With reckless disregard for peripheral derision, I am a huge Matthew McConaughey fan. His charm switch seemingly has no “off” position and his films provide little diminishing returns for me. Any motions to re-watch How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Lincoln Lawyer and Dallas Buyer’s Club will receive my vote of approval.

I once had a commercial audition where the casting director gave me the following instructions: “Look at this chocolate bar and pretend it just exploded in your hands.”. No sides, no other actors. When I first decided to become an actor, started taking classes and got a little taste of Shakespeare, Miller and Williams, I (and, I’d imagine, many other actors) had a perception of what acting, at least good acting, should be.

Jean Hamilton has a lot invested in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system - her two children attend Estes Hills Elementary School and Phillips Middle School. Hamilton is one of four candidates vying for three open seats on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education. Running for the first time, Hamilton said she wants to be on the school board to help improve the quality of education for each child and to better voice the concerns of teachers.