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 The best news I have to tell you is that in October I made a major change in my management representation. My long time manager, Lee Peterson entered into a co-management relationship to boost my career to the next level. In October, I signed with Vincent Cirrincione and Associates. Now many of you might not recognize his name, but I bet you know who Halle Berry is. Vincent is her manager, so you know I'm jazzed about being under his umbrella. With Vincent and Lee at the helm, my career is in good hands.I also switched agency reps. My new agents are Jennifer Craig and David DeCamillo, of The Gersh Agency. Other than talent, the best thing an actor has going for him is his agent and management team. Vincent, Lee, Jennifer and David are really excited to be working with me and are on fire to help make great things happen. With this powerful team of people supporting me, I'm expecting a lot of opportunities for you to catch me on the TV and big screen in the year ahead. Like always, I'll keep you posted on when to tune in.
My parents and Micol joined me in Utah. Micol had the chance to meet one of her favorite celebs, Mariska Hartigay of Law and Order SVU. I think that was the highlight of the trip for her. For my mom it was meeting Robert Redford. We just found out that Screen Media Ventures, a division of The Universal Group, is distributing Spin in the U.S. and Curb Entertainment will be handling everything internationally. It should be released on DVD and available for rental at Blockbuster sometime this summer. So be sure to keep looking for it in the "New Releases" section of the Blockbuster near you! I will try to keep you updated on the web site. I was extended an incredible compliment by Robert Redford for my work on the film and he honored me by inviting me to be a part of the filmmaker's lab that he hosts every June. The lab is a chance for me to lend my talent as an actor to the development of new film projects and to assist up and coming writers and directors by bringing some life to the development process. It is also a huge opportunity for me as a young actor to work alongside some of the best directors, producers and writers in the business as they help to mentor the film process. I plan to be there in June and jump right in the mix of all that creativity. Sundance was beautiful and my family and I plan go up next year when the snow hits to check out some of the incredible ski runs.
One of the highlights of the Utah trip was the hot air balloon ride we took over the valley near Heber City. It was amazing. Surprisingly it was very peaceful and quiet. Our guide gave us a brief lesson in the history of ballooning and told us a few personal stories about some of his flying encounters, like birds that fly into the balloon's canopy then can't get out, almost being shot down by a Black Hawk helicopter during the Salt Lake City Olympics and cranky farmers who try to run him off their land. On the day of our flight we had to set down in a farmer's field. He was not happy and refused to let the chase van on the property to pick us up, so we had to take to the air again and cross over a few more miles into another field to be picked up. I promised you a few pics of my adventures, so here they are. I didn't get any pictures from the Tucson trip, but Micol and I did do a tandem sky dive. What a rush. We jumped from 13,000 feet, had about a 5,000 foot freefall before pulling the rip cord and drifting to the ground. It was amazing and we will probably do it again someday.
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My trip to Utah to be part of the opening weekend events to promote "Spin", and support Jamie's foundation, was really awesome. The film, although distributed to a limited market, was well received by movie fans that had the chance to see it. The event raised big bucks for Jamie's foundation and helped to increase the awareness of organ and tissue donation. 
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