Former Frankfort resident Christine Mild has been pursuing her acting dreams. She's back in town to perform in a production of 'Sister Robert Anne's Cabaret Class' as part of the Lincoln-Way Senior Series.
Homecoming for Lincoln-Way North High School was a couple weeks ago. For Christine Mild, homecoming will be Wednesday when she returns to Frankfort to perform the one-woman show Sister Robert Anne's Cabaret Class as part of the Lincoln-Way Senior Series. "I'm excited," the 1999 Lincoln-Way High School grad said. "It's just so crazy that life leads you back to places. I think it's really cool, and it's going to be a really nice coming-home experience. "It has been a while. I'm excited to see Frankfort and see if everything is still there that I remember," she added. Of course, the most noticeable Frankfort addition will be the venue where Mild will be performing her sold-out, one-woman show. LW-North didn't exist the last time she was in …
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L-W North senior Brian O'Donnell stars in director Steven Soderbergh's new movie "Contagion" next month. Find out how he went from print ad modeling to sharing the screen with Matt Damon.
It's an old Hollywood saying that filmmaking is all about hurrying up and waiting. Actors are rushed to set, rushed to wardrobe, rushed to makeup, only to have activity come to a halt as they bide their time for a few hours, waiting to perform. It's the waiting that Brian O'Donnell disliked the most when it came to his first movie gig, a role in director Steven Soderbergh's Contagion. "The waiting was unbearable," the Lincoln-Way North High School senior said of the shoot. "I'd go there one day. Do school (on set). Wait. Have lunch. And they'd say, 'We're going to do the scene tomorrow.' That was probably the biggest downside to it." But as much as he might despise it, waiting has paid off for O'Donnell and his showbiz career, a career …
Denise Du Vernay
12:07 am on Sunday, August 21, 2011
Now I'll have to see the movie! Brian sounds like a great person and I wish him all the best. more ›