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Born in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, far too many years ago to be honest about, Paul G. Bens, Jr., has spent the majority of his adult life in the entertainment industry. His first foray into Hollywoodland was as a casting assistant on the feature films Trip to Spirit Island and Martians Go Home. He then graduated to Casting Associate and worked for three years on the NBC hit series Night Court as well as the short-lived series Walter & Emily, Good & Evil and The Linda Lavin Show. As a film and television Casting Director he was responsible for the principal casting of such fine (ahem!) feature films as Death Ring, Evil Obsession and Flipping, as well as the television series Ned & Stacey, Malcolm & Eddie, Likely Suspects, Murder in Small ...more

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message 11: by Mary

Jul 11, 2011 01:04PM

Thanks for the friend invite!

I look forward to reading more of your work and any recommendations you throw my way!

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message 10: by Nancy

Jan 03, 2010 07:03AM

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the friend request!

Wishing you all the best in 2010.

Nancy

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message 9: by Lavinia

Oct 21, 2009 06:17PM

Paul! I just ordered Kelland and can't wait to get started on it. I hope you're well. I don't particularly like this cold Californian weather....and have been missing "home" a lot lately ; ) Aloha! -Lavinia

PS: sorry if you get this comment a ba-jillion times on your facebook. That darn thing kept freezing then deleting then making me jump through hoops, and in the end, the comment still wouldn't post! So hopefully I have more luck with goodreads!

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message 8: by Lavinia

Sep 22, 2009 11:42PM

Wow Paul, you're a celeb! A well-rounded celeb since it seems like you've done so much in the entertainment field. kudos! I'll have to look up and research your movie. Sounds Asian-inspired, considering all the Asian actors. Cool beans.

Tamlyn swears a lot? Does she drink like a fish too because that'd make her right up my ally! I kid, I kid.

I remember meeting her a few years ago at some function in Cali. Boy, is she beautiful and energetic. She did such a bang up job too in Joy Luck Club. Amazing actress. Didn't she break out in the Karate Kid #2 movie too or something? Interesting!

Well, Paul, you just keep getting more and more interesting. I am glad to have met you through Casperian.

Have a great rest of the week, and maybe I'll find your Hawaiian novel in one of the small bookstores on the island. Take care!

-Lavinia

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message 7: by Paul

Sep 22, 2009 10:22PM

Lavinia wrote: "Hey Paul, thought I'd go directly to the source instead of stay on that one discussion board.

I'll have to check those books out. Honolulu sounds a lot like that one movie called Picture Bride. Ha..."

Hi Lavina!

I actually know Picture Bride really well...in fact my ex and I went to see it with Tamlyn (who is the coolest person on the planet) when it premiered. BTW, Tamlyn can also swear like a sailor. (I produced one movie in my life...it was Tamlyn, her then husband Stan Egi, Dustin Nguyen, Garrett Wang, Keiko Agena (who is from Hawai'i), Darion Basco and Lindsay Price...about a dozen years ago now).

"Moloka'i" is also really brilliant as it spans 60 years of the lead characters' life as a patient at Kalaupapa.

Definitely let me know if you find any new reads on O'ahu. Always looking for great new stuff from my wanna-be home.

Cheers!

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message 6: by Lavinia

Sep 22, 2009 10:10PM

Hey Paul, thought I'd go directly to the source instead of stay on that one discussion board.

I'll have to check those books out. Honolulu sounds a lot like that one movie called Picture Bride. Have you seen it? Tamlyn Tomita rocks a pidgin accent. It's pretty interesting.

Maybe I'll find some cool reads on Oahu to check out. I'll let you know if I find anything interesting.

Thanks for the book suggestions!!!

-Lavinia

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message 5: by Paul

Aug 20, 2009 07:29PM

Mie wrote: "Hi Paul.
I am a happy winner and I am looking forward to start reading the book! Thanks for inviting me:-)

Mie"

Hi Mie! Welcome to my little corner of GoodReads. And thanks for entering the giveaway. I see by the tracking that the book made it there. I hope you enjoy it.

Best,
Paul

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message 4: by Mie

Aug 15, 2009 02:21PM