If you’re on an airplane in the coming weeks and see Ilene Kristen engrossed in a bright and shiny new iPad, blame me. Kristen, who has starred on ABC’s "One Life to Live" as “Roxanne Balsom” since 2001, already has an iPhone. Last night, when we did a late night Skype video chat... Continue Reading →
606 TV carpenter Rib Hillis models his good looks on Mr. Media! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Rib Hillis, actor, model Seriously, have you ever seen a prettier man than this guy, Rib Hillis? When I see him, I feel like I’m not holding up my end on the manliness scale. In point of fact, if he’s a man, I’m not sure what I am any more. God, this... Continue Reading →
All My Children star Walt Willey jokes on all but the soaps! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Walt Willey, actor, "All My Children" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of people who remember when soap operas were on the radio and television would never catch on... in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! During my brief flirtation with the ABC soap... Continue Reading →
Kathryn Joosten: Desperate Housewives + Golden Girls! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Kathryn Joosten, actress, "Desperate Housewives" (UPDATE: Kathryn Joosten died of lung cancer on June 2, 2012.) I don’t know about you, but I’ve enjoyed a lifetime of lovable old lady neighbors who mixed sweetness and wisdom with a bit of a screw loose. Growing up, it was Mrs. Snyder, whose lawn... Continue Reading →
Shark Tank big fish Daymond John returns to brand Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
You know you’re in for a fun read when the author opens his book by quoting both Nolan Bushnell—the creator of the “Pong” videogame and “Chuck E. Cheese” Pizza restaurants—and Jay-Z. And Daymond John does not disappoint after that. DAYMOND JOHN podcast excerpt: "I think that the Tiger Woods brand was built on one... Continue Reading →
Stephen Colbert, Jake Tapper and Politifact say: Fact-check this, Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bill Adair, editor, Politifact.com If you’re going to get called on the carpet for something you did right, might as well be by Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central’s whirlwind of truthiness, “The Colbert Report.” That’s what happened about a week ago to Bill Adair, Pulitzer Prize winning editor of Politifact.com, the online fact-checking... Continue Reading →
WWE’s twin diva, Brie Bella, loves rasslin’ the ladies! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Image via Wikipedia It’s been like “Beauty Visits the Beast” around here lately at Mr. Media Radio, with recent drop-bys from “Supergirl” Laura Vandervoort, “10 Things I Hate About You” star Lindsay Shaw and Mulan’s Ming-Na. Today brings another lovely treat as WWE diva Brie Bella—who works with her twin sister Nikki Bella on... Continue Reading →
Elisha Cuthbert, Christian Slater talk over ABC’s Forgotten! PODCAST INTERVIEW
It seems like movie star Christian Slater has at last found solid footing on network television. His ABC series, “The Forgotten,” got off to an admittedly slow start in the ratings when it debuted last fall, but the network stayed with it and so has a growing audience. ELISHA CUTHBERT podcast excerpt: "When you... Continue Reading →
408 Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran puts the bite on Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Barbara Corcoran, entrepreneur, "Shark Tank," author, Shark Tales Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran has a sense of humor. She must: an incredibly successful real estate mogul, she’s the author of three books, including my favorite title, If You Don’t Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails. Yikes! On her ABC show, which airs... Continue Reading →
Super-Manny Mike Ruggles fills in for Supernanny! PODCAST INTERVIEW
As a middle school girls soccer coach, I enjoy working with kids and their parents, But not, I suspect, enough to want to be Jo Frost, the star of the ABC TV series “Supernanny.” And while it would be tempting to be called “Super-Manny,” the title that falls to her associate Mike Ruggles, I... Continue Reading →