“Do you like good music? Yeah, man!” That’s a Sam Cooke lyric and a very real question from yours truly. Check out Dorian Missick, aka Tailwind Turner’s mixtapes HERE. Good tunes to get the party jumping, even if you’re by yourself.

Almost Hollywood from Aqiyl Thomas on Vimeo.

Wanna know what it’s like to be an actor in the game? Check out my main man Dorian Missick’s LA Chronicles in “Almost Hollywood”. And be sure to watch the brilliant work D put down in PREMIUM with Zoe Saldana.

I watch a good movie for entertainment purposes, though I never fail to deconstruct what works and what doesn’t. If they have a commentary on the DVD, I often watch the movie AGAIN immediately. Some call it OCD, I call it studying. I never got to do my own commentary for PREMIUM, and now I’ve made up for that with my seminar called “The Psychology and Technique of Directing”. It’s part of a 6-DVD Set from our Indie Film Bootcamp presentation and trust me when I tell you, the information packed into this volume will save you a lot of time, a bundle of money, and many mistakes that could certainly derail your career before the train ever gets going.

At this month’s SHORT SHORTS I’ll be giving a little preview you won’t want to miss. FACEBOOK RSVP HERE.

And go ahead and buy your DVD now! Click here and scroll to the bottom to pre-order!

Check out the homie Dorian Missick in the preview for trailer for NBC’s new show THE CAPE. Click HERE to view. Hitting your flatscreen TVs this fall.

Peep a recent interview with Dorian HERE.

(VIA NBC)

“Lenox Avenue” follows the fast-paced metropolitan lives of Harlemite friends Owen (Al Thompson, The Royal Tenenbaums/Love Don’t Cost A Thing), Sellars (Dorian Missick, The Bounty Hunter/Lucky Number Slevin), and Vaughn (Ryan Vigilant, Gossip Girl) as they learn that in relationships even with experience, there’s no playbook. Lenox Avenue features a star-studded supporting cast, including Victor Williams (King of Queens), Vanessa Bell Calloway (What’s Love Got To Do With It, TNT’s HawthoRNe), Jamie Hector (Heroes, Marlo Stanfield of HBO’s The Wire), Chenoa Maxwell (Hav Plenty), Lord Jamar (Rap Group Brand Nubian), and Michael K. Williams (Omar Little of HBO’s The Wire). The first 3 episodes of Lenox Avenue will premiere at the first-ever Los Angeles Web Series Festival the weekend of March 28th in Los Angeles, CA.

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Following in the fragrant footsteps of Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Hudson, Zoe Saldana, 31, has been named the newest face of an Avon fragrance, Eternal Magic, debuting in April, PEOPLE has exclusively learned. The fragrance “takes inspiration from the rare Princess Monaco Rose,” according to an Avon release. “It means so much to me to be associated with a company that shares my values and believes in empowering women,” says the actress, who is now best known for kicking butt as Na’vi warrior princess Neytiri in Avatar. In her first major endorsement deal since James Cameron’s blockbuster grossed a billion dollars, Saldana will also be featured in the company’s brochure as a face of Avon’s color cosmetics collection (no word on whether that includes ‘Pandora blue’!). Geralyn Breig, Senior Vice President and President of Avon North America, says of Saldana, “We are thrilled to have Zoe as the spokesperson for Eternal Magic. Every woman wants to be unforgettable and Zoe perfectly embodies that feeling. She’s a rising star in Hollywood — and has built a strong reputation for playing empowering characters that leave a lasting impression.” – Suzanne Zuckerman

(VIA PEOPLE)

Check out Zoe for free in my first feature, PREMIUM, currently available on Hulu. Also stars Dorian Missick, Hill Harper, Frankie Faison, William Sadler, Eva Marcille, Novella Nelson, Sean Nelson, Keith Nobbs … we’ve got some talent up in there

Still keeping it in the Double 7 Fam with this entry. Dorian Missick co-stars with Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in this comedy directed by Andy Tennant, who also did Hitch.

Check out the trailer HERE.

Check Dorian in the latest episode of Fox’s BONES below, via HULU. The man is everywhere right about now.

It’s great to read the responses (good and bad) that people have to your work. The above image is a snapshot of the most recent reviews of my film PREMIUM, available for your viewing pleasure on HULU and starring Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper. The beautiful thing about the web is people don’t lie and for the most part, if they aren’t what I like to call “internet thugs” — talking smack from the safety of their bedroom through a keyboard — you get a real sense of what people say when you’re not “in the room”.

And to show you that we keep it 100 here at Double 7, I’ll even give some airtime to a not-so-positive review, though it’s clear this woman doesn’t know what the hell she’s talking about!

See for yourself and leave a review!

It’s our blog so sometimes it’s just about shouting out ourselves. But just so you don’t have to hear it from us, here’s what other folks have said about PREMIUM:

Read the Variety Review HERE…

Read 7 more reviews linked from Rotten Tomatoes HERE (we’re 100% fresh by the way)…

Finally, check out the entire film for FREE on Hulu in the player above and PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS! We’d love to know what you think

My sister forwarded me this message from someone who had seen PREMIUM but didn’t realize that her brother had written & directed the film.

That’s what’s up! Check it out for yourself, leave comments, and let us know if you feel the same.