If you’re relaxing at home enjoying the day off from school or work make sure you apply to the top ten casting calls this Monday on InstantCast:
1. Be in Ed Hardy & True Religion photo shoots!
2. Get cast in Burlesque with Cher & Christina Aguilera!
3. W Magazine photo shoot needs you!
4. Act in Wall Street 2 with Charlie Sheen, Josh Brolin & more!
5. Urban Outfitters seeks talent like you for photo shoots!
6. Act in a new HBO comedy series!
7. Audition for Carnival Cruise Lines!
8. Flaunt your hot body on MTV!
9. Host a home renovation show!
10. Bravo casting for Top Chef Season 7!

Click here to access all our most recent casting calls–break a leg!

By: Isabelle Dungan, InstantCast Editor

I know, I know…it’s the first working week in September… and you’re soooo busy with work, back-to-school, and getting back into the swing of things… but if there’s ONE THING you do this weekend, it should be applying to this week’s Top Ten casting calls. Check them out:
1. Strut the runway on The Wendy Williams Show!
2. Get cast on new Disney show Good Luck Charlie!
3. Disney’s Camp Rock: The Final Jam needs talent!
4. Act with Christopher Lloyd & John Leguizamo in Blackbeard!
5. Open casting call for MTV commercials!
6. Join the cast of HBO’s new TV series from the producers of Entourage!
7. Perform in the thriller Paradox!
8. Have fun this fall on ABC Family’s TV show Greek!
9. Act with Josh Duhamel in Life As We Know It!
10. Be in an Obama sitcom today!

…click here to access a full listing of all our casting calls. Break a leg!

By: Isabelle Dungan, InstantCast Editor

Time for another Twilight giveaway for Vampire Week! Sure, Twilight is the reigning champ of vampire drama, but HBO’s show True Blood has an intense following too. So enter our Fantasy Casting contest: Who Will Co-Star with Anna Paquin on “True Blood”?

The winner will receive an official 2010 New Moon calendar! Use it to keep track of your acting goals & your auditions. Win your New Moon calendar here!

This week…starting today…we’ll announce a new Twilight-themed prize for each of our vampire Fantasy Casting contest winners! So check out all ten of this week’s contests and start casting your votes now! Remember, you can votes for yourself 100 times a day… Here are a few of this week’s contests:

Who will get cast on The CW’s new drama Vampire Diaries?
Who will co-star with Anna Paquin on season 2 of HBO’s True Blood?
Who should win tickets to the MTV VMAs & see the exclusive New Moon trailer?

…click here for a full listing of all our contests and stayed tuned to hear the winners & prizes announced soon!

By: Isabelle Dungan, InstantCast Editor

Tired of vampires? Of course not! This is one trend that’s not dying out. So we’re declaring that next week is Vampire Week on InstantCast – complete with exciting Twilight prize giveaways! But why next week?

Because you’ll get 1) the season premiere of The CW’s new show Vampire Diaries, 2) the season finale of HBO’s sexy drama True Blood, and 3) an exclusive New Moon trailer airing at the MTV VMAs on Sunday!

And the best part is that we’re giving away awesome free Twilight swag every day next week! Stay tuned to find out what you could win…

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Miley Cyrus & Max Azria: New Clothing Line! [Just Jared Jr.]

By Alisha, InstantCast assistant editor

These TV parts just in: click below & be the 1st to apply!
ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” is now casting
Join in on the gossip on the CW’s hit TV series “Gossip Girl”
Get your Beverly Hills on in the re-make of “90210″ on the CW
Star on USA’s new TV series “Royal Pains”
Become Famous in Martin Scorsese’s HBO Pilot “Boardwalk Empire”

How many times have you heard the quote, “There are no small parts, only small actors”? I truly believe that is the case.

Having worked in extras casting, I know the importance directors have put on finding just the right actor for a non-speaking role. You may think it’s insignificant, but I’ve spent hours and late nights searching through headshots for the right person.

I’ve also had moments where I was sent back twice with rejected choices because no one fit the image the director had in his or her head for the part.

A year and half ago I worked on a film for HBO called Taking Chance, that will be premiering this Saturday at 8pm. It’s a beautiful story starring Kevin Bacon, that follows an escort taking a fallen soldier’s body home.

The film has an emotional core that is defined more by the scenes it presents than the dialogue surrounding them. It was for this reason that the extras became a big part of the storytelling.

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