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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2025 Rachael Passalt and Janice Morganstein No Longer Producers of Caprice & Ella FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Ava Zinn, creator and executive producer of the series Caprice & Ella , announced Friday a major creative decision: the permanent ban of the four-part episode arc “Flagged by Design,” following backlash from Purdue Fort Wayne officials and internal concerns about its portrayal of institutional conflict and disability advocacy. The decision to

Many of you that are attending Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) with yours truly and/or have been watching ‘Caprice & Ella’ since the 15-part miniseries “ Breaking Boiling Point ” aired in January 2023 are probably dealing with the Affordable Housing Crisis with yours truly. Sometimes balancing a home/personal life, a career, and education is as easy as cooking a juicy medium-rare steak on an outdoor grill while other times, can be overwhelming, as has been the case for you

The staff and crew of Caprice & Ella are mourning the loss of a beloved member of the security crew at Aeverine Zinn Holdings. Rachelle Walters, a security guard for Aeverine Zinn Holdings and cast member of "Caprice & Ella", died March 21, 2024 after suffering from injuries she sustained in a fall after an incident with a disgruntled fan of "Caprice & Ella". She was 44. Rachelle was best known as one of Ava’s security guards, along with George Williamston and the late Hank C

The sixth season of Caprice & Ella has some surprises that will leave you in suspense. It coincides with the return of the thirteenth season of sister show Vote for the Girls. This is the first full season to feature Sierra Zinn, Lyssa Zinn, Skye Jameson, Cami Jameson, and George Williamston to the main cast and the first to feature Andrea Coolranch, Karen DuBois, and Rachelle Walters. Series creator and executive producer Ava Zinn changed the opening sequence and kept "Theme

Yesterday, I was nervous as much as my family was when the defendant that showed up for his sentencing for stalking. However, it was not the first time I have had to deliver a victim impact statement in a court of law. The last time that happened Bill Clinton was President of the United States, Evan Bayh was Indiana Governor, Paul Helmke was mayor of Fort Wayne, and I was recently promoted to the 7th grade at R. J. Baskett Middle School living in Van Buren, Indiana. That was

Many of you have already sent emails and social media posts wondering if any new Caprice & Ella content will be available. I can safely say you will have to wait until April 7, 2024, for the sixth season premiere followed by the return of Vote for the Girls . Unfortunately, since last November, I have had serious physical, emotional, and mental health setbacks along with a heart attack on 4/15/2023 and a major close call on 11/11/2023. Additionally, on 10/27/2023, my safety

Longtime Aeverine Zinn Holdings security guard Hank Cash died on Friday, October 27, 2023, after a brief illness with COVID-19. "We are heartbroken and devastated by the passing of former NYPD officer and friend Hank Cash. Hank was a gifted security guard after retiring from NYPD in 1999 and indelible part of the New York Police Department," said a spokesperson. "The impact of Hank's law enforcement genius was felt in Queens and Brooklyn in New York State and the two communit

DENVER (KMGH-TV) — A new round of laws took effect in Colorado this month that aim to help make housing more attainable for renters in the state. One of those laws caps minimum income requirements for renters and limits the amount landlords can charge for a security deposit. Previously, many landlords required tenants to make at least three times what they charge for rent. Hitchner, a grad student at the University of Denver, said when she moved to Colorado a year ago, it wa

A Kinder Institute study is showing 80,000 Harris County evictions were recorded last year. A family of seven is facing that exact fate. — Read on abc13.com/harris-county-eviction-numbers-kinder-institute-study-houston-renters-shatrice-brown/13579173/

As many of you know, the air quality in Fort Wayne and the recent rain storms over the last few weeks have significantly affected the filming process of Caprice & Ella: The Movie as well as ongoing health issues I’ve been facing Additionally, with recent retirements of a few staff/crew/cast and having to find a resolution as quickly as possible has become clear that judging from the table reads, things were not going to work out with what is available at this time. The recent

Several cast changes are in the works and therefore a at least the staff and crew of Caprice & Ella are hopeful things go smoothly. The last two virtual table reads were disappointing and because a few people did not show up after winning their respective roles in the audition and as a result, Ava Zinn has to recast some characters to portray as follows: Alisan Zinn (was to be portrayed by Bristol Halechko, recast pending) Larisa Thorn (was to be portrayed by Caitlin Skinner

As of 3:15 on Ava's 40th birthday (01/04/2023), everyone has been cast. The cast and crew list for Caprice & Ella: The Movie can be found here . After seven months of auditions, the auditions are now closed, and we are no longer taking any new auditions. The staff would like to thank everyone who auditioned and for those who won the roles, do look forward to an updated/revised script (there is the PG version due to three children in the cast while the other members of the ca

This letter is in response to viewer reaction to the 15-part miniseries “Breaking Boiling Point” due to the influx of comments and complaints addressed during the production of the miniseries. Many of you in Fort Wayne, Indiana watched Andy Devine’s WANE-TV report about Housing Choice Voucher rejections at Black Pine Flats and other properties currently owned by CIM Living. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to those tenants who have had to deal with the similar stress

We are happy to announce of a new cast member is joining Caprice & Ella . Breeanna Sorensen ( Vote for the Girls and University of North Carolina) will make her debut with the part 14/conclusion of the miniseries ”Breaking Boiling Point”. Sorensen joined the cast due to being in a relationship with series creator Ava Zinn. ”I’m excited to be a part of ’Caprice & Ella’ and knowing Ava after my time on ’Vote for the Girls’, I hope that fans get to know me as more since I am a

After a 44 hour agonizing disappearance, Caprice is finally back at home as of 5:18 am EDT July 31, 2022. Ava Zinn: I want to say thank you to all volunteers who have helped bring this ordeal to a happy ending after 44 hours. Caprice walked in the front door at my home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. As of 5:18 AM July 31, 2022, Caprice Haley Zinn is back home with Gabriella Lauren “Ella” Zinn and Ava Zinn. I would like to say thank you to all of the volunteers that made this reunio

With the pending move from Black Pine Flats to Golfview Apartments, things have become dangerously stressful. Today, as Caprice was outside, she got out of her harness and went missing at 9:45 am July 22, 2022. Ella and Ava searched for Caprice for most of the day. As of 7:45 pm 7/22/2022, still no sign of Caprice. This story will be updated

Telling Ella that her favorite internet dog has passed away was no easy task for Ava, yet Caprice took the death of Shelby Cash from the Talking Kitty Cat series hard. Shelby was 14.

Aeverine Zinn Digital Media Group announced today that production is being suspended due to a move of the production facilities. The current lease, which houses the production facilities, is not being renewed after September 30, 2022. Filming was scheduled to begin as early as mid-July 2022 and as late as early September 2022. The auditions will continue to take place. However, the casting call scheduled for July 2022 is canceled.

Caprice & Ella's web site was down for a second time in two weeks. This time it was caused by an expired SSL certificate. Last week, alleged resource abuse caused all of Aeverine Zinn Digital Media Group websites to be down for 60 hours. This outage lasted from 12:01 AM EDT June 6 to 7:30 AM EDT June 9.

AvaZinn.com, Caprice & Ella's website and other Aeverine Zinn Digital Media websites are back online today after being hit by a widespread outage linked to the hosting provider Namecheap. The Aeverine Zinn Digital Media Group web properties were all down on Sunday afternoon (May 29), but after a 60-hour outage, the web properties were back up. Namecheap, a web hosting provider for Aeverine Zinn Holdings and hosts avazinn.com, said “the issue has been identified and, a fix h