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Podcast Update/LA Wildfire Resources

We are devastated by the tremendous loss our community is facing. Thank you to the brave first responders and to the volunteers, donators, and community. In this post you can find resources to get help or to help where needed, along with an update for the show moving forward.
We love you Los Angeles!
Resources: 
The Mutual Aid L.A. Network: info for shelters, animal centers, donations, & volunteer.
http://tiny.cc/malan-fire
 
Y.M.C.A. of Metropolitan L.A.: info essential items for families donations.
https://www.ymcala.org/community-response
World Central Kitchen Charity Group: is providing meals to emergency workers & anyone affected. Direct Donations here:
donate.wck.org
L.A. Regional Food Bank: accepting financial & essential items, as well as volunteers
lafoodbank.org
Save The Children: essential child supplies
savethechildren.org
Hollywood Food Coalition: accepting volunteers
https://hofoco.org/volunteering-about/ Be sure to sign up online!
L.A. Legal Aid Foundation
lafla.org
Immediate Emergency Housing Assistance provided by 211LA and Airbnb:
211LA.org
Mental Health Resources:
Call or text 988, or reach out to Disaster Distress Helpline 24/7 at 800-985-5990 or text "TalkWithUs" to 66746

Bianca Lopez - Actor/Host, TINSELTOWN GHOST STORIES/THE PRINCESS DIARIES

This week, Kyle sits down with Actor and Host, Bianca Lopez. In this Halloween Episode, they chat about the spooky new podcast from @podfrontier's network - Tinseltown Ghost Stories, available now! From growing up in the Los Angeles Theatre world, to working with Director Gerry Marshal on her role in The Princess Diaries (2001), Bianca shares how she navigates work and life.
 
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Bianca Lopez was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Literally born in Hollywood, she started acting on stage at the age of five. She’s a first generation Latina with roots in Nicaragua and Ecuador. Bianca’s passion started in theater and she got to explore that more deeply when she went to the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. After high school, Bianca went on to study at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
 
She transitioned to TV and Film in her late teens. Bianca burst into A-List Hollywood through her portrayal of the tormenting Cheerleader, Fontana, in The Princess Diaries. She has maintained an active acting career, worked with legends like Jane Fonda, and most recently appeared opposite Jason Segal on the Apple TV+ show Shrinking.
 
Commercials have also played a big part in Bianca’s journey as an actor, and she’s currently a spokesperson for Credit One Bank. Bianca also has several years of stand-up under her belt, including producing her own stand up shows with other female comics, called The Comedy Coven. This fall, she is branching out into hosting, with the new podcast docuseries Tinseltown Ghost Stories, available now!
 
Tinseltown Ghost Stories dives into the creepy, mysterious, weird, and downright terrifying stories of the Haunted front offices and backlots of Hollywood. Check it out now on your favorite podcatcher or youtube!
 
Episode 1: Ghosts of The Pantages
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vFmrYwXKpFHhYnCW23DjT
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tinseltown-ghost-stories/id1774315851
Podbean: https://tinseltownghoststories.podbean.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYG7Vaj_4A8
 
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Stephanie Olmanni - Music Composer, DUNE/AERYTH

This week, Kyle sits down with Music Composer and Vocalist, Stephanie Olmanni. They talk about her process creating music for films and TV, and dive into how she managed to take the leap and make her own music inspired by video games with the Aeryth Project.
 
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Stephanie Olmanni is a songwriter and featured vocalist from films like Dune 1 & 2, The Creator, Army of Thieves, and The Boss Baby, and the creative force behind "AERYTH," a video game music project. A Berklee-trained multi-instrumentalist and composer, Stephanie honed her professional skills while working in primetime television music. 
Combining her passion for gaming with her expertise in crafting audio-visual experiences, Olmanni delivers high-fidelity music that features both evocative covers and original compositions inspired by her favorite games. Over the past decade, she has created hundreds of tracks for production music libraries as well as documentaries. She lives and works in Los Angeles with her husband and frequent music collaborator, Steve Mazzaro and their agonizingly adorable cat, Kupo.
You can find her work at https://www.stephanieolmanni.com/aeryth

Cameron Beyl - Writer/Director with Rebekah Kennedy & Sean O'Bryan - Actors, THE VEIL

Kyle, one of the Producers of the film, sits down to chat with the Writer/Director, Cameron Beyl and the two lead actors, Rebekah Kennedy and Sean O'Bryan, behind the new, cosmic horror THE VEIL!
 
Redemption gives way to a reckoning when a reclusive retired priest shelters a young Amish runaway in crisis, only to uncover a mystery that ties her presence to a terrifying encounter from his youth– and the aurora that rages overhead. 
For more information, check out: https://www.filmfrontierstudios.com/theveil-preorder
 
Cameron Beyl is an award-winning director and writer of independent features, shorts, and documentaries. His work has been featured in numerous film festivals, museums and online media outlets like Sight & Sound Magazine, The Oscars' A-Frame Magazine, Vice Creators Project, and Indiewire. He is also the founder of FilmFrontier Studios, an independent production company dedicated to the discovery of new horizons in cinematic storytelling.
 
Rebekah Kennedy can be seen guest-starring in the TV shows Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Minds, and Station 19. She has also worked alongside Nicolas Cage in Season of The Witch and Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves in To The Bone on Netflix. She can also be seen starring in the horror films House Hunting and Bastard. Most recently she wrapped the horror comedy Crust starring Sean Whalen and Alan Ruck. You can currently catch her in The Unseen with Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte and starring in the titular role in the award-winning horror film Two Witches.
 
With over 150 roles to his credit, Sean O’Bryan is a seasoned screen performer whose celebrated and storied career has touched nearly every facet of the industry. Film credits include Babylon, Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Rust Creek, The Veil, Vantage Point, The Princess Diaries series, Phenomenon, and Chaplin, among others. On television, he can be seen in a recurring role on Six Feet Under, and as a series regular on Persons Unknown and Brother’s Keeper. Other television credits include The Mentalist, The Middle, Glee, Leverage, Bones, NCIS, Roswell, Felicity, Beverly Hills 90210, and Married With Children.
 
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Kevin Nicklaus - Producer, SANDSTONE ARTISTS

This week Kyle sits down with Kevin Nicklaus, a Producer and a partner with the Los Angeles-based management and production company, Sandstone Artists. They talk about how management can support creative empowerment, pitching and the attention economy, as well as the value of collaboration.
 
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Kevin Nicklaus is a partner with the Los Angeles-based management and production company, Sandstone Artists. Kevin oversees the production division of the company, with projects set up with A-list directors, studio pods and a greenlit animated project. He currently serves as the consulting producer for RIDI, the billion-dollar company behind the Manta comics app and Tapas, a division of Korean media giant, Kakao, as well as other IP-based projects.
 
Prior to his work as a producer, he served as SVP for The Wolper Org., and contributed to BATES MOTEL and the Emmy-nominated ROOTS reboot, among others. He attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and entered the industry through the Television Academy internship program.
 
Sandstone Artists is a dynamic and innovative management + production company dedicated to empowering creators in the film and television industry.

Theo Brown - Director, AN ELECTRIC SLEEP

Theo Brown is an LA-based director with a deep love for intimate character stories within the science fiction genre. His latest feature film, An Electric Sleep is a ten-time Festival award winner, including LA Sci-Fi, Best Feature at the Culver City Film Festival, Best SciFi at the Silicon Valley Film Fest, and Best Soundtrack at LA Sci-Fi Film Fest. He also directed the Smoky Mountain Rescue web series, which won the Silver Telly for Best Web Series, as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the San Diego Int. Kids Film Festival.
 
From Star Trek marathons to Spider-Man comics, Theo’s love of sci-fi inspires him to keep telling stories that audiences across the globe have resonated with.
 
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Skye Wathen - Producer, FALLOUT/WESTWORLD

We're back! Producer Skye Wathen (FALLOUT, WESTWORLD) sits down with Kyle to discuss her road to producing some of the top television shows of the last decade, as well as her experience with indie film. They touch on several aspects, including becoming a production assistant, how one line in a script can cost millions of dollars, and why anger has no place in the process.
 
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Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

Team work makes the dream work. This is not just a catchy piece of positive thinking, though it certainly is that. As anyone who has worked in a creative field can tell you, it’s not just what you bring to the table that matters, it’s how that fits with the work of those around you. On today’s show, we’ll hear from creatives who have been in the trenches of the process, and how trust in your peers can make the work so much more rewarding.
Featuring: Gabe Braxton, Zack Morrison, Jennifer Cooney, Jason Perlman, Shana Darabie, Michael Schwartz
 
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