ANDY MAGRO

ANDY

MAGRO

Andy Magro is an extremely talented, award-winning international actor, voice-over actor, singer-songwriter, model, and public speaker. He is a multilingual talent from Germany with Italian and German citizenship. Magro is impressively fluent in Italian, English, German, and Spanish. He is also currently learning Chinese-Mandarin, French, and Swedish. He often travels back and forth between Germany, Italy, Australia, New York, and Los Angeles. Additionally, Andy is an Instagram influencer and global philanthropist that has used his popularity to make a positive impact in the world.

When Magro first started philanthropy, he had no idea where to start, but he had a mission in mind that he just wanted to help people. He explains that it’s very difficult to do philanthropy, because not everyone wants to donate. This is because people are suspicious if their money actually goes towards a good cause and the actual charity organization. He explains, “the entertainment industry has given me so much so far, and I just need to find a way to give back”. This is exactly why he started his own foundation, the Andy Magro Foundation, which is a reliable source for donators.

Magro is an official supporter of the World Wildlife Fund and many other charity organizations. He also has his own charity organization, the Andy Magro Foundation. Magro’s Foundation was founded in 2018 and the charity was originally based on his music career. Magro decided that he would donate half the sales from his music sales earnings to those in need. His main mission is to find orphans a home with a loving family. Apart from this mission, he also hopes to “mitigate the impacts of climate change, reduce poverty, hunger, homelessness, protect the forest, ocean, and marine life”. The Andy Magro Foundation also donates funds towards environmental protection, natural disasters, animal protection, global poverty, marine protection, and climate change. The organization also focuses on being humanitarian and helping education through its innovative programs.

Magro’s biggest inspiration in acting and philanthropy is Leonardo DiCaprio. Magro is heavily involved in DiCaprio’s global charity campaign, “Save Tigers Now”. Part of the reason Magro aspires to Leonardo DiCaprio is because DiCaprio does a lot of philanthropy. DiCaprio has donated millions of dollars to charity organizations. Magro hopes to do the same one day. Magro tells Hollywood Weekly, “I want to try to do at least half of the things he did so far”. Magro thought deeply about starting his own charity organization when he started making music. “The special thing about my foundation is that I’m not a classic foundation that only focuses on one goal,” he explains to Hollywood Weekly, “I’m a giver, I give to multiple foundations”. He also gives volunteers to projects that need extra hands. He strives to work with every type of charity and each donation from donators is given to multiple charities. Magro’s main partners and sponsors include WWF, Save the Children, Leonardo DiCaprio, Make-A-Wish, and several other charities. Magro especially connects to the WWF, because it was the first project he collaborated with and it was a huge reason he started his foundation in the first place. He started by wanted to help save the tigers, but then grew a desire to expand his impact. Magro loves animals as he also has an own dog and was partly inspired by the movie, “We Bought a Zoo”. One of his biggest dreams is to buy or save a zoo with endangered animals. In general, Magro likes to get his inspiration from movies. He explains, “movies are not fake, there is always some type of truth to them”. In his opinion, even science fiction movies have truth to them, because the writer had to come up with the idea.

Andy started acting at the young age of 12. Since starting his own drama club at 12, Magro has been busy being very active in the acting world and building an impressive resume. He was professionally trained in acting by the Australian Film and TV Academy (TAFTA) in a 5-month full-time intensive Film and TV course. He has also been professionally trained in drama school, International Bernard Hiller Masterclasses, vocal training, and dance school. He has even intensively trained in Military, Extreme MMA, Muay Thai, TRX Fitness, Combat and Personal Training for 5 months. He has also attended countless other workshops and masterclasses in London and Rome to improve his acting, singing, and dancing.

Additionally, he has memberships with the BAE (British Actors Equity Association), BFFS (Bundesverband für Film und Fernsehschauspieler), GVL (Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten), MEAA Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, AFI (Australian Film Institute), AACTA (Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts). Directors can find his casting databases and online resumes on IMDb, LA Casting / Casting Networks, Actors Access, Casting Frontier, BackStage, NowCasting / Players Directory US, e-Talenta / CastForward, Filmmakers, Schauspielervideos / Crew-United, CastUpload, Cast It Talent / ActorCast, Spotlight, Stagepool and RBCasting.

Below, we have listed Andy’s roles:

FILM

213-Der Feind an deiner Seite (International Short, 2013) John Miller (Soldier) - Leading Actor - SAE Institute of Film Stuttgart, Richard Ruisi

Badflash (English Short, 2012) Confused Man, Leading Actor - CamShot Entertainment - Richard Ruisi, David Stumpe

Beyond the limits of insanity (Italian Short, 2012) Psychopath, Leading Actor - Actor´s House Rome - Tony Sperandeo

A Dangerous Method (International Feature, 2011) Jean Martin Freud, Supporting Actor - RPC Production, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures / David Cronenberg

Little Town (German Short, 2010) Ben, Leading Actor - DFFB Berlin / Florian Al Salk

Either way (German Short, 2010) Flavio Massaro, Leading Actor - FH Dortmund / Ferhat Sahin

28 • HOLLYWOOD WEEKLY 28 • HOLLYWOOD WEEKLY One summer dream (German Short, 2010) Lukas, Leading Actor - Chiasma Film, Pro7Sat1 Production / Julius Grimm

In the way (German Short, 2009) Juvenile lover, Leading Actor - Film Academy BW / Christina Heeck

The night (German Short, 2009) Marco, Leading Actor - Medienwerkstatt Biberach, LBBW / Julian Cohn

Mail from Sally (German Short, 2007) Alfred in young, Leading Actor - Nanofilm / Sarah Koenig SOKO Leipzig/The Bill - Episode: Fightclub (German TV-Series, 2012) Dennis Kaufmann, Episode Leading Actor - ZDF Germany, UFA Film / Oren Schmuckler

COMMERCIALS

Club Mate - The Original (German Spec-Commercial, 2017) Olaf, Leading Actor - Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg / Mario Dahl

A piece of cake (German Social Commercial, 2008) Juvenile delinquent, Leading Actor - Fraunhofer Institute, WDR Germany / Simon Schueller

Cash for Kids (German Short, 2005) Rico, Leading Actor - Wingert-Film / Peter Wingert

TELEVISION

Aktenzeichen XY / America´s Most Wanted - Episode: Trabant flirt (German TV-Series, 2012) Trabant driver- Episode Leading Actor - Securitel Film, ZDF Germany - Bettina Braun THEATRE

The think tank (English Business Theatre, 2007) Apprentice, Leading Actor - Palamides Inc. Germany / Andy Magro

Living with Jeans in the Stone Age (German Stage Play, 2004) Caveman, Leading Actor - Appenberg High School Moensheim / Verena Kurz

Andy MAGRO

MISCELLANEOUS

Goodbye, Michael Jackson (German DVD Documentary, 2009) Narrator, Leading Speaker - Aberle Media Film, GvK, e-m-s Holding / Peter Aberle

Joe Young feat. Inspectah Deck – I don´t wanna go back (International Music Video, 2005) Junkie, Leading Actor - Los Banditos Films, RTL 102.5, VIVA, MTV / Benjamin Eicher

ANDY MAGRO’S MUSIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Andy Magro – You And Me (DJ Sneaky Pete’s Remix) single release in 2019

Debut-EP release on iTunes + CD as a singer/songwriter for indie label Phonector in 2014

Magro tells Hollywood Weekly that he likes playing diverse roles, because it allows him to be creative. He has played challenging roles, such as a murderer, victim, psychopath, drug dealer, and soldier. He also has extensive experience as a supporting and leading actor. His inspiration for being an actor is gauging an emotional response from his audience. Magro also enjoys being a part of something incredible. He feels connected to the current set, cast, and crew he’s working with and considers them his “second family”. Magro also enjoys acting, because it has allowed him to travel internationally. Magro has been recognized by the top industry directors in Europe and the United States. He has been featured in several feature films, TV shows, short films, commercials, and print ads internationally. Some of the films and tv-shows he is featured in include “A Dangerous Method”, SoKo Leipzig, Badflash, Beyond the Limits of Insanity, and Aktenzeichen XY. Magro is currently seeking more challenging lead roles. One of his biggest goals is to win an individual award for his acting. He has done many roles in dramas and thrillers. He is interested

in doing more roles in science fiction and fantasy in the future. One role you might recognize Magro in is as the leading junkie in the Wu Tang Clan music video, which he played at the young age of 15.

Andy’s songs can be found on every major platform, such as Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon, etc. His newest songs will be published in 2020- some within the next few months. Magro’s last EP had songs that were on the international music charts for a few weeks. His most recent single, “You and Me” (DJ Sneaky Pete’s Remix), went platinum in

2019. His next project is going to be a compilation of singles that will contain 5 original songs. These songs will be in the English and Italian language. Magro prefers to make songs in En- glish and Italian, because these types of songs tend to be more internation- al. Magro describes his sound as Pop. He mainly enjoys making romantic songs.

Magro has an award-winning EP, Nev- er Stop Dreaming, that earned him the Best EP Pop/Rock at the Akademia Music Awards in 2016 and also won another award for his latest song (You And Me – DJ Sneaky pete’s Remix) in the category Best Dance/Electronica Song in 2019. This year, Magro has the special honor of being nominated for Artist of the Year Award in Dance/ Electronica and Pop/Rock and the Akademia 2020 Artist Vision Award. The Akademia Music Awards selected him out of other thousands top talents across the world.

Magro is currently working on music, an upcoming album and is in talks for some interesting big German and Italian film- and tv roles. Besides that he´s planning to organize a big chari- ty event with his Foundation together with WWF, SixDegrees.org of Kevin Bacon with lots of celebrities to raise as much awareness as possible.

Magro has been an Instagram influ- encer for 1 year and has gained an impressive following of over 230k. He posts entertaining posts frequently on his verified account.

Right now, Magro’s biggest goal is to gain more representation in the United States, so he can spread his impact.

Copyright credits: Courtesy of Recorded Picture Company and Lucio Virzi Photography

Books to Devour by Jane Ubell-Meyer, Founder of Bedside Reading

BOOKS WE RECOMMEND Bedside Reading® places books by the bedside in luxury & lifestyle hotels. As we march towards Spring we are showcasing new thrillers, memoirs, romance novels, and business reads. All of our authors are carefully selected before being placed in our hotels. This month we feature David Crow, author of the memoir The Pale-Faced Lie and Sharon Ann Ziegler, author of the novel, The Association.

The Body Double by Emily Beyda

A dark, glittering debut novel, The Body Double is the suspenseful story of a young woman who is recruited by a stranger to give up her old life and identity to impersonate a reclusive Hollywood star. A strange man discovers our nameless narrator selling popcorn at a decrepit small-town movie theater and offers her an odd and lucrative position: she will forget her job, her acquaintances, even her name, and move to Los Angeles, where she will become the body double of the famous and troubled celebrity Rosanna Feld.

Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan

Read the USA Today bestselling thriller that “keeps the dramatic reveals coming” as Detective Josie Quinn desperately chases a killer hidden within her close-knit town before it’s too late and they claim another victim (Publishers Weekly). The little girl curled into a tiny ball as the chamber grew colder around her. “Please,” she whispered, rocking back and forth. “I want to go home.” When Isabelle Coleman, a blonde, beautiful young girl goes missing, everyone from the small town of Denton joins the search. They can find no trace of the town’s darling, but Detective Josie Quinn finds another girl they didn’t even know was missing. Mute and unresponsive, it’s clear this mysterious girl has been damaged beyond repair. All Josie can get from her is the name of a third girl and a flash of a neon tongue piercing that matches Isabelle’s. The race is on to find Isabelle alive, and Josie fears there may be other girls in terrible danger. When the trail leads her to a cold case labelled a hoax by authorities, Josie begins to wonder is there anyone left she can trust? Someone in this close-knit town is committing unspeakable crimes. Can Josie catch the killer before another victim loses their life?

The Prize by Geoffrey M. Cooper

What does it take to win a Nobel Prize? Deceit? Fraud? Maybe even murder? When she finds a drug that has the potential to treat Alzheimer’s disease, Pam Weller is certain she’s made the discovery of a lifetime. But her success threatens the supremacy of Eric Prescott, a leading figure in Alzheimer’s research, who sees his chances at a Nobel Prize slipping through his fingers. His lust for the prize and the accolades that come with it drive him to concoct a plot against Pam that threatens her career, her freedom, and even her life.

July 1939. War is on the horizon but on Monk Island, Maine life goes on as usual. As the daughter of a lobsterman, Ellie Ames’ future seems limited until a mysterious German couple comes off the ferry with their nineteen-year-old son. From the moment she meets Karl Brink, the two become inseparable and not everyone approves because locals are suspicious of outsiders. Ellie ignores their scorn, however, and the secret she learns about Karl’s family makes her even more determined to be with him. The magical summer ends when the Brinks suddenly have to go home. And although Karl promises to return in the fall, by then Europe is at war. Two years pass and Ellie has all but given up hope when she gets a letter in the mail that will change her life forever. The Storm Beyond The Tides is the story of the unlikely romance between a small-town girl and a German on the eve of the Second World War and explores a frightening time in America’s past—when U-Boats prowled the East Coast and put small, coastal communities on the frontline of a global conflict.

Grace In The Wings by Kari Bovee

New York City, 1920. Grace Michelle has everything she wants: a home, a family, and a future career as a costume designer for famed showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.’s Ziegfeld Follies. Pretty good for a girl who once lived on the streets of New York City. But when her sister, Sophia, the star of the show, is murdered, Grace’s safe and protected life is shattered.Battle-scarred by the war and emotionally scarred by his past, Chet Riker has made it a practice to keep his distance from others; love, after all, leads only to pain. But Chet has a problem—a big one: he’s become indebted to mob-boss Joe Marciano in an attempt to save his estranged mother’s life, and Marciano wants him to pay up or else. Desperate to get the money, he contacts former client Florenz Ziegfeld for work.

In Challenge Everything™: The Battle Cry That Blew Sh*t Up and INVNTd Live Brand Storytelling™ Scott Cullather and Kristina McCoobery the husband and wife co-founders of INVNT™, the global live brand storytelling agency™ share their story of launching a scrappy start-up – at the beginning of a global recession – and evolving it into a fully fledged global agency business, discuss the power of live brand storytelling and provide tactics for incorporating it into wider marketing strategies, and reveal the next frontier of business success: predictive analytics. So whether you’re a budding entrepreneur considering going out on your own, a business leader looking to take your company to the next level, or CMO eager to build your brand, this book will help you blow sh*t up and take your projects, partnerships, and performance to the next level. Challenge Everything by Scott Cullather & Kristina McCoober

Bulwark by Brit Lunden

Sheriff Clay Finnes has to admit that the fantastical stories, told by an accident victim as well as unusual sightings of wolves, things are getting a bit strange. A visit to the ominous Gingerbread House makes him realize that his life as he knows it will never be the same.

Leadership is never easy. Almost all leaders deal with both triumph and tragedy, oftentimes in equal measure. The fact of the matter is that leadership insists on constant rejection of the status quo. True leaders demand continuous reflection and improvement of those around them, and even more importantly, of themselves. True leaders are Changemakers. You will learn to become unafraid of doing something different in the service of a good cause and how to spark a movement that others can’t help but rally around. The Changemaker is a roadmap of sorts, designed to deliver comprehensive, common sense leadership strategies to people from all walks of life.

Conversations with our authors

DAVID CROW, THE PALEFACED LIE

A heart-wrenching memoir of a childhood that endured unspeakable brutality. David Crow’s life speaks to the enduring belief of the power of the spirit.

The Golf Course Millionaire by Robin Richter

When properly applied, golf has the amazing power to introduce you to interesting and influential people; to establish lasting relationships with movers and shakers; and to help you reach your full potential in your career and in your social circles. In short, golf has the incredible power to improve your life! Robin Richter, former golf pro, has been playing golf for over four decades. She has built her successful promotional products company, Wearable Imaging, Inc., through the many meaningful relationships that were developed on the golf course. In her book, The Golf Course Millionaire, Robin shares how a great hobby can lead to fulfillment both on the course and off; in business and developing lasting friendships and alliances. If you’re an avid golfer, this book will help you to use the sport to improve your life. If you don’t play golf, she provides ways to use golf to connect with influencers too! Get Robin’s book to leverage the amazing power of golf and witness the transformation that will happen to you!

Q: Your father had his own code of ethics. What is your code and how is it different from his? A: Most of society’s ills are caused by people with a code of conduct like my father’s, which justifies being dishon est, immoral, narcissistic, cruel, and violent. That is the convict code, and I’m sure every prison is filled with men and women with these characteristics. People like my father are devoid of empathy and sympathy. As a young man, after helping him with one too many of his crimes, I decided to be his exact opposite. I strive to be honest, mor al, transparent, kind, and empathetic. For certain, I have not always lived up to those standards, but I work as hard as I can to do so. I learned early on that you can’t attract people with high moral standards if your own morals are lacking. And on the flip side, you become like the people you befriend.

Q: The Pale-Faced Lie talks about strength and forgiveness. How did you find the strength to forgive your parents? A: Finding a way to cope with the trauma of my childhood was by far the hardest part of my journey, and I didn’t have any success until I was in my 50s. I knew that facing up to everything that had happened was a must. But how? Selfhelp books and therapy didn’t help.

For decades, most of the memories of what happened in Gallup when I was 10 stayed buried. I remembered little bits, hints, but that was all. Over the years, I returned to my childhood haunts, hoping to recall the details. Nothing. And then I met the owner of the house where I had been living at the time. He invited me in, and being in that space brought it all back. In a matter of hours, I told a kind stranger my life story, remembering everything about the house, myself, my siblings, and my mother and father. Afterward, I called my parents and asked them if they felt any guilt or remorse about how they had treated me. Both of them said I had been a terrible disappointment as a child and adult.

I realized that my parents would never change, that they would never think they had done anything wrong. In that moment, I decided to forgive them. Unconditionally. I did it for my benefit, not theirs. After years of feeling angry and guilty, I was somehow ready to let it all go and move on. Forgiveness is what finally worked for me. Other people might have chosen a different path. There’s no right or wrong way.

THE ASSOCIATION Sharon Ann Ziegler,

Back after an extended hiatus, a young female attorney takes on a powerful homeowners association and uncovers fraud, mystery, and murder! Along the way, she must find it within herself to navigate and succeed in a world where grossly confident men grandstand in gold jewelry, private investigators are always listening, and judges are not honorable—a world where people aren’t at all who they seem to be.

Q: How did you decide to write a novel, do you have any prior writing experiences or other experiences? A: Over the years I wrote numerous legal briefs and motions and I argued before a number of distinguished courts. I even argued a case before Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito when he was on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, a few months before he became a Supreme Court Justice.

Q: What are some of the issues you wanted to tackle in your novel? A: The book took close to four years to write. I wrote it with a different approach than other legal thrillers I have read. Most legal dramas deal with the big trial and the preparation for it. I wanted to show that there are many more aspects to the profession other than the big legal trial because trials are much more uncommon than what one would expect since most cases settle out of court. So I designed the book around the other types of court appearances attorneys routinely make i.e. call of the calendar on motion practice days, motions to dismiss, appellate and state supreme court arguments, etc. In addition, I tried to highlight how legal investigations are conducted and I tried to touch on how volatile negotiations between attorneys can become. Overall the practice of law can be very vicious at times.

Q: What is particularly sentimental to you about your book? A: On a personal note, my husband designed the cover and he is very proud of it. So proud in fact that I secretly secured for him a copyright on the image and surprised him with it.

Cecily, the Songbird

Love yourself. Embrace your talents. “ “

Cecily makes beautiful sounding soul music that soothes the mind and soul. Click “play” on her debut album, Songs of Love and Freedom, and you will be immediately greeted by the calming of an ocean and a mystical collection of instruments shimmering around her smooth and earnest vocals. “It’s definitely soulful, and in my opinion, timeless. I don’t try to be hip really. I just try to make good, honest music,” she says when speaking about her debut album.

Cecily’s career began when she made a phone call to her mother saying that she was going to listen to her heart and give herself to music. She could have pursued many occupations with her Political Science and Black Studies degree from Swarthmore College, but she knew a career in music would give purpose to her life.