October 2010
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The Art of Power Red Carpet Premiere in Ann Arbor,...
What: The Art of Power Red Carpet Premiere! When: Nov. 20th, 8:00pm (VIP reception begins at 6:30pm) at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, MI. How: Get yourself some tickets! Purchase regular tickets at http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3266945 Purchase VIP tickets at http://artofpowervip.weebly.com VIP tickets include entrance to the VIP...
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Disgraced Politician Named CNN Anchor
Think failed politicians can’t get far? Spitzer proves they can make a comeback — in a big way. Starting on Oct. 4, Eliot Spitzer will host a CNN show with Kathleen Parker called Parker Spitzer.
Read more about the show.
To catch a glimpse of The Art of Power’s disgraced senator, head to the website.
August 2010
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Learn Your Way Around Wesley's City
The Art of Power follows characters all over the city of Washington, D.C.
Learn your way around the city with this D.C. neighborhood guide. Then, head over to the AOP website to follow Wesley’s steps across the city.
America's Most Corrupt Politicians
In The Art of Power, Senator Charles Kaile is portrayed as corrupt, both politically and morally. But do you know who the most corrupt real-life members of Congress are?
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) put together a list.
See if any of them represent YOU!
July 2010
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The Fight Over Food Deserts: Corporate America... →
Seventeen percent of American jobs are in the food system, and those jobs are among the lowest paid in the country. If food industry leaders are serious about improving food access, they need to start by tackling food insecurity where it starts — with sub-poverty wages. No amount of fresh produce will cure America’s food and health gap unless it comes with a commitment to fight its...
WatchOne of the many challenges that The Art of Power’s Wesley faces is the lack of fresh produce available in his urban neighborhood. Like millions of Americans, Wesley lives in a food desert: a vast, densely populated community with few stores selling fresh fruits and vegetables.
Watch the above video from TIME about one Chicago grocer that’s trying to turn a food desert into a food...
A High-Class Escort Who Used Her Earnings to Get a... →
Belle de Jour was leading a double life as Dr. Brooke Magnanti, who recently outed herself last year.
Was Belle real? Was she, in fact, a man with an exceptionally feverish imagination? After all, her sensational diary, which started life in 2003 as an award-winning blog and inspired a glossy TV drama starring Billie Piper, was considered by some to be almost too good to be true.
Well, now the...
Paying for College with Prostitution?
One of the major themes in The Art of Power movie deals with a young woman’s struggle to pay for college. It’s a concept familiar to many of us who have had to pay our own ways through school. With college costs increasing by the year, some students are understandably getting desperate. Some women are even turning to prostitution, just like our female lead in The Art of Power.
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More Facts About Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" in...
Screenwriter Adrian Walker was inspired to add pieces of the book to the script after he saw a copy in a bookstore one day while he was writing the screenplay. He says, “I thought it might be an interesting angle on the script, and started to slowly add the pieces of what are now in the film.”
Many business schools use the book as teaching guides these days, and he realized how the...
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The Art of Power and The Art of War
You may have realized that one important aspect of our film is The Art of War, but you may not know much about this ancient text.
The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC during the Spring and Autumn period. Compose of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it is said to be the definitive work on military strategies...
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June 2010
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“This industry is a collaborative effort. Anything you do, you can’t do by yourself,” says Michigan actor Scott Norman, who stars in “The Art of Power,” one of the features screening at the festival. He says he is looking forward to networking at the event.
“These festivals give us a chance to make our work public, to invite casting directors and people in...
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Don't forget to check out The Art of Power in the... →
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“The more the industry thrives, the better for all of us. There are so many...”
– Adrian Walker, Producer
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In this great article about Oscar and Grammy winner A.R. Rahman, Rahman talks about his achievements and says, “apart from winning the Grammy and the Oscar, the real success lies in the success of my music school. The school brings together all the experiments one can find and create in the field of music including audio engineering.”
In fact, the music directors of The Art of...
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July 2009
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Back in Michigan!
Today is the third day of filming in Michigan. On Sunday, the crew was in Superior for a shoot in an upscale subdivision. On Monday, filming began at Regal Towers (where Wesley and Kai live). They’ll be filming there all week, on some days with just Wesley and Kai, on other days with Alexis and Sienna.
The dailies are looking beautiful and the crew is pushing through the long days. Luckily,...
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Metro Mishap
As the crew was setting up for a scene in one of the metro stations, Scott (who plays Wesley) and the director, Nathanael, were having fun jumping on and off Metro trains as they pulled in the station.
Scott wanted to jump on one last time, but didn’t QUITE make it out before the doors closed and ended up accidentally going to the next station! Luckily, he made it back in time to shoot the...
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Trouble in the Park
During the many hours of shooting in Meridian Hill Park in Columbia Heights this past weekend, the crew came to expect constant questions from people — including cops — about what they are doing and if they are permitted to be shooting. Luckily, they can always flash their permit so diligently obtained by producer David Hande.
One cop, after verifying the permit, decided to hang out...
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AOP Takes D.C. by Storm
Today was the first full day of filming in D.C. Locations have included the Francis Case and George Mason bridge, various Metro stops, and Meridian Hill Park. We’re getting some great shots and the actors are on point.
The AOP crew already got mistaken for the Real World crew, who has also been filming at various Metro stations. Maybe someone made will make it onto MTV for the next season?
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