Episode 2 - Nicole Chamoun - The ShowBiz Podcast with Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry

Robert Rabiah visits Lebanon, delving into their culture, political issues, and interviews prominent people, ordinary citizens, and the next generation about the current situation facing the country now. 

Some of the special guest interviews include the nations most controversial/political rap-artists NIZAR ZGHEIB and ANTHONY SAMARANY, world-famous food blogger ANTHONY RAHAYEL (No Garlic, No Onions) Head of United Nations Lebanon, SARAH SHOUMAN and CHARBIL BASSIL, owner of the countries most famous restaurant LE CHEF, which made global news after being destroyed by the Beirut Port Explosion and then saved by actor RUSSELL CROWE after he made a donation in memory of the late ANTHONY BOURDAIN. 

Other guests include ordinary citizens with extraordinary tales. 

** Special thanks to James Haggarty from James Haggarty films.  

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Michael Rymer is a multi-award-winning Australian Director who has spent a large part of his career working in America. Nominated for a Primetime Emmy, Directors Guild of America, and an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, Michael Rymer has also won an Australian Film Institute, Hugo, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and Rotterdam International Film Festival award – to name but a few.

Michael Rymer’s credits include such films as Perfume (starring Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Mann, and Michelle Williams) In Too Deep (starring LL Cool J, Omar Epps and Stanley Tucci)  Angel Baby (starring Jacqueline McKenzie) the smash hit Face to Face (over 40 international awards) Queen of the Damned (based on the Anne Rice novel) and television shows such as American Horror Story (20th Century Fox Television) Deadline Gallipoli (starring Sam Worthington) the reimagined version of Picnic at Hanging Rock (Amazon Studios - starring Natalie Dormer from Game of Thrones) Hannibal and Battlestar Galactica (which Michael directed and also co-produced) and the upcoming Stan series The Gloaming.   

Known as the actor’s director, Michael Rymer took some time out from the development of his next project to chat to Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry on The ShowBiz Podcast. So grab a chair and listen in as Michael Rymer allows us a snapshot into his illustrious and storied career, gives us a little sneak peek into the screen-legend that is Jeff Goldblum, chats about what it was like living at world-renowned novelist Anne Rice’s home, and whether star of Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen) really is a good poker player.  

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Michael Rymer is a multi-award-winning Australian Director who has spent a large part of his career working in America. Nominated for a Primetime Emmy, Directors Guild of America, and an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, Michael Rymer has also won an Australian Film Institute, Hugo, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and Rotterdam International Film Festival award – to name but a few.

Michael Rymer’s credits include such films as Perfume (starring Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Mann, and Michelle Williams) In Too Deep (starring LL Cool J, Omar Epps and Stanley Tucci)  Angel Baby (starring Jacqueline McKenzie) the smash hit Face to Face (over 40 international awards) Queen of the Damned (based on the Anne Rice novel) and television shows such as American Horror Story (20th Century Fox Television) Deadline Gallipoli (starring Sam Worthington) the reimagined version of Picnic at Hanging Rock (Amazon Studios - starring Natalie Dormer from Game of Thrones) Hannibal and Battlestar Galactica (which Michael directed and also co-produced) and the upcoming Stan series The Gloaming.   

Known as the actor’s director, Michael Rymer took some time out from the development of his next project to chat to Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry on The ShowBiz Podcast. So grab a chair and listen in as Michael Rymer allows us a snapshot into his illustrious and storied career, gives us a little sneak peek into the screen-legend that is Jeff Goldblum, chats about what it was like living at world-renowned novelist Anne Rice’s home, and whether star of Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen) really is a good poker player.  

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Stephen Corvini is an Australian Producer and development Executive responsible for such hits shows like Matchbox Pictures/Hulu/SBS’ Safe Harbour, which won Best Telemovie/Mini-Series at the International Emmy Awards in New York, Matchbox Pictures/Foxtel/Netflix’ Secret City: Under The Eagle, which was nominated for Best Drama Series at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, and SBS’ new series, Hungry Ghosts, starring some of Australia’s brightest lights, such as Bryan Brown, Ryan Corr and Clare Bowen – to name but a few. Some of Stephen Corvini’s other credits include Schapelle and Hyde and Seek for the Nine Network, Devil’s Dust for the ABC and Correlli – the breakthrough role for actor Hugh Jackman.    

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Laura Gordon is an Australian actress best known for films such as Michael Rymer’s Face To Face (for which Laura was nominated for Best Actress at the final Inside Film Awards), Saw (the successful horror franchise), the haunting thriller Undertow, and television shows such as SyFy’s Hunters, Netflix/Foxtel’s Secret City, the Australian staple, Neighbours, the American staple, Rizzoli and Isles, and Hoges (based on Paul Hogan’s life) playing the sultry and formidable Linda Kowalski. Gordon is also a founding member of the Red Stitch theatre company and has appeared in a number of their productions as well as appearing in The Gift and Apologia for the Melbourne Theatre Company and a Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Australian Shakespeare Company.

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Part two of our two part American special. In this episode, we speak with Hollywood acting agent Ryan Hayden who is the founder and owner of Ideal Talent Agency. Ryan cut his teeth in the actor-agent business at the world renowned ICM, assisting in representing actors including Taylor Lautner, Michelle Rodriguez, January Jones, Danny Glover, Tom Arnold, Anjelica Huston and Alex O’Loughlin, to name but a few. Hayden’s talent was refined further as a casting director for MTV, a casting assistant at MGM under Paul Weber, as well as working in politics with notable figures such as Al Gore and Bill Clinton.  

Ryan Hayden from Ideal Talent Agency took some time out to join Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry on The ShowBiz Podcast.

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Part one of our two part American special. In this episode, we speak with American actor/model Antonio Sabato Jr. who shot to fame after appearing in Janet Jackson’s “Love Will Never Do Without You” music video and a world-wide modelling campaign for Calvin Klein. Since then, Antonio has gone on to star in a number of films and television shows including Earth 2, General Hospital, The Bold and The Beautiful, Melrose Place, Charmed, and The Big Hit opposite Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips and Christina Applegate. Sabato also garnered critical acclaim for his performance in Drifter, which won him a Best Actor award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.

With a film slated for release (One Nation Under God) Antonio Sabato Jr. took some time out to join Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry on the ShowBiz Podcast.

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Part Two of our interview with Maziar Lahooti.

Director Maziar Lahooti recently made his directorial debut in the world of feature films with the darkly comic action drama BELOW starring Anthony LaPaglia and Ryan Corr. The Directors debut feature premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival over the weekend to a sold-out crowd and was picked up for national distribution by Madman Films. 

Not long prior to the commencement of filming on BELOW, Maziar found out that he had won a feature film script deal with Warner Bros. Pictures in the U.S off the strength of a script he co-wrote called Die Well, one of over 400 submitted. After Maziar finishes his promotional commitments for BELOW, he will begin working with the Warner Bros. creative team to develop the screenplay. The film is anticipated to go into production within the year.

Maziar took some time out from the promo trail for BELOW to join us in the studio for a chat about his current whirlwind of success and what it all means to him.

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Director Maziar Lahooti recently made his directorial debut in the world of feature films with the darkly comic action drama BELOW starring Anthony LaPaglia and Ryan Corr. The Directors debut feature premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival over the weekend to a sold-out crowd and was picked up for national distribution by Madman Films.  

Not long prior to the commencement of filming on BELOW, Maziar found out that he had won a feature film script deal with Warner Bros. Pictures in the U.S off the strength of a script he co-wrote called Die Well, one of over 400 submitted. After Maziar finishes his promotional commitments for BELOW, he will begin working with the Warner Bros. creative team to develop the screenplay. The film is anticipated to go into production within the year.

Maziar took some time out from the promo trail for BELOW to join us in the studio for a chat about his current whirlwind of success and what it all means to him.  

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Perhaps best known to an international audience as Zam Wesell in Star Wars, or to Aussies as Erica Davidson in Wentworth, Leeanna Walsman is an Australian actress who has been nominated for a number of awards for her layered and deeply compelling work, including an Australian Film Institute/Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts award for Safe Harbour, One Perfect Day and Bitter and Twisted, as well as a Logie award for Safe Harbour and Jessica, and a Film Critics Circle of Australia award for her work on Manny Lewis.

In this episode, Leeanna Walsman discusses her journey and experiences in the Australian Film and Television industry that has spanned both stage and screen for over two decades now. So pull up a chair and listen in.

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