with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. She also starred in Music and Lyrics and in the feature film She Lived.

Sean Harju at Milan Fashion Week and More...

IMTA alum Sean Harju was one of the models featured in the show that has the Milan fashion scene buzzing! The gorgeous presentation of Canadian designer DSquared2 was an entertaining and refreshing highlight during Menswear Fall/Winter 2009 Milan Fashion Week. You can watch the exciting fashion show set to a variety of songs including 'The Show Must Go On', 'Tomorrow', 'Big Spender' and 'Womanizer' for yourself, above in two parts!

Here are some more amazing shots of Sean Harju from Milan Fashion Week and his latest fashion campaigns and editorials!!

Sean was also recently photographed by Arnaldo Anaya Lucca
for the cover of OhLaLaMag.

Sean competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in 2006 where he won first runner up for Male Model of the Year and signed with the legendary Major Model Management team. He has been featured in the magazine Arena, Europe's premier modeling magazine, GQ where he was featured solo in a six page photo layout, in an editorial spread in Details, on the cover of the Japanese Magazine called HUGE, on the homepage for Eluxury and in a Diesel campaign ad.

Sean is a favorite runway model and appeared in an astounding number of shows during the past season! He was in a Spring/Summer ad campaign for Dolce And Gabbana with fellow IMTA grad and supermodel Tyson Ballou and has modeled for Y-3 and Calvin Klein, Dior, Diesel, Lucien Palley Finet and many more.

Bob Weaver wins regional Emmy Award!!

Photographer Bob Weaver was awarded a regional Emmy award on Dec. 6 in Orlando, Florida. Awarded by the Suncoast regional chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the prize honored Bob's photography and editing, in the category of Nostalgia Program, for "Celebrating 50 Years: The Story Behind the Spirit". The one-hour program chronicled the 50th anniversary of WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans.

Bob is one of several cameramen capturing images with IMTA's video crew throughout the week, helping to bring the IMTA Video Yearbook to life.

Congratulations Bob! From all of us at IMTA!

Micheal Fulfree Milan Fashion Week Model!

Michael Fulfree
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN MENSWEAR COLLECTION
Milan, Italy

Check out these amazing shots of IMTA alum model Michael Fulfree! Michael is currently in Milan with Major Models for Men's Fashion week. The shots are from the famed British designer Alexander McQueen's Autumn/Winter 2009/2010 Menswear Collection unveiled in Milan, Italy this week. Michael will also be in the February Italian Vogue!

Michael competed at IMTA in 2008. He won Male Model of the Year and signed with Next Model Management. He shot a campaign for Frank Murillo and landed a Ralph Lauren Polo campaign.

Mr. Kutcher Goes To Washington!

IMTA alum Ashton Kutcher was one of the celebrity friends invited to celebrate the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C.. Ashton and his beautiful wife, Demi Moore were guests at the most exclusive festivities including 'The Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural' Ball and The 'Be The Change' Inaugural Youth Ball.

In honor of Barack Obama’s Inauguration, Kutcher and Moore have set out to get pledges of service from the American people, including their celebrity friends. In a video, directed by Demi Moore and produced by MySpace and Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Media, Ashton and many top celebrities appear making their promise to help improve our nation.

More than 50 A-list stars such as Jason Bateman, Dakota Fanning, Nicole Richie, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Kevin Connolly, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, and Molly Sims pledge their service to Barack Obama and encourage others to do the same by going to USAService.Org and finding a cause.

"We are honored to be working with MySpace to rally the entertainment industry to answer President-elect Barack Obama's call to service," Kutcher said in a statement. "The 'Presidential Pledge' is a platform for people across the nation and throughout the world to make a first-person commitment of service to our new president, articulating a specific intent or action to become an agent of positive change."

MySpace Celebrity and Katalyst present The Presidential Pledge


In the video featured above, see appearances from the following IMTA alumni and friends:
Ashton Kutcher, IMTA 1997 @ 1:11, 3:04, 3:49, 3:54
Eva Longoria, IMTA 1998 @ :44, 1:43, 2:11
Faith Ford, IMTA friend @ :46, 2:54

Ashton Kutcher is an alumnus of the New York, New York 1997 IMTA. Eva Longoria competed at IMTA, Los Angeles in 1998. Faith Ford has been a special guest speaker and Award's presenter at IMTA since the 1990's. As Faith Ford eloquently states in the video,"Just because they come from a small place, doesn't mean that they can't dream big." Each of us at IMTA certainly believes big dreams can come true!

Please visit Presidential Pledge for more information on Ashton's inspiring message.

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Katie Holmes is the New Face for Miu Miu!!

Check out these gorgeous shots of IMTA alum Katie Holmes in her new ad campaign for Miu Miu, the fashion clothing line by Prada! Katie is Miu Miu's new face for their Spring/Summer 2009 campaign. The striking shots were photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Holmes portrays “a luminous icon radiating a sense of mystery and theatricality.”

Katie competed at IMTA twice, in 1993 and 1995 . She returned a couple of years later to present awards at IMTA and debuted the first fifteen minutes of the pilot episode of Dawson's Creek. The entire ballroom was riveted by this ground-breaking stylish teen drama and Katie received thunderous applause! On that special night, she gave us a very nice interview saying:

"Let's just say a girl from Toledo, Ohio wouldn't end up cast in a Hollywood movie if it weren't for IMTA!"

Katie has starred in many feature films including Mad Money, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Pieces of April, Batman Begins and Thank You for Smoking. Katie was recently on the cover of T, The New York Times Style Magazine! She also recently wrapped a very successful and critically acclaimed run of the Broadway play All My Sons by Arthur Miller.

Look for Katie in these smoking hot new Miu Miu ads!

Raini Rodriguez in Paul Blart Mall Cop!!!

Get to theaters today to see IMTA alum Raini Rodriguez starring in the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop. In this hilarious new film, Raini portrays Maya, daughter of Paul Blart played by The King of Queens star Kevin James. The movie is about a mall security guard who no one takes seriously. When he rescues his daughter Maya and a mall worker from a group of organized crooks, he finally gets the respect he deserves. According to the Hollywood Reporter, filming took place in Boston with the director Steve Pink with a script by Kevin James and Nick Bakay.

Raini competed at IMTA in 2005 and won first place in Monologue and Commercial Print Competitions and placed in the top ten for Top Actress of the Year!! She has appeared in the short film Parker, and television shows such as The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Family of the Year, Huff, Black Shadows, The No Sit List and lent her voice to the animated Disney children's show Handy Manny.

Be sure to get to theaters this weekend to see Raini in Paul Blart Mall Cop!!

Friday Night Lights returns tonight with THREE IMTA alumni!!!!

Don't miss NBC's primetime premiere of Friday Night Lights, the critically-acclaimed series about high school football in a small Texas town. Season 3 begins tonight by fast-forwarding to the start of a new school year! An AMAZING three IMTA alumni will appear on FNL during this season!

Zach Roerig

Zach Roerig joins the cast as Cash, a local rodeo star who does his best to lasso fellow IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki's Tyra Collette! Zach competed at IMTA Convention in Los Angeles in 2003 where his charm, great looks and acting talent impressed the agents and managers attending. Zach signed with the late Thomas Harding Jones and FORD MODELS and was cast on One Life to Live. He is best known for his portrayal of Casey Hughes on the daytime drama As The World Turns from 2005-2007.

Jeremy Sumpter

Friday Night Lights has also cast IMTA alum Jeremy Sumpter in a pivotal role! Jeremy plays lead character J.D. McCoy, a hotshot freshman quarterback who moves to Dillon with his family to try to take the starting QB job. Jeremy has starred in a several feature films including Frailty, Local Boys and The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang. After an exhaustive world-wide search, Jeremy was chosen to star as Peter in P.J. Hogan's $100 million dollar version of Peter Pan. Jeremy competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in January of 2000 where he met his manager Mark Robert of MARK ROBERT MANAGEMENT.

Adrianne Palicki

And of course, IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki resumes her role, starring as Tyra Collette. Adrianne has been on Friday Night Lights since season one. Please see the post below for THAT IMTA BLOG's exclusive feature on Adrianne to read more about this talented gorgeous actress who competed at IMTA in 2001.

Be sure to watch Adrianne, Zach and Jeremy on
Friday Night Lights on NBC!

Adrianne Palicki on Friday Night Lights Season 3 Premiere!

Be sure to watch IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki on NBC tommorow for the third-season premiere of Friday Night Lights! Adrianne plays Tyra Collette-the popular "bad girl", a central and riveting character. Variety named Adrianne as one of the actresses who should be considered for an Emmy nomination in a feature from Variety's Award Central:

More than one option

• (Film) Friday Night Lights
• (Tv) Friday Night Lights

"In an ensemble overflowing with acting chops, Palicki emerged with distinction by conveying Tyra Collette's multidimensional personas. She rose to the challenge of humanizing a sensational plotline...and has all kinds of onscreen potential."

Adrianne competed at IMTA in New York City in 2001 and in an interview with the IMTA Video Crew, she said,"It was amazing. I love IMTA. I'm so sad it's over." Check out these amazing photos of Adrianne when she was competing at IMTA:

Adrianne Palicki Runway Competition IMTA 2001


Adrianne Palicki Jeans Competition IMTA 2001

Catch the exciting premiere Friday night on NBC! For daily news about Adrianne, please visit the definitive Adrianne Palicki MySpace page who kindly provided the interview footage below!

Also, be sure to check That IMTA Blog tomorrow for the inside scoop on 2 other IMTA alumni who appear on the show this season!

Adrianne Palicki @ Jup2.com FNL S3 Interview w/ Adrianne Palicki

Eva Longoria is Red Hot on the Red Carpet!

IMTA alum Eva Longoria stopped traffic on the red carpet in her gorgeous Reem Acra gown! She was one of the celebrity presenters at Sunday's 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Eva is earning widespread praise for her glam "elegant but hot" vibrant red dress and is being named as one of the best-dressed of the night!

Eva has a tradition of looking amazing in red! Check out this IMTA exclusive photo of Eva competing at IMTA!


Eva competed at IMTA in 1998 and had 38 agencies and managers interested in representing her! She signed with a manager she had met at the convention. Eva told Pageantry Magazine that, “The first day they signed me I had four auditions...It was pretty fast.”

She quickly moved to Los Angeles and landed guest-starring roles on Beverly Hills 90210, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless. In 2003, she took a role as a detective in a TV remake LA Dragnet and made her big-screen film debut in Carlita’s Secret, and starred in the films Harsh Times, and The Sentinel. Eva's breakthrough role is as the beautiful Gabrielle Solis on the award-winning Desperate Housewives on ABC.

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IMTA Los Angeles, 2009!!!!

Congratulations to all the fabulous IMTA Contestants who were seen by hundreds of agents, managers and casting directors at IMTA in Los Angeles last week!! What an amazing group of beautiful and talented models and actors! The rave reviews keep rolling in as many new careers were launched! Keep checking That IMTA Blog to find out the latest about what the IMTA alumni do in 2009!

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Happy New Year's!!!

Happy New Year from IMTA! 2009 will be another exciting year filled with impressive accomplishments from all of the illustrious models, actors, singers and dancers who showcased their talents first at IMTA! Keep checking That IMTA Blog to find out the latest about what the IMTA alumni do in 2009!

That IMTA Blog will be on hiatus until mid-January...it's time for the next amazing IMTA Convention! We will be in Los Angeles with all the new models and actors who are competing, learning and meeting managers, agents, and casting directors. Hundreds of agents, managers and VIP's have RSVP'd and are ready to judge, scout and discover the next wave of IMTA models and talent who will be on the hottest new shows, the silver screen, the covers and pages of magazines! So we'll see you back here on January 12th!