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Articles by Megan Rellahan

Megan Rellahan is the 2008 award winning author of "Edgar Hernandez POW: An American Hero." Before a writing career, she worked as a Youth Counselor with gangsters locked up in L.A.'s Juvenile Halls/group homes. From daily online columns to Senior Editor positions at artsy print magazines, Rellahan created Acted By mag in 2009, and partnered up with writer/actor Paul Nyhart to hit this bad boy out of the park. She admittedly arrived to L.A. knowing nothing and a decade later, Rellahan has just recently begun to figure that out.

Julianne Moore Transforms into Sarah Palin in Game Change
03/10/2011 – 6:05 pm | No Comment
Julianne Moore Transforms into Sarah Palin in Game Change

The political drama based on the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming another one of HBO’s controversial new films with Julianne Moore starring as Sarah Palin.

Charlie Sheen Mocumentary: Playing Crazy like Phoenix but Better?
03/09/2011 – 12:18 pm | No Comment
Charlie Sheen Mocumentary: Playing Crazy like Phoenix but Better?

I was once friends with an outrageous comedian whose go-go-go personality was manic (as shrinks would describe it) and inspiring (to artists, anyways). He was driven, ballsy and on the constant move, creating his own video segments, playing pranks on people (which he even sold to a network and launched his own career), and doing things not many people would be able to pull off.

Oh, Baby, Baby!
02/22/2011 – 4:08 pm | No Comment
Oh, Baby, Baby!

It’s been a while since I’ve written.

Winning Films at Sundance: Sneak Peak Videos
01/30/2011 – 10:50 pm | No Comment
Winning Films at Sundance: Sneak Peak Videos

It is the end of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and the top prize for documentaries goes to an intense character study on one woman’s choice to die.

Behind the Scenes of Maxim with Studio 838
01/28/2011 – 1:11 pm | No Comment
Behind the Scenes of Maxim with Studio 838

A sneak peak into the world of fashion with L.A. photographer, Ash Gupta.

The Dangers of Promoting Sex, Youth, and Beauty as Seen at Sundance
01/22/2011 – 9:59 pm | No Comment
The Dangers of Promoting Sex, Youth, and Beauty as Seen at Sundance

Is sex, youth, and beauty what defines women and contributes to gender inequality in America? You decide.

JustFilms Offers Aspiring Documentary Filmmakers A Way In
01/19/2011 – 2:12 pm | No Comment
JustFilms Offers Aspiring Documentary Filmmakers A Way In

How to get funding to make your documentary film and enter the world of Hollywood.

Soul Bashing at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards
01/17/2011 – 12:35 pm | No Comment

Last night’s 2011 Golden Globe Awards wasn’t quite what I expected. Honestly, it was better (in a brutally honest/soul-bashing sort of way). Beginning with presenter Ricky Gervais, who happened to offend the majority of Hollywood in four minutes or less….the night continued on with a sarcastic undertone that I admittedly loved!

And the Best Performance by an Actress at the 2011 Golden Globes Should Go To…
01/16/2011 – 1:33 pm | No Comment
And the Best Performance by an Actress at the 2011 Golden Globes Should Go To…

While we love her…and she may be the one to take home a globe, it’s not Natalie Portman who should win the best performance by an actress award. Her work in Black Swan was near …

Remembering Her Life Lost to Prescription Drugs
01/15/2011 – 1:25 pm | No Comment
Remembering Her Life Lost to Prescription Drugs

Although it is mid-January and at the heart of winter, here in L.A., the sun is shining bright and the weather is warm….