Synopsis
Comes from Upbringing Podcast with Brad Gilmore
Episodes
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Fernando Velasco, "Champions of Magic"
28/02/2024 Duration: 19minChampions of Magic is a touring illusion show featuring a cast of five magicians, each specializing in a different type of magic from mind reading & close-up to stage filling grand illusions.
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Kaimana, "Next Goal Wins"
28/02/2024 Duration: 09minNEXT GOAL WINS also introduces Kaimana as Jaiyah, the team’s striker, who is really the most influential person on the island. Jaiyah is Fa’afafine, which in American Samoan culture are people who have fluid genders that move between male and female worlds, showing two spirits in one person that coexist. “It is a sacred part of their culture, it is just accepted,” explains Waititi.NEXT GOAL WINS is Kaimana’s acting debut, as she steps into the shoes of Jaiyah Saelua, the world’s first transgender football player in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match. Kaimana drew upon individual and collective personal stories to bind the two Fa’afafine into one powerful, singular performance.Kaimana was the only actor to meet their real-life counterpart and she gives insight on how she is inextricably connected to Jaiyah. “There wasn’t a need to divorce myself between the real Jaiyah and the character in the film because we are so similar,” she recalls. “It was actually the tool that I used to guide me through it.” Jaiyah doe
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Dr. Phil, "We've Got Issues"
27/02/2024 Duration: 10minDr. Phillip C. McGraw's show draws on his 25 years of experience in psychology, sociology and observation. Beginning his TV career as the resident expert on human behavior on Oprah Winfrey's daily talk show, Dr. Phil continues to deal with real issues in his blunt style.
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Bill Maher Returns, "Club Random"
26/02/2024 Duration: 19minFor more than twenty-five years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for more than twenty years on HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher’s uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous,” directed by Larry Charles (“Borat”). In naming him the 6th most influential person in media for 2023, Mediaite noted that on Real Time, “Maher is able to hit the right topic and right guests to dominate Saturday’s social media buzz, and the comments made by those guests follow them into Sunday interviews and the next week’s conversations in politics and culture.” Those guests have included President Barack Obama, then Vice President Joseph Biden, Sen.
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Danielle Larracuente, "This Is Me... Now"
16/02/2024 Duration: 11minEmerging Actress Danielle Larracuente was born on February 25th, 1992 in Cortlandt Manor, New York. She is the daughter of Carmen D. Sabater and Israel Larracuente Jr. Both her parents are of Puerto Rican descent and retired NYPD officers. Danielle is a sister to three brothers.
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Eric Roberts, "The Private Eye"
12/02/2024 Duration: 12minEric Roberts is an American actor and the older brother of actress Julia Roberts. His career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes for his acclaimed role as Paul Snider in Bob Fosse's Star 80.
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Cedric The Entertainer and Tichina Arnold, "Super Bowl Soulful Celebration"
09/02/2024 Duration: 09minCedric The Entertainer and Tichina Arnold, "Super Bowl Soulful Celebration"
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Darren Aronofsky and Lance Rubin, "Monster Club: Monsters Take Manhattan"
06/02/2024 Duration: 11minDarren Aronofsky is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of psychological fiction. Aronofsky studied film and social anthropology at Harvard University before studying directing at the AFI Conservatory.
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Bianca Belair and Montez Ford, "Love & WWE"
05/02/2024 Duration: 10minThe brand new reality show follows married couple and WWE wrestlers Bianca Belair and Montez Ford as they prepare for WrestleMania, the biggest event on the pro-wrestling calendar.
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Eli Roth, "Thanksgiving"
31/01/2024 Duration: 15minELI ROTH (Director / Story by / Producer) burst onto the film scene at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival with his directorial debut Cabin Fever. Made independently for $1.5 million dollars, the film sparked a frenzied seven-studio bidding war and went on to be Lionsgate’s highest grossing film that year. Roth’s follow-up film, Hostel, which he wrote, produced, and directed, and was presented and executive produced by Quentin Tarantino, earned him critical praise and was a massive worldwide hit, spawning a successful sequel, Hostel Part II, also written and directed by Roth. In 2015, Lionsgate released Roth’s Sundance hit thriller Knock Knock, which stars Keanu Reeves as a happily married man whose life is quickly turned upside down by Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas in her English language screen debut. Additionally, Roth co-wrote, produced, and directed The Green Inferno, which was shot on location in the Amazon, filming deeper into the jungle than any previous film. From 2015-2017, Roth hosted Discovery Channel
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Remy Ma, "My True Crime Story"
30/01/2024 Duration: 08minReminisce Kioni Mackie, known professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's group, Terror Squad
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Monica Raymund and James Badge Dale, "Hightown"
27/01/2024 Duration: 07minCW39 Spotlight’s Brad Gilmore sat down with ‘Hightown’ stars Monica Raymund and James Badge Dale for an exclusive interview about the upcoming Season 3, set to premiere on STARZ on January 26th at 8 p.m. (CST). The duo delved into what fans can expect from the new season of this critically acclaimed crime drama series.
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AJ Styles, "WWE Royal Rumble"
25/01/2024 Duration: 14minAllen Neal Jones, better known by his ring name AJ Styles is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.
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Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams and Sadie Laflamme, "The Way Home"
19/01/2024 Duration: 07minThree generations of strong and independent women living together in the small farm town of Port Haven embark on an enlightening and surprising journey none of them could have imagined as they learn how to find their way back to each other.
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David Ayer, "The Beekeeper"
18/01/2024 Duration: 07minDavid Ayer is an American filmmaker known for making crime films that are set in Los Angeles and deal with gangs and police corruption. His screenplays include Training Day, The Fast and the Furious, and S.W.A.T. He has also directed Harsh Times, Street Kings, End of Watch, Sabotage, and The Beekeeper.
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Josh Hutcherson, "The Beekeeper"
18/01/2024 Duration: 07minJoshua Ryan Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American actor. He began acting in the early 2000s and appeared in several commercials and minor film and television roles before gaining prominence in his teenage years with main roles in Little Manhattan and Zathura: A Space Adventure (both 2005), RV(2006), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), and The Kids Are All Right (2010).
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Skyh Black, "All the Queen's Men"
12/01/2024 Duration: 07minSkyh Alvester Black (born February 16, 1988) is an American actor, dancer and model, known for his role in the BET+ drama series, All the Queen's Men.
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Brad Meltzer, " I Am Ruth Bader Ginsburg"
11/01/2024 Duration: 09minThis January, Penguin Random House is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the blockbuster Ordinary People Change the World series, which has 7 million copies in print and multiple Emmy nominations for the TV show based on it. The newest book, I AM RUTH BADER GINSBURG, is one of the most demanded heroes and is the 32nd in the series.To write these books, Brad has worked with everyone from Dolly Parton, Billie Jean King and Jane Goodall -- all of whom helped with their I AM book – as well as with the estates of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and so many others. For this newest book, Justice Ginsburg’s daughter was a mentor of Brad, giving him unprecedented access to stories and photos. Brad came up with the idea for the books when he realized his young daughter was only reading books about princesses. He wanted her to have real-life heroes to learn about. His daughter is now in college, as are a generation of kids raised on this series.Some of his most well-known books have been banned and challenged (
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Jon Voight, "The Painter"
10/01/2024 Duration: 11minJonathan Vincent Voight is an American actor. Voight is associated with the angst and unruliness that typified the late-1960s counterculture. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Jon Cryer, "Extended Family"
09/01/2024 Duration: 14minJonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer (born April 16, 1965, height 5' 9" (1,75 m)) is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress–singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame as "Duckie" in the 1986 John Hughes-scripted film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he finished writing and producing the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five, which was well received. Even though Cryer gained some fame by starring in these films, it took several years to find success on television; the shows he had starred in (The Famous Teddy Z, Partners and The Trouble with Normal) did not last very long. In 2003, he was cast as Alan Harper on the CBS hit comedy series Two and a Half Men, opposite Charlie Sheen, for which Cryer won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2009. He received three earlier Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on the show.