“What’s hot...? Infants, children, toddlers, and teens!”

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For Immediate Release
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Prepared by James Cowden

“What’s hot...? Infants, children, toddlers, and teens!”

Scottsdale, AZ – Scottsdale based Empire Talent and Modeling Agency is searching for infants, children, toddlers and teens with personality. As the holidays approach, Empire Talent and Models is fielding ever rapidly increasing requests from numerous sources for children and young people for holiday print and television advertising campaigns.
Owner Marisa Sclafani has developed numerous relationships within the industry over the years that place her in an ideal strategic situation to provide outstanding talent for many of well-know clients that include TV and print ads for national companies such as Target, PetSmart, and Cold Stone Creamery along with Arizona regional clients such as the “First Things First” child development campaign.
Children and young people are in demand and Empire Talent and Modeling Agency is working hard to fill the gap between supply and industry requirements. Parents are encouraged to contact Empire Talent and Modeling Agency for further information regarding current talent searches. It might just be your child...
About Empire Talent and Modeling Agency:
Empire Talent and Modeling Agency is a fully licensed agency specializing in entertainment and advertising industry representation of actors, models, writers, directors and other such talent with its primary focus to maintain the highest standards and ethics. Accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
CONTACT:
Marisa Sclafani
Empire Talent and Models, LLC
15010 N. 78th Way, Suite 206
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
480.778.1919 phone
info@empiretalenandmodels.com Main
www.empiretalentandmodels.com Web Site

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Breaking into the entertainment industry.

Before you pull out your check book to pay for expensive modeling classes and seminars you need to ask yourself: is really necessary? As a veteran agent with more than 20 years in the industry, I can tell you first hand that talent is talent and classes and seminars won’t give you something you don’t already have. At Empire Talent and Models we constantly come across people who have wasted months and even years on unnecessary modeling classes and seminars. All they did was waste their time and money without seeing a return on their investment. People are lured into these “agencies” with empty promises of fame and fortune in return for hundreds upon thousands of dollars for modeling classes. To avoid this trap, Empire Talent and Models recommends you look for a licensed agency that offers straight forward talent management services. All you want is representation. You are not looking for an acting coach/agent wrapped into one. If you need a coach, hire a coach, if you need an agent, hire an agent. You don’t want to sign up with an agent that charges you for classes, composites and ask for more than 20% of your income, when you land a booking. You will spend most of your time in classes and little to no time actually working. At Empire Talent and Models, we encourage aspiring talent to tap into their natural potential and let the rest just flow. There is no formula in place and you don’t need to pay thousands of dollars to crack some code.

Acting classes and voice over lessons will be recommended after initially booking work in the industry. If you decide to continue pursuing an acting career your agent should be able to point you in the right direction when it comes to working with an experienced and affordable coach. However, to get things off the ground, you simply need personality, charm and a professional set of photographs.

With Love,

Marisa Sclafani, Empire Talent and Models

Empire Talent & Models Provides Talent for Charity Event

Empire Talent and Models, Scottsdale Arizona

Marisa Sclafani is proud to announce that Empire Talent and Models has been invited to provide talent for the Stop-The-Violence Charity being held in Scottsdale Arizona on Thursday evening April 16, 2009.

Protective Services provides and maintains a secure, safe environment for victims of abuse. VPS is proactive in its mission to protect, educate and respond to the needs of the community as well as its citizens by developing long term, lasting partnerships and programs designed to prevent, reduce and deter physical abuse.

The Event will be held on Thursday April 16, 2009 from 8-10PM at Barcelona's, 15440 N. Greenway, Scottsdale, AZ.

All proceeds will benefit Victims Protective Services, a local nonprofit dedicated to providing and maintains a secure, safe environment for victims of abuse. Please visit our website to learn more at www.protectvictims.org

Empire Talent and Models is Arizona’s premier full service licensed talent and modeling agency owned and operated by Marisa Sclafani. Empire represents a wide roster of talent and models including men, women, and children of all ages, types, ethnicities, and experience levels.

For more information on Empire Talent and Models www.empiretalentandmodels.com

Veteran Talent Agent Breathes New Life Into Arizona Entertainment Industry

PRESS RELEASE

Scottsdale, AZ January 2009
"California is not the last stop in the entertainment industry", says seasoned talent agent Marisa Sclafani of Scottsdale, Arizona's Empire Talent and Modeling Agency, LLC.

Sclafani, who has been in the entertainment industry in both New York and Los Angeles for the last 20 years, says the decision to setup shop in Arizona was an easy one: "There is an overflowing pool of fresh faces and untapped potential right here in the Valley."

Sclafani's working knowledge of just what makes Hollywood tick is an integral part in helping to boost Arizona's competitiveness in the world of entertainment production. She is working right alongside the Phoenix Film and Media Coalition to develop new tax incentives designed to bring big Hollywood productions to the State. She is also working with the North Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce to begin a Scottsdale Film and Media Coalition, a venture which she says "will help show the world just what Scottsdale and the State of Arizona really has to offer".

In addition to her efforts to increase Arizona's entertainment industry, Sclafani's budding talent roster is a diverse as it is long. Her keen eye for talent has landed her agency clients work in feature films, as well, as print and TV ads with companies such as Toys "R" Us, Gatorade, Fox Sports Net, ATA Airlines, Rocawear, 24 Hour Fitness, University of Phoenix, Cox Communications, Clear Choice Dental, United Healthcare, Lucky Magazine, NetJets, Target, Barbisol, Department of Tourism, and much, much more.

Empire Talent and Models opened it's doors in April 2006, becoming one of a handful of licensed agencies in the State. Since it's opening, Sclafani has quickly become one of the most sought after agents in Arizona. Not only does she bring a wealth of industry knowledge from her many years in New York and Hollywood circles, she also brings a powerful list of influential movers and shakers-all of which she continues to maintain close contact with today.

Empire Talent and Models is a licensed talent, modeling and literary agency located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Empire Talent and Models represents babies, children, and adult actors, models, and literary talent. Marisa Sclafani is a member of the Casting Society of America, C.S.A., the Phoenix Film Commission, and the Arizona Production Association.

For more information on veteran talent agent Marisa Sclafani and Empire Talent and Models, contact her at marisa@empiretalentandmodels.com or visit her website at www.empiretalentandmodels.com