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Actors: If you’re new to town, or if you’re new to targeting commercials, you can turn to many paid online and print sources to learn who casts commercials in Los Angeles and where they work. The trouble is, these lists aren’t visual, and they contain long lists, while the reality is that the few, busiest commercial casting directors do most of the work.

Take a look at this map I made over on the Google. It shows the busiest commercial casting locations in LA. This is handy information! But not complete. Some of these are drop-off friendly, others are not. Some good commercials do get cast elsewhere. But most commercial actors are going to one of these places whenever they get an audition from their agent.

Good luck!

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In the last week or so, Google downed my quality of life. They used to up it with changes, but now they are downing it. I’m refering to the change in Saved Locations within Google Maps. Google used to remember addresses, and allow you to label them with such words as “home,” or “fff” (which is easier to type). Suddenly, last week, that feature is no more.

As the Googledouches explain on this page, it’s a thing of the past. Their new approach of using personalized suggestions is faster, they say.

Ba. Lo. Ney.

Is it worth complaining about? Yes. I signed up for the Google support forum and in one pertinent thread I posted my opinion. I urge you to do so, too. Let’s keep it short and simply write, I want Saved Locations back, now.