Posts Tagged ‘SAG’
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 #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 #243
After last week’s New Year’s Resolutions show, your friends in podcasting are back doing what they do best, dissecting the world in general and the world of show business in particular with insightful, irreverent discussion. This week brings the return of The Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuit of the Week, The Chillpak Hollywood Wingnut of the Week as well as several brand new surprises. One Hollywood landmark, two books and more than ten films are discussed. Dean Haglund. Phil Leirness. YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: ageism, Amazon, Anna Paquin, art, Attack the Block, Benedict Cumberbatch, books, Brad Bird, Brendan Gleeson, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Chipmunks, critics, Dean Haglund, Don Cheadle, Elie Samaha, filmmkaing, Fox Searchlight, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, guilds, hand and footprint ceremonies, IMDB, JJ Abrams, John Malkovich, John Michael McDonagh, John Saxon, Josh Glasgow, Kenneth Lonergan, Kobe Bryant, lawsuits, Margaret, Martin McDonagh, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Metacritic, Miranda July, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, movies, New Year's resolutions, painting, Phil Leirness, reading, Robert Downey Jr., SAG, Sherlock, Sherlock Holems: A Game of Shadows, show business, Smurfs, Star Trek, Sydney Pollack, television, The Future, The Guard, The Lone Gunmen, The Shadow of the Wind, The X-Files, Thelma Schoonmaker, Tilda Swinton, Top Ten Lists, Uncle Boonmee who Can Recall His Past Lives, unions, We Need to Talk About Kevin | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #237
Your friends in podcasting just returned from the Pacific Northwest, where they were showing THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE (which makes a fantastic holiday gift!).
Phil and Dean discuss the challenges of getting shipments through U.S.-Canadian customs and that sets the tone for a truly international installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
The international box office, international financing and the international distribution of television shows are discussed.
The Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuit of the Week comes to us from the highest court in the European Union.
The Chillpak Hollywood “Wingnut” of the Week comes to us from the United Kingdom.
The Chillpak Hollywood Explanation of the Week involves gender and ethnic diversity.
Action-packed, passionate, insightful and informative, why not share YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour with someone you love?
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alan Mathison Turing, Alexander Payne, Amelie, Baywatch, Canada, Charlie Rose, City of Lost Children, customs, Daniel Craig, Dean Haglund, directing, diversity, film, filmmaking, George Clooney, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Golden Globes, HFPA, Hugo, Hugo Cabret, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jeunet et Caro, Justin Timberlake, Martin Scorsese, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, movies, Noomi Rapace, online file sharing, Pamela Anderson, Pan Am, PBS, Phil Leirness, Ricky Gervais, SAG, show business, The Descendants, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Vancouver, VIP, Woody Allen, Young Indiana Jones | 5 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 »
