Watch my interview with Academy Award winner, Woody Allen on the Metropolitan Capital Bank sponsored red carpet for his new film, “Magic in the Moonlight”. In this rare appearance in Chicago, he is incredibly candid, warm and insightful sharing his life view, work ethic, strength as an artist and trick to being a successful director. Read more…
Watch this interview with Academy Award Winner Kevin Kline on the red carpet of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Summer Gala before accepting a Career Achievement Award. He is genuine, authentic or filled with integrity and vision for his craft – AND he gives marriage tips! Share This!
Check out my interview with Hollywood Director Jon Turteltaub on the red carpet at the Gene Siskel Renaissance Award dinner honoring Morgan Freeman. He even agrees to hire me, LOL! Jonathan Charles “Jon” Turteltaub is an American film director and producer. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Read more…
Check out my interview with Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman on the red carpet, just moments before accepting the Renaissance Award from the Gene Siskel Film Center. He even takes a dating question! Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, and narrator. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Read more…
I interviewed Academy Award winner Joan Allen at the 48th Chicago International Film Festival. Watch her fascinating interview below. *The next Dinner Party is on October 21and will include GM for The Bears, Phil Emery, Singer/Diva Lynne Jordan and Louder than a Bomb co-founder, Kevin Coval. BUY TIX for the Dinner Party! There will be Read more…
On June 15th, The Gene Siskel Film Center will honor Gwyneth Paltrow with the distinguished Renaissance Award. Last year, Reese Witherspoon took home the prize. Check the video below to see just how lovely she really is! Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976), professionally known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress, film Read more…
Wig and Make-up Designer, Melissa Veal, turns Fear No ART host Elysabeth Alfano into a 16th Century Vixen in honor of Chicago Shakes’ new play The School for Lies. The School for Lies opens at Chicago Shakespeare Theater December 4, 2012. MELISSA VEAL (Wig and Make‐up Designer) has designed wigs and make‐up for over fifty‐five Read more…
Wig and Make-up Designer, Melissa Veal, turns Fear No ART host Elysabeth Alfano into a 16th Century Vixen in honor of Chicago Shakes’ new play The School for Lies. The School for Lies opens at Chicago Shakespeare Theater December 4, 2012. MELISSA VEAL (Wig and Make‐up Designer) has designed wigs and make‐up for over fifty‐five productions at CST including: Beauty and the Beast, Timon of Athens, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elizabeth Rex (Jeff Award nomination), Follies, The Madness of George III (Jeff Award), As You Like It, Private Lives, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Amadeus, Funk It Up About Nothin’, The Comedy of Errors, Othello, Passion, Troilus and Cressida, The Three Musketeers, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (at CST and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford‐upon‐Avon), Much Ado About Nothing, A Little Night Music, Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 (at CST and The Duke on 42nd Street), and all six CPS Shakespeare! productions. She worked for ten seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where she received four Tyrone Guthrie Awards, including the Jack Hutt Humanitarian Award. Other Canadian credits include work with: The Shaw Festival, Mirvish Productions and The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. Ms. Veal received the 2007 Hurckes Award for Artisans and Technicians. Share This!
Academy Award winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard sits down at The Hideout with Fear No ART host, Elysabeth Alfano, and opens up about his early days as a street musician, his experience with Marketa Irglova on the film, Once, connecting with an audience and the creative process of songwriting. Hansard quit school at age 13 to Read more…
Tin knocker is a slang term for a blue-collar metal worker. McDonald expands on this idea and makes rough representations of submarines, ships, and other military might. His assemblage technique is cold fastening (non-welded) tin and other raw materials by the use of screws, nuts, and bolts. Other ornamentations range from gas-can closures and car Read more…
