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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #308
April 8, 2013 | 
Author After a follow-up question from a loyal listener about last week’s show, your friends in podcasting leap around the world, covering comedy, painting, poetry, movies, theatre, novels, puppetry and mental illness!
Full of insight, inspiration and irreverence, it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
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Tags: A Room With a View, agriculture, Allan Piper, Andrew Niccol, Annette Funicello, AP Stylebook, art, Associated Press, At Any Price, Batman Odyssey, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Bog Iger, comedy, conspiracy theories, Cyrus Jhabvala, Dean Haglund, Dennis Quaid, directing, Disney, Frankie Avalon, Gattaca, GMO, Heat and Dust, Howard's End, independent film, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Jane Henson, Jane Nebel Henson, Jim Henson, Ken Loach, Leigh McCloskey, Love Is All You Need, Man Booker Prize, Marc Hershon, Margaret Thatcher, mental illness, Merchant-Ivory, Mouseketeeers, movies, muppets, My Nine Lives, Neil Adams, Nicky Wells, Noah Haidl, Orson Bean, painting, Peter Jackson, Phil Leirness, Pierce Brosnan, producing, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Redford, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Santa Anita 5K, SCR, Sesame Street, Shia Laboeuf, SmokeFall, Sophie's Turn, South Coast Rep, stand-up, Stanley Tucci, Starving Artists, Steven D. Fowler, Susanne Bier, television, The Angels' Share, The Company You Keep, The Frighteners, The Host, The Lone Gunmen, The Truman Show, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, theatre, To Whom She Will, Weather Underground, Woody Allen, writing, Zac Efron | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #301
Full of all the nourishing podcasting goodness long-time listeners have come to expect, this brand new serving is also a delicious introduction to your friends in podcasting.
The following topics are discussed, dissected, analyzed and turned on their heads by Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness:
The X-Files, including a hilarious story about David Duchovny and exciting news about Frank Spotnitz’s new adaptation of Philip K. Dick for SyFy …
Ancient wisdom and what we can learn about healthful self-care by looking to past cultures …
Books from Norway, Sweden and Stephen King …
3 live events, including one that Phil hopes to turn into a documentary …
A remake of the late Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds …
A film all about Jar-Jar Binks …
A documentary about the epidemic of sexual assault within the U.S. Armed Forces …
The revival of drive-ins …
David Fincher’s original series on Netflix …
And MORE. It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, which almost always features bonus minutes!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A billion rising, A Good Day to Die Hard, Academy Awards, acting, Blade Runner, books, Brian Nishii, Chinglish, Chris Mulkey, Cinedigm, conscious life expo, Cowboy Don Tolman, David Cronenberg, David Duchovny, David Henry Hwang, David Lynch, Dead Alive, Dean Haglund, directing, documentary films, drive in theatres, Engaging Men Project, Erica Fraga, Ethan Mao, film distribution, filmmaking, Frank Spotnitz, Geffen Playhouse, Gerry Anderson, Greg Pak, independent film, James van der Beek, Jar Jar Binks, JJ Abroms, Joe Nesbo, k.o. dahl, Kathy Baker, Kirby Dick, LAX-Files, Michelle Krusiec, movies, NATO, novlels, Oscars, Peace Over Violence, Peter Jackson, Phil Leirness, Philip K. Dick, philosophy, producing, rape, Raymond Ma, Ridley Scott, Robot Stories, SCR, sexual assault, show business, South Coast Rep, Star Warrs, Stephen King, Susan Larison Danz, SyFy, television, The Artist, The Fourth Man, The Gift, The Invisible War, The Lone Gunmen, The Shining, The Snowman, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Thunderbirds, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Tom Braidwood, violence, virtual print fees, writing, Yasmina Reza | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #297
Leonard Da Vinci, The Last Supper, Alex Jones vs. Piers Morgan, 2nd Amendment vs. 1st Amendment, gun control, consciousness, aliens, the importance of “toasts”, authors Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon and Magi Fowler, filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, actor Conrad Bain, an overrated Lincoln, a modern sci-fi classic …
What show would be audacious enough to tackle all of that (and more) in a mere sixty minutes?
Why, YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, of course!
Hear what Dean and Phil are reading …
Hear about two “Live Events of the Week” …
Learn about three “Wingnuts of the Week” …
Learn about two “Celebrity Deaths” …
AND enjoy a preview of NEXT week’s spectacular (an annual tradition).
Trust us, this episode is AWESOME.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 1st amendment, 2nd amendment, Academy Awards, acting, Alex Jones, Amour, Balls of Wool and Other Bits of Rubbish, Barbara Werner, Best Picture Nominees, box office, CNN, Conrad Bain, Dana Plato, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Bowie, Dean Haglund, Diff'rent Strokes, directing, film, filmmaking, freedom of the press, Gary Coleman, gun control, Holy Motors, I Hate People, In the Realm of the Senses, independent film, James Spader, Japan, Jon Lawlor, Jonathan Littman, Leonard Da Vinci, Leos Carax, Lincoln, Magi Fowler, Marc Hershon, Mark Bennett, Maude, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Metacritic, Michael Haneke, Michelle Williams, motion pictures, movies, Nagisa Oshima, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Page Branson, Phil Leirness, Piers Morgan, producing, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sabine Fischer, Sally Field, Sarah Polley, Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Steven Spielberg, Take This Waltz, television, The B-Film Extras, The Last Supper, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, toastmasters, toasts, Todd Bridges, Tom Conti, World War II, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #285
Is it safe to say that there’s something for everyone on this week’s show? Consider …
Your friends in podcasting discuss Dean’s trip to Fargo for ValleyCon and the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival as well as Phil’s producing and directing 2nd unit photography, pick-ups and re-shoots for two different films on the same day(!).
They discuss the forthcoming Million Muppet March, their choices of Halloween costumes, the latest on Allan Piper’s film Married and Counting and Paul Bunnell’s film The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.
They discuss the possibilities of the just announced S.H.I.E.L.D. television series and the disappointing news regarding a sequel to X-Men: First Class.
They discuss such movies as Cloud Atlas , Get the Gringo, Looper , The Apple Dumpling Gang and Ernest Goes to Camp!
All that, PLUS a “Wingnut of the Week” update on the fluoridation of Portland’s water supply and another “Lawsuit of the Week” involving actors and their former representation suing each other.
Maybe you’ll even get the chance to win the home edition of the Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
You never know.
It is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour after all!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2nd Unit, acting, Allan Piper, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Willis, casting, Chris Tucker, Clark Gregg, Cloud Atlas, D/F Management, David O. Russell, Dean Haglund, directing, ER, Ernest Goes to Camp, Fargo, Fargo Fantastic Film Festival, filmmaking, films, fluoridation, Garrard Whatley, George Takei, Get the Gringo, Halloween costumes, independent film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianna Margulies, Lifetime, Looper, makeup, Married and Counting, Matt Giles, Matt Giles Movie Files, Matthew Vaughn, Mel Gibson, Mike O'Conner, Million Muppet March, movies, muppets, Paul Bunnell, PBS, Phil Leirness, Portland, producing, Rian Johnson, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Robert DeNiro, S.H.I.E.L.D, show business, Sight and Sound poll, Silver Linings Playbook, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Dontanville, television, The Apple Dumpling Gang, the Brothers Bloom, the Egyptian Theatre, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, The Good Wife, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, ValleyCon, VOD, writing, X-Men, X-Men First Class | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #270
If you are a big fan of the “In Memoriam” section of awards shows, you are going to LOVE this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Much of the show is dedicated to remembering the show business legends that left us since your friends in podcasting last came to you from a certain “historic building in downtown Los Angeles” …
Dean and Phil also follow up on last week’s incredible interview of true Renaissance man Leigh J. McCloskey by discussing another Renaissance man, Dean Haglund!
Of course, there’s much, much more to enjoy, including “The Irving G. Thalberg Drinking Game”, “The Succotash Bump”, the Bob Hope Airport, Torchwood, Norman Rockwell, The Pageant of the Masters, Phil’s desire to get knighted by the King of Norway, and the “Lawsuit of the Week”.
Finally, this week’s show includes big shout outs to Ethan Dettenmaier and “Combat Radio”, “Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis”, Pepper Jay, Yi Tian and Actors E Chat Show, Susan Larison Danz and “The Frontier Beyond Fear”, Marc Hershon and “Succotash”, Shaun Parker, David Sobolov and Agent Summer.
Oh, and if funny videos are something you enjoy, then by all means, check out this clip of Dean Haglund interviewing another sci-fi icon, a true “Star Wars” legend.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Face in the Crowd, Academy Awards, acting, acting classes, Actors E Chat Show, Agent Summer, Alex Lewczuk, Alice in Wonderland, All About Eve, Andy Griffith, Andy Griffith Show, Arrested Development, Bad Day at Black Rock, BBC, Big Fish, Celeste Holm, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Clyde Lewis Ground Zero, Come to the Stable, comedy, Compulsion, consciousness, conspiracy, Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center, Dan Butler, Dark Shadows, Daryl F. Zanuck, David Dean Bottrell, David Sobolov, Dean Haglund, directing, Dragon*Con, Driving Miss Daisy, Elia Kazan, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Ethan Dettenmaier, film, filmmaking, Forbidden Planet, From Here to Eternity, Galileo, Gary Cooper, Gentlemen's Agreement, Griffith Observatory, Hieroglyph of the Human Soul, Ice Station Zebra, independent film, Indiemondo, Irving G. Thalberg, Jake La Motta, Jaws, John Carpenter, Karl Rove I Love You, Kickstarter, King Olav, Kirk Douglas, Leigh J. McCloskey, Leslie Neilsen, Lili Fini Zanuck, Lily Holleman, Long Hot Summer, Marc Hershon, Marc Zicree, Margot Kidder, Martin Ritt, Marty, Matlock, MGM, Midweek Drive, Miracle Day, movies, National Council of the Arts, National Mental Health Association, Nightwatch, Norman Rockwell, Norway, Open Minds TV, Orson Welles, Oscars, Paths of Glory, Patrick McGoohan, Pepper Jay, Phil Leirness, PopCon LA, producing, Raging Bull 2, Red, Richard Anderson, Richard D. Zanuck, Sage Stallone, Save the Theatres Committee, Shaun Parker, Siren FM, Southside Broadcasting, Space Command, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kubrick, Succotash, Susan Larison Danz, Sweeny Todd, Sylvester Stallone, television, televsion, The Bionic Woman, The Dirty Dozen, The Frontier Beyond Fear, The Lone Gunmen, The Pageant of the Masters, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Truth Is Out There, The Verdict, The Wild Bunch, The X-Files, Tim Burton, Torchwood, UA, UNICEF, William Holden, wirting, Yi Tian | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #262
This week’s show is all about embracing the unknown, and as such, it probably started over on Combat Radio (on Friday 18 May), where YOUR friends in podcasting interviewed noted physicist (and regular contributor to Ancient Aliens), Mike Dennin about the frontiers of science. You can listen to that show HERE.
Back on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness carry on with the theme, discussing the unknown in a variety of different arenas …
The mystery (involving the dog star Sirius, the Kinights Templar, Mary Magdalene and a cheeky 13th century Imp) of the Lincoln Cathedral …
What Barry Diller’s Aereo portends for the future (or lack thereof) of television …
The foreign control of U.S. media …
The power of social networking …
The inner workings of Rupert Murdoch’s international empire …
And SO MUCH more, including a “Lawsuit of the Week” that involves a group finally embracing the unknown and “Celebrity Deaths”.
Enjoy all the great tasted you’ve come to expect for a hearty and delicious helping of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Aereo, AMC Theatres, Ancient Aliens, art, Barry Diller, bumblee, Cabin in the Woods, Cheeky Lincoln Imp, Combat Radio, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, Dan Brown, Dan Green, Daniel Adams, Dean Haglund, Derek Forbes, directing, disco, Donna Summer, Ethan Dettenmaier, filmmaking, gay marriage, General Zod, independent film, Knights Templar, La Talk Radio, Lincoln Cathedral, marathon, Margaret, Mark Ryan, Mary Magdalene, Massachussets Film Tax Credits, Maurice Sendak, May the Forbes Be With You, Mike Dennin, North Carolina, painting, Phil Leirness, physics, producing, Robin Gibb, Ron Howard, Roslin, Rupert Murdoch, sacred architecture, SAG-Aftra lawsuit, SAG-Aftra merger, Science of Superman, show business, Sirius, Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Da Vinci Dode, The Holy Grail, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Transformers, truth, Wanda, Where the Wild Things Are, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #261
How else would Year Six of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour begin, but with an on-air production meeting? Of course, having been away from the Rational Exuberance offices (inside an “historic building in downtown Los Angeles”) for the past two weeks, your friends in podcasting have many logistics to discuss, including their end of the Mayan Calendar show and the production of not one, but TWO sequels to their documentary The Truth Is Out There.
Dean discusses his road trip adventures in art, from studying Van Gogh in Philadelphia, to painting portraits in the West Hills of Texas, as well as the status of his Kickstarter campaign to create the graphic novel “Shock and Awesome”.
Phil discusses his travels throughout the UK, including screenings at Goldsmiths College, the University of Lincoln and the Birmingham UFO Group, attending the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival, co-presenting Alex Lewczuk’s top-notch Siren FM “Midweek Drive” shows, investigating the mystery of the Lincoln Cathedral, interviewing fascinating figures throughout the UK on topics ranging from bees to airport security scans, from Mary Magdalene to utopian societies.
Oh, and what’s the deal with all the strange cats in Brighton?!
All that, plus the books Dean and Phil are reading and plenty of big laughs. How could there not be big laughs? After all, your friends in podcasting are jet lagged!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acrylics, acting, Alex Lewczuk, Appearances, Assemblage Point, Austin, Avengers Assemble, Benini, Birmingham, Boris Karloff More Than a Monster, box office, BUFOG, Caroline Edwards, Chris Hodrien, Chris Hyslop, Chris Patmore, Clive Price, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, Dave Hodrien, Dave Pickering, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, directing, Dr. David Bramwell, Dr. Jonathan Hare, Eastern Columbia Building, Edmund Kean's sword, films, Findhorn, Fredericksburg, Getting Better Acquainted, Girl on the Edge, Goldsmiths College, graphic novel, Greenwich, handwriting analysis, Hannah O'Brien, Ian Lennox, independent film, John Landis, Karen Davies, Katie Grimason, Katrin Salyers, Ketan Majmudar, Kickstarter, Lifetime, Lincoln Cathedral, Lotte Reiniger, Louis Savy, Lynn Picknett, Mark Bennett, Mark Pilkington, Mayan Calendar, Mayan Theatre, Mirage Men, movies, Natalie Tuck, Nick Cook, Norton Simon museum, Nuts and Chews, painting, Phil Leirness, Philadelphia, Phillippa Blackmore, Prime Meridian, producing, Professor Chris French, Richard Fitzwilliams, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Sara Passmore, Sawchestra, Sees Candy, Shock and Awesome, show business, Simon Drake, Simon Drake's House of Magic, Simon Sorrels, Stargate Conspiracy, Stephen Jacobs, Taylor Spreitler, television, Templar Revelation, Texas, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, The Avengers, the Da Vinci Code, The Hunt for the Zero Point, The Lone Gunmen, The Sixties Man, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tiffany Freeman, University of Lincoln, utopia, Van Gogh, Wallace Stevens, Zero Meridian | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #260
What do the Mayan Calendar, David Lynch, Lyle Skosey, Sarah Nean Bruce, fire alarms, veterinarians, Jacques Cousteau, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Phil’s birthdays have in common? Why, episode #260 of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, of course!
5 years in the making … It’s our 5th Anniversary show!
Join your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness as they play clips from the most and least listened to shows from each year and try to see what lessons they can learn as they look ahead to the next five years!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2012, acting, birthdays, body image, Cinema Arts Entertainment, climate change, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, film festivals, filmmaking, financing, fire alarms, Graham Sibley, Jacque Cousteau, John Grisham, Justin Scott, Laemmle Grand, Lyle Skosey, Mayan Calendar, movie theatres, National Treasure Book of Secrets, Phil Leirness, politics, producing, Rational Exuberance, Sarah Nean Bruce, St. Louis, the Eastern Columbia Building, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, thrillers, veterinarians, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #254
It’s business as usual on this week’s show. What do we mean by that? Well, your friends in podcasting discuss how innovative ideas and inventions that could change the world and help people don’t get widespread attention because they don’t fit into an industry’s bottom line or the pre-existing marketing and distribution paradigms. This discussion leads to such examples as electric cars, laptops, iPads and even the entertainment industry.
Of course, it’s also business as usual in that Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness discuss the Live Event(s) of the Week, the Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuit of the Week and Celebrity Deaths.
All that, plus what films Dean and Phil have seen and what they are reading.
If you would like to learn more about the planned demolition of famed Pickfair Studios in Hollywood, please visit this site.
If you’re going to be in Los Angeles on Friday 30 March, or in Sacramento on Sunday 15 April, why not come on out to meet Dean and Phil and see their film The Truth is Out There? Learn how, right here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 10 Rillington Place, acting, Amarcord, And the Ship Sails On, Andrei Tarkovsky, Angel, Billie Jean King, Blow-Up, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bully, chillpak, conspiracy, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, David Boies, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dinner and a Movie, directing, Drusilla, Dustin Hoffman, Ed Wood, Federico Fellini, film, flash animation, George W Bush, Geraldine Page, Getty Villa, Harvey Weinstein, Horton Foote, inventions, iPad 3, John Adams, John Hurt, John McNaughton, John Patrick Shanley, Juliet Landau, L'avventura, L'eclisse, La Notte, laptop computers, Mare'ka Live, Marriage Italian-Style, Martin Sheen, Matthew J Williamson, Meryl Streep, Michelangelo Antonioni, movies, Movies on a Big Screen, MPAA, Northwest Film Forum, Nostalghia, Peter Masterson, Phil Leirness, Pickfair Studios, Pierre Louys, producing, R rating, Richard Attenborough, Richard Fleischer, Robert Duvall, Sacramento, Songs of Bilitis, Straight Time, Ted Olsen, television, Tesla, The Catechism Cataclysm, The Deep End of the Ocean, The Lone Gunmen, The Subject Was Roses, The Toolbox Murders, The Trip to Bountiful, The X-Files, theatre, Titian, Todd Rahal, Tonino Guerra, Ulu Grosbard, Vittorio De Sica, Wallace Stevens, Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me, writing, Zabriskie Point | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #241
It’s the day after Christmas and you ALL have at least one more gift to unwrap: This installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
We’re not going to spoil any of the surprise. We’ll simply say that we may have saved our loveliest, most heartfelt episode til last.
And if you haven’t already, we hope you’ll take the time to read our blog, wherein we thank many of the people who made the year so special.
Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness will be back on Monday 2 January 2012 and your friends in podcasting wish you all a New Year full of peace, action and adventure!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: abuse, acting, Christmas, Dean Haglund, directing, filmmaking, films, motion pictures, movies, new Year, Phil Leirness, producing, sexual assault, shows busienss, television, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, violence, violence prevention, wirting | No Comments »
