Mainstreaming Consciousness What Dreams May Come - Emerging Paradigms of Consciousness in Hollywood and Mainstream Media
Summer of Peace 2014 > International Peacebuilding & Global Citizenship > Communications & Media
Broadcast on June 28, 2014
With Barnet Bain & Ivana Milicevic & Shadoe Stevens & Kate Neligan
Meditation and other self-awareness practices are rapidly becoming more mainstream around the world. Barnet Bain (What Dreams May Come producer), Ivana Milicevic (Casino Royale, Banshee) , Shadoe Stevens (America's Top 40 DJ, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson), Kate Neligan (CEO of Synergy TV, fmr V.P. of Distribution for Lions Gate) will explore how people in Hollywood and mainstream media are helping create new paradigms of consciousness. They also will share how their personal practices influence and guide their professional lives.
Ivana Milicevic
Movie and TV Actress
Ivana Miličević was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, into an ethnic Croatian family. The family emigrated to the United States, and in 1992 she graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career. In 1996, she made her film debut as a former girlfriend of Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire. In 1997, she followed up with a guest role on NBC's Seinfeld and made guest appearances on several other television shows. She played bit parts in Vanilla Sky and Love Actually, among her many other cameo appearances. She capitalized on her experience as a comedienne in a supporting role as Russian model Roxana Milla Slasnikova in the romantic comedy Head Over Heels. She then showed her dramatic talent in a supporting role as Milla Yugorsky in a dark and gritty drama Running Scared. In 2006, she started a recurring role on the CBS TV series Love Monkey, and then made a big step forward in her career appearing as Valenka, one of three Bond girls in Casino Royale. Currently, she stars in the Cinemax original dramatic series Banshee as Anastasia/Carrie Hopewell.
