Thursday, December 27, 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

Le Petit Post


Hey World,
Happy Friday. Cheers to the weekend. I'm so pumped for a fantastic weekend planned with close friends. I have more cool private holiday parties this weekend and next week!

Moi, yesterday at the spa...



New Lip color



I swear when I don't wear makeup on my face (except lip color) I look a touch like Ashley Olsen.

Love,
A

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

I Love Lindsay Lohan



(Daughter to Father) Confessions of A Broken Heart
by Lindsay Lohan
I wait for the postman to bring me a letter

I wait for the good Lord to make me feel better

And I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders

A family in crisis that only grows older



Why'd you have to go

Why'd you have to go

Why'd you have to go



Daughter to father, daughter to father

I am broken but I am hoping

Daughter to father, daughter to father

I am crying, a part of me is dying and

These are, these are

The confessions of a broken heart



And I wear all your old clothes, your polo sweater

I dream of another you

The one who would never (never)

Leave me alone to pick up the pieces

A daddy to hold me, that's what I needed



So why'd you have to go

Why'd you have to go

Why'd you have to go!!



Daughter to father, daughter to father

I don't know you, but I still want to

Daughter to father, daughter to father

Tell me the truth, did you ever love me

Cause these are, these are

The confessions of a broken heart



I love you,

I love you

I love you

I....!!!!!

I love you!!



Daughter to father, daughter to father

I don't know you, but I still want to

Daughter to father, daughter to father

Tell me the truth...

Did you ever love me!!!?

Did you ever love me?

These are.....

The confessions...of a broken heart



Ohhh....yeah



I wait for the postman to bring me a letter..



Tuesday, December 11, 2012

My dog is a*d*o*r*a*b*l*e




Hey World,
Check out Kiki, my adorable little Maltipoo.
My dog, Versace ("KiKi") is freaking adorable.

KiKi's new winter dress, she's rocking it out!! :) :-) :)



Love,
Alex

Monday, December 10, 2012

Ice Skating in Florida



Hey World,

Blonde LA bffs <3 td="td">
I've had quite a busy Summer, Fall, and now Winter!  My life has been absorbed by shopping, traveling, and law school studies...maybe not in that order.
Crushing the rink

Laughing so hard!!!!!

I've also had more than a few interesting movie scripts thrown my way.  I'm seeking an interesting and fulfilling role. I'm not sure what's next! I'm looking forward to my next acting endeavor.

A week ago, I reunited with one of my favorite LA blonde bunnies in Florida at her beach house. (I know, it seems somewhat strange that one of my LA girls has a beach house in Florida, but that's LA life. It doesn't really have to make sense.)

So, my very close, elitist friend from New York, my blonde doll from LA, and I all met in Florida.  Of course, we went ice skating.

The entire weekend = nonstop uncontrollable laughing, champagne, and athletics by the pool and on the ice rink.  Of course I showed off that I can do spins and random dance moves on the ice.  My friends laughed so hard as they took videos shouting, "You should really play hockey!?!!"

It was Heaven.

Love,
Alex


P.S. Get excited for more of my life on a regular basis. I've certainly been hiding out the past four months, fully immersed in my: shopping, traveling, and legal studies...lol but seriously, legal studies first!!

Saturday, July 7, 2012

It's Summer, Yo. What are you going 2do about it?

 LA summer 2012

i love my pool
 i love being outside

i love bikinis

i love my security guards




i love friends 
i love parties
 i love people, dancing, and having a good time
 i love romantic dinners

 i love italian food
 i love discovering new places

i love the hollywood hills and mount olympus and laurel canyon and sunset plaza....& my home in LA

love,
a

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

I wake up every day and live the best day of my life.


Hey World,

Happy Summer. My summer has been filled with: work, beaches, soccer, and adventures. I rode another jet plane this summer. I swear, my LA life has been such an amazing experience. This is truly my self-made mentality: 
"I wake up every day and live the best day of my life." I decided that a long time ago and I never stop living it. Life is so short.

Anyway, enough of the sentimental rigmarole.
Life is mostly good.

I miss my family, but LA has generously tossed me the world like a neon frisbee. I continue to explore some of this enormous treasure called California.

It's crazy how all of my dreams are coming true.

I always dreamed of riding and owning my own jet plane. In college, my freshman year at U of I, I actually remember telling my friends at Bromley, "No, seriously, I want a PJ." It was the ongoing joke, but I've actually made friends who own and charter jets out here at this airport in Burbank, called "Million-Air." Perfect, right? Pretty fun. I was scared on my first jet plane experience. The size of the plane reminded me of the tiny (commercial) planes we fly out to my beach house in Canada. Then, it was a pretty smooth, fun ride..and now I'm a two-timing, seasoned, jet plane riding champion. Ha. But seriously.

I always dreamed of being in movies.

I've done over 20.

I always dreamed of attending Loyola Marymount.

I graduated LMU last May.

I always dreamed of: LIVING IN LA.

Here I am, in the Hollywood Hills...

I've had some cool scripts thrown my way in June and I'm making a few selections for August independent shorts and I plan to find an independent feature film that I'm passionate about for 2013.

My manager is definitely doing her job. This week, she submitted me for another Vince Vaughn movie. This will be my (potential) second time working closely with Mr. Vaughn. He's pretty cool.


A FEW CELEBRITY SITINGS

Last week I met "Turtle" (of Entourage) at Equinox. He recently got hot. Enough said ;) ...

Oh, and of course, I ran into my buddy, Justin Long, Monday night at an [undisclosed private club] and he looks skinny.


Other celebrity sightings include: my bff Linds Lohan, at [undisclosed private LA club]. I love her. She's so sweet and I seriously don't care what anyone says lol. She's a gem.

Thanks,

Alex




Thursday, March 29, 2012

Friday, March 16, 2012

My Favorite Bunny

Donna & me at Corey Feldman's house

Our Valentine's Day party







Hey World,

Check out my gorgeous Auntie Bunny:

Donna Spangler is both genuine and gorgeous. I love her because she is so much fun to be around! Donna maintains her perfect 10 Playmate model body. She's a great role model. Check out her website.

Auntie Bunny lives in a pretty colonial style house in Beverly Hills. She is adorable and super sweet.



XO,
Alexandra

Sunday, March 4, 2012

LOVE & Engagement Talk by My Pool

Alex Dinovi Audition from Jonathan Tanzman on Vimeo.



Hey World,
This is from the MTV show "Connected" I was on hold for over Thanksgiving. Joseph was definitely sitting by the pool while the casting director taped this...lolz

Love,
Alex

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

My Method & When I Sobbed in Meisner Class

Hey World,

This entry was inspired by a question from a reader:

"If u want to be an actress do u have to show your natural self?" -Jamie A.

My response:

Jamie, this is a complex issue since each actor has their own methods that work for them. I like to use parts of myself in each role but I utilize many other inspirations for roles, such as images, playing with physical changes, vocal changes, posture, journaling thoughts of the character, clothing, hair style, makeup, and all kinds of unique forms of inspirational experiences. Usually when I read a story, I get a sense of what I feel moves me most about the character and I want to discover as much as I can about their background (whether I create this from my own imagination or not.)

As far as acting is concerned, Second City gave me my first break in allowing me true freedom of expression, pushed me to truly be present, and develop good listening skills with other actors. When I studied Meisner in 2008-09, (another form of acting) I had a major breakthrough experience in my work. I learned a lot about parts of acting that actually scared me. I had studied Method before, but Meisner was different and dangerous for me. It required mass amounts of hours of imaginative work. I remember, in one Meisner class, I sobbed so hard. It was the most dangerous risk I had taken in my work outside of improv. It was real. I was in the moment and I was combining my past Method work with a Meisner exercise that became a life changing experience. I utilized myself and I took that with me in my next film role. (This happened at Act One Studios, Chicago, and I can thank my upbeat, eccentric, wonderful teacher, Laura Sturm.)

I remember, I told my acting coach, Gretchen Sonstroem, at the time all about the experience in class. "I know what I need to do. I get where I need to go and I know how to tap into it." It felt dangerous because there are many other methodologies out there that say, it's not a good idea to use real life experiences, especially in stage work, since this can emotionally damage an actor offstage. However, in film, I feel there are less takes, for the most part, in comparison to a six or nine week run with multitudinous rehearsals. Other teachers have inspired me to do whatever it takes to serve up the story.

So, on my next set, I will delve into this in another blog, but I took my new discovery to my role. It was such a great experience. However, I left set highly melancholy. I personalized the entire situation and allowed myself to live in the moment. It was painful in real life. It was surreal and mind-blowing. I played a lead in an independent feature and I remember this one scene on the balcony, I left set holding my cinematographer's hand, wiping my face full of tears. "You were great babe." He held my hand and hugged me so hard. He knew in his heart that I utilized my entire being in order to tell this story.

***

I strongly prefer my own combination of Method and Meisner. In fact, at this point, in my own craft, I would like to consider it "method-less." I would like to give myself creative license to say, "Hey, I know what works, I don't need to label it. Depending on the character, story, and specific situation, the tactics I will use are going to change." I can't say, "Oh, Method will work in every acting situation. Or, oh, Improv will always work. There are NO absolute rules in acting, as far as I am concerned. That's what moves me so much.

Acting is unpredictable. The stories we tell change based upon delivery and the choices we make shape it. I'm a firm believer in making STRONG choices when it comes to any work whether in acting, writing, or direction. "Today is the day." Actors need to decide what their opinions are and they should be extremely strong ones.

At the end of the day, my main priorities are: 1.) Listening 2.) Knowing exactly what my specific intentions are 3.) Being present in the moment

I hope this answers your question!

Warmly,
Alex DiNovi