Thursday, June 27, 2013

06/27 JANE SEYMOUR, JULIA DIMON, LARRY MANETTI

JANE SEYMOUR - “An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky”
                   
This summer, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing the new feature film “An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky” on Tuesday, July 2nd, featuring Saige Copeland, American Girl’s popular 2013 Girl of the Year! Available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, and Digital Download, the motion picture chronicles the talented young artist Saige, who has a passion for horses, as she sets out to save her school’s art and music programs and find her own voice. Starring Jane Seymour (as Saige’s grandmother who, as a well-known artist and horsewoman, inspires her granddaughter) and Sidney Fullmer (as Saige), the movie is heartwarming, empowering and fun and is for every girl who has ever dared to dream big!

International beauty icon and actress Jane Seymour, who was named an Officer of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2000 in honor of her humanitarian efforts and artistic career, has starred in numerous feature films, Broadway productions, television movies and miniseries, and television shows. A multiple Emmy-Award winner and Golden Globe winner, Jane made a huge splash into American cinema as the unforgettable Bond Girl Solitaire in the James Bond classic "Live and Let Die" opposite Roger Moore. In addition to her roles in such theatrical releases and television movies as “The Wedding Crashers”, “Love, Wedding, Marriage”, "Somewhere in Time," "East of Eden," "War and Remembrance," "Oh! Heavenly Dog," "Battlestar Gallactica," "Phantom of the Opera," "Lassiter," "The Four Feathers," "Quest for Camelot," “The Richest Man Alive”, “Sunstroke”, "The Only Way," "Young Winston," "Oh! What a Lovely War," "Keys to Freedom," “A Passion for Justice”, “Praying Mantis” “The Absolute Truth”, “Captains and Kings”, “Enslavement: The Fanny Kemble Story”, “Murder in the Mirror”, "The Private," “Blackout”, “Yesterday’s Children”, "The Woman He Loved," “A Marriage of Convenience”, “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger”,  "The New Swiss Family Robinson," “Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend”, “King David”, “Dr. Quinn: The Heart Within”, "Frankenstein: The True Story," and "The Best Pair of Legs in the Business," this beautiful and talented brunette is often most recognized for her title role as "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman."

The former official spokesperson for UNICEF and former International Ambassador for Childhelp USA, Jane founded the Open Hearts Foundation, a non-profit charity established to raise funds to enrich the lives of children in the areas of health, arts, sports, and education. Jane, who is a mother of six (her twin sons named after family friends Christopher Reeve and Johnny Cash), also supports the American Red Cross, City Hearts, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Childhelp, and Camp Soaring Eagle. In addition, Jane, who is married to James Keach, is also an accomplished home fashion designer, baby and children's clothing and accessories designer, painter (who has her own art gallery in Los Angles), and author of children's books.

For much more information on Jane Seymour, please log onto her official website www.janeseymour.com.

Sidney Fullmer is making her debut as the lead "Saige" in “An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky.” Having started by performing in local theater productions and musical performing groups in her home state of Texas, Sidney has also kept busy as a print model and has a passion for education, earning top honors. Sidney also founded "Kindness for Kids with Cancer" as a support organization to assist children facing the challenges of cancer. Sidney was born in San Francisco, California and currently resides in Texas with her parents, three younger brothers, and her dog Saige.


JULIA DIMON - "THE TRAVEL JUNKIE" 

Julia Dimon is a hard-core adventuress, a travel journalist, and TV travel personality who has traveled around the world to over 80 countries across all seven continents. She’s also the co-host of Word Travels, a 40-episode TV series about the real lives of travel writers, broadcast worldwide on National Geographic Adventure, Travel Channel UK, Halogen, Outside TV, City-TV and OLN, and host of the popular online 18-part travel series, Destination Getaway, for MSNBC. When not on the road, she’s in the studio, as part of a new ‘active lifestyle’ morning show called Outside Today, broadcast on Outside Television network. She also host a series of segments for Outside Television called “Urban Adventures,” where she experiences the extreme – from canyoneering down 100-foot water falls, to kayak fishing in Brooklyn, bouldering to learning the art of horsemanship at ‘cowboy boot camp.’Julia has been featured as a travel expert by ABC Nightline, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, NBC New York Non-Stop, NBC New York Nightly News, Forbes Traveler, MSNBC, Outside’s Go Magazine, Budget Travel, Arthur Frommer’s radio show.


LARRY MANETTI


 Larry Manetti started acting in his hometown of Chicago. After studying acting with the Ted List Theater Players, Larry drove to Los Angeles in 1972. Larry landed an agent and was sent to Universal Studios to audition for an opening as a contract player. Luck was on his side. Jack Webb was casting a new series for NBC called The Chase. Larry played a young detective.
After attending acting school at Sal Dano's at night and doing bit parts by day, he scored. Baa Baa Black Sheep was being produced and cast at Universal, and the now famous writer Stephen J. Cannell was the executive producer and the role was a natural for Larry. He was cast as a cocky, hot shot pilot named Bobby Boyle. The show was a big hit for NBC but was cancelled within two years.

Because the network was so impressed with Larry's on-screen presence, they cast him in a new series called The Duke. Bad luck! The Duke was cancelled in one year. Larry was back to playing whatever Universal told him to.

Hoping to catch lighting in a jar, along came Magnum, P.I. and the role of Rick. This was his elevator...the show became a mega-hit for 8 years. Since Magnum, P.I., Larry has done co-starring roles in 25 feature films and guest starred on many hot TV shows.
Larry is the author of a book titled Aloha Magnum.