Manhattan Beach: 90210, Sony, and Dennis Quaid

Had an audition in Manhattan Beach yesterday for '90210'. I felt like a caricature of myself just being there - fantastic. Then met with Justin Connor about his indie picture and got to see some of his really great paintings.
Went to the Sony lot today for a lunch meeting about my film with one of the producers on 'Claire'.
Had plans to play tennis with Jon Levine afterward but he got held up so I stayed on the lot to kill some time. So many guys walking around in suits. That is totally my weakness. I think I could live on the Sony lot pretty happily. There's a Coffee Bean, comfy couches and cute boys in suits. What else could a gal need? I'm a woman of simple pleasures. 
Coffee shops on studio lots always remind me of this thing, below. It's seriously one of my favorite things ever. Do yourself a favor and check it out.


Lastly, said producer loved the movie. Score! Hooray for small victories like that one.

avitalash.com, and two movies!

A website is up! Thanks to my oldest baby brother, Lionel.

Here it is.

Also, two movies on the horizon. Just acting, thankfully, for the time being. One, a sci-fi/horror called Outliers. I get to work with two of my favorite people - Kelsey Link and Emmett Callanan. They're probably the funnest people I could conceive of to work with. The other, a musical-drama, by and starring Justin Connor. This is the first time I'm getting to work on movies made by friends.

An hour and a half until Yom Kipper begins. That means 25 hours of no food, water, phone, TV, and some other things. May even walk to synagogue. Wonder if they'll let pup in?

If anyone else is fasting, hope it is meaningful. I'm looking forward to crawling into a hole, for the most part.

xo,
a

PS: I love this so frakking much.

Claire photoshoot /Pee Wee's Big Adventure

On Friday I had a photo shoot for the opening sequence for Claire. I desperately need new headshots since mine are a couple years old and anyway, are cropped American Apparel ads and not actual headshots. But on Friday, Austin , the DP for 'Claire' was kind enough to snap a few shots of my head. She is awesome. Also, her last name is Smoak (pronounced "Smoke") and my last name is Ash, so I'm pretty sure we're destined for greatness together.

Saturday night I saw Pee-wee's Big Adventure at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. For any of you that haven't been: They project old movies onto a mausoleum there on summer nights on weekends. Next week is the last one of the year. Anyway, I had never seen PWBA before, and boy am I lucky I didn't go my whole life not having seen it! What a great movie! Also, Paul Reubens came out beforehand to introduce the movie, which was awesome.

Hope ya'll had a good weekend.

xo
A

The new plan for Kaleidoscope

I went to the premiere of The Scenesters with Adam, neighbor-/friend-/editor- -extraordinaire. Really enjoyed it. Nice seeing indie movies past the production and post-production blues. Not that the haul is over, but still.

Anyway, sat next to this guy, also a filmmaker, Matthew, who suggested utilizing this year to get score, sound, and picture to its best, really taking my time, put up a website, hire someone for PR, and submit to Sundance's early deadline next year. Makes a lot of sense. So that's where I'm at with that.

If you or anyone you know would like to help with anything, now that there's more time, please don't hesitate to get in contact. kaleidoscopethemovie@gmail.com

Also, saw a rough version of George Hickenlooper's new film yesterday, Casino Jack, which I really enjoyed. It was at Paradigm and we all gave our feedback afterward. Would love to utilize that idea in helping me get my movie to its best incarnation. Ideas everywhere!

exes and ohs.
-a