Aug
17
British Actors Taking Over the US?
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British actors who wish to perform in the US should take heart at the high number of foreign actors being featured in this fall’s TV lineup.
Eight of the new shows feature a British lead, including Michelle Ryan in "Bionic Woman", Damian Lewis in "Life" and Lena Headey stars in "The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
For actors who wish to work in the US, an O Visa is needed - essentially a performers visa. British actors such as Hugh Laurie have opened the doors for actors who want to work in US TV.
"Bionic Woman" executive producer David Eick says, "It has become kind of all of the rage in the last couple of years. Everyone is looking for new faces. Everyone is looking for people they haven’t seen. It was like that old Hollywood story where you’re finding someone who no one knows. You’re making a discovery, and it really felt like that from the very beginning. And even though Michelle’s well-known in the U.K., we didn’t know her here."
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Feb
22
Kate Moss To Undergo Drug Test for US Visa
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British supermodel Kate Moss will have to undergo a drugs test in order to get a US work visa.
Moss, who is planning to travel to the US to promote her new fragrance, visited the American embassy in London to obtain the visa. She will have to submit to the drugs test after pictures were published in a British newspaper in September 2005 of her allegedly taking cocaine.