tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9614143565120054662024-02-20T21:52:19.019-08:00****Steve Valentine in Hollywood!******The life and adventures of a small town Brit who finds himself deep inside Big town Hollywood!**Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-25412117053051098852012-05-13T20:31:00.001-07:002012-05-13T20:31:30.709-07:00CRIMEWORLD available on IBOOKSTORE & AMAZON in print.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0MC2qlSSDUg?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-64833205091457058502012-05-10T11:01:00.001-07:002012-05-10T11:10:26.597-07:00CRIMEWORLD now available on the iBookstore!<br />
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<b>I'm proud to say that Part One of my unusual Detective graphic novel series CRIMEWORLD is available for pre-order from the iBooks store.</b><br />
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<b>Written by moi and illustrated by the brilliant Daniel J Frey.</b><br />
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<b>CRIMEWORLD is a dark crime story, the beginning of many adventures with a very unusual hero...</b><br />
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Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-58832343553855710212012-05-04T11:17:00.001-07:002012-05-04T11:17:43.910-07:00BizI recently had the enormous pleasure of working with David E Kelly on his show HARRY'S LAW. An episode called CLASS WAR that airs on NBC this Sunday. <br /><br />What a brilliant time, working with some sublime actors and one of my favorite all time Directors, Howard Deutch, who many will remember DIRECTED Pretty In Pink, The Great Outdoors and many other classic films. A real ACTORS director , which was important, as this was the kind of role I rarely, if ever get to play.<br /><br />Intrigued? Slightly interested? Or just have bad gas? Either way, you'll dig this story. <br /><br />Find out more and TUNE IN this Sunday;) <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/05/04/1938.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/05/04/s_1938.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='232' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-36825340993369265102012-04-24T23:57:00.001-07:002012-04-24T23:57:59.311-07:00HipstaI love technology even if I'm not quite sure where it's going. Ok so, I know a guy who knows a guy who built me an app. It's simple but I'm planning to expand it in the future.<br /><br />Look at it like 'carrying Steve in your pocket'.. It links to my various mercurial activities including this blog.. Which may be a bit incestuous.. But wtf!(see how hip I am ;)<br /><br />Also did I mention that it's free? <br /><br />Here's the coolest part, scan this<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/04/24/4233.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/04/24/s_4233.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Or simply go to http://app.cat/stevevalentine <br /><br />And add to your home screen. <br />iPhone AND Android<br /><br />We've come a long way, as I sit in front of my computer, looking at my iMac, iPad and MacBook pro while I choose to write this on my iPhone <br /><br /> iSleep now.. <br /><br />Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-66253207934770490832012-04-21T16:07:00.000-07:002012-04-21T16:07:09.409-07:00THE BIO. Career so far...<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
So for those who want to know a little more, here's the official BIO, juicy bits have been withheld... for now..</div>
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Born in Scotland and raised near London, Steve has had a fascination with performing since the age of 5.</div>
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That was the year he started THEATRE and DANCE training and took a passionate, lifelong interest in MAGIC. His first job was at the age of 7, playing a child Prince in ‘THE KING AND I’.</div>
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From those humble beginnings, Steve has appeared in over 250 HOURS OF TELEVISION, a DOZEN MOVIES, COUNTLESS COMMERCIALS, TWO MULTI AWARD WINNING VIDEO GAMES and THREE TV SERIES.</div>
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CROSSING JORDAN for NBC as Criminologist ‘Nigel Townsend’ ,</div>
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NIKKI or the WB as choreographer ‘Martine’.</div>
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Disney’s I’M IN THE BAND, as 80‘s rock star ‘Derek Jupiter’.</div>
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'ALISTAIR' in DRAGONAGE and UNCHARTED TWO as 'Harry Flynn'.</div>
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Steve has performed stand-up in LAS VEGAS at the RIVIERA and HARRAHS and at Hollywood’s world famous MAGIC CASTLE </div>
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in Hollywood, where he was awarded the coveted CLOSE-UP MAGICIAN OF THE YEAR two years in a row.</div>
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In the past he also worked for most of the major CRUISE LINES, performing from Alaska, to Bombay India.</div>
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It’s been a wild ride, at 18 years old Steve DJ’d in Europe, running the bar and entertainment in a a nightclub in the former Yugoslavia, escaping to Italy when the war broke out. He’s entertained troops in the Belize jungle, Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands during that war. He’s traveled the world on a cruise ship performing stand-up comedy, headlined in Las Vegas and became known as one of the top close-up magicians in the world.</div>
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“ I had a chance to stay in Vegas with my own illusion show” Steve admits “ But I’m an actor at heart and needed to stay in LA to follow that dream".</div>
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Sadly Steve had to retire from the magic scene when, auditioning for a movie role, the producer turned out to be a past magic client who had hired Steve for a party and didn’t take him seriously as an actor. The next day the magic was dropped and everything changed.</div>
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Three months later Steve won a two year stint on the sitcom NIKKI for the WB, followed by six years on NBC’s CROSSING JORDAN and the last 2 years on Disney’s I’M IN THE BAND.</div>
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Steve has over 30 guest star appearances to his credit, running the gamut from: HARRY'S LAW, LEVERAGE, HOUSE and MONK to THE GOOD GUYS, CHUCK, BOSTON LEGAL, WILL AND GRACE, DHARMA AND GREG, JUST SHOOT ME and many, many more. Continuing in his desire to stretch and perform in as many arena’s as possible, Steve HOSTED the insane reality series ESTATE OF PANIC for SYFY Channel, which was nominated for a Rose D’or.</div>
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Steve recently made a major splash re-inventing himself to play the role of EKO in the Pullitzer nominated LA premiere of THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY at the GEFFEN THEATRE. A piece that has opened to rave reviews.</div>
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Just completes the lead villain role in DISNEY'S new musical movie TEEN BEACH MUSICAL due summer 2013.</div>
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PRODUCING, WRITING AND ALL THAT STUFF.</div>
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Ever since co-writing ‘FORGET ME NOT’ (with Scott Williams), a much lauded episode of CROSSING JORDAN, Steve has written and produced a number of Graphic novels, TV and Film projects including:</div>
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THE GOURMET DETECTIVE) - based on the hit series of mystery novels . Developed for USA network with Randy Zisk and David Breckman.</div>
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AMONG THE SPIRITS - ‘The absolutely, almost true adventures of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle. Developed with Paul Chart. First it was in development at the SyFy channel, then in an unprecedented move, it was picked up for development by NBC.</div>
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He has created projects for Larry Jacobson and FOX 21, including MYSTERY TOUR and STRANGE VALENTINE, both reality magic shows with a twist.</div>
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CLUB YUGO- A single camera 80‘s comedy about Steve’s wild real life experiences as an 18 year old DJ in Yugoslavia and dealing with the specter of the impending war. Developed with the hilarious writing team of Jarczak and Thomas.</div>
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Along with the brilliant Daniel Frey, Steve turned his pilot script CRIMEWORLD into a graphic novel. CRIMEWORLD is an ultra modern take on Sherlock Holmes. The GRAPHIC NOVEL will soon be available.</div>
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His comedy spec Pilot ‘SIMON SEZ, the fall, rise and fall of the greatest illusionist in the World’, has been completed and will soon head out to pitch and package land.</div>
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Finally he also just completed BLOOD MAGIC, a thriller screenplay based on real events.</div>
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Along with partners Paul Chart (Children of men) and graphic artist Dan Frey (Cry Wolf) Steve has formed the production company LIONHART FILMS. Where they are happily developing three screenplays, SIX MILLION DOLLAR DETECTIVE, THE CAVE, AND CLEAN ME.</div>
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Steve doesn’t sleep much...</div>
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BELOW ARE A FEW SCATTERED SHOTS FROM THE LIFE SO FAR... MANY MORE TO COME.</div>
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<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-81289901574945080262011-08-03T14:29:00.001-07:002011-08-03T14:32:23.452-07:00Um...#fb<br /><br />OMFG! ok so peer pressure is a bitch. Working out, boot camp style with a bunch of 20 year olds is inspirational, challenging and depressing.<br />That why I'm writing this with voice to text recognition software. My thumbs are too tired to type! <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/08/03/3715.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/08/03/s_3715.jpg' border='0' width='320' height='320' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-57088440843561256412011-08-03T10:04:00.001-07:002011-08-03T11:30:26.733-07:00Bonus timeAn extra bonus of being in a play with such physically fit actors is enforced training for two hours a day. Bonus? Well yeah, <br />because as much as I love yoga it takes all the willpower in my soul to go to class. Now I HAVE to train, it's in my contract.. <br />How hard can it be? These guys are huge. I've already walked into a glass window, banging my head and spraining my thumb in FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CAST, so humiliation is not a factor.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/08/03/2804.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/08/03/s_2804.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Today is the first training day. Cool right? Um... I'll let you know...<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/08/03/2339.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/08/03/s_2339.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br /><br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-49405784078740444532011-08-02T23:35:00.001-07:002011-08-02T23:35:46.021-07:00Day 1. The elaborate entrance of Chad DeityWhat an amazing day! Challenging, inspirational and scary!<br />Today, I started rehearsing for a play at the legendary GEFFEN theatre in Westwood, California. An honor to be asked to appear there and even more of an honor to be asked to work with a caliber of actor that is simply mind blowing. <br />There is NOTHING more intimidating, yes I said it, INTIMIDATING, than doing a table read of a play with the ORIGINAL cast who have been performing this piece for three years! IN CHICAGO, IN NEW YORK! But I love it, we all need challenges!<br />Also we spent the day with one of the top fight instructors in the country. It was like a Stage/wrestling combat master class. <br />More to come but here's a link on the play<br />http://bit.ly/qp5kYO<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/08/02/5661.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/08/02/s_5661.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/08/02/5662.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/08/02/s_5662.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/08/02/5663.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/08/02/s_5663.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-90743885995196572122011-07-31T16:57:00.001-07:002011-07-31T16:58:25.472-07:00Back in the chairSo I'm sitting in the barbers chair getting a cut and ... Gulp... Color! Yes it's true, I have grey hair color put in to make me look older ;) . At Floyds which is full of characters, great for awesome people watching. Yet the place always feels like 'manufactured hipster' if that makes sense? It's cool but they all kinda look the same, same stickers, same tattooed stylists,same music. Not complaining just an observation.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/31/4808.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/31/s_4808.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />It's a good day today, cut open an egg and check it out... <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/31/4809.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/31/s_4809.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Hope to get back to more blogging! Stay tuned! <br /><br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-64373829336742468162010-01-12T18:41:00.001-08:002010-01-13T01:34:10.123-08:00New blog for a new year!Hey guys! Well 2009 kinda got away from me there! My new show I'M IN THE BAND ended up taking much, much more time than I expected. But I have to say (and I hope you will see it when it launches Jan 18, worldwide) that it's absolutely the most fun I've ever had shooting anything ever! <br />That's saying a lot believe me. It's just that I haven't laughed like this, while working, in a long time. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/846.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_846.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />What a poser huh! <br /><br />It's true what they say, dying is easy.. "Comedy is hard"! <br />There is nothing worse than setting up and delivering a joke to absolute silence... A lot of trial am error goes into an episode of a sitcom, but then when you get the roar from the audience and you know they're with you it's all worth it!<br />Hope you all like it!<br />2009 was an interesting year, I discovered a long lost pic of me performing magic for Michael Jackson back in the early 90's which seemed rather timely given Michael left us last year.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/848.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_848.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />I sold my first drama pilot to TV network USA. Finished writing two others. Created a graphic novel, 'AMONG THE SPIRITS', completed two video games DRAGONAGE and UNCHARTED2. (making, not playing, them haha!)<br />And two movies WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE the movie, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL. <br />Plus shot all 20 episodes of season one of I'M IN THE BAND. Phew! <br />Oh and found time to get engaged in front of a live studio audience.<br />Thanks everyone for all your support! <br />This year had started off snowy! <br />I'm in the UK visiting family and it's the worst snowstorms for 150 years! <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/849.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_849.jpg' border='0' width='1024' height='1024' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/850.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_850.jpg' border='0' width='1024' height='1024' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />But it's still fun. Visited the Tate Modern museum. The problem with art museums is theres too much bloody art! Its 'art overload' and eventually like anything you get FULL. <br />Quite a few times I caught myself scoffing saying to myself "really THATS ART?" but kept reminding myself that art is different things to different people. My favourite 'you got to be kidding' moment was a piece that was basically a mirror hung on a wall. Next to it was a description of how brilliant it was as a piece of art "are we looking at art or is it looking at us" blah blah blah! WAIT...DOH ...art is different things to different people...<br />Lunch was fun there with unusual cola <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/851.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_851.jpg' border='0' width='1024' height='1024' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />It had alcohol content!<br /><br />Found a lonely Tea bag on the street, this is exactly how I found him <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/852.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_852.jpg' border='0' width='1024' height='1024' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />He looked do sad!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/853.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_853.jpg' border='0' width='1024' height='1024' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Hit the theatre as well, AN INSPECTOR CALLS was brilliant in it's staging and OLIVER was good. In the musical, Nancy starts singing "as long as he needs me" right after the 'he' (Bill Sikes) has punched her out! Bit dated these days with all the awareness of spousal abuse, and in a musical attracting a lot of kids, but then it IS Dickens, that guy gets away with murder! ;)<br />Anyway loads of fun in London and now on a train to visit Mumsy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/854.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_854.jpg' border='0' width='1024' height='1024' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Ziggy had a wonderful Xmas <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/855.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_855.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />But was almost eaten by coyotes in the new year, (he's ok don't worry).<br /><br />Oh here's a pic of a doggie that just sat and stared at us while I was renting a car! So cute!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/856.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_856.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />So it's 2010, no flying cars yet but I would like to wish all of you a fantastic year! Let's kick it in the arse!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/857.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_857.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /> Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-71249772710505386852009-09-03T21:22:00.001-07:002009-09-03T21:22:34.740-07:00WaitingSitting at the airport relaxed and feeling fine, <br />waiting for the plane to take me off to mine, <br />people watching, it's a crazy mix, <br />I'm certainly getting my fix, <br />one more wine and I'll think I can rhyme! <br />Oops too late, well at least I'm<br />not too drunk to post this! <br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/09/03/673.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/09/03/s_673.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-23053420235261127062009-09-03T18:44:00.000-07:002009-09-03T18:45:39.824-07:00Titan the pythonWow been a while since I blogged! Have to say I'm having a blast on the show I'M IN THE BAND. recently we shot a scene with snakes... Real snakes... And a six foot python named Titan<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/09/03/584.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/09/03/s_584.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />They squeeze you to death... Titan.. Get it? -- so needless to say I wasnt too happy when they placed him around my neck! But I'll tell you this, we bonded pretty quickly, we're gonna hang again real soon.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/09/03/585.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/09/03/s_585.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />He was so cool, you can feel yhe sheer power of six feet an forty pounds of muscle, and its humblong. Titan was an albino, white amd yellow markings and he was a babe, the Brad Pitt of snakes.<br /><br />Goes to show that preconceived notions are often wrong, now I wonder if its the same with humans.... NAH!<br />Steve<br /><br />Post From My iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-12087432138101510132009-08-19T12:44:00.000-07:002009-08-19T12:45:45.673-07:00Union schmunion<br />Why do we have unions? They are here for the members, that's it. To protect, fight for and ensure fair deals and conditions. <br />So why are so many actors pissed off at their unions? We feel they have let us down. Although our dues pay their wages the employees seem to think it's ok to ignore concerns, not return calls and betray us in gross and illegal manners.<br />Soon I wil detail my struggle with AFTRA and how it has completely let its membership down, and beleive me, I'm not the only one who feels this way!<br /><br />Although I have never been an outspoken political type, it's time to speak up. <br />It ain't all glamour folks!<br /><br /><br />-- Posted From My iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-62126040140157202672009-07-28T11:11:00.001-07:002009-07-28T11:15:53.221-07:00Well hellooooooI have been sooo busy launching a new show that their has been zero time to write. Learning guitar, singing lessons and a long sitcom schedule knocked me out these last 3weeks. Now we are hitting our stride I can pull the trusty (?!) iPhone out and blog from the make up chair as my awesome rocker wig is being attatched!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/28/284.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/28/s_284.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />The show is called IM IN THE BAND<br />It follows the life of teeanger Tripp Campbell as he joins his all time fave 80's Rock band IRON WEASEL as they vie for a comeback. I play lead singer and rock legend in his own mind , DEREK JUPITER.<br />I have not had this much fun and laughed out loud so much in years! And I'm not just saying that coz I'm in it! The reason I chose to do this show was the scripts were hysterical! The band let's the kid join as long as they can live in his mums guest room! It's Spinal Tap millenium style and it's a blast, <br />I hope you will all check it out when we premier in January on Disney XD<br />Talking of Disney, the Wizards of Waverly Place movie prems in August, It was a challenge to shoot as I had a parrot on my shoulder the ENTIRE film! But she (parrot) was very affectionate and we had fun together! They say never work with kids or animals but this shoot proved that wrong! The WWP cast were lovely to work with and we all had fun off camera too. It was shot entirely on location in Puerto Rico, which, with the exception of the over 50 spider and mosquito bites I endured, was a beautiful location! <br />Well, wig is on, make-ups done, time to change and go shoot! We are starting with a scene where we rock the bands new song PRETTY BITTER, a break up song that takes no prisoners! <br />Ciao peeps luv y'all!<br />Stevie V<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/28/285.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/28/s_285.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />-- Posted From My iPhone<br /><br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-46309160906322946502009-07-07T02:31:00.000-07:002009-07-07T03:09:13.104-07:00So I'm up at 530am (230am LA time) getting picked up in 30 mins. Time to fly back home.<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/07/68.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/07/s_68.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='279' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />An uneventful night, had some wonderful suggestions from the twitpack about where to eat but crashed. Would love to return to Atlanta someday, apparantly they offer tax credits for filming so their's a good chance of that!<br />Sitting here thinking of all the places I've visited to work and film, the adventures I've had so far and it brought a smile to my hangovered crumpled morning face.<br /><br /> Everyone should travel as MUCH as they can. There are peeps I went to school with, in my home town of Southend, England, who's idea of travelling is 'popping down the pub'. <br /><br />There is sooo much to see, I have only just scratched the surface, I've seen rainforests and deserts, beaches, jungles, mountain tops, villages and huge cities, amazing architecture and mud huts, passionate tango, magic, incredible cemetaries and simple graves of complicated historical figures, protest marches for peace and pot, beautiful oceans, volcanos, a frozen lake with a stunning church in the middle of it (Lake Bled) and the people, the people are wonderful! <br /><br />The press and media perpetuates the myth that the world is seeped in hatred, war and violence but I haven't experienced that. That's not to say it isn't there, I've worked for USO type army tours, entertaining troops in the Falklands, Northern Island and Belize, I've heard bombs go off during my show (and I'm not talking about the jokes!) it is out there but I've seen so much more! I've seen successful peeps who share their wealth, others with nothing that are truly happy and share their love, people who are sick and dying who are more concerned about others than themselves, generous people, warm, loving and giving. THAT is the common denominator wherever I go and it rocks!<br /><br />No real point to this mornings blog, other than to say to the world how much I appreciate it.<br /><br />Go see it for yourself, you can' t have an opinion on politics, religion or fashion, ;), until you have seen how others live, its worth it trust me, as the Captain of the Titanic once said<br />'have I ever steered you wrong!'<br /><br /><br />-- Posted From My iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-1847183028019363572009-07-06T09:03:00.001-07:002009-07-06T09:03:17.466-07:00FYISo I used an iPhone app called BLOGPRESS, works like butter! <br />Awesome! <br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/06/233.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/06/s_233.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Here's an awesome pic of Ziggy, can't remember if I posted this yet but it's the Zig playing with a pals dog, yes this is playing!<br />He's very alpha with other pooches VERY ALPHA always has to dominate... Just like his dad! Loves flirting with the ladies ..just like his dad, always licking and sniffing.... Just like.. A dog ! Come on people!<br /><br />-- Posted From My iPhone<br />Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-87026722210489790712009-06-24T08:33:00.000-07:002009-06-24T10:17:59.575-07:00A Tail of two Ziggy'sSo my pal Chris <a href="http://www.chrisaphoto.com/">Amerouso</a>, he of glamour and animal photography fame, knew I needed a dog before I did. He's an animal lover and supporter of many charities, as am I, but he's also kind of a tattooed Dr Doolitle.<div>Anyway one day he comes to me and says that our mutual friend, Linda Blair, of head spinning fame, now runs an amazing PIT-BULL rescue and has a dog for me. His name is Snowflake and he's at her compound. Snowflake needed a minor operation and had been dropped at the pound by a family unable or unwilling to spend the $200. Linda had rescued him just a few days before execution. (when you put it like that it drives home the fact huh?)</div><div>I wasn't sure a Pitt-bull was the right dog for me, but I love them anyway so went to visit Linda at her <a href="http://lindablairworldheart.org/">World Heart Foundation </a>Compound.</div><div>First of all Linda does an amazing job rescuing Pits, and she runs the place solely on charity donations. She is a truly dedicated and brave person and must have over 50 dogs at her compound and knowing Linda she will find a home for all of them!</div><div><br /></div><div>So I was finally introduced to snowflake, the dog Chris and Linda thought would be just right for me, there, in the middle of the room, ruling a pack of huge pitbulls, was snow flake, a JackChi! Thats a Jack Russell/ Chihauhua mix. I wasnt sure how to take that! A JackChi? What am I Paris Hilton with the little dog! ?</div><div><br /></div><div>But then he trotted up to me wagging furiously, not just his tail but his whole body! I was hooked!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8Agt9pXYtdvd9YKvvReNMabZYtNowU-OQ46IDQE8VAhVfzJz2levZRiUkSBvalTUad7cO4VKJOVB39xr-GEcjlz2ahR-86-ZkC8-hv-HCu_ush9Ize5QXzCef2Dn34h0XryDgzd5Xec/s320/DSC_0124.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350937636166166802" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That was it, we were instant pals and he has lived at the Valentine compound for two years now.</div><div>One thing I knew for sure, the name Snowflake HAD TO GO! He had such a strong alpha personality with the Pits he deserved something cool and hip and strong.</div><div>I never knew how agonizing it can be finding a name for you pet, seriously !!! It took me weeks!</div><div>Finally I settled on the name Ziggy, but named after which famous Ziggy? As that would surely be the question,</div><div><br /></div><div>So here it is, the announcement of his full name, Ziggy Marley Stardust Valentine III.</div><div><br /></div><div>I always joked about people who had photos of their dogs on their cell phone....but THAT day I just had to take one, and now of course the phone is jammed!</div><div>I was at a coffee shop, we had just adopted Zigs and I wanted some java, a lady approached with her very young child, </div><div>"can he pet your dog "</div><div>she asked</div><div>I told her I had literally just picked him up and didn't know how he was with kids. she said...</div><div>"thats OK I'll take responsibility"</div><div>I was a little stunned but having a few witnesses I let the two meet,</div><div><br /></div><div>Check out the pic, </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8zruEKr9UGM_ReDhC2-k1LGknolJHGw6EOtLgizPM81cCYpVKhkuCUg9HQr5l7POFo1uth0B3x_qxlEl4X2jQxoE5rwKYt-A-yoC4DwXleTHZIY_T6yV_0UynjC0CGdY9tXMhE9h-Lc/s320/IMG_0056+3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350937624527465586" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ziggy loves kids, he loves everyone, it's true what they say, a rescue knows he's been rescued. </div><div>By the way the rescue I'm talking about...is me</div><div><br /></div><div>.<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnmkIgj5JyQX9KlASpREnVkYj3aSvsvf0CS8WvxlC4fjqgLbACVqHCJZlRguNP9Ar9DO0h0xpJ0hRvTXwVuioUCIJqCZAqOIpHFZPc_2Uh7Co1iYrK7u2Neay6SHyMjkmTSL-Oi60QpE/s320/steve+ziggy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350937637831680594" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Go find one today,</div><div>Your perfect companion is sitting, waiting, wagging, on death row...go save him.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3Xtz61B8YAmoL8KCoetTZjCy5Br2WwQJR16hdzY4RAXQYoqneB_76sGqtfdJno4TItWpJdmxafLVlCAT4S0GWQwblwMYEPMoSIg53KIofwQTvweXqj-25z0GLJLOeCQAmPLNzxUjMlo/s320/P1012048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350937647570746306" /></div><div><br /></div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-60608024123229401132009-06-12T15:49:00.000-07:002009-06-12T17:00:35.007-07:00Magic really exists...<span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.magiccastle.com">The Magic Castle</a> ahhhh the place dreams are made of!</div><div><div>I will never forget driving into Hollywood, no</div><div>money, no job, just a passion to try and succeed. I thought I could work as a magician while setting up an acting agent, etc. I had heard of the Magic Castle, a mythological place where only the greatest Magicians in the world get invited to appear...literally, I knew it was in California but had no idea where!</div><div>The first apartment we stopped at was on Orange Drive, run by an english couple, we wanted to rent but had no credit, no jobs and not much money (about $2000 if I remember right). These guys were angels, they not only let us rent there but helped us find jobs!</div><div>I recall mentioning how I hoped to work at the Magic Castle, when the husband, Norris, frowned and took me outside, less than a block up the road, glistening in the sunlight WAS THE MAGIC CASTLE! Needless to say I auditioned to work immediately.</div><div><br /></div><div>I must have performed THOUSANDS of shows there over the years, even winning a few awards.</div><div>Last night I took some friend up there who had never been and the wonder and joy in their faces reminded me of my first time, such a wonderful evening of magic and memories, and drinking and eating !</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a fantastic place, I hope it stays around forever.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Their are times in life where you jump BEFORE looking, you</div><div>have to because if you see the challenges ahead or allow yourself to think of them you will never do it!</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes just having faith in <i>yourself</i>, that everything will be alright, is enough. Having angels sent to watch over your journey cant hurt either!</div><div>I have always been a member of the 'jump in and just do it' club. You want to do somthing strongly enough and for the RIGHT REASONS the doors will open, maybe not immediately and for sure not in the sequence you may wish for, but they will open.</div><div>remember the ROLLING STONES, '</div><div><br /></div><div>"you cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you'll find you get what you need!"</div><div><br /></div><div>Looking back to 1989, it terrifies me to think about where we may have ended up, if it hadn't been for that lovely warm couple who managed the Orange Apartments I don't think I would be writing this today,</div><div>Thank you both</div><div>steve</div></div></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPf3HjbNDhZ3pd_h7uIwJcNpVVGeuIH3LDE1tbQF3GQw3RkDVl8E3bmevlgz6U65hgeXCiJ1oXO0W88Sq5pDN7wHOmezgo0CTxtiYsPz_VzBpljt3JApIx3mv9qc5B7sOnRs5p3tHsbXw/s320/SteveValentine095RTedit2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346583979554332322" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqq9snd7ytwL2J4N9ttMorYLVs2MlE8XFfAS5eURV27pjAjHutGBYasrnQLdQWV8BWbRC7VouxPwszdn_5x866WXJ5Sa0yLTpNAMaJh17vcZbbhoZrnMA_ldtMoMlLE_d32kNtUqDolk/s1600-h/P1010015.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqq9snd7ytwL2J4N9ttMorYLVs2MlE8XFfAS5eURV27pjAjHutGBYasrnQLdQWV8BWbRC7VouxPwszdn_5x866WXJ5Sa0yLTpNAMaJh17vcZbbhoZrnMA_ldtMoMlLE_d32kNtUqDolk/s320/P1010015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346583962705910914" /></a><div>Martin Nash , the greatest card cheat in the world, and I next to our Magic Castle Caricatures!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDVK0ZlcQENbU3wk_6D46lxfj0Vn7dHjMCuVW17DjgBswXJ5U91_JUxRJBaB7l60-4sVfXuZXQnMs0KwkAvr7M5kr6fRV3uz9KsCexwKZ2__3bXhScanJvLP2gsdFKdgrTNXfMPTg48g/s320/IMG_6777+8x10_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346583959181628850" /><div><div>With Tippi at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.shambala.org">Shambala</a> fundraiser , that's a whole other blog!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-63259754576334984402009-06-10T22:04:00.000-07:002009-06-10T22:37:16.804-07:00GhostsSo, its hard for me to say this, but...I live with two ghosts. SCOUTS HONOR!<div><br /></div><div>How do I know this and why don't I run?</div><div><br /></div><div> I shall explain. I moved into this particular house a number of years ago, it's a four story and the basement room, which opens out to the garden, was very cold from day one but this is to be expected from the lowest floor </div><div><br /></div><div>Every time I went down to this room I felt irritation in the air, annoyance, like I shouldn't be there. Well I ignored it. Over the next two years there was a fair amount of drama in the house and so I didn't pay attention to the vibe in the basement.<div>After my divorce the house was empty for a while and then I moved back in. Now it was even MORE irritable in the basement and at time I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up as if someone was right behind me.!</div><div><br /></div><div>Normally a person may run , but I've had a number o bizarre experiences in my life so it just pissed me off!</div><div> So I performed a completely improvised burnt sage ritual in every room. Just made up the words as I went along, basically saying </div><div><br /></div><div>HEY THIS IS MY HOUSE NOW, IT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD, DEAL WITH IT, IF YOU DONT LIKE IT LEAVE.</div><div><br /></div><div> Things seemed OK after that... then I had people stay over...</div><div><br /></div><div>A pal who house sat for me called to ask if I had ghosts (hadn't told a soul..hard to get sitters if you do!) she said she had felt like she was being chased around the house when she was alone, more than one presence... as if to say </div><div><br /></div><div>WHY ARE YOU HERE YOU SHOULD LEAVE! </div><div><br /></div><div>She really didn't want to continue the job. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now believe me when I tell you I was was not happy! So I Saged the house again on my return, this time very forcibly explaining the DEAL to whatever it was that wanted the house to itself. Im not afraid of these things and I let them know. This battle would continue on and off for a year. Then my GF at the time started feeling it. Now she is a lucid dreamer and has the ability to stop and confront something IN a dream if she doesn't like where its going! She had one experience where she felt I was sitting on the corner of the bed telling her she should wake up and leave and a vivid dream where she was being chased around the house by two men, one huge and one small. They were telling her she needed to get out! She stopped the dream and told them THEY should leave. They told her it was their house and they didn't want anyone else there, THEY HAD GOT RID OF THE WOMAN BEFORE AND THEY COULD GET RID OF HER! </div><div><br /></div><div> So I made one final sage ceremony but this time I made them a promise it went like this</div><div><br /></div><div> I HAVE FILLED THIS HOUSE WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER, IF YOU DONT LIKE IT I COULD CARE LESS...BUT..IF YOU DONT QUIT RIGHT NOW I WILL SELL THIS HOUSE AND MAKE SURE I SELL IT TO THE LOUDEST, LARGEST, MOST OBNOXIOUS FAMILY I CAN FIND. YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD BEEN GOOD TO ME ! SO ITS TIME TO LIVE HARMONIOUSLY OR GET OUT!!</div><div><br /></div><div>It has truly been peaceful since then, no visitor has experienced any weird vibes....although as I write this the hairs on the back of my neck are starting to rise....</div></div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-5979573547124925042009-06-05T18:11:00.000-07:002009-06-05T18:52:45.291-07:00Charity, Disney and violent video games!This morning I had breakfast with Scot Williams, Scot was a writer and producer on Crossing Jordan, then moved over to co-ep BONES and now will be working with the big TV cheese himself....Jerry Bruckheimer! Way to go man that's awesome! Best of luck!<div>Scot is also the co-founder of <a href="http://shanesinspiration.org/">SHANES INSPIRATION</a> a truly wonderful positive charity, please check it out and donate if you can, The recession has hit charities so badly, and any help will always be appreciated..plus I will like you more !!!!<br /><br />Soooooo excited to start shooting a new series for Disney XD, we begin July 8th, just saw the pilot it's looking goooood, show is called VIPER SLAP! About a 14 year old boy who joins an 80's rockband searching for a comeback. Here's a pic of me in full make up! is that my real hair..hmmmmm<br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqzUhT7S2_EmU0cX7z1_jxiMCoLfYBg7rMeGMUwLPz3OsdQYBVX22tyl1HtldAcBgt2XfiN35k0ESwWIEPKE-1EE6e4DcbPtHc54TKzdZeA7qUpLwkmHO-KkM8MJh548S6kEOQ3J774M/s320/IMG_0257.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344022298725043698" />The other awesome video game, DRAGONAGE, that I completed this year will be premiering in October. its amazing! Check out the trailers</div><div><a href="http://dragonage.bioware.com/gallery_videos.html">http://dragonage.bioware.com/gallery_videos.html</a><br /></div><div>I think I recorded close to 6000 lines of dialogue, well more really, approximately 3000 lines and three or four variations on each, so it adds up! </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a pic of my character, Alistair, the reluctant hero. who kicks ass!<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyKWt1UNOSC7ZXW9LMQah-ZBwi_KzhRBL2Rtd5T_rYxusQqfFKAOaTJnXdkihg_DefSrvSxT46EqNeTJ-wWNkDzoFvCcpSv9fOGb25aPrU2mpusuXGaeGq_i1Av8eyRJtTuZLmmaRlOA/s320/concept-thumb-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344022581494083218" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am constantly amazed at the detail in these games, this one is truly majestic!</div><div><br /></div><div>So you see, an actors life for me, to play such different roles, inhabit so many lives, taste the worlds I might have entered and those I steered away from. That's why I love it, it makes this life I'm leading now...more like a multiple role playing game..split personality existence, without the prozak!</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday photo shoot with Karen Soltero, gonna rock that!</div><div>you all have an amazing weekend, now lets seeeeee...who do I want to be today.......</div><div><br /></div></div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-48234357985067400682009-06-04T12:30:00.000-07:002009-06-05T18:47:48.535-07:00uncharted 2, among thieves<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyo5rsChKCZTPgPfJ5mdQs6_j0M8ZbugzSXabAUuWS_DHpt8Q3MNj9dDyIeBH3JcxeKZbOZL4wkDun2zG6TdA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Yesterday I was continuing my year long adventure working for Naughty Dog on the sequel to their blockbuster, UNCHARTED. It's a Sony playstation game and we are close to finishing it. They have some amazing surprises with the sequel, the motion capture elements, directed by Gordon Hunt, are a blast to work on, look stunning on film, and the all in one motion capture jumpsuits we have to wear, absolutely humiliating!. <div>It has been inspiring to work with these talented actors who can break out a million voices and impersonations, at times its hard to keep a straight face! I am playing the character of Harry Flynn, he's so much stronger, braver, handsomer and rugged than I am, but then that's the grea thing about motion capture, look at Beowulf!</div><div>I have been given permission to blog the new trailer for the game, its like a motion picture, the game play itself has incredible detail,</div><div>it's a new world to me, and I love it.</div><div>steve</div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-42326493687403464102009-06-02T10:46:00.000-07:002009-06-02T11:11:49.744-07:00about comments!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPkDLzwO9lpfX9_3aOWCYXIF9MwQ5hdPh_iBAGhW_Iq01MeYjiCN0m4N39-prhN6r-yn6LU0GP_0v7jREdW4QgQjYqDXyJQU9Kf0buShEOW1TnF4Nmzbq_xqLPO7l9mGn2O_3RB84JMk/s1600-h/IMG_0382.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPkDLzwO9lpfX9_3aOWCYXIF9MwQ5hdPh_iBAGhW_Iq01MeYjiCN0m4N39-prhN6r-yn6LU0GP_0v7jREdW4QgQjYqDXyJQU9Kf0buShEOW1TnF4Nmzbq_xqLPO7l9mGn2O_3RB84JMk/s320/IMG_0382.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342788779556458610" /></a><br />As with other sites and blogging, I will try to read as many comments as I can, but it will be impossible to respond due to time constraints. I value your opinions. Anything inappropriate will be deleted and blocked. <div>Thanks for reading this...the most boring of all my blogs </div><div><br /></div><div>So to make up for it here is a picture of me as a diminutive gardener in a super silly short I made for the internet!</div><div>PEACE</div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-23057662807256908212009-06-02T09:25:00.000-07:002009-06-02T11:11:30.874-07:00Meeting your heroes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkROZFvFFSV55u7MoRrGNJVKzcHvKaU1WZ74xzFoypIEq_oKzm_0mPGyMHhM495yhciNW6jiz8r0yAm4gy8ljGBeQCPsonczdnpawjTwK5zAwv-Uj4Hosv8S8tUM5ddcf_OQ6aqIlogg/s1600-h/D2K09_StevenValentine.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 189px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkROZFvFFSV55u7MoRrGNJVKzcHvKaU1WZ74xzFoypIEq_oKzm_0mPGyMHhM495yhciNW6jiz8r0yAm4gy8ljGBeQCPsonczdnpawjTwK5zAwv-Uj4Hosv8S8tUM5ddcf_OQ6aqIlogg/s320/D2K09_StevenValentine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342769911840989522" /></a><br />Recently took a trip to New York to walk the runway for DRESSED TO KILT. Sir Sean Connery's annual fundraiser. was a blast on the runway but backstage was another experience. Met some wonderful people, passionate about the charity and their lives, people taking risks and following their passions, people who appreciated the chance this event gave them, to help others.<div><br /></div><div>But I also had a classic 'don't meet your heroes' moment, an actress I have long enjoyed who was a complete B***** to me. For no reason and I mean NO REASON! I simply said hello and had to endure, not just her bitching about the event, but the disdainful looks and eye rolling she sent in my direction. </div><div><br /></div><div>The bigger they were, the rougher they fall!</div><div><br /></div><div>It's funny, DRESSED TO KILT for me embodied everything I love about ' The Biz':</div><div>People giving their time and stature to a charity for the shear joy of participating and raising money...</div><div><br /></div><div>and the worst of 'The Biz':</div><div> 'celebrities' who have forgotten what it is to have manners and be polite, who have insecurities and entitlements so vast they have lost touch with the simplicity of</div><div> being a human being.</div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSCl-JQ97xXDGJJlh8Coa3IEXscgTaDdGl_nCK3_CLl5mnz_e4QMFfziMXo7K5nQ7ztYIkZLYE8-y9ZXP3gGmkFrw4NPFT__MXYtpf4lffiDvq4eSDEDMn8fryVuhYQTvR-oKquHH34E/s320/CIMG0570.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342770997185925922" /><br /><div><br /></div><div>If it wasn't for Inna that may have ruined my night, (I have a tendency to let rudeness get to me) but she convinced me to focus on the elephant...</div><div><br /></div><div>Have to say though, all in all a fantastic event, I will be taking part in more and more this year, including <a href="http://www.shanesinspiration.org/">SHANES INSPIRATION</a>, a wonderful positive charity that puts to use every dollar it raises.</div><div><br /></div><div>THEY SAY NEVER MEET YOUR HEROES. I disagree, meet as many as you can, for one thing you will often be pleasantly surprised, but the truth is you will see them as simply human, people as fallible, flawed and scared as you and me. Let this inspire you because lets face it, if THEY can become successful, then so can you.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have been in Hollywood for 20 years now, many more 'heroes' stories to come...</div><div><br /></div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961414356512005466.post-8703789353220039992009-06-02T09:15:00.000-07:002009-06-02T09:21:57.336-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseI0nVSa1qdABOrtEoa82SeD_TptQjZwe3XLcK9wg05G1fDGFgLoixxO2jazxDgPhjCTPLUhzhwVpZUxdirJsTRY-VthXyesCi6suvR3S55tBvjF6xD0BkgKHDWW5_YedEk36gl5OkjQ/s1600-h/SV_VF.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseI0nVSa1qdABOrtEoa82SeD_TptQjZwe3XLcK9wg05G1fDGFgLoixxO2jazxDgPhjCTPLUhzhwVpZUxdirJsTRY-VthXyesCi6suvR3S55tBvjF6xD0BkgKHDWW5_YedEk36gl5OkjQ/s320/SV_VF.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342765647375664738" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ok people here we go, before we start with true blogs I have to include the obligatory BIO!</span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Baskerville Old Face'; "></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">‘EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON…’</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">That’s the phrase that keeps Steve Valentine going, as he plows </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">through his wide, varied and ultimately strangely connected </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">career.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Born in Scotland and raised near London, England, Steve has </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">had a fascination with performing from the age of 5. That was </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">the year he started THEATRE and DANCE training and took a </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">passionate, lifelong interest in MAGIC. His first job was playing </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">a child Prince in ‘THE KING AND I’ in London theatre at the </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">age of 7,</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">From those humble beginnings to appearing in almost two </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">hundred hours of television, a dozen movies and countless </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">commercials, to starring in the Hit TV series CROSSING </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">JORDAN, Steve Valentine has done it all.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Always the performer, Steve DJ’d in Europe, ran a nightclub at </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">18 years old in the former Yugoslavia only just escaping the war, </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">entertained troops in the Belize jungle, Northern Ireland and Falkland Islands during that war. He </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">has traveled the world on a cruise ship performing stand-up comedy, headlined in Las Vegas and </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">become known as one of the top close-up magicians in the world.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">“ I had a chance to stay in Vegas with my own illusion show” Steve admits “ But I’m an actor at </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">heart and needed to stay in LA to follow that dream.”</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Once in LA Steve still dabbled in magic, winning the coveted CLOSE UP MAGICIAN OF THE </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">YEAR award, two years in a row, from Hollywood’s World Famous MAGIC CASTLE.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Steve had to retire from the magic scene when, auditioning for a movie role the producer turned </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">out to be a past magic client who had hired Steve for his kids bar mitzvah, he didn’t take Steve </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">seriously as an actor. The next day the magic was dropped and the rest is history. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">One year later Steve got the sitcom ‘Nikki’ for the WB, followed by six years on NBC’s ‘Crossing </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Jordan’:</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> “While he is unorthodox in his approach to his work and the people he works with, there is </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">something amusing and charming about him,” says Steve Valentine of ‘Dr. Nigel Townsend’ his </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">“Crossing Jordan” character, a quirky criminalist/forensics expert -- and ex-British soldier. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">“Out of the myriad of characters I have played, ‘Nigel’ is definitely one of my favorites -- arguably </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">the most multi-faceted and easily the most FUN!” </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Steve’s guest star appearances run the gamut, his guest starring role on NBC’s “Just Shoot Me,” in </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">which his character, ‘Zigmund’, has an affair with Nina (Wendie Malick), was a showstopper that </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">produced a flood of letters and industry talk and gained him rave reviews. His additional series </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Handwriting - Dakota"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">STEVE VALENTINE BIO 2009</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">credits include such shows as “House”, “Monk”, “Chuck” “Middleman” “Will & Grace,” “The </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman”, “Dharma and Greg”, “The Hughleys,” “Boston </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Legal,” “Providence,” “JAG,” “Charmed,” “Martial Law,” “VIP,” “Promised Land” and </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">“Diagnosis Murder.” </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Steve’s feature-film credits include Co-starring roles in “Spiderman III,” Albert Brooks’ “The </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Muse,” with Jeff Bridges and Sharon Stone; Tim Burton’s “Mars Attacks,” “Return to the Secret </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Garden” and George Huang’s “Trojan War.” He also starred as the ‘Boogeyman’ in Disney’s </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">“Don’t Look Under the Bed.” As well as such independent films as “Remembering Phil” with </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Nick Turturo, “Fatman and Mr. Taco”, “Gabriella,” and “Foreign Correspondents,” </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Continuing in his desire to stretch and perform in as many arena’s as possible, Steve just shot ‘I’m </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">with the band’ for Disney, starring as the lead singer of the dumbest Rock band in the world, can </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">be seen Hosting “Estate of Panic” for Sci-Fi Channel ( just nominated for a Rose D’or) and starring </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">in “Stone of Dreams” (the ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ movie) again for Disney.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Steve Valentine first set foot in America, performing magic on a cruise ship based out of Puerto </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Rico, in March of 1989. It was there he met his now ex-wife, and moved with her to Los Angeles.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Now, 20 years later, in March of 2009, the again single Mr. Valentine has just completed Disney’s </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">‘Stone of Dreams’. In which he plays the villain ‘Archie’, a wizard turned street magician, shot </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">entirely on location in…. Puerto Rico.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">THE STRETCH CONTINUES:</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Recently Steve has written and produced a number of TV and Film </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">projects including CRIMEWORLD- a new take on Sherlock </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Holmes, THE GOURMET DETECTIVE - based on the series of </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">hit mystery novels, BLOOD MAGIC a horror screenplay based on </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">real events and AMONG SPIRITS, a period X-Files.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">He also just optioned his reality magic competition show MYSTERY </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">TOUR to Fox 21. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Steve Valentine lives in Los Angeles with his newly rescued doggie </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Ziggy and two ghosts.</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">In his spare time, he enjoys horseback riding, dancing and riding </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">roller coasters, sometimes all at the same time, and yes if you ask </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">nicely, he will still blow you away with an incredible magic trick!</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Valentine’s birthday is October 26, every inch a Scorpio..…</span></span></span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville Old Face"><br /></p><p></p></div></span></div></div>Steve Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735455125121707395noreply@blogger.com