Watch the news.
Watch the news because art does indeed imitate life. What are today’s biggest headlines tomorrow become the backdrop for the stories we will tell in film, television and theatre.
The BP oil spill for instance has already inspired scores of screenplays that are now being or shortly will be shopped around Hollywood. Do you happen to be the type of actor who could easily be cast as an oil worker from Louisana? Would your agent recommend you for an audition based on a breakdown describing a BP-type executive?
Now the real question: Are you ready to walk in to an audition tomorrow and authentically sound the part?
If you are, you have an edge over your competition.
Pamela Vanderway's Dialect 411 
BAM! That was the sound of knowledge being dropped. Big news today/filmed entertainment tomorrow…noted. THANKS!