Today's Guest: Scott Shuffitt and Will Russell, co-founders, Lebowski Fest, co-authors, I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You There are a lot of famous uses of the word dude in pop culture. Sean Penn, as Spicoli, in Fast Times at Ridgemont High comes to mind. Or Keanu... Continue Reading →
Her Story of a Girl got YA writer Sara Zarr noticed! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Writer Sara Zarr had an experience last night that any author would kill for – sitting in the audience at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in Manhattan, her first novel, Story of a Girl, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for young people’s literature. For a first-time fiction author, such a nomination... Continue Reading →
93 Before Poe Dameron, Oscar Isaac was here! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Oscar Isaac, actor, PU-239, Inside Llewyn Davis, Star Wars The Force Awakens Oscar Isaac, my guest today, co-stars with Paddy Considine in a riveting new HBO film, Pu-239. Based upon a short story by Ken Kalfus, PU-239 tells the story of a devoted father and husband -- Paddy Considine -- in post-Soviet... Continue Reading →
84 US Magazine editor Barbara O’Dair dishes on celebrity! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Barbara O'Dair, editor, US Magazine Originally published June 23, 1997 My first inkling that something was different about US magazine came as I settled into an airplane seat and reached into my briefcase for something to read. The airport newsstand was pretty thin and I had reluctantly settled for US. On the cover... Continue Reading →
Caught naked! Mr. Skin checks out Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Guys, Mr. Skin watches movies so you don’t have to. Forget the days of wading through plot and dialogue just to get to the moment where Phoebe Cates pops open her bikini top in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Or when Sherilyn Fenn gets randy in Two Moon Junction. Mr. Skin, via his website... Continue Reading →
74 Sex, magic, wizardry… novelist Jim Melvin’s Death Wizard Chronicles! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Jim Melvin has been a friend of mine for more than twenty years and, for as long as I’ve known him, his driving interest has been writing an epic fantasy series, something that might find shelf space alongside J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. But life kept getting in the way. He was... Continue Reading →
65 It’s A Wonderful Life’s Zuzu Bailey all grown up! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Karolyn Grimes, actress, It's a Wonderful Life (Originally published December 9, 1996) What would your life be like if something you did at age 6 haunted you every Christmas for the next 50 years? For Karolyn Grimes, it has been a wonderful life. So wonderful, in fact, she turned it into a cottage... Continue Reading →
60 Curb Your Enthusiasm star Jeff Garlin’s Cheesy wild ride! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jeff Garlin, comedian, actor, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Goldbergs" Today is a great day to be Jeff Garlin. And for him, tomorrow will probably be an even better day. The sixth season of the hugely popular and hysterically funny HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” starring Larry David and co-starring Garlin, is now... Continue Reading →
53 Tell Me You Love Me, Hawaii Five-0 actress Michelle Borth! PODCAST INTERVIEW
The ironic thing about Michelle Borth’s role as Jamie, a woman whose fiancé won’t commit to monogamy in the new HBO series "Tell Me You Love Me," is that she is the kind of sexy, intoxicating woman that could probably drive the best-intentioned married man to cheat on his wife. BOB ANDELMAN/Mr. MEDIA: I was... Continue Reading →
32-33 Seinfeld’s own Soup Nazi, Larry Thomas, drops by Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
(UPDATED JULY 5, 2015: When I discovered the original audio player for this interview with actor Larry Thomas no longer played correctly, I went digging in my audio archives, found the original from June 8, 2007 and upgraded the entire track. But it sounded a little funky. I looked again and there was a... Continue Reading →