A 1998 nominee for the Ralph Lauren producers award, Mr. Raddon is currently in post-production on his fourth independent film A SLIPPING DOWN LIFE. The film is based on the Anne Tyler novel by the same name. The film stars Guy Pearce of LA CONFIDENTIAL fame, Lily Taylor, Bruno Kirby and Tom Bower. The picture will have its world premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Raddon's other feature credits include SHOOTING LILY, a film which garnered the grand prize at the 1997 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Mr. Raddon also produced the 1995 foreign film, THE WOMAN IN THE MOON starring Maria De Madieros (PULP FICTION, HENRY & JUNE), Brooke Smith (VANYA ON 42ND STREET) and Portia De Rossi (SIRENS). In 1993, Mr. Raddon produced Arthur Borman's critically acclaimed moc documentary ...AND GOD SPOKE which was released theatrically through Live Entertainment. Before entering the realm of feature film production, he served as an in house producer for the Chicago based Loxley Hall Productions where he produced a number of industrial films and commercials. Mr. Raddon received a BA in Business Finance from Brigham Young University in 1991.

As an undergraduate student at Princeton University, Rampton studied writing under Joyce Carol Oates, E. L. Doctorow and John McPhee. Upon graduation in 1982, Rampton worked as a newspaper reporter before becoming a peace activist. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked closely with the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN), which opposed the Reagan administration's military interventions in Central America and works to promote economic development, human rights, and mutual friendship between the people of the United States and Nicaragua. At WCCN, Rampton helped establish the Nicaraguan Credit Alternatives Fund (NICA Fund) in 1992, which channels loans from socially concerned US investors to support microcredit and other "alternative credit" programs in Nicaragua.

In 1995, Rampton teamed with John Stauber as co-editors of PR Watch, a publication of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Defenders of the public relations industry regard their writings as one-sided and hostile. ActivistCash.com, a website hosted by Washington lobbyist Rick Berman, has castigated them as "self-anointed watchdogs," "scare-mongers," "reckless" and "left-leaning." (http://www.activistcash.com) In their own profile of ActivistCash.com, however, Rampton and Stauber have stated that the ActivistCash critique contains a number of "demonstrably false claims." (http://www.prwatch.org/improp/ddam.html)

Rampton is also a contributor for the open content encyclopedia project called Wikipedia and was the person who coined the name "Wikimedia" which later became the name of the foundation that manages Wikipedia and its sister projects. Inspired by Wikipedia's collaborative writing model, Rampton founded Disinfopedia, another CMD project, to complement his PR Watch work to expose deceptive and misleading public relations campaigns.

Bio from IMDb.com (http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Rasmusen,%20Carmen):

Carmen was born of Norwegian heritage on March 25, 1985 in Bountiful, Utah to Carl and Michelle Rasmusen. The second of four children, Carmen began playing piano at the age of six. She spent most of her childhood performing; singing, dancing (includes cheerleading, tap, ballet and hip-hop dance) until going to Hollywood in early 2003 and becoming one of the Top Twelve Finalists (out of 50,000 competitors) for "American Idol". Currently, Carmen is a senior at Woods Cross High in Woods Cross, Utah. She is aspiring to attend Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah and become a dermatologist.

Joshua is a very gifted and determined actor. His passion has landed him supporting roles in both television and feature films. He can be seen in episodes of "Touched By an Angel," "Promised Land," and others. In his own words he says, "It's just in my blood."

RETT RAYMOND is a composer/arranger who also makes the occasional CD (keeping his boyish dreams of pop-stardom alive, and having a great time doing it!). Stardom, or the lack thereof aside, composing themes and songs for television and movies is what keeps the bread on the Raymond table. ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, The WB, Arts and Entertainment Channel, Paramount Pictures, Warner Pictures, and Kabel 1 Germany are most of the big name companies that have used, or are currently using Brett's music. Four or five TV shows in Germany use Brett's music as main themes. In Canada and The U.S. His music can be heard from Montreal (CFCF12 main promo music) to Manhattan (ABC's Wide World of Sports); from Chicago (Oprah Winfrey Show) to L.A. (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox promo music). Worldwide, his music plays in Australia, Britain, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Lithuania (not joking), Mexico, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The coolest single gig right now for name-drop purposes is NBC's 'Today Show', which uses Brett's themes each day.

As has been mentioned, Brett loves to make the occasional CD, creating albums and playing live music. He plays many styles, but seems to, more often than not, gravitate to his pop/jazz roots. His new album, a jazzy, poppy (of course...) collection of Brett's own compositions mingled with the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim will be released in Japan and the Asian territory in Feb, 2002. Hopefully American, European, and South American releases will follow.

Having spent most of his youth in Michigan, Jeff, his twin brother, Jerry, and his family moved to California when he was in high school. While working as a tour guide at Universal Studios, Jeff watched films being made and was inspired to pursue a career as an actor. He went to college and graduated with a degree in speech and telecommunications. Jeff then moved to New York, where he studied with Warren Robertson and Michael Shurtleff. During his five years in New York Jeff had roles on several soap operas and won his first major feature film role. He also performed in many theatrical productions, commercials and voice-overs.

In addition to drama, Jeff performs stand-up comedy and also emcees various celebrity events. His Improv Comedy group, At the Drop of a Hat, performs regularly at the world famous Comedy Store.

Jeff enjoys using his skills in stage combat and martial arts to do a lot of his own stunts and fight scenes. He sings and plays guitar (acoustic and electric), and is a certified ski instructor and scuba diver. Jeff excels in most other sports as well.

As an active participant in many celebrity charity events, Jeff supports such organizations as the Ronald McDonald House, Muscular Dystrophy Association, The National Heart Foundation, Special Olympics and The Frontline Foundation.

Between projects, Jeff teaches an acting class at the University of Utah. He holds memberships with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Los Angeles Film Teachers Association, and is the official spokesman for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

Redford comes across sober and centred... expounding on her lead role of Evelyn in Neil LaBute's The Shape Of Things, extended to Nov. 9 at CanStage's Berkeley Street Theatre. Her surname is a draw. How many Redfords can you name? She is less expansive about her husband, a photographer about whom very little is known. Indeed, she is a photographer's dream: Tall, slim and leggy, with yards of blonde hair... this younger daughter of Robert Redford and his ex-wife, documentary filmmaker Lola Van Wagenen... She was Amy Hart while attending university in California, assuming her father's mother's maiden name. She resumed the Redford handle when she returned to New York in 1996. "I was raised in downtown New York and in Utah," she recalls. "I need Utah. I like spending a lot of time alone; I need solitude or I get batty... My parents are very grounded; they made sure we were treated like normal children. Neither of them came from privilege and they were not interested in having kids they didn't want to be around"... Both parents make a ritual of seeing all her shows: She's appeared in The Messenger off Broadway in New York, co-starring with Hollywood brat Troy Garity, son of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden; Hand Of God; Measure For Measure; Macbeth; Baby With The Bathwater; and Golden Ladder, where she was scouted for Shape... Her mom, she points out, is as much a role model as Dad. Van Wagenen went back to school when Redford was in grade school to get her Ph.D. from NYU with a dissertation on the suffragette movement. Mom was also exec producer of the [documentary] "There She Is: A History of Miss America."

The last series Regas directed was the science fiction sitcom "Out of This World" (1987-1991). He was one of about 9 directors of the series, which ran for 96 episodes. In 1985 Regas directed "One Minute Bible Stories: Old Testament" and "One Minute Bible Stories: New Testament," which were video featuring Shari Lewis and her famous puppet Lamb Chop presenting Bible stories and parables in a simple, one-minute format. There were about 30 segments on each video. Regas also directed Lewis' videos "101 Things for Kids to Do", "Don't Wake Your Mom!" and "Lamb Chop In The Land Of No Manners."

Liz Renay's extraordinary life could almost be a movie script. Raised by [extremely] religious parents, she ran away from home to win a Marilyn Monroe lookalike contest, and become a showgirl during the war. She eventually became a gansters moll and when he was arrested she refused to co-operate with the authorities and was sentenced to three years in Terminal Island prison, where she wrote her autobiography. On release she became a stripper, and self-publicist, performing the first mother and daughter strip and the first grandmother to streak down Hollywood Boulevard.

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