2 Chapman films screen this week at the Catalina Film Festival in Avalon, CA

“If you guys can have a low expectation for excellence and a high tolerance for crap, you’re going to be great.” Those were Don Cheadle’s words during his masterclass at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts on Oct. 27. His expectations for excellence led Cheadle to the Oscar-nominated “Hotel Rwanda,” as he told

You don’t star in an 11-season show right out of high school without knowing you’ve got chops and being serious about your craft, and that’s exactly what Emmy-winning actor Jeremy Allen White did. Before appearing on the comedy-drama series “Shameless,” White studied theater throughout middle and high school. Acting was his chosen art form after