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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #549
November 20, 2017 | 
Author On this week’s show and just in time for Thanksgiving in the USA, there is a true abundance of nourishing topics Dean and Phil can truly devour. They will begin by providing updates on a couple of their creative endeavors (including a certain graphic novel) before moving into this week’s “Celebrity Deaths” where they will remember a legendary rock star, a budding rap star, a hugely popular gossip columnist and where they will offer a mea culpa for a mispronunciation of a celebrity’s name in episode 548. From there it’s back into the just-starting cultural conversation about toxic masculinity, with their latest perspectives on Kevin Spacey, Louis CK, Al Franken, Jeffrey Tambor, their historic perspectives on Bill Clinton and Clarence Thomas and their correction over a story about Shirley Temple that Phil told on episode 548. Then, they will shift gears with their latest takes on season 1 of “Star Trek: Discovery” and season 3 of “Mr. Robot” before Phil passionately defends the (in his opinion) underrated The Man Who Invented Christmas.
All that, plus your friends in podcasting would like you to take a few moments to learn about The Truth Is Still Out There the long-awaited follow up to their epic 2011 documentary Monday. 9 am Pacific. Wherever good podcasts can be found!
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #447
Phil starts things off by remembering the victims of last week’s San Bernardino massacre. Then, Dean arrives to remember the great character actor Robert Loggia and Stone Temple Pilots front-man Scott Weiland. Phil asks Dean about the latest developments with his one-man “X-Files” improv stage show. Dean and Phil follow up on their incredible interview of two weeks back with the creator of an anti-bullying app thanks to an email from a listener like you (yes, YOU!). Dean and Phil also follow up on their conversation of weeks past about what would happen in the future when women are allowed to fight side by side as equal warriors with their male counterparts because that future, apparently, has just arrived! Of course, there is also plenty of show biz analysis, insight and irreverence, from Phil’s brush with Joss Whedon to Dean’s viewing of a female-directed film everyone should see, from the puzzling question of why “Supernatural” is still on the air to Phil offering suggestions as to why Marvel’s “Jessica Jones” on Netflix does not have the same heat surrounding it as did “Daredevil” earlier this year. Finally, Phil brings things full circle from his soapbox, calling out those who prevent the gun control debate from becoming an actual debate. With ten percent more “hour”, this is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Very Murray Christmas, acting, Big, Bill Pullman, Breaking Bad, bullying, Carol, Christmas, Daredevil, David Lynch, David Tenant, Dean Haglund, directing, female-directed films, gun control, Gun violence, improv comedy, Jessica Jones, Joss Whedon, Kim Manners, Lost Highway, Lucky Them Megan Griffiths, Marvel, Metacritic, movies, Netflix, New York Film Critics, orphan black, Phil Leirness, producing, Robert Loggia, San Bernardino shooting, Satyajit Ray, Scott Weiland, show business, Stone Temple Pilots, Supernatural, television, The Apu Trilogy, The Jagged Edge, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, The X-Files improv, Vince Gilligan, Vincent D'Onofrio, violence prevention, writing | 2 Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #367
Your friends in podcasting are back from trips to Texas, Cleveland, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and deep space (!) and they are doing what they do best: Turning a world gone wild into fodder for informative, insightful, irreverent and inspiring conversation.
Topics this week include: The Granbury Paranormal Expo, what really happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, climate change, gun violence, the Sarah Jones lawsuit, a lawsuit involving your friends in podcasting, the arrest of Batman, the death of an Oscar-winning cinematographer, the suicide of an Oscar-winning documentarian, Sci-Fest 2014 and Baltimore’s Visionary Art Museum.
All that, PLUS Phil opens the show with a very personal story about how the world just keeps getting smaller and closes the show with a plea to support independent film, talent and diversity by clicking HERE.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: ACLU, acting, All the President's Men, Annie Hall, BlogTalkRadio, box office, cinematography, climate change, Conan, David Dean Bottrell, Dean Haglund, directing, documentary, Empire State Gas, filmmaking, Godfather III, Gordon Willis, Granbury, Granbury Paranormal Expo, Gregg Allman, Gun violence, Hamilton Leithauser, immigration, independent film, Isla Vista, J.D. Jackson, James Kyson, Jesse James, Joanne Lin, John Wilkes Booth, Kaleidoscope, Katrin Salyers, Lawrence Anthony, Level 7 Access, Lily Holleman, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, Malik Bendjelloul, Manhattan, Marc Hershon, Michael Jace, Midnight Rider, movies, Open Road Films, Oscars, Page Branson, Pete Asplund, Phil Leirness, Pub Dog, Ray Bradbury, Robert Ford, Sadie Hawkins, Sarah Jones, Sci Fest, Searching for Sugarman, Sixto Rodriguez, Southland, Stitcher Radio, Succotash, television, Texas, The Hunger Games, The Parallax View, The Shield, The Truth Is Out There, theatre, UC Santa Barbara, violence prevention, Woody Allen, writing, Zelig | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #353
Dean’s jet lagged, Phil spent all day locking picture on their new film (The Lady Killers) and consequently, this show is coming at you one day late …
In keeping with yesterday’s President’s Day here in the U.S.A., Phil asks an interesting question about the 11th President, James K. Polk.
Dean talks of Thailand on the 10th anniversary of the Tsunami.
They both answer a question about the documentary Blackfish before remembering the four show business notables that left us last week (a comedic titan, a Danish film master, a beloved character actor, and a child icon-turned-diplomat).
Then, following a humorous anecdote from Phil involving Alec Guinness, a bay area school teacher and a horror film, your friends in podcasting try to elevate the cultural discourse surrounding the Woody Allen controversy.
Finally, the show concludes with a couple words about women in movies and a killer preview for next week’s show (consider it a cliffhanger!).
Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alec Guinness, Babette's Feat, blackfish, Blue Jasmine, Canada, Carl Reiner, Carl Silva, Cate Blanchett, child abuse, child molestation, Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Dean Haglund, directing, dolphins, Dylran Farrow, feminism, films, Gabriel Axel, Gravity, Greg Kinnear, independent film, inter-species internet, Jack Paar, Jay Leno, jet lag, Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Carson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Larry Gelbart, Mel Brooks, Mia Farrow, movies, Mute Witness, Neil Simon, Oscars, Phil Leirness, Polk, President's Day, producing, Ralph Waite, Roots, Royal Deceit, Sandra Bullock, secrets, Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Black, show business, Sid Caesar, Steve Allen, television, Thailand, The Bechdel Test, The Cove, The Hunt, The Lone Gunmen, The Tonight Show, The Waltons, The X-Files, theatre, tsunami, violence, violence prevention, whales, Woody Allen, writing, Your Show of Shows | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #314
The show begins with selections from a rather hilarious Skype conversation between Phil Leirness and March Hershon of Succotash.
Following the theme song, Dean Haglund is back, and tells of his whirlwind, speeding-ticket-filled road trip to Winnipeg and back.
Violence prevention is very much on the mind of Phil, as he participated in a gang violence “interruption” on Saturday night. He talks about that and the short film Flawless.
Mostly, though, movies are what your friends in podcasting really want to talk about, from the role of critics, to the resurrection of Harrison Ford, to the post-apocalypse bandwagon, to the lack of roles for women, to the work of Stanley Kubrick, to the latest installment of Star Trek.
All this week, on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 42, After Earch, Alex Baldwin, Annenberg School of Journalism, Barry Lyndon, Ben Brantley, Benedict Cumberbatch, box office, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, Canada, chess, Chris Patmore, Comedy Film Nerd, Corbin Bernsen, Dean Haglund, District 9, Elysium, Empire State Gas, Ender's Game, film, filmmaking, Flawless, George C. Scott, Harrison Ford, idnependent film, J.J. Abrams, jason and the Argonauts, Jeanne Cooper, LACMA, Lolita, Marc Hershon, Matt Damon, Matt Giles, movies, Oblivon, Orphans, Paths of Glory, Phil Leirness, Ray Harryhausen, Stanley Kubrick, Star Trek Into Darkness, Steve Carell, Succotash, The Hunger Games, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Twilight, usc, violence, violence prevention, Vladimir Nabokov, Will Smith, World War Z, Zoe Saldana | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #295
It’s the first episode of 2013 and since it’s early January, where would your friends in podcasting be but poolside atop downtown Los Angeles?!
So, grab the sunscreen and join Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness as they discuss fine art, popular music, television, movies and celebrity deaths!
From record setting box office by a film from France, to precedent-setting success by a VOD release, from the most popular filming locations in L.A. to the return of 1980′s action heroes, from the smash hit album “21″ by Adele, to the death of one of the most popular singers of the 1950′s, this installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour has all the news, views and reviews you’ve come to expect and enjoy.
Happy 2013, everybody! It promises to be our best year yet!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 12 Angry Men, 21, A Bullet to the Head, A Good Day to Die Hard, acting, Adele, Adrian Peterson, Andersonville, Arbitrage, Argo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ben Affleck, Big Fan, Boyle Heights, Brian Thompson, Bruce Willis, Burt Reynolds, Campbell Scott, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Caravaggio, casting directors, character actors, Charles Durning, Cobra, Coney Island Christmas, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, David Hyde-Pierce, Dean Haglund, Denis Leary, directing, Eastern Columbia Building, Eileen Atkins, Ethan Dettenmaier, Evening Shade, Everybody Loves Raymond, films, Firestarter, foreign language films, Frank Sinatra, George C. Scott, George Lucas, Gerry Anderson, Griffith Park, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Henry Fonda, How Much Is That Doggie In the Window, Ilan Rein, improv comedy, independent film, Jack Klugman, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Chastain, John Barrowman, John Frankenheimer, John McClain, La Dolce Vita, LACMA, lead paint, Lee Garlington, Linda Vista Community Hospital, Location filming, Manchurian Candidate, Marigin Call, Mark Valley, Mayan Calendar, Mike Hopkins, Mike Nichols, Minnesota Vikings, motion pictures, movies, music industry, New York Giants, Nick Nolte, Nicolas Jarekci, North Dallas Forty, Old Cape Cod, Osama Bin Laden, Patti Page, Patton Oswalt, Paul Newman, Phil Leirness, Point Dume, Quincy, Richard Gere, Richard Jenkins, Robert Redford, Ronin, rushing record, Sound editing, Space: 1999, sports, Stingray, supporting actors, Sylverster Stallone, television, Tennessee Waltz, The 6th Street Bridge, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Detective, The Intouchables, The Last Stand, The Lone Gunmen, The Odd Couple, The Sting, The X-Files, Thunderbirds, To Be or Not To Be, Tootsie, Top Ten Hits, Torchwood, torture, UFO, violence, violence prevention, VOD, Walter Hill, Walter Matthau, Wolf, writing, Zero Dark Thirty | 5 Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #271
Alex Jones vs. Jon Stewart vs. President Obama. Daniel Tosh. The First Amendment. Fred Willard. Lewd Behavior. The Dark Knight Rises. Aurora, Colorado. Gun Control. The Second Amendment. Violence in movies. The disappearance of Katherine Jackson. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Dean Haglund. Phil Leirness. YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: adult theaters, Alex Jones, Aurora, Clyde Lewis, Colorado, Combat Radio, comedy, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, Daniel Tosh, Dean Haglund, Denver Airport mural, Ethan Dettenmaier, filmmaking, films, first amendment, founding fathers, Fred Willard, Ground Zero, gun control, Heath Ledger, independent film, James Holmes, Jon Stewart, Katherine Jackson, lewd behavior, Michael Jackson, movie violence, Nicole LaPorte, Obama, Pee Wee Herman, Phil Leirness, second amendment, stand-up, television, the Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Lone Gunmen, The Men Who Would Be King, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tilda Swinton, Tom Bergeron, Tosh 2.0, violence, violence prevention, We Need to Talk About Kevin | No Comments »
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 »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #235
Your friends in podcasting will be in Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday 22 November, at the Northwest Film Forum to screen THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. Only a handful of seats remain at this intimate venue, so get your tickets today!
From Seattle, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness will be traveling north to Vancouver, BC, for the Canadian Premiere of their film on Thursday 24 November at the Rio Theatre (get tickets here). Later that night, Dean will be performing a big improv comedy reunion show. Get details and tickets here.
Today, we invite you to join Dean and Phil as they discuss Penn Sate, Eve Ensler, Brett Ratner, the Oscars, the disappearance of young men and much much more, including …
The Chillpak Hollywood Development News of the Week …
The Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuit of the Week …
The Chillpak Hollywood “Wingnut” of the Week …
The Chillpak Hollywood Explanation of the Week.
Action-packed, passionate, insightful and informative, it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Why not share it with someone you love?
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Alexadner Payne, Billy Crystal, Brett Ratner, Brian Grazer, CBS, child abuse, college athletics, Combat Radio, Cyrnao De Bergerac, Dan Clowes, Dean Haglund, Django Unchained, Dominic Cooper, Eddie Murphy, Eve Ensler, film preservation, film-foundation.org, Ghost Hunters, Ghost World, Herman Cain, IMDB, improv comedy, Jerry Sandusky, Jessica Chastain, Joe Paterno, Jose Ferrer, lawsuits, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Bachmann, My Dinner with Herve, NBC Universal, Penn State, Peter Dinklage, Phil Leirness, Princess Di, public domain, Quentin Tarantino, rape, Ron Paul, Sacha Baron Cohen, Seattle, sexual assault, SyFy, The Academy Awards, The Descendants, the Huffington Post, The Lone Gunmen, the Tea Party, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Vancouver, Veterans Day, violence prevention, Wilson | 2 Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #227
Dean and Phil are back from weeks of travel and they hit the ground running with one of the wildest, most free-wheeling installments of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour ever!
How did your friends in podcasting enjoy Dragon*Con in Atlanta and a 9/11 commemorative event in Portland?
What did they think of the Emmy Awards?
What is their reaction to the latest round of “X-Files 3″ rumors?
Why are they both receiving emails from the CEO of Netflix?
What celebrity death are they remembering?
What celebrity do they think is facing career death?
What celebrity do they think is poised for a comeback?
Can they make sense of AMC’s behavior towards their award-winning and critically acclaimed series?
Can they make sense of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes marketing campaign?
Does Dean know the difference between Ida Lupino and Hedy Lamarr?
Why is Phil receiving both praise AND criticism from his response to Ryan Murphy’s behavior on an episode of “The Glee Project”?
Answers to all these and many more on this week’s episode.
And if you still haven’t had enough of your friends in podcasting, write us at chillpakhollywood@yahoo.com to request the Bonus 4th Anniversary Episode (which includes never-before-heard material).
Thanks!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 9/11, AMC, Archer, Atlanta, Boba Fett, Boston Legal, Breaking Bad, Brett Ratner, Chris Carter, Chris Isaak, Clyde Lewis, David Duchovny, Dean Haglund, Dragon*Con, Ed, Eddie Murphy, Emmy Awards, Emmys, film distribution, filmmaking, films, Frank Spotnitz, Gillian Anderson, Glee, Harry's Law, Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law, Hilary Swank, independent film, It's Garry Shandling's Show, John Calley, Julie Bowen, Justified, Kathy Bates, Kevin Smith, Mad Men, Margo Martindale, Million Dollar Baby, Modern Family, Netflix, Oscars, Phil Leirness, Portland, Qwikster, Red State, Remington Steele, Ryan Murphy, Spongebob, Star Trek, Star Wars, television, The Glee Project, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The Walking Dead, The X-Files, theme song, Tower Heist, Venture Bros, violence prevention | No Comments »
