LAUNCH SHOWCASE

We lost an icon in our industry, and this loss is personal. Dann was one of our scouts and colleagues.
His long career included international fashion model, director of a major modeling event, model agent at top fashion agency Irene Marie in Miami, photographer, stylist, art director…
But more importantly he was a dedicated friend, son, brother and husband to Beni Mendez.
You touched so many lives Dann and always in a caring and loving way. I can literally feel the grief rippling around the globe through all the lives you touched and all the friends who are grieving your loss. Rest my friend Dann Ryan Weir 💔

Three months after our July 2-6 Showcase the posts of gratitude keep coming in.
Thank you Khalyssa Raechelle 👸🏽 Lifestyle + Travel & Vlogs 🎥🎬🍿 We’re so excited to follow your success in the industry.

In Khalyssa’s own words:
Launch Showcase is an annual three-day training program and networking event designed to promote aspiring actors, models, singers, and dancers for the entertainment industry.

I worked with Launch Direct’s acting coach on my monologue and TV script for 6 months prior to this event to make sure everything was on point for the audition. We met regularly to perfect my craft.

The entire weekend of Launch Showcase is centered around hands-on workshops and training for runway modeling, commercial print modeling, film and television auditions, and stage performance.

I enjoyed the industry access aspect of the entire weekend because all participants got a chance to perform their talents directly in front of well known talent agents, casting directors, and producers from major markets who then offered call backs and contracts to participants who really stood out the most!

I am forever grateful for this experience, and I cannot wait to show yall what the future holds for me as a newly signed actress and model!

Three years later and still blowing us away with kind words and the sheer volume of work Kimberly Jo has booked over those 3 years.
We are so incredibly proud of you.
Now damn it, explain the riddles you posted that explain what your recent booking was for (lanterns? Uber Eats?) lol. 😊❤️

Video repost from WatchMojo

Timothy James Curry studied Drama & English at Birmingham University, & graduated with Combined Honors.
His first professional success was in the London production of “Hair”, followed by more work in the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Glasgow Citizens Repertory Company, & the Royal Court Theatre where he created the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show”. He recreated the role in the Los Angeles & Broadway productions & starred in the movie.
The part almost didn’t exist the way we know it. Richard O’Brien first wrote Frank-N-Furter as a German scientist in a lab coat — it was Curry who helped rebuild him into the creature in the corset who spoke like the Queen.
The midnight crowds found it, dressed as him, threw the toast, did the Time Warp & never stopped.
51 years later it’s still playing, a weekly ritual that gave generations of people the same message from the man in the fishnets: come in, sit down, you’re home… & he was never just Frank.
Curry continued his career on the New York & London stages with starring roles in “Travesties”, “Amadeus”, “The Pirates of Penzance”, “The Rivals”, “Love for Love”, “Dalliance”, “The Threepenny Opera”, “The Art of Success”, & “My Favorite Year”. He also starred in the United States tour of “Me & My Girl”. He received two Tony Award nominations for best actor & won the Royal Variety Club Award as “Stage Actor of the Year”.
A composer & a singer, Curry toured the United States & Europe with his own band & released four albums on A&M Records.
He was Wadsworth in Clue, Pennywise in “It”, Darkness in Legend, Miss Hannigan’s rat of a brother in Annie, the concierge chasing Kevin through the Plaza.
After a stroke in 2012 took his ability to walk, he kept right on working — voice roles, & a 50th-anniversary celebration of Rocky Horror just last year, still meeting the fans who’d found themselves in his shadow.
Losing him right after Dolly is almost too cruel.
2 people who spent fifty years telling the odd ones out that they were exactly right as they were.
The midnight movie never ended. Neither will his legacy.