Today's Guest: Lauren Bowles, actress, "True Blood" Could there be a better time to interview actress Lauren Bowles? In a career that’s been steadily on the upswing, she joined HBO’s bloody hot drama “True Blood” this season as the newest waitress at Merlotte’s. And the show’s three topline stars, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgard... Continue Reading →
627 Borat’s Ken Davitian wrestles with me but keeps his pants on! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ken Davitian, actor, Borat, "Chuck" Granted, the role for which everyone best—or maybe worst--remembers actor Ken Davitian is “Azamat Bagatov,” Borat’s manager in the 2006 movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Anyone who saw it will forever have the image of... Continue Reading →
Reggie Lee is one of those Persons Unknown you hear about! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Reggie Lee, actor, "Grimm," "Persons Unknown," "Prison Break," The Dark Knight Rises, Drag Me to Hell I have to admit I was a little surprised at all the films and TV shows where actor Reggie Lee has appeared. REGGIE LEE podcast excerpt: "The trailer for Drag Me to Hell shows it as a... 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 →
30 Rock star Kevin Brown, Dotcom, tells tales on Tracy Morgan! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Kevin Brown, comedian, actor, "30 Rock" When Tracy Jordan’s bodyguards made their first entrance on NBC’s soon-to-be-a-hit “30 Rock,” you would have been excused for expecting them to be a one-time sight gag. Who were these two men disguised as city skyscrapers? KEVIN "DOTCOM" BROWN podcast excerpt: "Tracy Morgan begins and... Continue Reading →
The Sopranos’ scariest, Richie Aprile, roughs up Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Richie Aprile was crazy. Not gangster or organized crime crazy, but nuts. Way over the top, barely functioning in society, nuts. Of all the characters ever invented on HBO’s long-running mobster drama “The Sopranos," Aprile—played brilliantly by actor David Proval during season two—was the only one that genuinely scared me with his anger and quick-to-violence... Continue Reading →
This Man’s Kitchen is actor Hal B. Klein’s website, foodies!
Guys, are you hungry? Let me put it another way: are you hungry but feel like you don’t know how to prepare anything more appetizing than microwave nachos with lots of jalapenos to cover up your mess creating even this thought-free dish? Maybe Hal B. Klein can help. The actor/food blogger is the man behind... Continue Reading →
Actress Karen Black remembers Hitchcock, Redford, Nicholson! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Some actresses land a single role and are known for it the rest of their lives. So how do you describe Karen Black, who added life to movies as different as Easy Rider with Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, Five Easy Pieces—and again with Nicholson—and The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford, as well... Continue Reading →
Henry Jaglom’s ‘It’ Girl Tanna Frederick acts out for him! PODCAST INTERVIEW
If you’re a woman in search of someone else’s emotional train wreck to make you feel better about your own life, film director Henry Jaglom has got a movie or two for you. Maybe it’s his latest, Irene in Time, about a young singer with severe daddy abandonment issues. Or maybe you’d like his previous... Continue Reading →
Diane Farr picks Carolla over Duchovny for last man on earth! PODCAST INTERVIEW
It’s got to be the dancing eyes. There’s a lively sense of mischief and glee that I see when I gaze into actress Diane Farr’s big eyes on the TV screen, the kind that makes me think she would be a lot of fun to hang out with—and also the kind of girl who’d... Continue Reading →