Tuesday, August 23, 2011

"King" of Queens

What an AWESOME time I had last week!

I recently booked a supporting role in the indie film "King Kelly," a story about a smarmy, cheeky girl with big dreams of taking over the internet porn-o-verse. Louisa Krause stars as Kelly herself, who films all her days (and freaky-deeky nights) on an iPhone and throws them up on YouTube. I'm playing Angela, her older sister, who has little tolerance for Kelly's nasty attitude and shady business ethics. It's kind of exciting for me, because (aside from being a supporting role), I was also cast as *MY AGE*! This is a first, folks! Angela is married with a 6-year-old son. While I fully embrace the fact that I look like a 12-year-old, I'm so happy to have been cast as a legit adult! :D

I was told to take LOTS OF GREAT PICTURES while I was on set, and though I am *terrible* at taking pictures (I get super-distracted), I made a concerted effort to pull out my camera and grab at least a couple of moments.




















Diana Masi, who plays cousin Donna, snuggles Mr. Prince, the actor-pug!







The wardrobe rack, thanks to SeeThink Films' feed!













Aaron (my husband Tom), Anthony (my son Timmy) and Andrew (my dad)




















Mama & son--Anthony was an *awesome* child actor!










King Kelly is only my 2nd big indie film (the first was Jack and Diane , still being produced), and the experience was still so new for me! Our director Andrew Neel was just FANTASTIC--really great to work with, fun, excellent direction, and we had a lot of playful discovery in the scenes.

I had such a great time on-set with them, and I can't wait to see the final product!

<3
Jen


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Fancy AND Schmancy!

As I've recently had the GREAT pleasure in working on a fledgling TV Show ("The Heart, She Holler"), I also got my very first invitation to a WRAP PARTY!

Since "Holler" is done filming for now, the team was able to kick back and enjoy all their hard work. So on Thursday night, I got to chill with all my fellow actors, crew members and show creators, catch up with them and enjoy a GORGEOUS rooftop party!

I had a super-good time getting to know everyone a little better, getting excited about other people's new projects, and hearing that the show looks *hilarious* and creepy (which is the best combination that my mind can conjure)!

Here's a sneak-peek shot from the set, thanks to series regular Joe Sikora:















(John Gemberling as CLEM, Jen Ponton as GRINDER)

So far, the tentative air date is in early November...but I will firm that up as we get closer!

<3
Jen

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Monsters Under....the Sink?

One of the very best parts of my day is the morning, when, bleary-eyed, I make my way to the shower.

Why?

Because this is what I see:


Hubby and I absolutely fell in love with this monster bathroom set way back when we were registering for our wedding. We found it at Kohl's! We were really trying to make classy, adult decisions, but we couldn't resist all the bright, fun colors, the googly eyes and polka dots.

So we registered for this wonderful set! Out of all the crock pots and sheets and photo frames and toasters, we were just SALIVATING over this bathroom set.

Lo and behold, the night after the wedding, we have received ONE lone Monster gift: the shower curtain. What happened? we wondered. We registered for every. Last. Monster. Item. Surely our guests saw these on the lists!

And then it clicked. Oh, those pranksters, Jen and Andrew! our lovely guests were thinking. Surely they wouldn't want a bathroom set that was made for a 5-year-old!

We love you, guests. But that was cold.

If you are as tickled by this set as we are, they're phasing them out at Kohl's, but there's still some fun stuff left. ;)

<3
Jen