Who doesn’t love going to the movies and watching television. Most people are familiar with the work of this year’s Oscar nominees Matthew McConaughey, Amy Adams, and Meryl Streep. Many folks have at least heard of the other Oscar nominees June Squibb, Bruce Dern, and Barkhad Abdi. But can the average person pick Billy Ray, Spike Jonze, or David O’Rusell out of a line up? Without the aforementioned no movies stars would even be up for an award. The guys I mentioned are just three examples of minds that came up with the stories told though the actors. Yes, movies…
Author: Erin Brown
Erin Brown
Erin Brown is a comic, host, actress, writer, and producer who appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Fox’s Good Day NY, and the front pages of Funny Or Die, Blip.tv, and Comedy Central’s Atom.com. She has interviewed numerous celebrities for her award winning series, “Hot on the Red Carpet”, including Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Garry Marshall, Richard Dreyfuss, Jason Ritter, Kathy Griffin, and Lewis Black. Erin is a regular contributor to the popular website www.hellogiggles.com as well as a frequent guest on many podcasts including Kelly Carlin’s “Waking from the American Dream”. Most recently she co-created and produced the international corporate comedy training series “Cutting Edge Communication” and was published in the book “That Time of the Month.” Erin began her comedy at age three in front of the bathroom mirror doing impressions of Jimmy Carter for her imaginary friend Billy Butler.
It’s that time of year already. I’m not talking about last minute Christmas shopping and New Year’s Eve planning. I’m talking about awards season! Many nominations have already been announced, but did you know that the shows have already begun? The Women’s Image Awards, the first show of the awards season, took place Wednesday at the historic Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club. The WIN awards as they are called are dedicated to promoting gender parity in the media. Founder Phyllis Stuart said she created them to honor people who show “women in 3D and not just double D”. In addition…
Happy Labor Day folks! Hope you are all enjoying a fantastic long weekend. Mine was the perfect balance of fun and relaxation. A big highlight was catching the opening of the new film Afternoon Delight written and directed by award-winning Jill Soloway (Six Feet Under, United States of Tara). The film marks Jill’s feature directorial debut. I actually had the pleasure of seeing it premiere at Sundance Film Festival where she walked away with the Directing Award. This intensely funny and raw movie also marks actress Kathryn Hahn’s first time as the lead in a major feature. The story revolves…
Have you ever heard of a television show getting cancelled after three seasons? Have you heard of that cancelled show being brought back six years later with a brand spanking new season available strictly via the internet? Never, right? Well, until now. As of May 26th 2013 the hilariously dysfunctional Bluth family of Arrested Development returns. It is only available on Netflix. That means all of season four can be downloaded in one full swoop! Although it has been a long wait for loyal fans who were an incremental factor of the rebirth of this series, the big pay off…