Yahoo! “World’s Biggest Brain” Videos Online … Finally!

Okay, a bit earlier than I expected, I got about 25 videos online from my June 2006 gig as host for the webcast for the Yahoo! Answers “World’s Biggest Brain” event in Times Square.

I interviewed people like Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, Beth Ostrosky, Arianna Huffington, Todd English, Randal Pinkett, and a number of other interesting people.

The videos are on my Videos page, but you can go straight to them by clicking here!

More Content Additions! (More??)

I’ve pushed myself to get some online some new content I’ve procrastinated putting online because it takes so darn long to prep it. But here you have it!

• My new headshots with Deborah Lopez are online! I’ve added them to my Acting page as well as my Gallery page under “Headshots.” You’ll also see some new photos rotating randomly in the big photo pane above this column; they’re from my shoot with Deborah Lopez.
• A hilarious video I did with Infusion Development CEO Greg Brill last summer is now online (in an edited version). It was a spoof on the famous “Mac vs. PC” ads. I edited out some material so that it was just the funny exchanges between Greg and me. Check it out here.
• I am now hosting the 6 videos from “Diet Dr. Pepper Love at First Sip presented by Yahoo!,” a 3-city speed-dating event for which I was the host. Check them out here.
• I finally got around to putting up a photo shoot I did with photographer Damon Alfonso and a model-friend living in Montreal. These are never-before-seen shots. Find them in my Gallery under “Print & Modeling Work.”

There are a few other things that are coming pretty soon. For one, I have a print ad I did for the prescription drug Humira in queue. Also, I have maybe about 20 videos to put online from 2006′s Yahoo! Answers “World’s Biggest Brain” event in Times Square for whose webcast I served as its host and interviewed people like Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, Arianna Huffington, and a slew of other celebrities and interesting people. Those may take me a few days to get fully up. Once those things are up, I’m pretty much caught up with my backlog of Ben Hauck online content additions!

Also of note, I decided for now to forego a personal blog and instead have decided on a blog on general semantics and particularly unsanity from the general semantics perspective. It will correspond with a regular feature in the works for ETC: A Review of General Semantics, the major journal for general semantics. For now it is going by the name “Off the Map.” I hope to have it launched by March.

And speaking of March launches, I also aim to debut a brand-new web endeavor in serve to screen actors I work with and will work with. I’m keeping it hush for now, but I’ll give more hints into the endeavor as I get closer to its launch (hopefully March 1st).

Law & Order: Criminal Intent // Episodes 90001 & 90002 // Mad Mullah Parts 1 & 2 Reshoots

Today I worked as a detective on reshoots of Episodes 90001 & 90002 (“Mad Mullah” Parts 1 & 2) of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Reverend Nader Galore! New Improvised Sermon Online + Michelle Williams Carroll Shoot

I just got online the awesome photo shoot of The Reverend Raymond Nader that I did last October with photographer Michelle Williams Carroll. Below is a sampling of shots from the shoot (may take a few seconds for the photos to load). Learn more by visiting my Gallery page.

And just below that, I performed an improvised sermon titled “Alcohol” at The Barrow Group last night for “The Blue Plate Special.” Special thanks to Bethel Caram for filming the sermon!

For more details on the sermon, or to comment, visit the webpage for this sermon:

http://www.benhauck.com/videos/alcohol

Improvised Sermon // The Barrow Group // The Blue Plate Special

Tonight I did an improvised sermon as The Reverend Raymond Nader at “The Blue Plate Special,” a variety show sponsored by The Barrow Group and hosted by Bethel Caram and Neil Potter.

I should have video up shortly from the performance.

Appointment with Reproductions

This morning I had an appointment with Reproductions to have photos from my shoot with photographer Deborah Lopez retouched and reproduced. I hope to have the results online as soon as I can make a trip back to pick up my order!

New York Daily News Articles about Kaufman Astoria Studios

I just came across an article in the New York Daily News about Kaufman Astoria Studios via the studio’s Twitter feed. Kaufman Astoria is where I regularly worked recently on Season 2 of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie.

Click here for the article

(And it’s true what they say about Edie Falco. I saw her outside the studio once, before I started working regularly with her inside the studio!)

What’s cool about this article is that it’s my neighborhood for the last 5+ years. And for all the praise the article gives, it is spot on: It’s a wonderful area. However, the article makes the area sound a bit more bustling than what it is. For the most part, it’s a pretty quiet area. “Peaceful” is probably a better word. It is turning out to be an oasis of sorts in New York City.

Erin Outlund, an actor interviewed in the article, is apparently my neighbor. Erin, if you’re reading this, send me an email to say Hi!

Interview for Role on Future Episode of Law & Order

Today I interviewed for a role on Episode 20016 (“Innocence”) of the television series Law & Order.