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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #304
March 11, 2013 | 
Author Even after almost six years of bringing you a free weekly podcast, your friends in podcasting can still surprise. Witness this week’s opening, which is an absolute first. Witness Dean and Phil talking about LARPing (Live-Action Role-Playing) … LARPing!!!
Dean and Phil finally get around to their “genius” vs. “artist” discussion as it relates to filmmakers, painters, scientists and pioneers in all fields. They also take on an article claiming to unlock the conspiracy mindset and in the process take on the entire era of judgment in which we find ourselves.
Finally, they discuss several movies and several television shows as well as the death of NBC.
All this week, on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
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Tags: 30 Rock, 9/11, A Dangerous Method, acting, Akira Kurosawa, Alex Lewczuk, artist, Balls of Wool and Other Bits of Rubbish, Bored to Death, cinematography, climate change, conspiracy theories, Cosmopolis, Crash, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Dea, Dean Haglund, directing, distribution, Dune, Eastern Promises, editing, Emergency, Federico Fellini, filmmaking, Fritz Lang, genius, Global Voice Broadcasting, History of Violence, House of Cards, independent film, Irons Sky, Jackalope Radio, Jon Lawlor, Jonathan Ames, judgment, Justified, Leonardo Da Vinci, live action role-playing, Maggie Fowler, marketing, Metropolis, Michelangelo, moon base, movies, Naked Lunch, nazi moon bases, nazis, NBC, Nielsen Ratings, Orson Welles, Phil Leirness, Portlandia, Queen Mary, show business, silent film, Siren FM, Steve Jobs, Talk Superstation, televsion, The B-Film Extras, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The Raw Talent show, The X-Files, Univision, vampires, Videodrome, Walter Isaacson, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #291
A “Live Event of the Week” that benefited homeless children …
Two “Lawsuits of the Week” that focus on show biz types arguing over money …
A very funny web series from former Chillpak Hollywood guest Rob Consing …
Several movies, including an all-time classic and a few Oscar hopefuls …
The importance of telling stories that encourage young women to find and use their authentic voices …
In short, if you’d boo this episode of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, you’d boo Santa Claus!
Finally, we hope you’ll take the time to check out Dean and Phil’s latest feature film project and learn how you can help!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2nd Unit, 3D, Adrian Paul, Alex Lewczuk, Ang Lee, Anne Hathaway, Arbitrage, Combat Radio, Coney Island Christmas, Dean Haglund, Ethan Dettenmaier, filmmaking, Hugh Jackman, Hugo, independent film, Jean Renoir, Josh Bell, lawsuit, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Michael Calleri, Napoleon Dynamite, Nicholas Jarecki, Phil Leirness, Richard Gere, Rick Mora, Rules of the Game, Russel Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, show business, Siren FM, Spectres, Stephanie Erb, television, The Life of Pi, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The Niagara Falls Reporter, The Peace Fund, The X-Files, Tim Roth, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire lawsuit, Yann Martel | No Comments »
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 #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 …
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #240
Happy Holidays from your friends in podcasting!
Because it’s the holidays, we don’t want to spoil the surprises contained in this week’s show. We’ll let you unwrap at a time and place of your own choosing.
Suffice it to say, if you like movies, music, politics, theatre, comedy, irreverence, inspiration and good conversation, and especially if you like Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, you’ll enjoy this brand new episode.
It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alex Lewczuk, atheism, box office, casting, Cesaria Evora, Chan Wook Park, Christopher Hitchens, Coriolanus, David Fincher, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Do the Right Thing, Elizabeth Olsen, Etta James, filmmaking, films, Game of Shadows, Ghost Protocol, independent film, James Bond, John Hawkes, Josh Brolin, Josh Mandel, Kim Jong Il, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Mission Impossible, Noomi Rapace, Oldboy, parties, Phil Leirness, publicists, Roger Moore, Rooney Mara, SAG Awards, Sean Connery, She's Gotta Have it, Sherlock Homes, short films, show business, Siren 107.3 FM, Slamdance, Southside Broadcasting, Spike Lee, Take Shelter, Team America: World Police, television, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hangover, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The X-Files, Vaclav Havel, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #234
If you would like to get to SEE your friends in podcasting (rather than just hear them), make sure you check out their joint appearance on the ActorsE Chat Show (hosted by Yi Tian).
Also, if you’re going to be in the Seattle, Washington area on Tuesday 22 November, why not stop by the Northwest Film Forum to see THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE and to meet Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness? Only a handful of seats remain at this intimate venue, so get your tickets today!
Of course, we encourage you to listen to this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour and visualize Dean and Phil and their visiting co-presenter, Jodie Orton (co-host of Siren 107.3 FM’s “American Dream Team” in the UK) as they sit around poolside atop the Eastern Columbia building, discussing the business of show …
Topics include: The disappearance of young men and teenaged boys from the multiplexes, the continuing plummet of Netflix stock, the drop in average ticket prices, the failure of “The Tower Heist”, the whereabouts of Richard Grieco and the wisdom of Avery Brooks (aka Captain Benjamin Sisko) as told to William Shatner in the Shatneriffic documentary “The Captains”.
All that plus TWO celebrity deaths, ONE Hollywood Lawsuit and FIVE intriguing projects that are in various stages of production, development or discussion.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 60 Minutes, acting, Actors E Chat Show, Alex Lewczuk, Andy Rooney, Avery Brooks, Blade Runner, casting, Christian Bale, Dean Haglund, Deep Space Nine, directing, Django Unchained, Drive, filmmaking, Geffen Playhouse, Gil Cates, I never Sang for My Father, improv comedy, independent film, James gond, Johnny Depp, Lee Majors, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Logan's Run, Martin Campbell, Michael York, movies, Phil Leirness, Phoebe Cates, public transportation, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Grieco, Ridley Scott, Roger Moore, Ryan Gosling, Sean Connery, Seattle, Siren 107.3 FM, Star Trek, Terence Malick, the American Dream Team, The Captains, The Fall Guy, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, theatre, UCLA, Vancouver, William Shatner, Winona Ryder, writing, Yi Tian | No Comments »
