FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doron Ofir Casting January 18th, 2012

DORON OFIR CASTING LAUNCHES THE CASTING FOR “SOUTHIES”

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 2, 2011 – Doron Ofir Casting, the epic star making company behind Millionaire Matchmaker, Jersey Shore and Nashville Star officially confirms and announces the search Boston’s “Southies.”

“In every neighborhood there is a group of women who have each other’s back no matter what, who share a sisterhood and have an unbreakable bond. Whether thier husbands are in the same police precinct or thier extended family runs the neighborhood pub, there is a camaraderie they share and we want to know all of the in’s and out’s, the good and the bad. A window into the lives of women who represent the middle class and are proud of their blue collar heritage.” Doron Ofir, Casting Director

If your life as a “Southie” is worthy of being shared with millions, Doron Ofir Casting wants to hear from you! Those female applicants over 21 who have tight knit relationships within their community, industrious, tough talking, wise cracking, sexy and want to share every aspect of their outrageous life that IS South Boston should apply online on the digital application www.southiescasting.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Doron Ofir Casting - December 20th, 2011

Hollywood, CA (December 20, 2011) – From the masterminds behind "The Jersey Shore" comes a new vision for the future of television.

Doron Ofir Casting and 495 Productions is proud to launch the search for the most passionately obsessed, proudly self-identified pop culture fanatics from the worlds of comics, graphic novels, sci-fi, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television.

"FANDOM RISING" will boldly go where no fanboy or fangirl has gone before! If you are a guy or girl who gets all the references in "The Big Bang Theory," quotes the Original Trilogy, revels in spotting Cylons among us, joins the horde, wishes to attend Hogwarts, Starfleet Academy, or Xavier’s School for the Gifted, and reveres masters of science fiction and fantasy -- this is the show for you!!!.

You are officially being summoned for an experimental documentary series that takes a deeper look at the lives and relationships of people who love fantasy, fiction, cosplay, comics, gaming and science.

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... men and women were free to create their own universes, passionately collect their obsessions, and proudly celebrate their eccentricities without any persecution from their peers. Now it's time for the nerds to once again have their revenge, and show just why it's the geeks who shall inherit the Earth," Doron Ofir, President.

"FANDOM RISING" is currently looking for those who value brains over brawn, substance over status quo, and march to the beat of their own cantina band. If your life is filled with the exquisite, the extraordinary and the exceptional, you are officially being summoned to join the Fandom Rising!

Digital casting application can be found at www.fandomcasting.com

Jersey Shore With a Political Bent
By Christopher Snow Hopkins
October 26, 2011 | 9:25 p.m.

Ofir: D.C. casting call.
“Andy Warhol predicted that everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes,” said Doron Ofir, the casting director behind MTV’s Jersey Shore, which debuted in December 2009 and has since become part of America’s cultural fabric. “Reality television has made Warhol’s prophecy come true.”
On Monday, Ofir’s casting company announced a new “sociological experiment”— a reality-television show dramatizing divergent “visions of America.”

In conjunction with a major cable network, the casting impresario behind Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition (ABC) and The Amazing Race (CBS) “is looking for young, hot politicos who care about America [and] follow the heated debates, rallies, protests, and scandals. We are looking for people of all party affiliations—or those who are unaffiliated—as long as you’re outspoken, fearless, free-thinking, unbound, unleashed, unrestrained, appear to be between 21-35, and are politically active and telegenic.”

On Tuesday, Ofir explained his concept in another way.

“If you were to throw a dinner party and have the most outspoken, unabashedly self-promoting individuals all at the same table, it would make for an explosive conversation,” he said in a phone interview from Los Angeles. “If you’re stuck in that situation for an hour, that’s one thing. But it’s something else altogether if you’re all together for a period of a month or six weeks.”

What Ofir has envisioned is a raucous political debate, leavened with “elements of reality programming, elements of living in a microcosm, and elements of sexuality.” There is no production schedule as yet, “but in a perfect world, the cast would share a brownstone on C Street”—not unlike how the housemates of Jersey Shore shared a bungalow in Seaside Heights, N.J.

A self-described “latchkey kid,” the native New Yorker sold lemonade on the corner of 79th Street and Third Avenue when he was 7 years old. “I had nobody watching over me, except the neighborhood itself.” Ofir’s parents—immigrants from Israel—held many jobs as they pursued the American Dream. His mother, a stewardess for El Al Airlines, also worked as “Bunny Michelle” at the city’s Playboy Club.

Ofir said he learned “what family is” by watching All in the Family. When not peddling lemonade, comic books, or ashtrays, he was planted before the television, marinating in the patter of Happy Days and The Odd Couple.
Eventually, Ofir’s parents settled in Long Island, and he moved into a six-story walk-up in Hell’s Kitchen at the age of 18. “I experienced how difficult it is to work and make a living,” he recalled.

Before he helped usher in the age of reality television, he was the arbiter of all things “fabulous.” While managing several nightclubs in New York City, he said, “I was part of this late-’80s, early-’90s club resurgence, where people became famous for nothing other than being fabulous.” In this setting, he honed a sense for the “Fabulous 500,” a concept that would benefit him years later when he populated his shows with “extraordinary characters.”

“The Fabulous 500 determines a city’s taste and trends,” he said. “They come from the world of fashion, entertainment, art, politics, finance, or philanthropy; and they really make a city what it is…. I used to cast parties that allowed these people to intermingle. It’s the Studio 54 concept: You combine the rich and the poor, and you have a party.”

Later, Ofir moved to Miami—“the closest thing to an American Riviera”—where he was a field agent for Warner Brothers Entertainment’s publicity department, pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Miami, and continued to manage nightclubs. “I’ve always been proactive,” he said. “I sleep four hours a day.”
After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to make a name for himself in reality television, then an embryonic genre. “I was able to fill a niche; I marketed the concept of fame to people that were not necessarily talented. What reality did was make people famous for being themselves.”

He was perceived by some as a purveyor of tawdry programming. “My reputation precedes [this new show], so people will say, ‘Oh, my God, this is going to be a train-wreck television show.’”

Yet, Ofir is fluent in certain policy areas and pays close attention to the pundits on cable television. If not a player himself, he watches inside baseball from the stands.

“The talking heads on television are preaching to the choir,” he said. “The people watching them are the people that already believe them. There’s no crossing over, no changing of the channel…. It’s just validating and revalidating people’s individual beliefs.”

The bias of certain networks has crystallized, Ofir said, leaving a space for programming that encompasses disparate views.

“I’m not looking for hate,” he maintained. “I’m looking for a celebratory manner in which to express politics in the [best] light possible.”

If he has an ulterior motive, it may be of a more abstract nature.

“I’d like to redefine reality television as pop television,” Ofir said, alluding to the artistic movement epitomized by Warhol, “who made art into what comes off an assembly line.”

He insisted that opening television to nonprofessionals—“ordinary Americans,” in the parlance of Washington—goes hand in hand with engaging more outsiders in politics.

“Everybody thinks that politics belongs to old, white guys.”

This article appeared in the Thursday, October 27, 2011 edition of National Journal Daily.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doron Ofir Casting October 24, 2011

DORON OFIR CASTING LAUNCHES THE CASTING CALL FOR THE HOTTEST POLITICOS IN THE USA!

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 24, 2011) – Doron Ofir Casting, the epic star making company behind Jersey Shore, Nashville Star, Millionaire Matchmaker and The A-List officially confirms and announces the nationwide search for political activists with personalities that rally behind a cause and influence others to do the same.

“It’s about time we give a mainstream media opportunity to the generation that has the fortitude to proudly live as a representative of their individual politial beliefs. What could be more American than that?” Doron Ofir – Executive Casting Director.

Doron Ofir Casting, in association with a major cable network, is looking for young hot politicos who care about America, follow the heated debates, rallies, protests, and scandals! We are looking for people of all party affliliations or those who are unaffliated as long as you’re outspoken, fearless, free thinking, unbound, unleashed, unrestrained, appear to be between 21-35 and are politically active and telegenic. WE WANT YOU!

You’ve volunteered for a local political campaign, stood in protest, logged over a thousand comments on blogs, tweeted Fox News or CNN on a daily basis, you run your own blog, vlog, stream, podcast, and are still looking for the right forum to express yourself. Whatever the case, we want to hear from you!
With personalities such as Ann Coulter, Bill Maher, Meghan McCain, Rachael Maddow, Keith Olberman, Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, Arianna Huffington, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Moore and Bill O’Reilly influencing the world of politics and dictating our national conversation, shouldn’t it be your turn?

Register online on the digital application: www.partypoliticscasting.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doron Ofir Casting September 28, 2011

DORON OFIR CASTING IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING THE MILITARY WIVES OF SAN DIEGO!

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 28, 2011) – Doron Ofir Casting, the epic star making company behind Jersey Shore, Millionaire Matchmaker, and The A-List officially confirms and announces the search for the most fascinating Military Wives of San Diego!

Military Wives will prove once and for all that behind every man stands a great woman, none more so than the man in service to his country. Their wives are the unsung heroes that are also making sacrifices, spending their nights together, holding down the fort on home soil. This brand new DocuSeries offers the unprecedented opportunity to document their lifestyle as they navigate the complicated journey of being in a relationship with or married to the military. From deployments to homecomings, enlisted men to officers, the newly engaged to recently divorced, Military Wives aims to reveal the true story behind love and life in the military.

“It’s about time we lay witness to the lifestyles of American women whose perspectives are unique due to the circumstances of falling in love with men whose top priority is to serve their country” Doron Ofir – Executive Casting Director.

If your life as a military wife is worthy of being shared with millions, Doron Ofir Casting wants to hear from you! Those applicants over 21 who want to share every aspect of their challenging and rewarding lives as military wives should apply online on the digital application: www.militarywivescasting.com

Interviews will be held with selected candidates in the San Diego area.