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EXCLUSIVE: Lucas Till on 'Bravetown,' Acting with Josh Duhamel, Laura Dern and Why He Doesn't Regret 'Hannah Montana'
EXCLUSIVE: Kent Moran Talks Writing 'The Challenger' Feature Debut, Directing Michael Clarke Duncan's Last Film and Why He's Always Prepared
Tonight, Kent Moran's much anticipated feature debut, 'The Challenger,' will open night one of the Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles. Mark it as the film's proper West Coast premiere. With press and publicity intentionally sparse, here, then, is Classicalite's brief synopsis: Moran plays the lead, Jaden Miller, a struggling mechanic who turns to boxing in the Bronx to save him and his mother (S. Epatha Merkerson) from a life out on those mean streets. As for Miller's boxing trainer, the bruising Duane Taylor? Well, he's none other than the late Michael Clarke Duncan in his penultimate role. EXCLUSIVE: Monica Germino on New England Conservatory, 'RACHE' Murder Premiere and Why She's Finally Ready to Play Michael Gordon's 'INDUSTRY'
"I don't remember actually making a choice to become a musician." -- MONICA GERMINO CLASSICALITE: Right off the bat, why did you, Monica Germino, choose music, especially contemporary music, as a profession? You grew up in Virginia, studied at Yale and finished up there on Huntington Avenue at Boston's New England Conservatory.
