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May, 2008
• Brener books a new great film - Microwave Park,
also titled Streets of Blood
with Val Kilmer, Sharon Stone and 50 cent. She will
be playing a very edgy role of a crack taking, gang
ho, white girl living in the projects in louisiana.
Film is directed by Charles Winkler, son of Irwin Winkler
- who produced such hollywood classics as Raging Bull
and Goodfellas shooting takes place over the next couple of months
on location in Shrevport Louisiana.
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April, 2008
• Brener books a supporting role in "The
Dunwich Horror" for the Sci Fi Channel, she will
be working alongside the legendary Dean Stockwell, working
in Louisiana this month. • Shirly books and works doing all
the ADR/Post/Looping for the new Adam Sandler comedy
"You Dont Mess with the Zohan"- her voice
will be an integral part of many of the scenes.
• Shirly gets her own daily radio segment together
with her friend and producer Lati Grobman in Radio South
in Israel, they humorously chat about entertaiment and
their life in Hollywood as working filmakers.
• "Girls Gone Dead", horror film where
Brener is one of the leads is locked and screened and
getting ready for distribution.
• Brener is interviewd for the cover story for
The
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March, 2008 • Shirly
books the lead - Amy in "Unraveled"- a first
part in a trilogy of horror films, this one in the vain
of "Cabin Fever". Directed by B.C. Hickey
and to be distributed by LionsGate, film will shoot
in Santa Clarita and Lake Arrowhead. She is also a co-producer
on this film. • Brener gets signed by Coast
to Coast for both voice-over and print divisions. The
company already reps her commercially. • Shirly
is doing the coverage for Y BE 10 for "Nim's Island".
She is interviewing Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler and
directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flacket. •
Shirly together with her 3 year old daughter attend
the "Readalicious" event at the Hyatt in Century
City to promote literacy for children. Shirly reads
stories to inner-city children. • Brener scores
a blurb in the weekend edition of Daily Variety regarding
her reps and her new project with De Niro. Read
it here » |
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Feb, 2008 • Shirly
does a cameo in "Autodoc" an indie about the
Dadaist art movement happening in current day Riverside,
she plays an up and coming IT girl actress named Veronica.
• She attends "The Eye" premiere
at the Arclight Cinermadome in Hollywood.
in Feb News • Shirly wearing Versace from
Mad Money premiere, makes the pages of InStyle
Magazine (Germany) » • She attends
jewelry showing at the Luxe hotel in Beverly Hills
• Shirly attends Candies event at Hyde •
She attends an evening for "Bufort"- Israeli
film nominated for Academy Award • Brener
is interviewed for Israel's movies portal - seret.co.il
» • Shirly attends the "Live
for Sderot" event for the Israeli consulate. |
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Jan, 2008 • Shirly
is officially announced in the press as being added
as a series regular to Y BE 10 as the LA host, reporter
and correspondant for entertainment news. •
Shirly attends the star studded premire of "Mad
Money" in Westwood with Katie Holmes and Tom
Cruise. • Brener attends the Sundance Film
Festival in Park City Utah • Shirly attends
the Rambo Premiere in Las Vegas- Planet Hollywood
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Dec, 2007 • Shirly
is working for the entertainment news show Y BE 10 covering
the ABC/Disney TV lineups for Criminal Minds, Samantha
Who?, Sexy Dirty Money, Dirt, to name a few. •
She signed with a new top agency - Global Artists (company
reps series regulars on Entourage, CSI, Numbers and
others) • Shirly shoots a segment for Y BE
10 about famed paparazzi photographer E. L Woody, in
the process he turns the camera on her and decides she
is a rising star. Read
more » • Shirly attends the IDF
(Israeli Defence Forces) charity gala dinner at the
Beverly Hills Hilton. • She does the "Young
Storey Tellers"- reading writing its exciting,
(program was created by JJ Abrams) charity evening that
she is involved in, acting out scripts that were written
by 5th graders at Castle Hights elementry school.
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November, 2007 • Shirly
books a job for the company PlayHut (for toys &
camping equipment) she will grace the boxes of a couple
of their products avail in Target, WalMart etc in Spring,
'08 • She is booked as a guest in a "Chanuka
Telethon" for Chabad, raising money with a pledge
- special airs on Dish Network- Dec 9th. •
she attends the "Lupus Ladies Bag Luncheon"
at the Beverly Wilshire and also donated 2 of her designer
purses for the cause. • She is a guest on
"Radio 99".
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October, 2007 • Shirly
shoots “Righteous Kill” with De Niro and
Pacino on location in Connecticut
Rob Dyrdek, skateboarding champ is cast as the pimp
to her character- Natalya • “Letting
Go”, in which shirly is the lead opposite such
up and comers as Bokeem Woodbine, Sam Golzari, and Christopher
Knight, is in its final editing process, to proceed
to the festival circuit beginning of 2008 •
An article by E! Entertainment (Israel) is published
about the actress, see
it here » |
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Sept, 2007
• Shirly books a supporting role in the $60
million Jon Avnet ("Fried Green Tomatoes",
"Sky Captain and the World of Tommorow")
film - "Righteous Kill", starring Robert
De Niro and Al Pacino.
In this cinematic history the two giants co-star alongside
each other for the first time
Brener will share screen time with both. Also in the
cast: John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, 50 Cent, and
Brian Dennehy.
• She attends the post Emmys HBO party, dress
by Israeli designer- Galit Levi
• Brener signs with a new top management - Nine
Yards, Luber/Roklin Entertainment, company’s
other clients include Paul Walker, Jamie Pressley,
Joss Stone and Fred Durst. |
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August, 2007
• "Eccentric" gets rave reviews and
'pick
of the week' at LA Weekly, calling Brener's performance
"Sharp".
• Shirly books and shoots another job for her
homeland hosting a TV Special for Y-B-10 Entertainment
News about "The Bold and the Beautiful".
• Eccentric got nominated for "Best Theatrical
Show" by the LA WEEKLY awards in November. |
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July, 2007
• The Killing Grounds (AKA-Children of Wax)
the film Shirly has a lead in opposite Armand Assante
and Udo Kier is out on DVD everywhere, it got picked
up by the Weinstein Co.
• "Eccentric" opens at the RipRap
Theater in NoHo on July 12th for previews, Premeire
is July 21st, Brener plays "Natasha" a a
fantasy-like character in this provocative-sexual
play.
• Brener is guest on the IDF radio station for
the 4th of July.
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June, 2007 • Shirly
is a special guest at "The Tonight Show with Lior
Shlayn" 100th show. • Brener attends
the red carpet premeire of "Hollywood Dream"
a 5 episode documentry TV Series that she was the host
r for, and that she is also interviewd in. •
Shirly booked a role in the provocative and edgy play
"Eccentric" by Ernest Hemmings, scheduled
to open in NOHO, at the RipRap theater in July 2007,
she will play Natasha. Rehearsals to begin immediatly.
• Brener is on location in Syracuse, upstate
NY shooting her role as 'Sandy' in "Session".
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May, 2007 • Shirly
is the Host for the finale of "Amercian Idol"
for Erev-Tov -Guy-Pines (Israeli ET). • Principal
Photography of "Session" (with Steven Bauer
and Bar Refaeli), The "Hollywood Reporter"
announces the project with Brener as an Actress and
Producer. • Shirly attends her friend's -Autumn
Reeser's (The OC) "Spring Cleaning" clothes
swap. • Shirly Attends the charity event
and conducts red carpet interviews for "Lupus LA"
at the Beverly Hills Hotel. |
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April, 2007 • Shirly
is inking a deal to produce her first full length feature
film. She will be collaborating with helmer Haim Bouzaglo
(one of Israel's greatest directors- producers, writers
of all time). The project titled "Session"
is set to begin principal photography in May 2007 in
Syracuse, NY. Of Course, Brener is acting in the project
as well. The film stars Steven Bauer( "Scar Face",
"Traffic"), Tom Bower and Bar Refaeli.
• She attends the Beverly Hills Film Festival
opening night as a celeb guest. • Shirly attends
a cancer benefit for "Stage 1" foundation
at the Beverly Wilshire hotel , hosted by Lance Armstrong. |
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March 2007 •
Shirly gets a 5 page spread in the architectural magazine
Grand Tour (+article). • She is the cover
girl for the weekend edition newspaper Ma'ariv
(+article). • Brener is a guest on Keshet
- TV morning show. • She is a guest
twice on IDF (Galatz) radio show hosted by Rafi Reshef. |
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Feb, 2007 • Shirly
booked the E! Entertainment correspondence for her homeland
for the Academy Awards. The star studded Oscar show
will follow her around and showcase her as a israeli/celeb
in hollywood. She will conduct all red carpet arrivals
and post parties- interviews. • Mila books
a national magazine editorial for Women's Wear Daily.
• Shirly is an attendee at the post Oscar '07
Billboard Magazine party. |
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Jan 2007 • Brener booked
a supporting role in the new romantic comedy "Blond
Ambition", again starring Jessica Simpson!, Luke
Wilson, Penelope Ann Miller, Jaime Kennedy and Rachel
Lee Cook. The film is in the likes of "Working
Girl" and "The Devil Wears Prada", scheduled
to be theatrically released in 2007 by Sony and directed
by Scott Marshall- Gary Marshall's son! •
"Employee of the Month" is released to Video/DVD,
Brener makes it into the "trialer/promo" again.
• Shirly attends the Golden Globes post parties
• Brener is a this month's featured celebrity
Isabella.
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December 2006 • Brener
booked another film , in the romantic comedy titled
"Moving In" together with baby Mila, they
will be playing mother and daughter, director is Griff
Furst, this is their second project together. •
Shirly is a guest on Air America radio on the show "Harrison
on the Loose" it was broadcast on NPR (National
Public Radio). • shirly is an honorary guest
of the Israeli consulate and the Mayor of Haifa for
an opening for the photography exhibition in the Simon
Visenthal Center about Haifa during the war. •
She books a Lead in a trailer for a film directed by
Indian director Paul Mahajan, playing a devout Catholic,
sensitive , beautiful Nurse. |
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November 2006 • Shirly
booked a role in the new John Cusack film titled Brand
Houser - War Inc. It stars Cusack, Sir Ben Kingsley,
Marisa Tomei,Hilary Duff. Dir. is Joshua Seftel. Written
by Cusac and Jeremy Pikser - also known from writing
the acclaimed "Bullworth"- The Prod Company
is New Crime Prod. (High Fidelity). Brener is thrilled
to be joining this all star cast with Oscar Winners.
She will be playing John Cusack's wife in the film.
Release is in 2007. • Brener gives an interview
for the Telucan Times • Shirly apprears in
national syndicated column alongside Jennifer Aniston
and the film DreamGirls. |
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October 2006 • Shirly
gets booked on CNN to do 2 interviews, one about her
favorit charity- Narconnon- a drug rehab center and
the other about the political situation in Israel and
her nationality and also about all her upcoming projects.
Both interviews aired over 50 times after Headline News.
Watch
the video » • Shirly travles
to Israel to shoot the film Honor ('Kavod') directed
by helmer Haim Buzaglo, she stars opposite one of the
nations biggest stars - Zeev Revah and plays an udercover
cop. • Shirly graces the cover of the magazine
US in America. Out in newstands everywhere in the US.
• Shirly collaborates with a publicity event for
Loreal-Israel for her hair • She gives an
extensive electornic press interview for E! Entertainment.
• Employee of the Month starring Jessica Simpson,
Dane Cook and Brener is realeased October 6th nationwide
in theatersopens. • Shirly does Playboy Radio
and gives a full hour interview on air. •
She is interviewd by 7 Days and Penai Plus in Israel.
• She signes with a exclusive managment company
in Israel- Sharon Inc. • Shirly does interview
for Mania TV- morning show- "Wake the Hell Up".
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September, 2006 • "Employee
of the Month" premiers in Chinese Greuman's Theater.
Shirly attends the star studded premire with a designer
dress from Eva Minge- Brener also signes autographs
and takes pics with fans. • she books and
shoots a supporting/cameo in "Crystal Lake"
(aka. Girls Gone Dead) directed by Griff Furst and also
starring Stephan Furst. Its a homage to the horror genre.
Shirly loved getting brutaly murdered, it was also the
first time she got a head cast. • She is picked
by Savvy.com Men's Magazine as "the
one to watch"! • "Petrified"
is released on video and cable. |
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August, 2006 • Shirly
books the Lead role in the indie film "Letting
Go", directed by Jake Torem Dir. Jake Torem made
his debut directing off Broadway with plays such as
"Valhalla" and "Mine Games". His
first feature film the provocative and controversial
feature titled "Looking through Lillian",
won awards at numerous festivals including Grand Prize
at Houston. • In "Letting Go", Brener
plays April - a manic depressive fashion designer from
NYC. The film is being shot in and around Los Angeles.
• Shirly attends the Emmy post parties with
a dress from designer Eva Minge, her picture then appears
in STAR magazine • "Petrified",
i nwhich she has a Lead in, gets released on video
• "The Killing Grounds" (aka - Children
of Wax) in which Shirly is the Lead, opposite Armand
Assante get purchased by Sony for mainly video and cable
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July, 2006 • Shirly
booked a commercial for LapStyle, playing a tough/sexy
Catholic schoolgirl teacher. It will air on MTV/VHI
starting late Aug, 06. • Shirly Executive
Produced a short film titled: Shoot with cameos by Nicki
Six and Jonathan Silverman. Its a spoof on the music
industry. It was #1 on IFILMS all month. |
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June, 2006
Brener booked a supporting role in the film "Bill"-
starring Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba. Brener plays
a nurse who takes care of Eckhart's character- Bill.
The dark coming of age comedy is currently shooting
in St. Louis and produced by GreenStreet Films (In The
Bedroom, SwimFan, Up Town Girls). Its directed by Bernie
Goldman and Melisa Wallack and set to premier at the
Cannes Film Festival in Spring- 2007. |
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May, 2006 • Shirly
booked a pilot for her homeland titled: "The Industry".
She will host this show which will be a bit like The
View, a bit like ET and a bit MTV. It will have stories
about entertainment, fashion, lifestyle of both Hollywood
and Jewish/Israeli celebes and success stories. The
pilot is now in pre-production and will be shot mid
July. The show will shoot in LA and broadcast abroad.
• Baby Mila booked 2 jobs: JC Penny catalogue
and SarahBella boutique fashions catalogue. |
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April, 2006
shirly shoots a 'Cameo' for director John Herzfeld's
(2 Days in the Valley) new film: The Death and Life
of Bobby Z, starring Laurence Fishburne and Paul Walker.
Brener plays a surfer girl involved with infamous Bobby
Z in his drug trafficking of marijuana. The film is
produced by Alcon Ent and Eclectic Pic and scheduled
to release by Warner Bros.
Baby Mila books an editorial for Fit Pregnancy- national
magazine to be featured in the Sep- Oct, 2006 issue. |
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March, 2006 • Brener,
booked a big budget studio film starring: Jessica Simpson,
Dane Cook, Andy Dick, Dax Shephard, and Eva Longoria.
The film titled "Employee of the Month" is
estimated at a $40 mill budget and is directed by Greg
Coolidge. Shirly is excited to be involved in this funny
project in the genre of 'American Pie'. The producers-
Andrew Panay and Peter Abrams of Tapestry Films are
knows for such hits as "Wedding Crashers"
and "Serendipity". Brener plays a cute girl
that shops at the local WallMart/ Costco type store,
her role is hilarious! The film is currently shooting
on location in New Mexico. The comedy is scheduled for
a 2006 summer release. • Shirly booked a national
Honda commercial. The stylized spot is directed by Jasper
Ericstam and was shot by Andrzi Sekula- former DP of
"Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs"
. The spot shot in LA and is scheduled to go on air
immediatly. |
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Feb, 2006 • Shirly
booked a lead role in the film PETRIFIED shooting in
LA this month, directed by Charles Band- the largest
director/producer of cult horror films currently in
the video market
shirly is excited to join the great team of FULLMOON
FILMS, The film is scheduled to air on the Sci Fi Channel
in mid 2006. • Shirly booked a voiceover job
and lends her voice to a film about XLART. |
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Jan, 2006
Shirly booked a supporting role in the upcoming Israeli
film- 'Honor' directed by one of the greatest Israeli
directors of all time- Haim Buzaglo. Buzaglo is an international
award winning director with prizes from Berlin, Venice
and other festivals, including winning several Israeli
Academy Awards- shirly is honored to be working with
him in the Mafia- Godfather inspired film. It is set
to shoot in Tel- Aviv late april. |
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Dec, 2005
Baby Mila shoots a cover for BabyTalk magazine, a national
TimeWarner publication |
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August 2005
Shirly booked an editorial for SELF magazine to be shot
together with baby Mila. |
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July 2005
Shirly Brener will be MC'ing the main Benefit event
of the Israeli Women's Festival in Los Angeles. Shirly
will lead a lucrative evening of film, fashion, industry
and women of achievement. Shirly is also one of the
Festival's honorary guests. All the proceeds of the
festival will be donated for women's causes and charities.
The main event will take place on September 18th,
2005 at Ertetz Culture, 6170 Wilbur Ave. Tarzana,
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June 2005
Shirly Brener shot a supporting role in a film 'Mercenary
For Justice' starring action star Steven Segal, playing
a reporter for a 'CNN like' channel. Producers offered
Brener the role after watching her work on 'The Killing
Grounds (aka - Children of Wax) '. This is Shirly's
first action film. She loved shooting in a military
base with tanks, explosions and helicopters. Her voice-over
opens the film and carries the viewers into the main
action. |
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April 2005
Shirly Brener shot the lead role in the feature film
'The Killing Grounds (aka - Children of Wax) '. The
film also stars Armand Assante (Mambo Kings, Striptease,
Gotti) and Udo Keir (Armageddon). The movie was produced
by legendary producer Menahem Golan known from Cannon
Group, who produced and directed over 300 films (Bloodsport,
Mortal Combat). In the film she plays a German Neo-
Nazi, this is Shirly's most challenging part to date
as she was born in Israel and her grandmother is a Holocaust
survivor. She loved that the film had an anti- hate,
anti- drug, anti- racism message and dedicated many
hours for this role. The film was also demanding physically
as Shirly used fire arms, drove fast cars and did various
stunts. |
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February 2005
Shirly gives birth to a baby girl- 8 lbs 4 oz, 21.5
inches, she names her Mila Brener Rubenstein, after
her beloved deceased grandfather- Mila- the name means
Sweetie and Industrious in Slavic Languages and Miracles
in Spanish. Shirly is absolutely in love with Mila and
is a very dedicated mother.
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January 2005
Shirly Brener gets her first national US cover on
E- Pregnancy magazine. In the shoot shirly was actually
only 5 months pregnant and they had to pad her stomach
for an extra pregnant look.
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October 2004
Shirly Brener books the commercial print campaign
for Childish
Clothing- the company custom made the clothes
for Gweneth Paltrow, Debra Messing and Cortney Cox.
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June 2004
Shirly Brener is the spokesperson for the Israeli restaurant
chain – River. It is a very controversial layout
where they dress her as an institutionalized patient
dinning at the restaurant. The campaign is states "River
of the nights vis definitely not the river of the day".
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