Sun, 23 August 2015
Daniele Watts, an actress from Django Unchained, and Chef BeLive aka Brian Lucas www.ChefBeLive.com should be sampling the best of what L.A. has to offer. They are artists with a strong hand in the creative community. Daniele was educated at USC and the British American Drama Academy in London, and they are both people in the center of an ongoing controversy that’s going back to court in just a few days.
Certainly, the questioning and subsequent arrest of Daniele Watts seems as though it was a situation that blew up into more than it should have. She admits in this conversation she had a hand in that as well. The incident, in which police responded to a call about Daniele and her boyfriend having a sexual encounter in a parked car on an L.A. street, became a high profile case about race and policing. We ask her and Brian what was going on in the car that day.
Ultimately the story involved an audio tape recorded by Sgt. Jim Parker (the responding officer). The tape gave listeners an idea of what went on during the exchange between officers and Daniele and Brian.
The tape was leaked to TMZ apparently to clear the reputations of the cops who were taking on ugly charges of racism around the arrest both in published reports and internet postings worldwide.
The now famous tape seems to reflect an exchange that, indeed, has nothing much to do with race.
But in this conversation, Daniele Watts explains the emotion and history that’s coming to the exchange and how the encounter with police officers was a flashpoint for her.
While not explaining away her emotion, the conversation certainly helps the listener understand what’s in her head.
Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein (Josh) join Mark Thompson and press Daniele about why the whole thing turned into such a mess. And ask her about the now controversial, court ordered APOLOGY LETTER (the full text below). The court ruled it insufficient and ordered the letter rewritten.
We also don’t think it’s much of an apology and we ask Daniele why the apology is so difficult.
It’s a spirited and enlightening conversation with two people who we haven’t heard in a long form conversation since the incident.
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Wed, 29 July 2015
He's one of the more entertaining and honest figures in all of television, film, music and even Periscope. Regardless of the medium Andy has enjoyed great popularity His credits include THE BEN STILER SHOW, NEWS RADIO, LESS THAN PERFECT and more recently DANCING WITH THE STARS and the film DANNY ROANE: FIRST TIME DIRECTOR His stints in various rehabs never really "took" but he talks about his latest experience in a different way. One that he seems to be happy with. J.Elvis Weinstein and Heather Ankeny join Mark Thompson for Andy's visit.
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Tue, 14 July 2015
What's it like to have your life turned into a movie? The film FOXCATCHER is based on Mark Schultz’s life story and he says it's not exactly what he'd expected. Together with his brother Dave, Mark Shultz built an unprecedented wrestling record. The Schultz brothers won more NCAA, US Open, World, and Olympic titles than any American brother combination in wrestling history. In fact, Mark and Dave are the only two brothers ever to both win an Olympic and a World gold medal. FOXCATCHER was the name given to the wrestling compound that the paranoic, uber-wealthy John DuPont created to “coach” wrestlers although DuPont knew NOTHING about wrestling. Mark Schultz’s brother Dave was ultimately murdered by DuPont and the depiction of that murder in the film is eerily accurate. What else is true and what was altered for the film? Mark Schultz tells his story to Mark Thompson, Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein on THE EDGE Here is a link to the website Mark Schultz talks about during the conversation.
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Thu, 9 July 2015
If you watch TV, go to the movies or see commercials anywhere in the world, you have likely heard the voice of Josh Robert Thompson. You may even have heard him as the voice of some very famous people. Josh uncorks Schwarzenegger, Morgan Freeman, his fundamentalist preacher and more. Our own J. Elvis Weinstein was the original voice of Servo the robot on Mystery Science Theater, and Josh Robert Thompson was the voice of Geoff the robot on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Now these two great robot voices meet on The Edge. More of Josh Robert Thompson is here at http://www.joshrthompson.com/ |
Sat, 27 June 2015
While most of Hollywood comes and goes, Jackie Collins flourishes. Having had 29 New York Times best sellers and countless movies and television series come from her writings, Jackie Collins knows how to spin a yarn...a true Hollywood insider who has stood the test of time. Jackie talks to the crew about her new novel, THE SANTANGELOS and she also dishes with the crew of THE EDGE (Mark Thompson, Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein) about celebrities, royalty and what it takes to write some of the hottest best sellers in history. Jackie’s latest book is available here and her website is jackiecollins.com WARNING: SOME EXPLICIT SEXUAL REFERENCES |
Thu, 19 March 2015
Two notable friends of the show died this week. Simpsons creator, Sam Simon whose meteoric rise producing classic television comedy propelled him to the heights of the industry at an unprecedented early age. And classic TV and film creator and Exec. Producer, Harve Bennett. The crew looks back at these two men and talks about the way they were memorialized with help from Sam's close pal, Emmy-winning comedy writer, Merrill Markoe. King of TV and pop culture maven, Paul Goebel joins Heather and Mark. |
Sat, 14 February 2015
He moves from appearances on late night talk shows to exclusive conferences at Google and United Airlines.. John Collins holds the World Record Holder for designing a paper airplane that has gone further than any in history. He’s a published author of three books and his latest project is trying to bring money for science programs to underfunded programs nationwide through paper airplanes. If you want to see John Collins’ World Record distance throw 226ft 10” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedcZp07raE and here’s a link to John’s Kickstarter campaign (deadline is coming up so give him a hand) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paperairplane/the-national-paper-airplane-contest
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Fri, 30 January 2015
Doc Paskowitz led the family that's been called the First Family of Surfing...featured in Vanity Fair and publications worldwide. Tommy Hilfiger named a line of beachwear after them, saying "there's no one more cool and credible than the Paskowitzes.” Sal Paskowitz joins us to remember the leader of that family, his father, Dorian “Doc" Paskowitz who has just died. Sal talks about his father who threw away a lucrative medical practice, packed his wife and nine children into a van and took them on a continuing surfing odyssey. While there may be people who drop out of mainstream society and take their family traveling to surf, Doc Paskowitz is the only one who did it his entire life. Sal remembers his father’s life which included working as a doctor in far flung locations and then quickly returning to the best waves whenever he could. Doc pioneered the surfer life founding surf camps around the world (he is credited with bringing surfing to Israel and donating surf boards to Palestinians as recently as 2007—feeling passionately that surfing could help bridge the gaps between people) Growing up in a small van with 11 people presented huge challenges for the family of course and Sal talks about some of those. Salvador Paskowitz joins us to talk about his remarkable father just a few weeks after his father’s death. There are clips in the show from the movie Surfwise available at Amazon.com Sal joins Heather and Mark in this episode |
Fri, 16 January 2015
Aaron Cohen, with a background in the Israeli Defense Force in anti-terrorism, hostage rescue and security, has returned to the U.S. and applied those skills here. He talks about anti-terrorism policy in the U.S. and launching security details in the homes of Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt. Josh Weinstein joins Mark. |
Sat, 6 December 2014
Allee Willis has written some of the biggest hits in music but her creativity goes beyond that. Besides being a Grammy Award winning songwriter, she's also an accomplished painter and multi media artist. Allee sits down to talk about her amazing career.
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