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IMTA Alum Brandon Routh in Crooked Arrows!

The trailer for IMTA alum Brandon Routh's new feature film Crooked Arrows is out!  Brandon plays the lead character Joe Logan.  According to wearemoviegeeks.com ,"The film centers on coach Joe Logan, who reluctantly leads a Native American high school team on their unlikely journey to the state lacrosse championship game against their prep school rivals.  Along the way, Joe and the team rediscover their connection to the spiritual tradition of the ancient sport of lacrosse.  Set in the diverse worlds of modern Native American culture and prep school lacrosse, Crooked Arrows offers moviegoers a new twist on a classic underdog sports story." Crooked Arrows received a standing ovation at a sneak preview recently.

Brandon Routh competed at IMTA during the New York, New York 1999 Convention. He was on the IMTA stage for Swimwear, Team Fashion, Runway and in acting competitions. IMTA insider scoop...he was known as BJ Routh then!

He had been scouted by Patrick Baca, who encouraged him to compete at IMTA. Brandon got lots of face time with the agents, managers and casting directors and ended up moving to Los Angeles. He signed with Mara Santino and Ryan Daly of Kazarian/Spencer & Associates. Routh was chosen for the role of Superman following an exhaustive search that spanned the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Thousands of candidates were interviewed before the final selection was made.

Prior to his worldwide starring role as THE MAN OF STEEL, Routh was best known for his soap work, including roles on One Life to Live and the MTV nighttime soap, Undressed. He's also had guest-starring roles on Cold Case, Will & Grace, and Gilmore Girls.  He's also starred in Chuck and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Crooked Arrows will be released May 18th!

Eva Longoria on the Cover of French Cosmopolitan!

IMTA Alum Eva Longoria is on the cover of French Cosmopolitan!  It is the May, 2012 edition and she looks gorgeous!

Check out how Eva looked when she competed at IMTA in 1998!:

Eva Longoria, competing at IMTA ©1998

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, “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 of LA Dragnet and made her big-screen film debut in Carlita’s Secret, and also 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 in its final season on ABC.

IMTA Alum Americus Abesamis for Supersoft Denim Fabric!

Americus Abesamis recently shared the video from behind the scenes of the Orta Stretch Denim Print Shoot!  Americus will also be guest-starring on Don't Trust the B...in Apt. 23 on "The Wedding" episode, scheduled to air May2!
Americus competed at IMTA in 1999 and 2000 and has been working ever since! He has had guest roles on The Sarah Silverman Show, In Case of Emergency, Monk, Bald, Strong Medicine, Lets Make a Deal, The Mentalist, Chuck, The Office and Richard III. He was in the movies 50 First Dates and Pirates of the Caribbean, in a national commercial for Subaru and in a promo for a video game called Civilization: Revolution.  Americus and fellow IMTA alum Dani Muira appeared in the iCarly: iGo to Japan television movie.

Stayed tuned for more on Americus!

IMTA Alum Moises Arias in Ender's Game!

Moises Arias, IMTA 2005

Moises Arias will play Bonzo in the new Summit feature film Ender's Game, based on the young adult books by Orson Scott Card.  Moises is filming now and the cast is training at SPACE CAMP in Huntsville, Alabama! Ender's Game will open November.

Moises competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in 2005 with his brother Mateo. Shortly after IMTA, Moises got his break with appearances on Everybody Hates Chris and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody before landing the role of Rico on the hit show Hannah Montana! He made his feature film debut in 2006 starring in Nacho Libre opposite Jack Black. He competed at the 2008 Disney Channel Games with fellow IMTA alumni, Alyson Stoner and Kunal Sharma. He also starred in the films Hannah Montana The Movie, The Perfect Game, Beethoven's Big Break and Dadnapped!

IMTA Alum Janis Peebles in Solar Flight!

Janis Peebles, IMTA 2011

Great news about IMTA Alum Janis Peebles!
She just booked and finished filming the part of Samantha, playing the daughter of Tia Carrere
in the SAG Feature Film Solar Flight also starring Dee Wallace as her grandmother.
Janis competed at IMTA in L.A. in 2011!

IMTA Alum Catherine Kresge in 90210!

Catherine Kresge recently appeared on 90210! She plays a doctor on the hit CW series in the episode "My Heart Will Go On"! Catherine competed at IMTA in 2003 where she won Actress of the Year!

Catherine is the face of Pond's and she has appeared on All My Children, Her television credits also include CSI: Miami, Moonlight, Eleventh Hour, That 70's Show, The O.C., and the starring role in the History Channel's Breaking Vegas.

The episode is currently streaming on Hulu and you can see Catherine sixteen minutes into the episode. Her scene is embedded below for easy viewing!

IMTA Alum Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jaye!

Check out IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jaye! She is getting raves for how gorgeous she looks! Adrianne stars in G. I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel to G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra!

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."

To see Adrianne in action, check out the official trailer below!

Catch Adrianne on the big screen for G.I.Joe Retaliation this summer!

Special thanks to Jup2 for the latest Adrianne Palicki news!

IMTA Alum Ryan Greco books THE HALLOWEEN PUPPY!

IMTA alum Ryan Greco, who competed at our last Convention L.A. 2012, just booked a supporting role in The Halloween Puppy! Ryan will play Chad in the SAG Feature directed by David DeCoteau! Shooting begins April 20, 2012 on location in Malibu!

Ryan is from Barbizon OC and he signed with Dino May Management and AEF, commercially and theatrically.

Congratulations Ryan! We can't wait to see you in this exciting project!

IMTA Search in Toledo, OH

SB Entertainment Group

Toledo, OH

SB Entertainment group is having a free audition on April 14th & 15th for IMTA New York 2012.

A representative from IMTA will be here helping us find talent to join our IMTA NYC team.

Call 419-474-4777 for details!

IMTA Search in Lancaster, PA!

Calling all models, actors, singers/songwriters, and dancers!

Main Line Models & Talent is holding an IMTA search this weekend!

Main Line is searching for participants for the International Modeling and Talent Association's NY 2012 show in July in New York City!

Friday April 13-15 at the Park City Center in Lancaster, PA

Please call for an appointment time (610) 565-5445

Matthew Florida and Tyler Champagne on The Client List!

IMTA alum Matthew Florida will be a Recurring Guest Star on Lifetime's new original series The Client List! The Client List stars Jennifer Love Hewitt as a single mom and masseuse.

Matthew competed at IMTA in 2005 after talent scout Nikki Pederson selected him to compete at IMTA (International Modeling and Talent Association Convention). During the IMTA, Florida was signed by Peter Kluge at Impact Artists. One month later, Matthew made the 23 hour road trip in his pick-up and landed in L.A. He has appeared in a variety of commercials,

television roles and in films.

Another IMTA alum, Tyler Champagne, (right, IMTA NY 2008) from Karon Shea is also part of the cast for The Client List. Tyler plays Travis.

Be sure to tune in to see Matthew and Tyler on this

exciting show!

IMTA Alum Seann William Scott in American Reunion!

Please enjoy this very special Press Release from IMTA:

Star revels in the joy of returning to his breakout role

IMTA Press Release

American Reunion opened nationwide Friday, April 6

“[My fiancé Lindsay] hadn’t seen American Pie, thank god. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t be engaged.” – Seann William Scott

IMTA alum Seann William Scott (LA 95) is okay with the fact that he will always be known as the sex- starved Steve Stifler in the American Pie film franchise for a couple of reasons: audiences love the character, and Scott loves playing Stifler. “I know when I decided to do American Pie Reunion, it was like, ‘Ok, let’s come to terms with the fact that I’m going to be forever known as this guy.’ You have to embrace it,” said Scott. “It's so much more fun now as well, because my sense of humor has changed ‒ I'm weirder and a little bit more bold. What a fantastic character, to see this guy in his 30s, doing things that other 30-year-olds really don't want to see, but maybe they want to do.”

In American Reunion, the fourth installment in the hugely successful American Pie series that launched his career, Scott plays an older but none-the-wiser Stifler. “Stifler's the person who hasn't changed, but the world around him has changed. He can’t deal with it; he's still living in the high school world. That is definitely fun to play,” Scott explained. “I don’t know why people like the character so much, at least in the first two films. Maybe it’s because he gets to say the things that we want to say, but if we do say them, we get into trouble.”

With all of the original American Pie cast members returning to their roles, American Reunion has lost none of the raunchy humor and appeal that made the first three films into huge hits. “The amazing thing was that at the table read when we all got together and read the script for the first time, I hadn’t seen a lot of people for 10 years, and I could tell that everybody was in such a good place,” said Scott. “All the characteristics that we loved in each other were all there, but more grown up. It made the experience even more fun because there was just more substance to the conversations we were having.”

Clearly Scott, who was also an Executive Producer on the film, had a great time making Reunion. “I like this movie so much, and I hope we have that situation where this movie is well-received and people dig it as much as we like it. And then, who knows? I’m at a point now, as much as there are all sorts of roles I want to do, having this much fun with these guys means more to me now, as an actor, and more than anything. I’d be happy to do this, as long as it lasts, because I have so much fun.”

– IMTA –

IMTA Alum Moises Arias in We The Party!

Please enjoy this very special Press Release from IMTA:

Young star moves on, grows up

We the Party opened nationwide Friday, April 6

Life has certainly not been slow for IMTA alum Moises Arias (LA05) since signing on as Rico in “Hannah Montana,” the character that made him a breakout Disney star. While appearing on television in guest- starring roles such that of Matt, Sue Heck’s boyfriend in the ABC hit “The Middle,” Arias has also stepped into feature films with roles in such films as Nacho Libre, The Perfect Game and Hannah Montana: The Movie. He has voiced characters in animated features such as Astro Boy and The Secret World of Arrietty. And as his Hollywood star continues to rise, Arias is set to take the next big step with a set of dissimilar roles in a group of new films that truly mark him as one young actor to watch.

First up is We the Party, a very timely and revealing comedy about contemporary youth culture playing on the latest trends in music, dance and fashion. Set in an ethnically diverse Los Angeles high school, the film focuses on five friends as they deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, Facebook, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves. We the Party comes to theatres April 6th and stars ‒ in addition to Arias ‒ Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Mario Van Peebles, Mandela Van Peebles, Simone Battle, Snoop Dogg and YG, among others.

Scheduled for an opening sometime in early summer is noobz, a comedy about a gamer clan made up of three luckless, aging gamers and an asthmatic adolescent (Arias) who embark on a road trip to Los Angeles to win the Gamecon “Gears of War” Championship. Jason Mewes, Blake Freeman and Matt Shively also star. The title noobz is used to describe newbies...or just really awful video gamers.

Arias is currently filming Ender’s Game in New Orleans, a big screen adaptation of the hugely popular 1985 book by Orson Scott Card, in which 70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion. The film, already being described as possibly the next Twilight or Hunger Games, also stars Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. Ender’s Game is set for release March 15, 2013.

Arias is also currently working on recording his scenes for the role of Antonio is Despicable Me 2, the sequel to the award-winning animated hit, Despicable Me. Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove and much of the original cast return to their roles, with Al Pacino tapped to play the yet-to-be-named villain. Despicable Me 2 is slated for a July 13, 2013 opening.

– IMTA –

IMTA Search in Westchester, NY!

Sandi Bass International is holding auditions for the International Model And Talent Convention (IMTA NY) in Westchester County, Saturday May 19th, 2012. at The Holiday Inn in Mt. Kisco 10549. Please arrive at 9am. Models, Actors, Singers, Dancers of all ages. Call 310-658-9546 or visit www.imta.com or email sandibass@gmail.com.

IMTA NY 2012 will be held July 15-19th in New York City. Join us for this educational week of seminars, talent showcases, one on one with agents and great fun. Put yourself in front of the top managers and agents from all over the world in the US, Europe and Asia.

It is Your Time to Shine!!

IMTA Search in Charleston, SC!

INDUSTRY DIRECT MODELS AND TALENT

SEEKING MODELS, ACTORS, SINGERS AND DANCERS FOR THE JULY IMTA IN NEW YORK CITY

SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2012 AT 10AM SHARP

Arthur W. Christopher Community Center

265 Fishburne Street

Charleston, SC

INDUSTRY DIRECT MODELS AND TALENT LLC

NINA NESBITT - DIRECTOR

CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS WELCOME!

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

843-312-7513 PHONE NUMBER AND WWW.NINANESBITTMODELCOACH.COM

IMTA Alum Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs!

IMTA alum Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs in an independent feature film about the early life of the legendary founder of Apple!

Ashton Kutcher competed at IMTA in 1997 and was awarded Most Sought After Male Model! Ashton immediately appeared on the runways for Men's Fashion Week and shortly after, booked the star-making role of Kelso on That 70's Show.

When Ashton was awarded his competition honors, he said in an interview with our video crew, "If you want to be a model, actor, singer or dancer, IMTA is the place to be! I'm on the top of my world right now!"

IMD Open Call!

IMD's next open call for models, actors, singers, dancers and songwriters for IMTA will be Wednesday April 11th at 5:00pm in Medford, Oregon! Call 541-858-8158 to receive more information and to sign up today!

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