Posts Tagged ‘improv’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #238
December 5, 2011 | 
Author 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 …
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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 | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #232
Starting like the opening to a spy thriller, this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour takes to the open road, as Dean Haglund clears customs on his way back from Australia and is picked up curbside at LAX by Phil Leirness (himself only recently returned from the Pacific Northwest).
No sooner has Phil put the car in gear, than the conversation comes fast and furious – as insightful, irreverent and inspiring as you’ve come to expect.
So, hop in the back seat and buckle up because your friends in podcasting are about to burn some serious rubber on the information superhighway!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Armageddon Con, Australia, Billey Beane, Brad Pitt, Bruce Harwood, Cannonball Run remake, consciousness, conspiracy, Dean Haglund, Dexter, Drive, Drive lawsuit, film, filmmaking, Hangover 2 lawsuit, improv, improv comedy, independent film, Inglewood, Jeremy Irons, Jessica Chastain, Karl Rove I Love You, Kevin Spacey, LAX, Loretta Miles, Luke Y. Thompson, LYT Rules, Margin Call, marketing, Melbourne, mental illness, Michael Jackson, Michael Shannon, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, movies, Owen Wilson, Paranormal Activity, Phil Leirness, Portland, Ron Paul, Sacramento, Salem, Salem Film Festival, San Leandro, Steve Jobs, Sydney, Take Shelter, television, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tom Braidwood, Tower Theatre, UFO X Fest, Woody Allen, Zachary Quinto | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #216
It’s Happy Birthday to the U.S.A. and your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, celebrate Independence Day by bringing you the funniest episode yet of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Join Dean and Phil as they welcome Gary Anthony Williams, a comic, a filmmaker, a film festival entrepreneur, and an actor whose credits include a series regular role on Boston Legal, a recurring role on Malcolm in the Middle and guest-starring roles on almost every comedy series of the past twenty years.
Gary might have made you laugh in such box office hits as Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Undercover Brother, and Soul Plane. He’ll DEFINITELY have you in stitches during this hour of rich, delicious, podcasty goodness!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Betty White, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, comedy, comedy shorts, David E. Kelley, Dean Haglund, directing, Downtown Independent, Gary Anthony Williams, Hot in Cleveland, improv, LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival, movies, Phil Leirness, short films, sketch comedy, television, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #202
Last week, when Phil made a cleverly comedic call-back connection between McG (the auteur behind such cinematic classics as Charlie’s Angels, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Terminator: Salvation) and McDonald’s (purveyor of meat and “other similar food products” according to their own internal memos), he had no idea he would be called upon to defend his “negativity” towards Mr. McG … Yet, called upon he was, and when tasked by loyal listeners of the show, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, talk about these things. That’s what we mean when we say that it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Other topics covered include: Dean’s new HBO show, Phil’s new short film, Dean’s new animated webisode series, Phil’s new documentary feature project, an opera production of A Turn of the Screw, Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Gnomeo and Juliet (in 3D), Rango, Unstoppable, Never Let Me Go, Source Code, and Dean Haglund’s audition advice for actors being “put on tape”.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Andrew Garfield, animation, auditions, Battle: LA, Bono, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, Chris Pine, Cinemax, comedy, Dean Haglund, Denzel Washington, Disney, documentary, Elton John, Femme Fatales, filmmaking, Frank Oz, George Lucas, God of Carnage, HBO, improv, independent film, Jake Gylenhaal, Jim Henson, Johnny Depp, Julie Taymor, Lily Holleman, muppets, Nicolas Cage, Nu Image, opera, Phil Leirness, sci-fi, science fiction, Shotokan Man, Spiderman, The Butterfly Circus, The Lone Gunmen, the Marx Brothers, The Muppet Movie, The X-Files, The X-Files: I Want to Beleive, theatre, Timothy Olyphant, Tony Scott, Val Kilmer, Werner Herzog, westerns, Wondercon | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #34
Phil’s deathly ill, but that doesn’t stop him from giving a good intro and appealing to our humanity. Please listen and SIGN THE PETITION!
Then it’s over to our guest host (and former guest) Lily Holleman who grills Dean about his recent run of one-man shows in London, and as usual the conversation drifts into weird and wonderful territories.
Then Phil collapses in the office and we all take turns going through his wallet.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, animal adoption, animal shelters, Christopher Walken, comedy, Dean Haglund, dogs, filmmaking, humane society, improv, Louisiana, motion pictures, movies, Nikki Blonsky, PETA, Phil Leirness, Queen Sized, Scotland, show business, the Fringe Festival, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, theatre, UK | No Comments »
