Ben Cogan

BEAUTIFUL ACTORS! Please feel free to consider 1:1 online sessions with me to work on scripts, forthcoming self tapes, audition technique or for group-workshops ... I'm here to help in anyway I can! Email: BeCo.Me@Mail.com for more details. References: becocasting.com/testimonials-2…

Bill Hicks ... ❤️ 16th Dec 1961 - 26th Feb 1994.

@henrywinter An excellent and articulate summary of exactly where we are, Henry. It feel as if we have tumbled down a wishing well this season.

Crystal Palace fans penned into an unacceptable, 80s-looking section of Zrinjski Mostar’s ground made their views very clear about Oliver Glasner. Like a sad, self-inflicted scoreline, Palace’s season will have OG against it. Many of the mutineers over in Mostar want Glasner gone now. The coach-club relationship resembles a divorce delayed only by staying together for the chance of Conference League glory in Leipzig on May 27. What a mess: one win in 15, Glasner criticising and soon leaving, FA Cup defence lasting one game, captain Marc Guehi sold, speculation around future of other talents like Adam Wharton, and players underperforming as if distracted by the manager’s mood and pending exit. Glasner’s frustration over sales (Guehi and Eberechi Eze) is understandable but he still has some very good players, amongst others Henderson, Munoz, Lacroix, Wharton, Sarr, Mateta, £35m Johnson and £48m Strand Larsen etc. Did chairman and co-owner Steve Parish make the right decision in not turfing Glasner out when he spoke out? Parish, a lifelong fan, played the peace-maker. It can’t have been about unwillingness to pay compensation; there's only a few months left on Glasner's contract and club could point to his damaging comments when making any settlement. Parish is a pragmatist. He knows he has an exceptional manager in Glasner (42 wins, 31 draws, 28 losses in 101 games), that the storm could blow over and hope that the Austrian would be professional and drive Palace to the finishing line in Europe and safety in the Premier League (currently 13th, 32 points, 12 games left). Parish’s stance is understandable. But judging by results and fans’ reactions, how long can Palace let this toxicity fester? They cannot let the season drift further. Glasner has to raise his game and try and motivate the players to get winning again. An ambitious manager, and footballing obsessive, risks his own stock continuing to fall going into a summer when he hopes for employment at a Champions League club. Palace have to beat Wolves at home on Sunday. The team have to show some fight. Glasner has to show he can still inspire and lead the players. Otherwise the chants will be heard again, the mood will darken further and separation may become inevitable. The obvious option is Thomas Frank, if available depending on his Spurs termination agreement. Whenever Glasner leaves, shortly or this summer, and the anger ebbs, let’s hope he’s also remembered for the glory days at Wembley when Palace fans were singing his praises. #CPFC 🦅

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Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important. #Shakespeare #ianmckellen #stevencolbert

BEAUTIFUL ACTORS: The brilliant Ty Glaser (@TyGCoaching) is back with another Standard American Accent Course! Quote ‘BeCo10’ in your email and receive 10% off … ❤️

Mister Philip Seymour Hoffman - who passed away 12 years ago today … ❤️

Catherine O’Hara, a veteran actor who starred in “Home Alone,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “Best in Show,” has died at 71 years old. variety.com/2026/tv/news/c…

@RealGaryWebster @hemmagulhane @Arsenal ... that's a real compliment (and one that I would agree with), Gary.

@BeCoMeCast @hemmagulhane @Arsenal Absolutely. Hes always a starter for me. Before Odergard👍

Excellent win. A much more dynamic performance. Much more progression. Eze did ok not fantastic but ok. Well enough to get a start at weekend. Martinelli looked great. Gyokeres has to start also. Well done @Arsenal Great stuff. #COYG❤️

@RealGaryWebster @hemmagulhane @Arsenal … only if he is allowed to do a little more than ‘warm up’, Mister Webster.

@BeCoMeCast @hemmagulhane @Arsenal The eagle soared as high as he could but now he is a Gooner ready to conquer the world!👍😂

@hemmagulhane @RealGaryWebster @Arsenal

@BeCoMeCast @RealGaryWebster @Arsenal Awwwwww he’s a norffff London boy now hahaha

@hemmagulhane @RealGaryWebster @Arsenal … because he’s homesick ❤️💙

@RealGaryWebster @Arsenal Why is eze not great… such a shame I want him to shine!!!!

Muhammad Ali. 17th January 1942 - 3rd June 2016 ... ❤️

Thank you 2025 - you weren’t easy, BUT … you gave me absolutely everything that I’ve been waiting for ❤️

@LeShuttle_Help can someone please get in touch about the current 8 hour and counting wait that we are encountering, and have had zero communication from you for?

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My hero, spirit guide and consistent source of chuckles: Mister Bill Hicks - was born 64 years ago today … he lives on in my heart, mind and soul ❤️

Rest up and thank you, Mister #RobReiner … ❤️

@UTDKara … but Karma said ‘no’.

Mason Greenwood almost scored the goal of the century last night. Did you see how he dribbled through the entire Lille team, only for their keeper to pull off the save of the season? Unreal. 😳👀

My perfect peach of a day at Pinewood Studios - spent working with these BEAUTIFUL ACTORS! Thanks be to the brilliant team at @Actors_StudioUK … and to each of the actors for thriving ‘n’ striving through their scenes and mock auditions! #Working4Actors ❤️

70 years ago today - Rosa Parks took her seat ... and changed the world ❤️