Posts Tagged ‘unions’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #257
April 17, 2012 | 
Author This week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour begins with discussions inspired by emails from listeners, including such topics as Titanic, the behavior of James Cameron (and directors and actors in general), and the fact that “pronoia” (NOT “paranoia”) might destroy ‘ya.
Your friends in podcasting spend part of the show in the state capital of California, preparing to appear on the morning television news program “Good Day Sacramento” (you can view a clip of their appearance right here). While waiting in a secret location, they riff on the election challenge faced by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the Family Research Council’s apparent dislike of vegetables, the staggering box office record of The Lion King stage musical and what it might mean for the future of performers’ unions.
All that, plus The Live Event of the Week and Dean and Phil weigh in on The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games and a film about a machete-wielding clown during the Spanish Civil War.
And we hope you’ll take time to view the fantastic video Dean put together in support of the graphic novel he’s making.
Thanks!
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Tags: acting, Alex de la Iglesia, box office, Centered in the Universe, Dean Haglund, Disney, filmmaking, Gary Ross, Good Day Sacramento, graphic novels, Griffith Park Observatory, independent film, James Cameron, John Barrowman, Joss Whedon, Mitt Romney, motion pictures, movies, Movies on a Big Screen, Phil Leirness, pronoia, Sacramento, SAG-Aftra, Samuel Oschin Planetarium, televsion, The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games, The Last Circus, The Lion King, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Titanic, Torchwood, unions, vegetables | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #255
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!
Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 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 #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 #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 #48
This week, Dean and Phil are joined by their good friend David Sobolov to discuss the complexities and absurdities of show biz unions. And of course, there’s lots of good stories and trash talkin’.
Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, actors, AFTRA, animation, David Soblob, Dean Haglund, film, movies, Phil Leirness, SAG, show business, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, tv, unions, voice acting, voice-overs | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #30
The big 3-0! Today Dean and Phil are joined by David Sobolov, actor and former SAG board member, to throw around some ideas about the future of entertainment, which is looking bleaker with each passing day (writer’s strike, you know how it goes).
We’re being plagued with technical difficulties, however, so please accept our apologies for the sound this week, just pretend it’s a call-in show with no host. Actually, it feels like you’re listening in on a Hollywood conference call. You’ll feel like a super spy just for listening!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, AFTRA, animation, David Sobolov, Dean Haglund, filmmaking, movies, Phil Leirness, SAG, show business, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, unions, voice acting, voice-overs, Writer's Guild strike | No Comments »
