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I'm looking forward to watching that whole scene.

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me too!

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An article about Isabella Crovetti-Cramp who plays the daughter in Colony.

Ten-year-old Conejo Valley resident Isabella Crovetti-Cramp is already a show-business veteran. At age 5, she played the title character in the 2011 TV movie “Possessing Piper Rose,” and shortly after portrayed Abby Weaver on the ABC series “The Neighbors,” which ran for two seasons. She’s appeared on episodes of Disney’s “Jessie,” FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and other TV series. In addition to live action films and television, Isabella is the voice of Shine in the Nickelodeon preschool series “Shimmer and Shine.” Her character is a genie-in-training. Denise Crovetti, Isabella’s mother, said that during her daughter’s audition for the show she was asked to sing a song. Isabella, 8 at the time, felt the genie wasn’t the singing type, so she offered to rap instead. She did an off-the-cuff hip-hop version of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” which impressed the casting agents, her mother said. “Shine is a really fun and adventurous type of genie,” Isabella said. “She just loves having a good time. She’s actually silly and funny.” Isabella said she enjoys auditioning for diverse roles. “I just try to be myself,” she said. “When I audition I really try to get a feel for the character. I try to put myself in their shoes. I imagine who the character really is, what makes them tick. I think about what makes them different from everybody else and what makes them special. I put all that into the character and make them my own.” Isabella has a part in the new David O. Russell movie “Joy,” set to be released Dec. 25. The film stars Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence. Isabella also has a continuing role in the new USA series “Colony” starring Josh Holloway, which premieres Jan. 14. On Nov. 20 Isabella will appear on an episode of the Nickelodeon show “Mutt & Stuff,” a series produced by Cesar Millan of “Dog Whisperer” that’s set in a school for dogs. Crovetti said Isabella, her oldest daughter, is mature and hardworking. Crovetti is a child therapist who gave up her practice after Isabella got the role in “The Neighbors.” “It’s a full-time job,” Crovetti said of being the parent of a child actor. Her husband, Bradley Cramp, is a producer, writer and production manager. The couple also have twin sons, Cameron and Nicholas, 7, and a younger daughter, Giovanna, 5. The boys just started auditioning for roles. “They wanted a part of what their sister is doing,” Crovetti said. Outside of work, Isabella enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Her hobbies include music and sports, and she does well in school, her parents said. Isabella said she doesn’t know what the future will hold as far as her career is concerned. “I hope to do something that I really like and consider it not as working or as a job but just doing something I love—which is acting for me right now,” she said.

Family | November 12, 2015 | www.toacorn.com | Thousand Oaks Acorn

11 Upcoming TV Shows of 2016 We’re Excited For By Bobby Bernstein on November 4, 2015

2015 has seen the premiere of a lot of great television shows, many of them nerd-centric. Of course, we’ve also seen some absolutely dreadful new shows debut so far this year (looking at you, Heroes Reborn). But now it’s time to take a look ahead at the upcoming TV shows of 2016, and there are quite a number of potentially great new shows coming next year. AMC, ABC, The CW and even Netflix are on the hunt for their next big hit television series, and the series in queue for 2016 could potentially become our next favorite TV shows. So without further ado, here are 11 upcoming TV shows of 2016 we’re excited for (because we couldn’t limit it to just 10):

2. Colony Network: USA Premiere Date: January 14, 2016 Starring: Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Gonzalo Menendez Lost alum Josh Holloway’s last television venture, Intelligence, failed rather quickly, despite its solid 7.0/10 rating on IMDB. But, we’re still rooting for Sawyer to land on his feet. The story follows a family (headed up by Holloway and Callies from The Walking Dead) who is forced to make difficult decisions as they try to stay together and survive after L.A. is overrun by a force of outside intruders. It’s from Legendary Pictures, the studio that brought us 300 and Godzilla, and it looks like it’ll be the next big sci-fi TV hit.

The rest of the shows are here.

11 Upcoming TV Shows of 2016 We're Excited For | Nerd Much?

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Cuse & Condal Enjoy Keeping Holloway in the Dark About ‘Colony’s’ Mysteries

When “Lost” began in 2004, it was instantly a major hit for ABC. It also made stars of Josh Holloway, one of its leads, and Carlton Cuse, one of its Executive Producers and a co-showrunner along with Damon Lindelof. This January, Cuse and Holloway are reuniting along with co-creator Ryan Condal for “Colony,” a new USA drama about an occupied Los Angeles and one family’s struggle to survive — and liberate their fellow citizens. At New York Comic Con, Holloway, Cuse and Condal spoke with CBR TV’s Jonah Weiland about their new series, how much they have figured out in terms of the series’ overall arc, keeping its stars in the dark, and why Los Angeles made sense for a show about divided ideologies. In the first part of the conversation, Cuse, Condal and Holloway discuss setting their new show in Los Angeles, then explain the series’ plot, the theme of colonization and the big mystery of the show. On the premise of “Colony”: Carlton Cuse: I think we’ve seen a lot of alien invasion shows and that was not our intention. Our intention was really to show what life was under occupation or colonization. The — really the metaphor for us was Paris in World War II, when you had — you know — fashionable people sitting in sidewalk cafés, drinking espressos, with Nazi stormtroopers going by on the street. On the dividing walls prominently featured in the series: Cuse: It’s one of the big mysteries of the show, which is, “why — why do they have everybody kind of penned in with these walls?” So there’s a — in the Los Angeles colony, we discover very early in the show that there are three blocks. There’s a Santa Monica block, an L.A. block, and … there’s also a San Fernando Valley block … “But why are people enclosed? What are they doing?” Like, the thing about the show is we don’t know more than what the characters do, so we’re sort of with, you know, Josh’s character and Sarah Wayne Callies’ character … We only see the world through their eyes. And we’re — it’s unfolding and we’re discovering things as they’re discovering things. And the people that are living there don’t really know what happened either really. They know that this mysterious invading force came down. It took over their city. They’re kind of penned in by these walls, but they’re not really quite sure what the larger goal is. In the second part of their conversation, Condal, Cuse and Holloway talk about building the world of “Colony” over time, the drama between the characters and their many secrets and how viewers will experience the show as it unfolds. They also get into just how much the cast is kept in the dark when it comes to plot details and why exactly they set the show in Los Angeles. On how far out the show is already planned: Cuse: We have a lot figured out. Ryan and I have been working on this for two years, so that’s given us a lot of time to really create the world and build it out. There’s a lot under the water and the iceberg and I would say we have a pretty good handle on that. Of course, you know, as you make a show and you do things you learn as you go along and you continue to embellish and add. The creative process doesn’t just happen at once, it happens continually over time, so I’m sure there will be new stuff that comes up. But the basic foundations of what’s going on, absolutely we have that figured out. Ryan Condal: I think the fun of the show is that the characters that we live with day-to-day that are living in Occupied Los Angeles are very much in the same position that you are as the audience. They have a lot of secrets, personal secrets, that they themselves kept that keeps the character drama interesting in terms of the personal drama. As far as the world around them goes, they’re learning about it really at the same time the audience is. It’s almost like a video game in that sense where you are experiencing the the story through the point of view of the characters that you’re following. It’s not like they know all the secrets and you’re being kept on the outside. You get to learn as they do. On whether the showrunners are keeping the actors in the dark about the larger mystery. Condal: Totally. Josh Holloway: What do you mean? I’m working with Carlton. [Laughter] That’s the way it goes. Cuse: It’s actually good. It was something that we discovered on “Lost,” I think that if the actors kind of don’t know what’s going on it’s actually helpful because you see they’re really present. You’re not anticipating or playing something you haven’t seen. Holloway: Exactly. You’re never playing the result because you don’t know the result. I love that, and luckily I’ve worked with Carlton long enough that I’m trained that way. Now you give me a script too early and I’m like, “Oh no… I don’t want to see that.” I want to see it when the pressure cooker’s on. I gotta know it like within ten minutes. … But it’s fantastic and I do agree with Carlton in that it keeps us present and discovering. And also with the writing, it’s wonderful to work with writers that are agile, that yes, they have the structure figured out but they’re willing and able to adjust to you as a person or other characters that come along, make it more personal to that person. They’re unafraid and they’re agile, and that’s creativity. On setting the show in Los Angeles: Cuse: Well, the Los Angeles — from what we see now — the block is circumscribed by the 405 freeway, the 10 freeway and the 110 freeway. We got Griffith Park in there too, but — so that’s the part we’re mainly focused on. No, I mean, Los Angeles is a huge character in the show and it was really important to us that we shoot the show there. … I think we’ve seen a lot of dystopic worlds that are really dark and gritty. We wanted to do one with, you know, palm trees and blue sky, and kind of have the environment seem benign, even if what was going on underneath it was anything but benign.

There is a video too.

Cuse & Condal Enjoy Keeping Holloway in the Dark About 'Colony's' Mysteries - Spinoff Online - TV, Film, and Entertainment News DailySpinoff Online – TV, Film, and Entertainment News Daily

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Big versions of the pics in this tweet.

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great pics

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They are awesome.

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That's an impressive wall!

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A very good trailer.

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awesome trailer

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The show looks so good.

I don't know what happened to the Twitter pic of Sarah's character. It seems to have gone.