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Well today is the big day of travel! I love Melbourne, a very young vibrant city with cool coffee shops, art galleries and an impressive amount of non-chain stores still up and running. I look forward to walking along the streets and perhaps glimpsing the Yarra river..It will be nice to finally meet a bunch of people I have been working with but never met and of course to see the Aussie and NZ

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Well another weekend another convention...this time we flew directly to Charlotte North Carolina and discovered immediately the meaning of "Southern Hospitality". Everyone is nice, from the waitresses to the desk clerks at the Hilton. The con was mostly a gaming convention, in fact the only media guest they had ever had was the storm trooper who said "These are the wrong Droids" in Star Wars so I

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Well once again I am struck by how kind, thoughtful and loyal sci fi fans are...the convention (which I replaced Peter Jurasic in the last minute) was very well run with a great selection of talented model maker's wares on display. I was truly impressed with the talent and dedication these men and women have for the craft of model making...I have posted one of the photos I took of a couple of

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The trip was a success and now being home feels great. I didn't miss much being gone nearly 3 weeks which leads me to believe that I can do more of this traveling! Traveling is important on so many levels, it takes you out of your safety zone and exposes you to new people and ways of life.I am always struck with the wonderful attitude of different cultures when it comes to living and work and the

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Fiumicino is a hellish airport, teeming with foreigners and luggage, complaining children and the general din of humanity. I waited a solid anxious hour for my one suitcase and was enormously relieved when it arrived. The drug sniffing dogs took no interest in me, unlike back in 1989 when I arrived wearing a pot loving friend’s coat and was felt up for a couple of hours by over zealous custom’s

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I'm very much looking forward to my trip to Italy on Sunday and I think it has more to do with feeling stagnant than anything else. I am slightly in limbo this time of year, the disappointment of not having any auditions all pilot season and the realization that I cannot force things to happen makes me want to get the hell out of Hollywood and see the "real" world. So, Sunday I embark on a 3 week

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Congratulations are in order to John Kamal Iskander, it seems "Jesus comes to town" won it's first award! The Houston Internaitonal film festival (Worldfest Houston)has awarded the short film a REMI. We're hoping to get the film into Dragon Con this year (so that I can selfishly shmooze all of the great writers I met at the Superstar Writing Seminar I just completed and hang out with fans!) I

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Well the 3 day seminar is finished and it was really great. A lot of information and most important for me; inspiration!In lieu of this new challenge to write everyday I have decided to post some new writing I have recently completed so.... here is the link to a recent short story I wrote called Dream Boy: http://caroline10.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/dream-boy-short-story/Comments are always

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I experienced my first day of the Super Star's Writing seminar in Pasadena today and boy was it fun! The writers (The dynamic couple Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta (in the photo with me) , Wunderboy Brandon Sanderson, well respected mentor David Farland and the prolific Eric Flint) all joined forces to teach a lot of common sense and some dirty secrets as well. I found that the 7 hours of

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I started reading to my classes this morning. I have a first grade class and a fourth grade as well. I had anticipated the 1st graders being rowdy and energetic but they were shy and a little lethargic (maybe the daylight savings got to them!). I read two picture books to them; A Bad case of Stripes and Roar of a snore, the latter one elicited a nice response when I asked them who in their

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My friend Caroline told me to write about my new view so here goes: I can see from downtown LA to the Pacific ocean and it's a wonderful thing. In the morning the mist rises from the city to unveil a lovely ever changing vista. Sometimes the smog creates beautiful sunsets with shades of magenta and persimmon (beauty from the beast).It's a bit like having a living painting really, the changes are

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I went out tonight. Yes, I actually left the house and went to David's studio where he was having a party for photographers who were attending the big photo show this weekend in Orange County (Photo marketing association).It is rare for me to go out. I was once told by a therapist that I was anti social despite the fact that I love people and am generally known as very outgoing, friendly and

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People always say around this time of a new year "My Gosh this year is flying.." and indeed it seems like some are still writing 2009 on their checks and it's nearly March. And of course you have the over 35'ers always saying "time really passes quickly after 30..."So I have been thinking of reasons why this could be. One reason I think is that technology takes up so much of our time now. I can

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I'm back in school and loving it. I have a short story class every Thursday night and just signed up for the super duper writer's 3 day crash course with Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Eric Flint, David Farland and Brandon Sanderson which should be a very good time. I wanted to learn how to sculpt but then I had to remind myself that the last time I tried an "artsy" thing I invested a ton of

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..and I have no excuse other than day to day life has kept me from writing. I have been house hunting so that has taken up a lot of time and energy but I did find a place to live recently. I have also been in the hell which is Face Book, trying to migrate everyone to a fan page so that I can engage directly with people.What is it about moving that creates such drama in a human being? Did early

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I hope everyone has a beautiful Christmas today. It's a time to look at your life and see if it's headed where you want it to go. I know I spent some serious time in front of the Christmas tree-altar last night, thinking about the New Year and making specific requests!Be happy and be healthy!Love, Claudia

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...however I have not seen much of him lately. Mostly just a bunch of "House Hunters International" , the only TV show I watch (even though I can't stand the way the lady who does the voice over say's "dollars", I have no idea why it makes me crazy) while I lie on the couch and feel sorry for myself with a box of Kleenex and a pot of ginger tea.The flu is reaching it's bitter end which is good

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To all of you sci fi fans in the UK; Star Hyke is available at all HMV stores and the show's creator (Andrew Dymond) would be really chuffed if you would snap a photo of yourself outside of the HMV where you purchased the DVD set...he will then post all the pics on the Star Hyke site to see what towns people were in etc.In other news I am on Tamiflu for this marvelous kick ass bug which has been

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This just in from my producer Jonathan Brown:If you post to your blog in the next few days, tell everyone to get over to the Starhyke website www.starhyke.com where they can win a framed prop from Starhyke or a copy of the DVD. I’m happy to ship the prize internationally, so anyone can enter. Also, they can follow us on twitter (http://twitter.com/starhyke)so once again....thank you for being

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I think that David does a really good job of showing us wanna bees-photographers a bit about how to light something simply and elegantly.

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I found a great quote today from Ruth Gordon (1896-1985)"I wanted to be an actress in 1912; I want to be an actress today. That walk from the darkness backstage through the door or opening in the scenery where I make an entrance into the bright lights with that dim mass out beyond, which bursts into applause, then the first terrifying sound that comes out of my throat, which they describe as a

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here's the link to the new Star Hyke promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJHCy4xg8k4I know what you're thinking; why does she keep making us watch new promos and links and scenes from a series I've never even heard of??Well, it's because of this: I cannot think of two more deserving men then Jonathan Brown and Andrew Diamond to finally catch a break. So if I have to get out there in a chicken

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I saw the film "Precious" last night and it was as dark as I expected it to be but without the "hopeful" ending I had read about in reviews....I saw nothing hopeful about that kid's situation in the end. A lot of people went on about how great Maria Carey was in the film because she is sporting a mustache and ugly clothes, I thought she was a bit over the top with the accent, etc. but then again

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I did this fun series which was rife with challenges and so forth but low and behold it is now on DVD in the UK and here's a photo of the cast (minus me) signing at Forbidden Planet in London...Gosh I wish I could have been there. I have great memories of doing the series. I would drive (on the wrong side of the road mind you) to the set (in Bristol) and the snow would pour down and there were

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Well I do hope that you all had a lovely Holiday (those of you Yanks in any event) I myself am happy to report a surplus of turkey, sweets and carbs for the next year at least!I shared some lovely moments with family and cooked up a storm with David. (photos attached)I have to do a quickie plug for the event I am attending this weekend because Lightspeed folks are good ones. http://

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It's slowing down and nearing the end of season 1, watched Babylon Squared and saw all sorts of little things I never would have noticed ie: the beginning of the relationship which was supposed to be between Delenn and Sinclair but then had to be between Delenn and Sheridan instead...the whole "The One" sub plot which also went a little awry due to re casting me thinks.....I liked the episode (

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Here is the new trailer for Star Hyke and it is also the place where you can buy the boxed set : http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/11559081/Starhyke-Complete-Series-1-Box-Set/Product.htmlThat's a UK site and you can also purchase it from Amazon!If they sell enough DVD's then they will do a second season...I selfishly hope they do because the first season was so much fun to do!

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We saw the film "This is it" last night and what a reminder of what a colossal waste MJ's death was. He came across as a professional who spoke succinctly and knew exactly what he wanted but delivered the requests with kindness and loveIt was extremely difficult for me to see any signs of drug use, he appeared clear and concise...hard to believe that he was using propofol to sleep (if indeed

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The trailer is up on IMDB here's the link:I think Kamal John Iskander did a dynamite job on it.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520958/enjoy!x claudia

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Well I have only good things to say about these episodes! O'Hare was even good! In Legacies we had a great guest lead, the Minbari warrior fellow (who's British accent led David to ask in all seriousness "are ALL aliens Brits"? I responded with "depends if you're a conspiracy theorist or not..") He was great and his scene with Sinclair at the end where they sort of make up was superb. It was

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Here's a fun little look at the behind the scenes of the LOOK shoot. The fellow who shot the video was a featured player that night and he did an interview with writer-director Adam Rifkin.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/10/exclusive-adam-rifkins-new-rrated-showtime-series-look-premieres-in-early-2010-.html

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Okay I admit it..I ate about 4 thousand Reece's peanut butter cups and I have the post Halloweenie gut to prove it, yuck! We had a lovely party and David took some great shots of people as they arrived, I have posted a few so you can laugh at us...David and I are from a made up-sword worshipping-middle eastern clan...can you tell? :)I suppose it's time to start gearing up for Thanksgiving now. I

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David Hobby is HUGE in the world o' photographers and he has given our new DVD, "LIGHT" a big thumbs up...yay!Here's the link to the review:http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/10/brain-food-three-new-offerings.html

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We shot Meteor Apocalypse in the Angeles National Forest which suffered a brutal fire in August of this year. The terrain reflected the devastation with ash and charred trees, purposefully chosen for their "end of the world-doomsday" look. The lovely Madison Mclaughlin played my daughter and the easy to work with Joe Lando played my husband. We withstood wind and dust in our eyes and tried to

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Okay so I am back in the saddle again after a brief hiatus from the show. I appreciate everyone's support and comments through this endeavor of mine...they always refer to B5 as the "little show who could" a reference to the "little engine" children's book and I can certainly see that it was not an exaggeration. People from all over the world are still watching it! Amazing...Alright so I watched

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I booked a couple of jobs on Friday so I thought I would go do something fun this weekend. The jobs are very low budget films, one comedy called "Sex Tax" where I play the role of a woman who runs a brothel in Nevada which is audited by the IRS and an action-disaster film called "Meteor Apocalypse" in which I play Joe Lando's wife (he was in Dr. Quinn, medicine woman). They aren't huge roles so

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I attended the Burbank memorabilia show for a few hours on Saturday and was pleased to see all of my old Babylon 5 friends. The event had a ton of guests but luckily we sat near each other. Mira said that she was off to star in a film in Europe, Andrea is doing well in real estate and everyone was great! I was happy to see Jeff somewhat mobile and a little surprised that most of my cast mates did

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In our quest to see more of this glorious state, David suggested a day trip to Ojai yesterday. We packed up the Land Rover and headed out around noon and enjoyed a traffic free hour drive up the 101. Ojai has a funny combo of spiritual seekers, tourists and plain old retired folk with a dash of bikers and meth dealers creeping along the outskirts...you see wonderful coffee shops and groovy help

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Well I have to be honest..I was not too crazy about "By any means necessary" and "Signs and Portends" and even though I was warned that TKO is supposed to be the worst episode ever, I thought it was better than these two! They just felt limp....boring and the acting was stilted. I thought the fight scenes in TKO were good and Greg McKinney was very good as the boxer and Theodore Bikel was great

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I neglected my B5 duties this weekend, I admit it...I will watch episodes tonight and get back into the groove. Saturday we filmed a "test run" of my new webisode series "Claudia's Hollywood Roadkill" where basically I interview people and rant about stuff like silly lawsuits, bizarre inventions and dumb behaviorYesterday David took me to Rancho Palos Verdes because I had never been there... can

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I have been thinking about my nieces and nephews and God children a bit of late...I think I am too quick to rush to the assumption that their life is not as "simple" as ours was and their childhoods must be in someway less pure but now I am beginning to realize that childhood is a combination of nature and nurture. One could easily be raised by two computer designers, live in a modern home in a

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Well, well well...my stuffed monkey was feeling left out so we invited him down to watch with us (replacement for a dog, hopefully temporary because he doesn't DO much other than look cute and I look foolish walking him)Death Walker..first of all I love the fish head aliens and now that Robin Curtis played their ambassador..I love them even more! I really, really like Robin, we did "Hexed"

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Okay I'm back in geek mode! The War Prayer brought us the gal from the Wonder Years and the evil-hate monger- ex of Ivanova's in a duel tale of young love and racism. I enjoyed the episode and once again I was reminded of many people whom I had not thought about for a long time. David gets at least 3 smacks on the arm and a "Hey! I remember that guy, he hated wearing alien masks so they made him

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Saturday night I had a dinner party for 10 fun people. It was a miraculous party in a couple of ways. First off, no one drank...I told people if they imbibe to bring their own wine or whatever but no one did because they were all "on the wagon" either permanently (like me) or just for a period of time. I can recall few parties where everyone was sober! The second anomaly (for Los Angeles

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David and I searched the Valley for a dog today...you see we've been thinking about getting a dog lately but we are both well aware of the commitment and time and well...seriousness of bringing a pet into your life (especially one which can live to be 20 years old or more!) so we have sort of decided that we must be "bowled over" by said dog when and if we ever meet it....so we are having fun

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Last night we watched episodes 4-6 of B5 after making a smoked pork roast that was to die for. David and I have a Cameron Stovetop Smoker (shameless plug here) and we have fallen in love with it. They make great gifts as well- in fact my Mom and brother have one and David gave one to his best friend Kerry. We plan on doing a cooking segment using one soon because they are that cool. We smoke fish

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I have finally done it! nearly 15 years after filming the first season of B5 I have decided to watch the entire show (well, the 88 episodes I was in). I have been threatening this for eons. You see, when it came out I was working on it and I'm not much of a TV watcher in the first place so I have only actually seen 3 episodes prior to last night! David and I started with episodes 1-3 of the first

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Okay, I admit it...my Father is a Jewish man who doesn't celebrate the Jewish Holidays...there, I said it. And furthermore I take advantage of it! I drove up to the Napa Valley this weekend because the biz I am in pretty much shuts down for the holiday and because I missed my Mom. Once again I was taken by the beauty of California. Admittedly the bit of the drive where the cows are kept in giant

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I spent the last weekend doing a lot of driving..nearly drove through the whole state of Oregon. The impetus for this journey was two fold. My dear friend Shannon was getting married and I had a cousin from Ireland who contacted me on Facebook whom I had never met and who now lived in Oregon so i decided to kill two birds with one rented car and a couple of tanks of gas. The heavily Celtic

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There's a fellow named Michael Martinez who does a sci fi blog and he seems to know more about the Australian project I recently shot a promo for "Barrier Reef"...here's a link to his blog: http://sf-fandom.blogspot.com/2009/09/claudia-christian-joins-barrier-short.htmlIt was an interesting project so I hope the people involved carry through with it and get financing! Always tough but not

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well it appears that the this is the day for interviews to come out...I just got word that another one is out, this one for Pizza Morgana the game I did a few months ago with my friend Oded. Here it is posted by the very nice Philip Jong who also sent me the questions and edited the piece. http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/527/

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I did an interview for a really cool site called pink raygun with a gal named Lisa Fary who flattered me endlessly by telling me that I actually helped her get through tough days at her teaching job! That was very cool...here's the interview and thanks Lisa!x claudiahttp://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/09/14/interview-claudia-christian/

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Hi Folks, well it seems like most people "got it" so here's part two!xx

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Awhile ago I stumbled upon the DVD "The Secret". I know that a lot of people enjoyed the book and the DVD and found inspiration from them...however...I was in a cynical, humorous mood that day and I decided to "take the piss" as they say in the UK....and here is the result!Enjoy! (And please don't take offense, it is merely jest..):)

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Dragon Con was, once again, HUGE! A 4 day convention is always a bit much but this year it went by pretty quickly. Friday was very busy which is unusual...a lot of people playing hooky I suppose.. I ran into many, many old friends. It was great to see Peter Jurasik and Bruce Boxleitner....Tracy Scoggins was there with her lovely mother Lucille and Steven Furst was there ensuring that there would

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NOT what you think...:)I did a radio show based in NY with a gal named Lynn (actually they all had "radio" names so you can listen for them..very authoritative names-militaristic if you may...) :)Here's the link...enjoy!http://www.blogtalkradio.com/trekafterdark/2009/09/01/Trek-After-Darksome fans called in and asked questions, they played a bit of my song "Taboo" and a jolly time was had by all

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So I went to the Sunday "choir" Agape service because a lot of people told me it was much different from the Wednesday night service and it was. The choir has been around for 21 years and it is a well oiled machine filled with people of all races and ages all dressed in colorful ethnic garb. They sang rousing versions of both spiritual and soul songs and were tightly conducted by Michael

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I did a really fun radio interview with a great guy named Ian Cullen in the UK. He knows a lot about sci fi and genre, he's a writer and well, a really nice chap! Here's the link to the interview and his site:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/SciFiPulse/2009/08/30/Episode-31-Featuring-Claudia-Christian-InterviewFYI show times for the different US Time Zones on Sunday are 2 PM PST, 4 PM CT and 5 PM EST

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My dear friend Erik Liberman turned me onto Pema Chodron's work recently. Pema is an American Buddhist nun and one of the foremost students of Chogyam Tungpa, a very renowned meditation master. She teaches in Cape Breton at Gampo Abbey in the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners...it's in the wilds of Nova Scotia and sounds like an amazing place to study meditation

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I'm not sure if any of you have heard about Michael Bernard Beckwith (he was in the movie and the book "The Secret" , he runs the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California. Agape is Greek for "unconditional love" and in Webster's is defined as "a love feast". It's a transdenominational community at the Agaoe center with mere hints of Jesus and a large splash of God so

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I apologize to those of you who tried to find out where to buy my books etc. to no avail. The merchandise link is now active and will take you to a page where you can view and purchase my knives, books, etc. and soon i will have a photo gallery as well with collectible prints. Thanks for the interest and thank you Caroline for whipping up this page...new sites are always a work in progress and I

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I just finished watching a rough assembly of our DVD LIGHT. David is an extraordinary teacher and everyone from pros to amateurs will learn something from this very entertaining DVD on the techniques of using various lighting techniques and products to create beautiful portraits. David used some of his own extremely popular small light modifiers in the shoot as well as other products from various

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I did an interview for the Anne Manx series recently with Howard from Destinies radio station in Stonybrook. I have been on the show before and had fun both times..great people and Howard knows his sci fi! You can hear the 2 part interview on their web site: www.captphilonline.com/Destinies.htmlYou can also visit The Radio Repertory Company of America's website at www.rrca.com for information on

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I had lunch today with my Aunt Margo and my mother, both in their 70's. The food was excellent at Mozza on Highland , awesome salads and Pizza and a butterscotch pudding with caramel and cream that knocked our socks off! The conversation was tasty and lively too! My Aunt has owned several antique stores in her life and several apartment buildings. She is a savvy business woman with a love of

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I loved everyone's birthday's greetings but I must say that Tracy Scoggins wrote me a terrific little poem Thanks Tracy! To My Friend Claudia on her Birthday I've googled famous birthday poemsRead all and none will doIt's seems that Burns and Wilde and YeatsHad not a friend like you So fair of face and fast of mindWith steely will assertingYet a sweet scarred heart makes tireless

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Thank you all for the kind birthday wishes...yes it's today and I am handling it with grace and aplomb (44 YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!) No seriously, it hasn't sunken in yet...:)Saturday night David and I watched a movie we have walked by about a million times at Blockbuster..The Rocker. I rented it, we watched it and now I have to recommend it...highly. Very funny, sweet, great characters, acting etc. etc.

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My friend the writer Michael Stackpole recently sent me an amusing essay he wrote equating relationships and dating to a television production.....very clever. Here it is: http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=457It made me look at all of the "extras" and "co-stars" etc. in my own life! Puts things in perspective in a rather sardonic fashion!

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Now that Star Hyke is coming out on DVD November 30th in the UK and they have interest from various TV channels to actually air the first season...Andrew Dymond and Jonathan Brown asked me to do an interview for the behind the scenes on the DVD. At first I thought about doing a serious interview but it's a wacky sci fi comedy with sophomoric sight gags, puerile potty jokes and a host of other

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Every once in awhile you meet someone who "gets you" and is so generous of spirit and time and energy that they actually spend their precious hours on making you look good-getting your image out there or simply paying homage to what they perceive as something unique. I am blessed enough to know the amazingly talented, very humble and downright fabulous Ran Valerhon. He has been painting me for

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Last night I went to see Fiddler on the Roof for the first time in my life. My dear friend Erik Liberman is playing Motel the Tailor and he was wonderful. The show runs 3 hours and runs the gamut of humor and pathos but most of all what surprised me was the hits that I had no idea came from that show! "Sunrise sunset" and "Matchmaker" and many others...I had no clue. I have a confession...I don't

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I did the math and realized that as of Monday August 10th, I have been on this planet for 16,060 days. It doesn't really sound like a lot to me yet I am smack dab in the middle of what most people refer to as "mid life". I turn 44 on Monday and it's an odd age. I find myself constantly wondering what legacy I have left; a boxed set of Babylon 5? A few good turns on the silver screen? Random

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I must confess that I have never been a fan of either sci fi writing (unless you count Ian Banks and Neil Gamain as sci fi) in my life nor have I EVER read a mystery novel. However....a friend of mine in London turned me onto C.J. Sansom and I am hooked on mystery now. His Matthew Shardlake series is phenomenal! He was an attorney who started writing and his debut novel DISSOLUTION got me

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The Wappo Indians named this beautiful fertile land and they lived in harmony with bear, elk,deer and even panthers. The rich, lush soil attracted white farmers around the 1830's and by the 1870's they and their smallpox had wiped out these fascinating and harmonious indigenous peoples. One can still feel the connection between man and earth in these verdant vineyards and rolling hills. The

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heres the latest news of this fun new project! Corbomite Games Announces Pizza Morgana's First Episode To Release August 16th Monsters and Manipulations in The Magical Forest Is The First Episode of Pizza Morgana TEL-AVIV, Israel - July 21, 2009 - Corbomite Games, one of the leading game studios focused on episodic adventure games, today announced they will be releasing Pizza Morgana - Episode 1

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Just a quick post of a pic I took in Tahiti...I'm off to the Napa Valley now for some family time. I hope everyone is having a beautiful summer...xx cc

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For any of you in So Cal I will be doing a quickie signing at Collectible Wizard tomorrow from 1pm-3pm.The store is located at 3412 1/2 Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505Due to personal reasons I had to pull out of the San Diego Comicon so this will be my last appearance until Dragon Con.Hope to see you there tomorrow!Best, CC

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Howdy and here's the link to my latest interview with Howard Margolin at Destinies' voice, a great radio show I have been on a few times:www.captphilonline.com/Destinies.htmlIt's a shameless plug for the latest installment of Anne Manx.:)xx claudia

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Wow! 3 posts in one day and I haven't even mentioned Father's Day! Here are a few pics from the short film I did, "Jesus Comes to Town" directed by a great guy, Kamal John Iskander. The guys were great and it was a really nice experience.

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LOOK is a blast to work on. I actually love the guerilla style and neat pace of things. I don't miss the hair and make up process nor the rehearsals actually. I find that the actors are more prepared (well, you have to be!) re: their lines and that not having coverage makes for a snappy day! I can't think of any other scripted series (other then soap operas) who can shoot 8 episodes in 4 weeks!

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Hey folks we have a little teaser for the new lighting DVD coming out this summer and here it is! Enjoy!

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Well, I just found out that we're doing our own hair and makeup on "LOOK", no wardrobe room, no rehearsals and presumably no food or water as well! Woo hoo! Low budget film making! Actually if you watch the film "LOOK" which the TV show is based on...it does work that way and so we are doing the same thing they did when making the film...just for a longer time! I'll report back after my first day

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David's new studio has truly beautiful natural light on the upper level. Here's a shot he took of me the other day. I'm learning a little about photography but it's a slow process. I think the best analogy he has come up with thus far was "think of shutter speed and aperture like you would think of what temperature and how long to cook something.." A good way to put it to a person who loves to

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...I just wrapped up filming on "Jesus comes to town" with Steve Eastin, Alex Veadov, Buddy Daniels (we did "Tale of two Sisters together), Clifton Morris and Martin Beck as my co stars and Kamal Iskander directing, Michael Silberman producing (from True Rights, the film I shot nearly a decade ago!) our first AD, Marty Veselich was also a True Rights alumni. The fim was shot down town in the

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You can see a variety of video clips on Claudia's very own YouTube Channel:>>>http://www.youtube.com/user/zardproductions/A search for Claudia Christian on YouTube will also reveal over 100 other clips submitted by users. >>>Click here for the search

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Claudia has a very limited amount of her original working scripts for sale.>>>click here to purchaseClaudia's albums "Once Upon A Time" and "Taboo" are available at CD Baby:click here to buyMore of Claudia's CDs, books, and DVDs, and other signed merchandise will be available here shortly.

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Claudia has a very limited number of her original working scripts for sale. Each one is signed by Claudia, and can be personalized if you wish. Go to this site to purchase

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We're archiving all of Claudia's favorite pictures on Flickr! Here's the direct link to her official Photostream:>>>Claudia Christian's Flickr Photostream

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Armageddon ExpoType: Meetings - ConventionWhere: Melbourne Exhibition Centre AustraliaWhen: 16 October at 00:00 until17 October at 00:00 Armageddon ExpoType: Meetings - ConventionWhere: Auckland NZ Expo ASB ShowgroundsWhen: 23 October at 00:00 until25 October at 00:00

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I realize that this is a bittersweet or even painful day for many of you out there who have served in military forces around the world or who have lost loved ones to war and conflict. I hope that this day brings you some small joys...good health, the love of a friend or family member or even a nice drive or nature walk.Losing someone is one of the most difficult things to ever get through. My

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...and here it is: http://dsadventuregear.blogspot.com/He's a great guy and he makes good products, bags and adventure gear as well so check it out!

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Pat Tallman was also nice enough to be in the DVD and she brought Buffy the hen as well! We had a great afternoon of catching up and taking pics...Pat and I posed together for an "Old Masters" type photo with David's brilliant lighting we ended up looking like sisters from another era...I'll post one of those soon! This is a shot from the "eco-green babe-commercial head shot" we took for Pat...I

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I will be doing a charity event in Orange County in December: December 5th - December 6thLightspeed Celebrity Charity BenefitOrange County, CAwww.lightspeedfineart.com/celebritycharitybenefit2009.html

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Saturday was brilliant. Bill welcomed us into his lovely house in the hills and David and Myung (LA Times videographer and our "go to" man on this DVD) set up 3 cameras for the interview. Bill's wife, Eileen and kids Lily and Seth came in at different times so it was a lovely reunion of sorts. The interview was a joy, with Bill regaling us with stories about everyone from photographer Henry

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I was asked to remove any mention of the job I am doing hence the disappearance of yesterday's blog..top secret stuff you know! Sorry for any confusion, pretend it never existed and I will only discuss "LOOK", the Showtime series I start at the end of the month..:)!!! In any event today is going to be great! We are filming Bill Mumy for David's DVD ... an interview then a photo shoot AND he

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It's the sort of day you expect cicadas to be chirping and buzzing around whilst a tired old lady serves sweet iced tea on a front porch..bloody hot, hot, hot! The clock is ticking until I start shooting "LOOK" so I have been hitting the tennis court and hills ...went with a friend this morning to Fryman canyon, a quaint hike but uber loaded with too many people and dogs today. I prefer a less

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a few folks requested some more pics from the show so these are courtesy of Albert Ortega (photographer at the event) I have 4 more weeks before I start shooting the series I am doing so I am frantically working out...tennis, hiking, anything! I am utterly grateful for the beautiful weather here in LA. i spoke to Tracy Scoggins today and she is in Texas where they are preparing for a huge flood..

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I arrived at 10:30 and discovered that I was sitting next to Lori Petty, not Vanessa Angel. I adore both of them so I was happy and Lori and I were smack in the front of the room across from my old friend Jamie Luner who excitedly told me that she has moved to New York to star in "All My Children". I am thrilled for her, a new city and a great 4 year gig...what more could an actress want? Jamie

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"Sister of my heart" is a wonderful read. I gave it to my mother when I finished it (in one sitting) and she said that it opened her eyes to the travails and troubles Indian women face every day...for me it was romantic, tragic, uplifting yet utterly sad...essentially a beautiful ride. I didn't guess the quite large twist at the end of the book but my savvy mum did..I guess I was too engrossed to

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I've been reading a lot lately....I like Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World a fun little book by a self confessed "grump" about his search for the happiest places in the world...part travel tales, part social commentary and a light, interesting read. I have also been reading some Graham Green and Henry Miller for kicks. It's been so hot

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Holly and I have been spring cleaning the new house and we happened upon boxes of old scripts and all sorts of doo-dads from my 25 year career. You can find the scripts on claudiachristian.net in the next day or so, my girls ( Caroline and Holly the IT wizards-girl Friday, Saturday and Sunday) have created a new page for them. It's quite satisfying throwing stuff away. I chucked old

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