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Laurel Holloman is back!
photo via exposay.com
Being in the limelight at any cost is not her thing. Thank God there are actors who know when to lay low while taking their time to pursue other interests or talents. Laurel Holloman is certainly one of them.
She is a gifted actress, no loyal fan of hers has any doubt by now about that. Laurel reached way beyond the LGBT community portraying two emblematic lesbian characters: in the mid 90’s, as the baby butch Randy Dean in the indie film ‘The Incredibly True Story Of Two Girls In Love'’ and recently - for no less than six seasons - as Tina Kennard in Showtime's ground breaking TV show ‘The L Word’. She may not be on the cover of every glossy magazine, but she knows to wait for the right time to get back into the public eye.
After spending the summer in New York with her daughters - a prolific time that has materialized into a remarkable collection of large-format abstract paintings, the Tribeca series, now for sale online on her art website - she returns to L.A. more determined than ever to pursue her art in the City of Angels.
In the last couple of weeks, Laurel was interviewed by Afterellen.com, the Aussie radio show The Hump Day Crew and Shewired.com. Fans all around the world devoured her every word avid to see what she’s up to next. We’ve read and listened to a Laurel who is hopeful for an L Word movie, tactful on who killed Jenny Schecter, a hopeless romantic and, above all, a mother looking for the right balance between single parenting (while her husband works on a project in China), acting and painting. I, for one, was taken by how appreciative of her L Word fans she is, her openness about her art and how an important part of her life painting has become.
All these past months, Laurel stayed in contact with her worldwide fan base mainly through her Twitter page sharing not only the creation process of some of her paintings but also a glimpse into her life in NYC showing us just how human she is.
The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards night was the night when dressed up by the fabulous Craig Signer, actress Laurel Holloman, reunited with her BFF, entertainment journalist Miki Turner, made her major public appearance this year striking first a glam-style pose at LACMA in front of Leroy Hamilton’s magic lens.
Once the photo shoot was over, they took off to the HBO's Post Award Reception for a great evening. Myjet247.com’s Miki captured the fun while she mingled with the stars.
Now with her L.A. studio set up, although she misses the Hudson river view (and, frankly, so do I! ;) ), Laurel is all set for the upcoming months. Her paintings on laurelhollomanstudio.net are selling very well and she’s prepping her first art show in Los Angeles this fall. Painting is no longer a hobby or a release, it has become a serious business for Laurel.
And all of these are topped by her new TV show ‘Gigantic’ which premieres October 8 on TeenNick. Her character (RaeAnne Colvin) “used to be a rock and roller and she’s a one-hit wonder who ends up in an abusive relationship and winds up raising her teenage son by herself and they have a very nontraditional relationship.” The show has an incredibly talented young cast: Grace Gummer (Meryl Streep’s daughter), Gia Mantegna (Joe Mantegna’s daughter), Ryan Rottman, Jolene Purdy and Tony Oller.
Attention to beauty was not just one of Tina Kennard’s values. Immersed in the world of esthetics, Laurel excels at that and with her firm determination that she could move mountains with and her creativity flow, we will see for sure more collections coming up and more rewarding experiences for her and, ultimately, for her die-hard fans. Because she's back!
Samantha Stollenwerck rocked the house at Waterfront - [Los Angeles, Aug 3rd, 2010]
I have been in LA for almost a week now. Turns out to be the best week I have had in…. years. Have met an extraordinary bunch of people, been seeing sights, done some [easy] hiking, enjoyed the sun on Zuma Beach and taken loads of photos.
Yesterday I had the most amazing time. After a brekkie at Lulu’s Café with Miki Turner and some of the mayhem crowd (loved those cinnamon, walnut, banana pancakes, btw!!), followed by a walk in Venice Beach, chilling at Starbucks late afternoon with a hot choc, the end of the day couldn’t have been better.
That’s all thanks to Samantha Stollenwerck, one of the most down to earth musicians I have ever had the chance to meet.
Everything started – again – through social networking. Her friend, Laurel Holloman (“The L Word”) recommended her music through twitter. Samantha launched her latest CD “Carefree” in November last year and since then she’s been promoting it all around US or, in her words, she’s been “running like a refugee”. And she just finished shooting two new videos, for “Carefree” and “Japanese Single”.
I simply friend requested her on Facebook. Request accepted. Her openess was amazing. Early this year I wished her good luck before one of her shows and she replied almost immediately. Seeing that I was living in Germany and given her last name [Stollen - pronounced ‘shtollen’- is the traditional Christmas cake in Germany] she said she would have to come down there one day. Never in my wildest dreams had I imagined I would be meeting her in LA!
[Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn or] long story short, once I knew for sure the details of my trip to LA alongside the other mayhemers I sent her a message and asked if she had any gigs planned here during our stay. She said she didn’t have any, but would try her best to meet us. Knowing how busy she was, I tried not to keep my hopes up too much. But boy, was I surprised! She came up with all possible alternatives to meet with us all, until a definite show was set in stone in LA last night at the Waterfront.
We met her there. She looked great, despite a long and exhausting drive back the previous day with no air con from Wanderlust Festival in Lake Tahoe. Open, friendly, the kind of person who gives you the feeling you’ve known her for ages, she grabbed her guitar and being accompanied by her drummer she delivered a fantastic performance.
Among the songs she played: “Icicles”, “Carefree”, “Oblivious”, “Is this my life”, “Knock on wood”, “Write his name in the sky” ending the show with an “electric” cover of Eddie Grant's “Electric Avenue” together with Tom Freund. She didn’t forget to give a special shout-out to our multinational TMC who crossed oceans and continents to be here in LA, at her show!
Class act, Samantha!
‘Carefree’ [SoCal acoustic version]
via youtube.com
