Katie Holmes on the Cover of Glamour Magazine!

The always gorgeous IMTA alum Katie Holmes is on the cover of the November issue of Elle Magazine! She is featured in this wonderful "Women of Hollywood" issue. Katie talks all about the importance of her family, saying her daughter Suri would sit on her lap on the Broadway set of “All My Sons.” "In my own life, my whole world really revolves around family," she said. “I do what I need to do, but it’s like, ‘How is everybody else doing?’ And it’s wonderful for me as an actress to put some of that into a character.”

Katie competed at IMTA twice, in 1993 and 1995 . She returned a couple of years later to present awards at IMTA and debuted the first fifteen minutes of the pilot episode of Dawson's Creek. The entire ballroom was riveted by this ground-breaking stylish teen drama and Katie received thunderous applause! On that special night, she gave us a very nice interview saying:

"Let's just say a girl from Toledo, Ohio wouldn't end up in a Hollywood movie if it weren't for the IMTA!" You can read a darling letter from Katie Holmes from the IMTA Archives right here exclusively on THAT IMTA BLOG!

IMTA alum Nicholas Purcell in The Troop and The Surrogates

Be sure to watch Nicholas Purcell in a new episode of The Troop tonight on Nickelodeon! Nicholas Purcell stars in his first major role as Jake, a typical teenager whose ambition is to create his own comic book. When his school counselor (John Marshall Jones) asks him to join The Troop, he is teamed with the smart, athletic and popular Haley (Gage Golightly) and the annoying paranormal expert Felix (David Del Rio). The three are given the task of protecting the world from the monsters that walk among us. Nicholas competed at IMTA in New York in 2005!
Since attending IMTA, Nicholas has been booking industrials, commercials, and roles in the feature films Fever Pitch and Gone Baby Gone, as well as on TV with a guest-starring role on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and a recurring role on As the World Turns. Following the debut of The Troop, he will also appear in the new Bruce Willis sci-fi thriller Surrogates. Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others’ surrogates. Nicholas plays a commando named Pulaski.

Elijah Wood for Oliver Peoples Eyewear!

Elijah Wood IMTA'89 is featured in a new national advertising campaign for Oliver Peoples eyewear. He and Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson are the new faces for the Spring 2010 campaign! Elijah will also be co-starring with Amber Tamblyn and Rosie Perez in the 9th annual "The 24 Hour Plays" on Broadway, to be presented November 9 at the American Airlines Theatre.

Elijah's animated feature film 9 is in theaters now. The film is directed by the famed Tim Burton. It's a fantasy flick and follows a group of rag dolls trying to survive a post-apocalyptic existence.
Elijah has starred in over 40 feature films in his career and is one of Hollywood's (and IMTA's!) most-loved actors! MTV Movies Blog reports that Elijah Wood will join the Oscar-Winning cast of The Experiment! Elijah joins Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker and Cam Gigandet in the remake of acclaimed 2001 German film.

Tiffany Thornton Update!

IMTA alum Tiffany Thorntan tweeted about some excing news:

therealTiffany Disney Sing It: Pop Hits video game for Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 officially launches tomorrow! In case u wanna hear meabout 2 hours ago from UberTwitter

therealTiffany SNOW WHITE comes out tomorrow!!! With a special treat in the bonus features ;) guess what it is? Hehe about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

The IMTA star debuted her new music video called Someday My Prince Will Come on Septeber 13th. This music video is part of the diamond edition DVD release of the Disney classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! This song is on heavy rotation on Radio Disney. Tiffany is also featured on Sing It a game for PS3 where she will show you tutorials!

Tiffany showed she was a triple threat when she competed at IMTA. She showed she has talent in all areas: she can act, dance and sing! Most of you know Tiffany as Tawni Hart on the new hit show Sonny with a Chance airing now on the Disney channel! She recorded the theme song Let It Go for the Disney movie Hatching Pete with Mitchel Musso. She also starred in the Disney Channel original movie Hatching Pete!

Mario and Maria Cassem on BrainSurge!

IMTA alum Mario Cassem and his sister Maria are going to be on the game show BRAINSURGE! This brand-new show is in premiere week on Nickelodeon! Maria will appear on the show on Tuesday, Oct 6, and Mario will be on Friday, Oct 9. Mario is also starring in a national Fruit Roll Up commercial which is currently running on Nickelodeon. For a sneak peak of BRAINSURGE, check out Nickelodeon's website!

Mario starred in the comedy feature film Seventeen Again with Zac Efron. In the film, Mario plays the role of Samir. Mario competed at IMTA in New York in 2007 where he signed with Martin Weiss Management. He is in post-production on Finding Bliss with LeeLee Sobieski and he just booked an episode of Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia!

Be sure to tune into to Nick to see Maria and Mario on Brainsurge!

Keri Lynn Pratt in I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Keri Lynn Pratt's latest feature film is in theaters this weekend! She stars as Kristy in the comedy I Hope They Serve Beer in Heaven. She plays the young bride whose wedding is nearly called off because of the antics of her fiancee's best friend, Tucker Max. The boys go on a roadtrip for the bachelor party and get into lots of trouble. The movie also stars Matt Czuchry as Tucker Max, Jesse Bradford, Geoff Stults and Traci Lords.

Keri Lynn, who competed at IMTA in 1996, played Amber Trachtenberg (Calista Flockhart's assistant) in the hit ABC series Brothers and Sisters. She has appeared in a number of feature films, including America’s Sweethearts with Julia Roberts and the feature film version of Fat Albert. She has had guest starring roles on many popular TV shows such as: Criminal Minds, Family Guy, Life on Mars, Commuter Confidential, Veronica Mars, Bones, 7th Heaven with fellow IMTA alum Jessica Biel, Nip/Tuck, Boston Public, Jack and Bobby, Crossing Jordan, House and CSI:NY. You can catch Keri Lynn in an encore presentation of Cruel Intentions II on October 5 on HBO!

Brandon Routh joins Chuck!

IMTA alum Brandon Routh is joining NBC's hip action- comedy television show Chuck for a multi-episode arc! He is scheduled to join for the season’s fourth episode. According to EW Brandon will play: “Shaw, a mysterious new spy who takes control as the new leader of Operation Bartwoski, becoming a mentor to Chuck (Zachary Levi) and a rival in his affections for Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski).”

Brandon is working on filming three movies: Dead of Night, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Unthinkable. In Dead of Night, he plays Dylan Dog who is a detective with extraordinary talents. In Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, he plays Todd Ingram in a story about how he has to defeat his crushes ex love interests to gain her attention. In Unthinkable, his role is as Agent Jackson in this tale of espionage and nuclear weapons!

After competing at IMTA New York 1999, Brandon said to IMTA in an interview, "It's great being here and meeting all the agents." Brandon's latest film Fling (aka Lie to Me) won awards at several film festivals where it was previewed. Fling actually stars two IMTA alumni; Steve Sandvoss and Brandon Routh! Before Superman Returns, Brandon was best known for his soap work, including roles on One Life to Live and the MTV nighttime soap, Undressed. Brandon is in post-production on the films, Miss Nobody and Stuntman.

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