1) Candace Owens -- who began producing professional conservative content months after launching her Explore Talent profile in 2017.
2) Congresswoman Lauren Boebert -- participated in the site's gallery contest in 2011, two years before opening up the "Shooters Grill" restaurant that brought her national fame and helped catapult her political career.
3) Tomi Lahren -- a familiar face throughout conservative media. She has previously worked at The Blaze and served on Donald Trump's PAC alongside Rudy Giuliani. She currently works as a contributor for Fox News.
4) Mellissa Carone -- Rudy Giuliani's star witness in his election fraud lawsuit last December. She is currently running for office in Michigan.
5) Scott Presler -- a homosexual conservative influencer, often spotted leading rallies in the run up to Trump's election. Presler spoke at CPAC 2020.
6) Emma DiGiovine -- the Fox News assistant who Jesse Waters left his wife for.
7) Anna Khait and Tarah Price -- Two women hired by private intelligence operatives to seduce and blackmail National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster
2011 PR Newswire story about Explore Talent:
Mar. 7, 2004 Haaretz: Israeli 'Erotic Calls' Couple Swindled Out of $40 Million https://www.haaretz.com/1.4748559Explore Talent Reaches 5 Million Members
NEWS PROVIDED BY Explore Talent Jan 27, 2011, 01:29 ET
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Explore Talent, the nation's largest talent resource and social website, announced today that its number of registered users has passed the 5 million mark. Founded in 2003, the site is a social networking tool that connects actors, models and musicians with casting directors, producers and provides listings of over 50,000 auditions per month to its members.
The 5 million members represent a 66% growth from October 2009 when the site had 3 million members. Members can join the site for free, develop a profile page on a personal website, upload photos, MP3s and videos to their profile. There are thousands of talent success stories reported every year. Explore Talent also offers contests for members to show off their portfolio and demonstrate their skills. In a recent Snoop Dogg contest, the winner, Shelly Renee won a live performance on stage with Snoop Dogg.
Over 300 Hollywood celebrities including Matt Damon, Piers Morgan, Joan Rivers, Eva Longoria, Jamie Foxx, and Snoop Dogg have been exclusively interviewed by Explore Talent, providing inspiration and expert advice how to become successful. Many actors and models have also provided testimonials on how Explore Talent has been the key to their success.
"We are excited to reach the 5 million mark," said Ami Shafrir, CEO of Explore Talent. "Explore Talent has invested every penny earned to this date back into the talent community in order to provide maximum free tools and best platform. We employ about 200 people who truly care about helping inspiring artists get results from our site, and get closer to achieving their dreams."
Explore Talent's proprietary software and vast infrastructure is the most advanced entertainment-based technology of its kind. The site's popularity is based on the fact that there are many ways for talent to network, make friends and connect with other industry players, participate in wide variety of contests and earn prizes for being active on the site. The easy access to a pool of 5 million members attracts industry players who are posting every month about 50,000 new auditions and job openings which is 30 times more than any other site.
For more information on Explore Talent, go to www.ExploreTalent.com.
LA Times, 2015:
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-et- ... story.htmlSelling Stardom: Aspiring actors are reeled in by talent listing firms
BY DANIEL MILLER STAFF WRITER DEC. 10, 2015 3 AM PT
Rita Reimers, 54, runs a cat-sitting service in Charlotte, N.C. But what she really wants to do is act. Breaking into show business seemed nearly impossible, until she saw an online pitch for Explore Talent. The company’s website promises access to casting calls and audition opportunities, billing itself as the “world’s largest talent resource.” Reimers said she signed up for the service about a decade ago, but canceled her membership when the acting gigs didn’t materialize.
Then last year, she said she got a call from an Explore representative, who said he could land her an audition for a Tom Cruise film — if she renewed her membership. She paid $120 to get the company’s services for six months, knowing that in Hollywood, nothing happens without a talent agent. And that’s what she thought she was getting. “Who else would have parts in movies for people?” Reimers said. “They would call and say, ‘Oh, you’re right for this.’ That sounds like a talent agency.”
In fact, Reimers had contacted a talent listing service. These firms operate in a cut-rate corner of Hollywood — one in which outsized aspirations and naiveté collide with companies touting a chance at a career in front of the camera. Listing services provide databases of audition and employment opportunities. They also offer to promote their clients on a Web page with a photograph, resume, reel and portfolio. There’s one problem: Hardly anyone who is anyone in Hollywood takes these services seriously. Most working actors and their agents find out about auditions and casting calls through their own contacts or long-established casting services. “They have convinced hundreds of thousands of wannabe actors that they are some kind of industry standard,” said Billy DaMota, a longtime casting director who said he’s never consulted a listing service in his 30 years in the business. “Not one reputable casting director I know uses those places to find talent.”
Explore’s owner, Ami Shafrir, said his Las Vegas-based company’s research department works with casting directors to get information about job opportunities. He gave The Times the names of two professionals, but neither returned repeated phone calls and/or emails seeking comment. Reimers, the aspiring actress, filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau over the company’s “sales pitch.” In response, Explore disputed Reimers’ account but apologized for “any confusion” over her membership and said it refunded her $120.
What? That's quite a group there.