Posts Tagged ‘AFTRA’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #255
April 2, 2012 | 
Author Wow. This week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour is one for the vaults. There’s something for everyone, especially if you love good stories and insightful, hilarious and inspiring conversation.
Your friends in podcasting discuss the SAG-AFTRA merger, doing what you love, loving what you do, the cool history of the Pickfair studio, Phil’s atrocious handwriting, the conspiracy theory surrounding The Hunger Games, a lawsuit against an award-winning playwright and another lawsuit against the worst filmmaker of all time.
Finally, Dean and Phil tell the legend of Edmund Kean’s sword and debate how Laurence Olivier’s failure to pass that sword on either represents the way knowledge is lost or the way that knowledge is never forgotten!
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Tags: acting, AFTRA, Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Lloyd Webber, art, Battle Royale, Bram Stoker, casting, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, David Sobolov, Dean Haglund, Dracula, Ed Asner, Ed Harris, Edmund Kean, Edmund Kean's sword, filmmaking, Henry Irving, Henry V, Howard Huges, Hunger Games, James Kerwin, Jason Duplissea, John Adams, John Ford, John Gielgud, John Patrick Shanley, John Sayles, Julius Caesar, Kate Terry, Kate Terry Gielgud, Koushoun Takami, Laurence Olivier, Lawrence Kasdan, Lord Byron, Lyceum, Mare'ka, Mike Medavoy, movies, Nordstroms, Othello, painting, Phantom of the Opera, Phil Leirness, Picfair, Return of the Seacaucus Seven, Richard III, Running Man, SAG, SAG-Aftra, Sam Peckinpah, show business, Spaghetti Westerns, St. Crispin's Day speech, St. Francis High School, Steven Berkoff, Steven King, Suzanne Collins, The Aviator, The Big Chill, The Blank Theatre, The Lone Gunmen, The Long Walk, The Most Dangerous Game, The X-Files, theatre, unions, Uwe Boll, voice-overs, Westminster Abby, What Duvet Said | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #253
From artists and actors who have committed crimes to movie studios and authors’ estates suing each other, this installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour is full of show people behaving badly. Not YOUR friends in podcasting, of course. Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are on their best behavior, discussing such a wide range of topics as …
The inspiration that can be drawn from a man like John Adams when dealing with issues like the proposed SAG-Aftra merger …
The storytelling AND marketing failures of John Carter …
More on the state of romantic comedies …
The lack of demand for any new books, movies or television shows and what that lack of demand might mean to storytellers and conglomerates …
And after all that, if you still haven’t had enough of your friends in podcasting, please enjoy their appearance on 16 March’s Combat Radio (you’ll learn why Dean is on “double-secret probation”).
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Better Life, acting, AFTRA, All My Sons, Andrew Stanton, animation, Arthur Miller, Bicycle Thief, books, Brandon Routh, Bryan Singer, Caravaggio, Chris Weitz, Combat Radio, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Declaration of Independence, Demian Bichir, Donald Margulies, Eiko Ishioka, Emily Blunt, Ethan Dettenmaier, Ewan McGregor, filmmaking, Finding Nemo, John Adams, John Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lasse Hallstrom, Linda Park, Mario Puzo, Matrix Theatre, Mirror Mirror, movies, Neorealism, Paramount Pictures, Phil Leirness, Pixar, SAG, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, show business, Sight/Unseen, Siren FM, South Coast Rep, Tarsem Singh, television, the American Dream Team, The Godfather, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The X-Files, theatre, Titian, unions, voice acting, voice-overs, Wall-E, Wallace Stevens | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #251
Your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, are back from their respective road trips and they have a world of topics to discuss …
The state of women’s on-screen roles in the movies and what that state indicates about the financial health of the industry is explored. A great Swedish actor, a beloved cartoonist and a Monkee are remembered. The impending death of 20% of all U.S. movie theaters is discussed. The potential potential merger between the two show business unions representing actors is analyzed. The way you listen to the internet is changed (as it has been every week since May of 2007).
And, of course, there are always delightful surprises and some big laughs. It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, after all …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, AFTRA, Alec Guinness, All About Walken, animation, Autry, Bridesmaids, Colorado Springs, David Margulies, David Sobolov, Davy Jones, Dean Haglund, Erland Josephson, filmmaking, Galaxy Fest, Geffen Playhouse, Ingmar Bergman, Marthat Marcy May Marlene, movie theaters, movies, Native Voices, Oliver!, Oscars, Phil Leirness, SAG, Scenes from a Marriage, show business, The Berenstain Bears, The Help, The Lone Gunmen, The Monkees, The X-Files, UFO Congress, unions, women | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #249
Because Dean Haglund is packing up for Galaxy Fest in Colorado Springs, Colorado (to perform comedy and show The Truth Is Out There), and Phil Leirness is hitting the road for the 2012 International UFO Congress in Fountain Hills, Arizona (where the TRUTH is also screening), this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour is coming to you a few hours later than we like.
It is, however, one of our very best shows!
That it’s President’s Day in the U.S. leads to a discussion of presidential UFO lore, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball and Merv Griffin. The special friendship between The UK’s “The Midweek Drive” and YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, leads to a discussion of Phil’s pajamas and his forthcoming tour of the UK. The book The Wayfinders leads to a discussion of cultural relativism, the biosphere, the ethnosphere, the living history of Los Angeles, and Dreamtime and The Dream Factory. An Albert Einstein quote leads to a discussion of the intuitive mind and the rational mind and the way we might move beyond divisiveness in an effort to address the common challenges facing us all. The Chillpak Hollywood Live Event of the Week leads to a discussion of Phil’s admiration for an actress he had never before seen, the best director working in theatre today, and the way storytellers strengths in one medium can serve as weakness in another.
All that, plus TWO Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuits of the Week (the one involving Chris Pine, “Captain Kirk” from JJ Abrams’ re-booth of Star Trek is a paticular hoot.
Your friends in podcasting definitely brought their “A” game. We hope you will enjoy it enough to share it with others …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, AFTRA, Albert Einstein, Alex Lewcxuk, Arizona, art, biosphere, BUFOG, Chris Pine, Colorado Springs, conspiracies, conspiracy theories, culture, David Lee, Dean Haglund, directing, dreams, Elemeno Pea, Erynn Petrulis, ethnosphere, film, filmmaking, Galaxy Fest, history, hollywood, indigenous, International UFO Congress, intuition, intuitive mind, Katie Grimason, Katrina Lenk, Kevin Costner, lawsuits, Linda Lovelace, Marilyn Monroe, movies, Natalie Tuck, oil spill, Open Minds, Pasadena Playhouse, Phil Leirness, plays, President's Day, rational mind, Ron Garner, Ronal Reagan, SAG, SAG-Aftra merger, Sam Gold, SDB, South Coast Rep, Stephen Baldwin, television, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The Truth Is Out There, The Wayfinders, The X-Files, theatre, Tiffany Freeman, tribal, Tucker Smallwood, UFOs, University of Lincoln, UTA, Wade David, writing | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #248
“From a secret location somewhere in America” your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are attending a very unique event. Pull up a chair and sit beside them in Exhibitor Booth 404 at the LAX Hilton as they discuss stop-motion animation, Clint Eastwood, California’s Proposition 8, SOPA, stop-motion animation, Whitney Houston, community theater, The Great Gatsby, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, a record-setting box-office weekend, a lawsuit between Marvel comics and their artists, and the worst reception Dean and Phil have ever attended. A “freight train of fun”, it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: AFTRA, Aretha Franklin, Baz Luhrman, Blade Runner, box office, Bruce Norris, Christopher Jacobs, Cissy Houston, Clint Eastwood, Clybourne Park, coast to coast, community theater, conscious life expo, consciousness, conspiracy, David Soul, Dean Haglund, documentary, film distribution, filmmaking, Get the Gringo, gulf oil spill, Harrison Ford, JC Chandor, Kevin Costner, LAX Hilton, Mark Taper Forum, Mel Gibson, Mitt Romney, Morgan Freeman, movies, Napster, Panache, Paul Michael Glaser, Phil Leirness, PowPAC, Proposition 8, Rob Simone, Robert Redford, SAG, SAG-Aftra merger, Scott Rudin, show business, Silent Running, Stephen Baldwin, stop-motion, storytelling, television, The Great Gatsby, The Lone Gunmen, The Wayfinders, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Whitney Houston, Yoshi Kato | 3 Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #244
Live from the mean streets of Los Angeles, this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour finds your friends in podcasting on the open road, braving Martin Luther King Day traffic on their way back from Los Angeles International Airport. Dean and Phil discuss the live shows they’ve seen, the movies they’ve watched, the books they’re reading. They weigh in on the Golden Globes, the Directors Guild nominations, the SAG-Aftra merger agreement, the latest development news, UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s ludicrous call to action for his country’s movie industry. Plus, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness reveal the lawsuit they may have to file. And because it is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Dean and Phil tackle comments and questions from such loyal listeners as John Girodo, Josh Glasgow, Mark Bennett and The Sicilian.
Buckle up.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, AFTRA, Alan Rickman, animation, art, Blu Ray, books, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, Broadway, Brothers McMullen, Chelsea Hotel, Clive Owen, Clybourne Park, dance, David Cameron, Dean Haglund, DGA Nominations, documentaries, Ed Burns, filmmkaing, George Clooney, Glasgow to the Movies, Golden Globes, Jerry O’Connell, Josh Brolin, Josh Glasgow, Kim Novak, Kristen Wiig, Margaret, Mark Bennett, Mark Helprin, Mark Taper Forum, Mark Wood, Metacritic, Moneyball, movies, Old Boy, original score, Pacific Disc, painting, Phil Leirness, Pina, Pina Bausch, reading, Ricky Gervais, SAG, SAG-Aftra merger, Sam Gold, Sean Sanders, Seminar, show business, Sleep No More, Sliders, television, Terence Malick, The Artis, The Descendants, Tintin, Titian, Tower Heist, travel, UK film Lottery, Wim Wenders, Winter’s Tale | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #214
Arye Gross is a great character actor. His guest-starring resume includes most of the touchstone television series of the past thirty years … Diff’rent Strokes, Knight Rider, The Wonder Years, Remington Steele, Cybill, Friends, Diagnosis Murder, The X-Files, Millennium, Profiler, Just Shoot Me, Grey’s Anatomy, The Practice, E.R. … And Arye has had recurring roles on such series as Ellen and most recently, Castle.
Arye is often recognized for his film work, which includes Just One of the Guys, Soul Man, Tequila Sunrise, For the Boys, Gone in Sixty Seconds and Minority Report. He is a great person, a true character and a wonderful storyteller.
And this week, he is the guest on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Midnight Clear, acting, AFTRA, C. Thomas Howell, Castle, Circle Mirror Transformation, Dean Haglund, dream catchers, Ellen, filmmaking, Harvest, House II: The Second Story, Keith Gordon, Lily Holleman, Minority Report, movies, Phil Leirness, Robert Loggia, SAG, Sam Gold, Soul Man, South Coast Repertory, Steve Miner, television, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, theatre, Tony Curtis, UC Irvine | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #186
Phil discusses his Thanksgiving birthday and talks about a voice-over gig. Dean describes his trips to Savannah, Georgia and Austin, Texas, plus his excursion to the Queen Mary in Long Beach to do improv with the Ghost Adventurers. After discussing the latest news about the SAG and AFTRA negotiations with the AMPTP, and the latest details in the murder of publicist Ronni Chasen, your friends in podcasting offer up their remembrances of Leslie Nielsen and Irvin Kershner. Then, they get down to the business of answering questions from you (yes, YOU) their listeners. Dean and Phil offer up telling and hilarious remembrances from their art/film school days. Dean discusses why he’s never pursued writing for comedy or sketch comedy television. Dean compares the acting processes of “X-Files” leading men David Duchovny and Robert Patrick. Then, Phil launches into a passionate exposition on the state of acting, with contributions from Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Ryan Gosling and Alejandro Gonzalez-Innaritu, ultimately positing the theory that “intimacy is the new punk”. He also offers a mea culpa to all fans of the “Twilight” films, “Dexter” and “The Walking Dead” all of which he has criticized in the past (and will criticize in the future) before taking such shows as “Psych” and “Castle” to task for their relentlessly numbing and “jokey” sensibilities. It’s a full, funny and furious installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, AFTRA, AMPTP, art school, birthday, box office, Castle, David Duchovny, Dean Haglund, Dexter, film school, filmmaking, Ghost Adventurers, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, independent film, intimacy, Irvin Kershner, Javier Bardem, Leslie Nielsen, Long Beach, motion pictures, movies, Phil Leirness, Psych, Queen Mary, Robert Patrick, Ronni Chasen, Ryan Gosling, SAG, Sean Penn, sketch comedy, televsion, Thanksgiving, The Lone Gunmen, The Walking Dead, The X-Files, Twilight, whale watching, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #48
This week, Dean and Phil are joined by their good friend David Sobolov to discuss the complexities and absurdities of show biz unions. And of course, there’s lots of good stories and trash talkin’.
Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, actors, AFTRA, animation, David Soblob, Dean Haglund, film, movies, Phil Leirness, SAG, show business, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, tv, unions, voice acting, voice-overs | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #30
The big 3-0! Today Dean and Phil are joined by David Sobolov, actor and former SAG board member, to throw around some ideas about the future of entertainment, which is looking bleaker with each passing day (writer’s strike, you know how it goes).
We’re being plagued with technical difficulties, however, so please accept our apologies for the sound this week, just pretend it’s a call-in show with no host. Actually, it feels like you’re listening in on a Hollywood conference call. You’ll feel like a super spy just for listening!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, AFTRA, animation, David Sobolov, Dean Haglund, filmmaking, movies, Phil Leirness, SAG, show business, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, unions, voice acting, voice-overs, Writer's Guild strike | No Comments »
