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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #315
May 28, 2013 | 
Author We hope everyone in the USA had a great Memorial Day, and that the rest of the world enjoyed Monday.
It was quite a trial getting this episode to you as several wordpress sites on several different servers were under attack. No attack can silence your friends in podcasting for long, however, and this week, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are on fire!
They discuss several “Live Events of the Week”, including a forthcoming Live Event Dean and Phil will be attending – Paranoia Con in San Diego (July 19-21), sponsored by Paranoia Magazine. And while they’re on the topic of San Diego, they discuss a very cool UFO sighting that took place recently at the haunted Edgemoor Barn in Santee.
They analyze the glut of apocalyptic-themed films as well as the mad dash to remake or reboot every 1960′s spy show.
They “trek” back Into Darkness, examining the conspiracy theories contained in Star Trek Into Darkness and the lack of good roles for women in the film, as well as the precedent-setting endorsement battle that’s taking place as a result of the film’s stars Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy doing a short film for Audi.
This leads to the topic of product placement as it pertains to their very own The Lady Killers.
All that, plus Judy Garland is appreciated, a rock legend is remembered, and a good fight is won in Portland, Oregon.
Full of riotous humor, inspiring insight, and “Brechtian existential musings”, it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Enjoy.
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Tags: 7/7 bombing, 9/11, acting, After Earth, Ancient Aliens, apocalypse, Arne Hammer, Brad Pitt, Chris Pine, Christopher McQuarrie, Comic-Con, conspiracy theories, Dean Haglund, directing, distribution, domestic violence, Easter Parade, Ebony Rep, Edgemoor Barn, Elysium, Ernest Borgnine, filmmaking, Flawless, fluoride, Fraternity, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly music, George Clooney, Guy Ritchie, Ice Station Zebra, independent film, Into the Woods, Ivanhoe, Jake Gylenhall, James Franco, Jim Brown, Jim Morrison, John Sturges, Johnny Depp, Judy Garland, M:I 5, Marc Hershon, marketing, merchandising tie-ins, Mike O'Connor, Mission Impossible 5, movies, Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, Oblivion, Orson Bean, Paranoia Con, Paranoia Magazine, Patrick McGoohan, Phil Leirness, Portland, product placement, Ray Manzarek, Rock Hudson, Rogue Machine, Ron Patton, Santee, sci-fi, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Seth Rogen, short films, show business, Sondheim, Star Trek Into Darkness, Steven Soderbergh, television, The Doors, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Lone Ranger, The Man From UNCLE, The Pirate, The Social Network, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, This is the End, Tom Cruise, Tony Bill, Tucker Smallwood, UCLA Film School, UFO, Will Smith, World War Z, writing, X | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #302
It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour’s annual Post-Oscar smackdown.
Hear Dean and Phil’s analysis and hilarious criticism of Hollywood’s big night, hear them reveal each other’s predictions on who would win the 24 Oscar categories, and hear the stakes of their wager on the outcome.
Year after year, it’s one of our most popular episodes.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Adele, Amour, Andrea Fine, Andy Griffith, Ang Lee, Anna Karenina, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Avengers, Barbra Streisand, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Brave, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Catherina Zeta Jones, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Chicago, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Plummer, Claudio Miranda, Curfew, D.A. Pennebaker, Dame Shirley Bassey, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Django Unchained, Dreamgirls, Dustin Hoffman, Emanuelle Riva, film, filmmaking, Flight, George Clooney, Halle Berry, In Memorium, independent film, Inocente, Jack Nicholson, James Bond, Jamie Foxx, Jane Fonda, Jean Dujardin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, John Travolta, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kerry Washington, Kristen Stewart, Langly, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, marathons, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Haneke, Michelle Obama, Mychael Danna, Octavia spencer, Paperman, Paul Ottoson, Paul Rudd, Phil Leirness, Quentin Tarantino, Reese Witherspoon, Rhythm and Hues, Russell Crowe, Sandra Bullock, Sean Fine, Searching for Sugarman, Seth MacFarlane, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Ted, television, The Academy Awards, The Invisible War, the Oscars, The Sound of Music, Tommy Lee Jones, War Dance, William Shatner, writing, Zero Dark Thirty, Zoe Saldana | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #298
The film critics have had their say …
The various industry guilds and unions have handed out their awards …
Now, it’s time for the best films of 2012 according to your friends in podcasting!
Get those pens, pads and/or Netflix queues handy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Amour, Ang Lee, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Bruce Wilis, Cabin in the Woods, Chris Tucker, Christoph Waltz, cinematography, Compliance, crank calls, Daniel Day-Lewis, David FRance, David O'Russel, Dean Haglund, directing, Django Unchained, documentaries, film, film critics, filmmaking, Firefly, foreign language films, George Clooney, Helen Hunt, Holy Motors, How to Survive a Plague, independent film, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lawrence, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Joachim Trier, John Hawkes, Joss Whedon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leos Carax, Lincoln, mental illness, Michael Haneke, Michelle Williams, Ming Lo, Moonrise Kingdom, movies, Nur Bilge Ceylan, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Oslo August 31, Phil Leirness, polio, Quentin Tarantino, Robert DeNiro, rurouni kenshin, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Polley, sci-fi, Serenity, show business, Silver Linings Playbook, Take This Waltz, The Avengers, The Gatekeepers, The Life of Pi, The Lone Gunmen, The Sessions, The X-Files, Wes Anderson, writing, Zero Dark Thirty | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #283
Is it all a German dream, or is it just the latest installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour?
Whatever it is, your friends in podcasting will change the way you listen to the internet as they tackle such topics as quantum mechanics, Louis CK, Madonna, plastic surgery, dead actors and chamber music. And somehow, almost all of it happens while Dean and Phil talk about such movies as Cloud Atlas, Argo, John Carter, The Paperboy, Skyfall and their friend Alan Piper’s Married and Counting!
All that, plus the most awkward turn-of-phrase ever uttered on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Action Jackson, Airport, Alan Piper, Alex Karras, all-pro, Arclight, Argo, Arrested Development, Avi Lerner, Ben Affleck, Blazing Saddles, Bryan Rasmussen, Carl Weathers, chamber music, Cloud Atlas, Combat Radio, Comedy Film Nerds, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, Detroit Lions, Dodger Stadium, Ethan Dettenmaier, Fandango, foot fetish, Gary Collins, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Halle Berry, Hangar 18, Hour Magazine, Iran, John Carter, John Cusack, Lee Daniels, Los Angeles podcast festival, Louie, Louis CK, Macy Gray, Madonna, Married and Counting, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Monks, Miss America Pageant, New Kent, NFL, Nicole Kidman, No Country For Old Men, Nu Image, Paramount Pictures, Paramount theme park, Pete Dexter, Phil Leirness, Precious, quantum consciousness, quantum mechanics, Rocky, Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes, Setphanie Erb, Sight and Sound, Skyfall, socks, Staples Center, Street Justice, Susan Sarandon, Taylor Kitsch, Tehmina Sunny, The Bellfllower Sessions, the Hollywood sign, The Last Shot, The Lone Gunmen, The Paperboy, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, time, Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, True Grit, Victor/Victoria, Webster, Whitefire Theatre, William Morris Endeavor, WME, Zac Efron | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #273
Somehow a bet on the Oscars turned into this episode all about television …
The recent Emmy nominations are discussed at the outset and very quickly the show turns into a grudge match pitting comedy against drama, Luther vs. Sherlock, Dean Haglund vs. Phil Leirness and Dean Haglund vs. David Lynch!
That’s right, you’re about to hear what happened when Dean had to fulfill his obligation (upon losing the annual Chillpak Hollywood Oscar pool) to watch the pilot episode of David Lynch’s seminal series Twin Peaks.
The owls are not what they seem …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 30 Rock, Amy Poehler, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Don Cheadle, Downton Abbey, Edie Falco, Emmy Awards, Emmy nominations, Eraserhead, film, filmmaking, Game of Thrones, George Clooney, Girls, Gosford Park, Homeland, House of Lies, Idris Elba, Jack Nance, Jack Nicholson, Jim Parsons, Jon Cryer, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julian Fellowes, Kyle MacLachlen, Lara Flynn Boyle, Larry David, Lena Dunhanm, Louie, Louis C.K., Luther, Mad Men, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Ontkean, Mike & Molly, Modern Family, movies, New Girl, Nurse Jackie, Parks and Recreation, Phil Leirness, Ray Wise, Richard Beymer, Sherilyn Fenn, Sherlock, show business, television, The Big Bang Theory, The Descendants, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tiny Furniture, tone, Tony Hale, Twin Peaks, Veep, writing, Zooey Deschanel | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #250
This week’s show is both a yearly tradition AND a Chillpak Hollywood Hour first!
It’s our post-Oscar smackdown, where your friends in podcasting take on the Academy AND each other. Snarking and wagering, what could be more fun? And this year, the stakes have been raised!
Meanwhile, it’s the first time we’ve ever recorded a show where Dean and Phil were not in same locale. Dean’s still in Colorado. Yet, thanks to Skype, nothing could prevent the motion picture industry’s big night from turning into YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour’s 250th episode!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Adam Sandler, Alexander Payne, Angelina Jolie, Arizona, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Crystal, Bradley Cooper, Bridesmaids, Cameron Diaz, Catherine O'Hara, Christian Bale, Christopher Guest, Christopher Plummer, Cirque du Soleil, Colin Firth, Colorado, David Fincher, Dean Haglund, directing, Eugene Levy, filmmaking, focus groups, Fred Willard, Galaxy Fest, George Clooney, Graham King, Hugo, James Earl Jones, Jean Dujardin, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Kodak, Leo McCarey, Louis Gossett jr., Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Michel Hazanavicius, Morgan Freeman, movies, Natalie Portman, New York, Nick Nolte, Octavia spencer, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Phil Leirness, Pina, Robert Downey Jr., Saving Face, Sherlock Holmes, show business, television, Terry George, the Academy Awars, The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Groundlings, The Interrupters, The Lone Gunmen, The Shore, The X-Files, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, UFO Congress, Undefeated, Viola Davis, Wizard of Oz, Woody Allen, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #247
Anywhere from 6%-10% of the U.S. workforce might be calling in sick on the Monday after the Super Bowl, but not your friends in podcasting … Even if they wanted to, there’s way too much to discuss, from the eleven show biz personages who are remembered in “Celebrity Deaths” to the Tony-winning play that constitutes the “Live Event of the Week”, from Liam Neeson kicking nature’s ass to smuggling being depicted as a victimless crime, from promising sci-fi films in development to the man who claims Fox stole his life story through wiretapped phone conversations (YOUR “Lawsuit of the Week”), Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness don’t even get to everything they hoped to discuss. There’s THAT MUCH going on inside YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour #247.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 3D, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Akiva Goldsman, Alexander Payne, Anatomy of a Murder, Andrew Wight, Anger Management, Appearances, art, Baz Luhrman, BBC, Ben Gazzara, Bill Hinzman, Bingham Ray, Blade Runner, Bong Joon-Ho, Bradley Whitford, Building 7, Caddyshack, Charlie Sheen, Contraband, Cristian Mungiu, David Duchovny, Dean Haglund, Denholm Elliot, Diablo Cody, Dick Tufeld, Don Cornelius, Doug Jones, Eiko Ishioka, Excalibur, George Clooney, George Lazenby, Gillian Anderson, Graham Hancock, Great Santini, Harrison Ford, Jason Reitman, Jim Jarmusch, John Boorman, John Cassavetes, John Hurt, Kevin Smith, Liam Neeson, Madonna, Mark Helprin, Michael O'Keefe, Mike DeGruy, Mike Medavoy, Monty Python, Neal Fredericks, Nicol Williamson, Night of the Living Dead, Octavia spencer, Only Lovers Left Alive, Pasadena Playhouse, Patricia Disney, Peter Bogdanovich, Phil Leirness, Puss in Boots, Red Shoes Diaries, Red State, Ridley Scott, Roger Bart, Roseanne, Run For Your Life, SAG-Aftra merger, Saint Jack, Seven percent Solution, Shawnee Smith, Soul Train, Super Bowl, Terry Jones, The Cheap Detective, The Descendants, The Great Gatsby, The Grey, The Host, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The Party Crashers, The Producers, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tilda Swinton, West Wing, Wild Bunch, Winter's Tale, wolves, XF3, Yasmina Reza, Young Adult, Zalman King | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #246
It’s an annual Chillpak Hollywood Hour event as your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, offer up their respective top ten lists of the best films of the previous year.
It’s also our longest show ever – YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour with 25% more hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 3D, Abbas Kiarostami, acting, Alexander Payne, Andy Serkis, Anna Paquin, Anthony Minghella, Antonio Banderas, art, Bennett Miller, box office, Brad Pitt, Capote, Close Up, dance, David Yates, Dean Haglund, directing, Dogme, Elena Anaya, film critics, film distribution, filmmaking, foreign language films, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter, independent film, Iran, Jean Dujardin, Jeff Nichols, Juliette Binoche, Kenneth Lonergan, Lars Von Trier, Let the Right One In, marketing, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Shannon, Michel Hazanavicius, movies, Oakland A's, OSS, Pedro Almodovar, Peyman Moadi, Phil Leirness, Pina Bausch, Prisoner of Askaban, Quentin Tarantino, Rupert Wyatt, SAG, sci-fi, science fiction, Shotgun Stories, show business, Sidney Pollack, steampunk, Steve James, Steven Spielberg, Tanztheater Wuppertal, Terence Malick, The Interrupters, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Tomas Alfredson, Top Ten Films of 2011, William Shimmel, Wim Wenders, Woody Allen, writing | No 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 #238
Celebrity Deaths, Hollywood lawsuits, wingnuts, award-winning movies, television development news, how to see famous actors in person (and learn about acting), theatre closures, prejudice against comedy, sexism at the Playboy mansion (shocking!), and letters from listeners … It’s a true holiday grab-bag on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour and your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are giving ’til it hurts.
And then, they’re giving some more …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alexandery Payne, All My Sons, Amelie, Arthur Miller, Atwater Village Theatre, Awards, Beginners, Biopics, Clint Eastwood, comedy, Craig Ferguson, Dashiell Hammett, David Letterman, Dean Haglund, Denise Crosby, directing, drama, EST/LA, film, filmmaking, Gale Ann Hurd, Gates McFadden, George Clooney, House of Gold, Hugo, improv, J. Edgar, Jacqueline Wright, Jay Leno, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jessica Chastain, Jim Henson, Jim Henson studios, Jimmy Fallon, Ken Russell, Laemmle Sunset 5, Lars Von Trier, late night, Leonard DiCaprio, Linda Park, Margaret Thatcher, Martin Scorsese, Melancholia, Meryl Streep, Michael Shannon, movies, Oliver Stone, Pan Am, Phil Leirness, Playboy, Playboy mansion, Ron Howard, Sarah Silverman, SyFy, Take Shelter, television, The Artist, The Continental Op, The Descendants, The Iron lady, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, theatre, Tilda Swinton | No Comments »
