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Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles books
Catherine Keener, great actor, i've now seen 43 of her films
Edward James Olmos, another great actors, i've seen 28 of his films
Susan Sarandon,
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Dan Eggleston
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2012 letter
It's always fascinating to review the previous year's activities. This was, mostly, a great year, though being hit by an SUV did put a major damper on things for several weeks.
For the third time
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Dan Eggleston
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2012
Gloria Steinem - the founder of Ms Magazine & feminist icon
Seymour Hersh - great reporter, first covered the My Lai massacre in Viet Nam. i've read 8 of his books now
Paul Williams - wonderful
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Dan Eggleston
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2011
Sandy Alcala - sandy was one of my best students at dobie
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Dan Eggleston
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#110
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2011 letter
2011 newsletter
It's hard to believe another year has passed. Most noteworthy events: Slacker 2011, Medicare and Mikhael Gorbachev.
I was in a play (Conversations While Dining Alone) for the third
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Dan Eggleston
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2011
sandy alcala was one of my best students at dobie - worked with her husband & son on a Danish movie
Laura Juarez-Fierro was one of my best students my first year of teaching (68/69) at brackenridge
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Dan Eggleston
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2010 letter
2010 newsletter
It's hard to believe another year has passed. I had the good fortune this year to be in both a Coen brothers film ("True Grit") and a Robert Rodriguez film ("Spy Kids 4", which opens
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Dan Eggleston
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2010
Jon Lovitz, the great actor
Kellie Albanese, one of my fave students
Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach) created the concert series in the 60s
Sally Ride, the first female astronaut
Temple Grandin, the great
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Dan Eggleston
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2009 letter
January 1, 2010
I'm always amazed at how much I've accomplished when I review the previous twelve months each year. This year numerous events felt like they'd happened LAST year. Of course, since
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Dan Eggleston
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2009
quite a collection
Alan Bean, Apollo 8 astronaut
Eugene Cernan - Apollo 8 astronaut
Billy Bob Thornton, actor & director - super nice guy too
Danny Devito, the great actor
Darrell Royal,
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Dan Eggleston
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2008 letter
January 1, 2009
Another busy year. The most notable event was (finally!) my first commercial, a big one: Nike. It was shot in July and I had to dance, not my greatest skill to say the least. I
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Dan Eggleston
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2008
the one of me is from an online ad that was delayed almost 2 years & which i got lots of time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8QDGz7zyX0
Nataly Pena is a very dear friend and the subject of one of
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Dan Eggleston
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2007 letter
January 1, 2008
It always amazes me how much I've accomplished each year when it's time to compose this report. I am hoping, against odds, to get "Z: a Zombie Musical" a theatrical run here in
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Dan Eggleston
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2007
i met kim on No Pain No Gain
and Pa Ti on the set of Ringer
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Dan Eggleston
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2006 letter
Xmas 2006
It's been quite a year: movie producer, concert booker, theatrical lead, adopted uncle.
In January I FINALLY met with Jeff at Acclaim Talent (he spends most of his time in Louisiana, where
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Dan Eggleston
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2006
me as the philospher in Z (the part was written for me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubwE7w1RPTw
and me in script cops. great makup job
https://youtu.be/gvRdx7g-nRE
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Dan Eggleston
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2005 letter
Xmas 2005
In mid-January 2005 I auditioned for Eye for an Eye (UPN). The show has been described as "Judge Judy on acid" and is hosted by O.J.’s old "buddy" Kato Kaelin. Two weeks later I drove
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Dan Eggleston
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2005
Brian Wilson - of the Beach Boys
Darrell Royal - UT football coach. the stadium now has his name
Amy Jordan - very dear friend & a major part of making Z: a Zombie Musical get made
Rosanna Arquette -
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2004 letter
When I was a kid we'd usually take the annual family Christmas picture around Turkey Day. In early December, I would help address the 400-500 envelopes, stamp our return address and add a postage
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Dan Eggleston
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2004
i was a santa for a photo shoot with multiple kids posing with me.
the great movie director Kevin Smith, after a paramount screening
and one of my all-time fave authors, Jasper Fforde, at a signing
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Dan Eggleston
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