We ask Ivana if the story about her and Brad Pitt is true or just an urban legend: that when she first met Brad, he was wearing a chicken suit promoting a chicken fastfood resto. “Brad said that the money he paid to take my acting lessons came from that job of his,” she says. “But I never really saw him wearing that chicken suit.”
She also coached Beyonce and she was very good in “Dreamgirls”, but how come her acting career didn’t prosper? “She didn’t really want to act. But she told me that what she learned from me, she’ll use in her singing and this she did in her women empowerment songs, also in her music videos.”
How come she’s called a “celebrity whisperer”? “Those are their words, not mine. What I really want to do is just to inspire actors to greatness and they can do this by personalizing their roles in their own lives so people can relate to it.”
Ivana will be holding her two-day workshop on September 3 and 4 at the Dolphy Theater. The master class would have participating actors re-create scenes from Hollywood films, which will be critiqued in the same manner that Ivana does with Hollywood stars. Similar to the master class two years ago, observers are open to witness the two day event in order to cull tips from the respected Hollywood acting coach who looks like our very own Pilar Pilapil in person.
Star Magic Artist Training Head Rahyan Carlos underwent an intensive teacher’s training program under Ivanna, which allowed him to become proficient in the different levels of acting classes, from Introductory to Master Class. Direk Rahyan earned the title of being the only Filipino authorized to teach the ‘Chubbuck Technique’ in the Philippines. For inquiries call ABSCBN Star Magic Workshops at 4152272 local 5142 or 5243 or email us at starmagicworkshops@abs- cbn.com. Or www.facebook.com/starmagicworkshops.
