Showtime with Jordan von Haslow & Friends

Today's guest is Janine Fatone, a Burlesque Performer, Karaoke Host, and former live show back up singer for Britney Spears. Janine candidly shares her recent experience of being on Fox's "We Are Family" where whe performed a duet with her brother Joey Fatone, of NYSNC fame. 

Though Janine's primary goal is not fame and the limelight, she still enjoys being a performer. She is a regular member of the Orlando-based Burlesque ensemble "Corsets and Cuties". Additionally, she hosts Karaoke twice a month at Quench Lounge in Largo.

https://tiktok.com/@janine.fatone

https://www.corsetsandcuties.com/

https://www.instagram.com/corsetsandcuties/

@realityclubfox #wearefamilyfox

Today's guest, Pete A. Turner, is a cultural expert with years working in the most dangerous and culturally challenging environments on earth. His stories and lessons inform leaders, to leverage existing cultural patterns. These smooth cultural paths leads to accomplishing goals with less chaos and cost. Much more than handshakes, Pete displays how how he successfully interacts within any cultural environment and still thrives. He's a recognized expert in leveraging culture to create more efficient interacting with different groups. He's a combat veteran and former Army spy.  He's worked to help Dept of State, Dept of Defense and host nation leaders leverage culture.  He has extensive overseas experience in hazardous conditions in a variety of positions including operations: Joint Endeavor (Bosnia), Iraqi Freedom (2004-6, 2008-10), New Dawn (Iraq 2010-11) and Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan 2011-12).

He has spent several years as a counterintelligence spy for the U.S. Army traveling to many countries including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Egypt, Germany, and more. He is now using his extensive knowledge and experience in geopolitics, tactical-espionage, and U.S. travel to provide compelling evidence outside the typical media landscapes which brings us to his current project, a nonprofit organization called International Institute for Nonproliferation Studies (IINPS), which is now being called the Ground Truth Center.

Today, Pete uses his “Ground Truth” focused collection techniques on the Break It Down Show (BIDS). BIDS illustrates life through the experiences of fascinating people. One of the things that makes BIDS unique is Pete's desire to rotate cohosts on to the show. By opening up the right seat, BIDS creates incredible conversations that aren't possible on other shows. 

As a media consultant focused on podcast, Pete helps people, projects and companies get the most out of their podcasting goals. His professional services include Executive Producer, Consultation and media-host training. 

Pete has authored and published several peer-reviewed articles focused on aspects of modern conflict. He is a recognized expert on modern combat, culture and communication. 

www.breakitdownshow.com

@peteaturner

Today's guest is Alyssa Harris, a dynamic vocalist based in New York City. A few of Alyssa's starring roles include: Tina Turner in the Las Vegas strips' award-winning production Vegas! The Show, and featured vocalist on FOX's hit reality TV show I Can See Your Voice where her performance was called "So beautiful!" by R&B/Soul music legend Dionne Warwick. She was featured on ESPN and lauded by sports fans for her stirring rendition of the star-spangled banner for Austin Football Club (MLS). She also portrayed Princess Tiana as a principal vocalist and character in Mickey & The Magical Map at Disneyland. Alyssa was spotlighted as an "Incredible voice" by Grammy winning-artist and Broadway star Deborah Cox for a singing challenge where her performance has amassed nearly 300,000 views. Other notable venues include: House of Blues Hollywood, Mandalay Bay, B.B. King's Blues Club, Austin City Limits, SXSW, and many more.

Alyssa continues to headline countless stages all over the United States and the seven seas with her two incredible tribute shows, as well as delivering stellar performances for parties, weddings, private events and for her own concerts. Her last EP "Wild Dreamer" was released in 2020 and featured 6 incredible original songs, and it is available for streaming everywhere. Her live shows are full of energy and a variety of timeless hits that everyone knows and loves! She is passionate about connecting with audiences, spreading positivity, and sharing her deep love for music one stage at a time!

If you're in the Las Vegas area check out Alyssa Harris live in concert!
A Tribute to the Music of Motown & Stax
Sunday, February 25 3:00pm - 4:30pm
https://events.thelibrarydistrict.org/event/9587039

https://alyssaharrismusic.com/

https://linktr.ee/alyssaharrismusic

@alyssaharrismusic

Signe Baumane is a Latvian born, Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker, artist, writer, and animator. She has made 17 award-winning animated shorts. Her first animated feature Rocks In My Pockets premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014 where it received a FIPRESCI Prize. The film went on to over 130 international festivals. It opened theatrically in the U.S. through Zeitgeist Films. 

Signe's new animated feature My Love Affair With Marriage (2022) tells the story of a spirited young woman's quest for perfect love and lasting marriage. It premiered in June 2022 at Tribeca and has screened at over 90 festivals winning twenty awards. It was nominated by European Film Academy as Best Animated Feature. The film was released in the United States on October 6th, 2023, and stars an international cast notably including Matthew Modine, Dagmara Dominczyk, Cameron Monaghan, and Emma Kenney. The film, a Latvian - USA - Luxembourg co-production, took seven years to make and was financed with the help of 1,685 individual donors along with grants from many arts and cultural institutions.

Signe is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow in Film for New York Foundation for the Arts. She has a degree in Philosophy from Moscow State University.
 
http://www.signebaumane.com/

https://www.myloveaffairwithmarriagemovie.com/

https://www.bam.org/film/2024/my-love-affair-with-marriage

@signebaumane

Today we chat with Mark Putnam, a national media strategist and ad maker for over three decades, and founder of the media firm Putnam Partners. His work bridges the political and non-political worlds, serving as one of President Obama's lead ad makers and the lead ad maker for President Biden's "Unite the Country" super PAC, as well as helping elect 11 governors, 10 U.S. senators and dozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mark has created some of the most talked-about political advertising campaigns of the last decade, including the "Background Checks" TV ad featuring U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander assembling an AR-15 assault weapon while blindfolded that Politico called "the most memorable ad of 2016." Mark's viral video for congressional candidate and former CIA operative Valerie Plame was likened to a "spy thriller campaign ad" by Slate Magazine. Mark also produced advertising to help elect Doug Jones in the 2017 Alabama special election for U.S. Senate.

Mark’s advertising for breakout congressional candidate and Internet phenomenon Amy McGrath set the standard for viral political advertising in 2018 - earning millions of YouTube views and sparking dozens of national news stories. Mark's firm also helped elect 16 new members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 – more wins than any other Democratic media firm - and helped re-elect 12 incumbents in 2020, ranging from 10 U.S. Representatives, the Governor of North Carolina and the Mayor of Richmond, VA.

Mark's highest profile project was creating Barack Obama's 2008 election eve 30-minute television special that aired simultaneously on seven networks and was viewed by over 35 million people. The Washington Post television critic Tom Shales called it "somehow both poetic and practical, spiritual and sensible... a montage of montages, a series of seamlessly blended segments."

https://www.putnampartners.net/

https://www.vimeo.com/putnampartners

Jill Monroe specializes as an Event Coordinator, Management & Media Consultant. Monroe has over 20 years experience working in Digital Media & advanced technologies under the umbrella of "UltraViolet Media Holdings."

Monroe is a seasoned advertising executive with successful newspaper & magazine projects with Southern Illinois University & Pulitzer, Inc. Her national newspaper experience includes projects with Dolan Media Company. While working in traditional print media, she joined one of the 1st streaming radio platforms on the internet as a weekly radio show producer and host. She produced, edited & promoted a weekly show for over 10 years. Her current online radio work includes streaming superstation Real Music Radio based in Los Angeles, California. Her voice-over experience includes commercials on iHeart Radio.

Realizing the opportunities of digital media and music, Monroe began networking with music artists to establish their digital footprint online. Her consulting expanded to A&R services and transition of "legacy artists" to digital media platforms.

Working on behalf of several artists, Monroe has provided services for such events as The Grammys & Oscars.  These services include contract negotiations, capital movement management, film location coordination, red carpet appearances & talent liaison services.

Monroe also supports the fashion and culinary event "The Purple Paisley Brunch" created by Model & Media Personality Tonya Giddens.

She can be found online at www.UltraVioletMediaHoldings.com

Nikon Kwantu is a film and animation producer. His most recent work as an animation producer was for the documentary, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, Washingtonia, an animated feature for Comedy Central and Our Cartoon President, for Showtime. He has also been an animation and digital producer for Sesame Workshop, Flicker Lab, Animation Collective, Animagic, Hornet Inc. and JWT ad agency. Nikon also served as the animation producer for Whoopi Goldberg Presents Mom’s Mabley and TED TALKS LIVE Short - Unconscious Bias. 

@nkwantu

Today's guest is English born hair and makeup artist Mark Williamson, who discusses how his 22-year long career has taken many twists and turns including a degree in fine art.            

After 15 years of traveling the world working with top clients and models, Williamson continues working internationally as a hair and make up artist  for fashion and advertising shoots. Now set his base in New York and Miami, he has shot for Vogue Italy, Vogue Brazil, Vogue Spain, Elle France, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Biotherm, Max Factor, Paco Rabanne, Coach, Mercedes Benz, Custo, Roberto Cavalli, Benetton, Carrera and many more.

@markwilliamson45

artist-management.net/artist/mark-williamson

Lisa has been working as an actor in Los Angeles for the past twenty years, originally from Wyandotte, Michigan, a Detroit suburb. When she isn't working she spends time with her husband, cat and rescue dogs.  She is also a volunteer, helping animals and homeless. Lisa and her husband, actor, Jef McClure, are launching a new production company; Geneva House Productions. They are looking forward to the company’s first project this spring.

Some recent projects Lisa appears in include:  
The Last Thing He Told Me  (w/ Jennifer Garner)
Reasonable Doubt (Executive Producer, Kerry Washington)
Truth Be Told (starring Octavia Spencer)  and
 America Is Sinking (Apple TV+)
National commercials (Rybelsus, Zazzle, Blue Buffalo)  
You can also catch her in repeats in (at least eight) Lifetime films.
 
Lisa is repped by Liz Fuller with CSP / Citizen Skull Management
Marie Parks at PMT (Theatrical)
Julie Gudz at DDO.  (Commercial & VO)
 
@LisaColeActor

www.actorlisacole.com

Tanya Pearson is a Public Historian and Director of the Women of Rock Oral History Project, a collection of digital interviews and written transcripts documenting the lives and careers of (women-identified) rock musicians. A documentary film based on the interviews is currently in production as well as an oral history of rock music. Why Marianne Faithfull Matters, her contribution to the University of Texas Press’ Music Matters Series, was published in July, 2021. Her “work” has appeared in The Washington Post, Bust Magazine, Memoir Mixtapes, PopMatters, and some blogs, and  journals. 

Pearson discovered a “frustrating lack of information” about the pioneering all-female bands she had followed as a teenager, and set out to close the musical gender gap by collecting oral histories of influential women rockers and thus beginning what has now become the "Women of Rock Oral History Project".

When she's not working she enjoys writing, rock climbing, playing in her band Feminine Aggression, and watching The Golden Girls with her dog Andrew.

Ryan Newcomb is the owner of In The Q Records, a vinyl-focused indie record label with one mission: Help musicians, both past and present, bring their art to life through the magic and wonderment of vinyl records.

www.intheqrecords.com

www.womenofrock.org

@womenofrockohp

www.youtube.com/@WomenofrockOHP

Today we speak with Jose Babcock, a Los Angeles based steadycam operator. We discuss the ups and downs of being on the camera crew for Music Videos, Film and Documentary.

@the.babcock 

Today our guest is Ruta Lee, one of Hollywood's most multifaceted and top-notched civic contributors. Born in Montreal, Lee is the daughter of a Lithuanian tailor. While at Hollywood High, Lee's career in show business began at the famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre… as an usherette, then candy girl. She was quickly promoted to box office cashier and just as quickly fired. Her dancing was better than her math. She vowed to return to that famous courtyard (years later, talent and serendipity placed her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, directly in front of that box office from which she was fired).

Soon after, she was signed by MGM as the youngest of the Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and subsequently in Funny Face with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, as Tyrone Power's secret love in Witness for the Prosecution, and Frank Sinatra's leading lady in Sergeant's Three, to name but a few of the many films in her credits. Simultaneously, Lee launched into television, with over 2000 appearances on shows from Perry Mason to Power Rangers, Twilight Zone to Murder She Wrote, Hogan's Heroes to Love Boat, and Roseanne. Lee was also co-host on NBC's High Rollers with Alex Trebek, and a regular on Hollywood Squares with Peter Marshall.

Ms Lee’s connection to her roots in Lithuania, stem from her grandmother, whose release from Siberia made international headlines, and the subject in her recently released, best-selling memoir title Consider Your Ass Kissed. A title referencing the actions required and gratitude for the monumental effort to bring her family to America from Russia during the Cold War. At the time her grandmother made all the news and even went on Johnny Carson with her.

Lee is highly acclaimed for her leadership role in The Thalians, a charitable organization which is committed to good mental health from pediatric to geriatric. She has been either chairman or president for over 45 years… roles exchanged between herself and Debbie Reynolds. The Thalians honored Ruta Lee for her dedication to mental health, where she joined the ranks of previous honorees, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Mary Tyler Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Lansbury and and Clint Eastwood, to name just a few.

Recently, the legendary actress received Lithuania's highest honor from President Valdas Adamkus at a magnificent ceremony in the Vilnius Presidential Palace. Her famous Hollywood Estate served as the perfect backdrop to receive a visit from the Lithuanian President and First Lady, with Lithuanian Ambassador To the US Audra Plepyte in attendance. The President and First Lady remarked on how the visit to the estate gave them the rare experience of Hollywood’s golden era, as the former home of entertainment icons, Rita Hayworth and Orson Wells.  In addition to the Hollywood luminaries that were imagined to have gathered at galas in the estates palacios living room, or having dinners of 20 or more in the dinning hall, as well as the thought of Ms Hayworth and Mr Wells themselves making an entrance on the grand staircase, is like stepping back in time, as mental images of Citizen Kane come to mind.

www.rutalee.com

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/consider-your-ass-kissed-ruta-lee/1139109864

Today we sit down in studio with Lisa Gay, renowned music luminary, voclaist, entertainer, and newly minted Creative Director for the Modern Showrooms in Las Vegas.

Lisa captures audiences with her smooth, yet powerful tones and riffs showcasing a unique style like no other reminiscent of “Young Ella” Fitzgerald, “Divine One” Sarah Vaughan, Phyllis Hyman and Nancy Wilson. Lisa has toured with Marilyn Mcoo and Billy Davis Jr., Joe Cocker, South Africa’s Letta Mbulu and worked as a Background Singer at A&M Records during the record company’s historic legacy.

Lisa’s musical experiences lead her to write and produce her own CD Project Releases, “Watch What Happens”, Christmas “Favorite Things”, and “Somewhere In My Lifetime” single with Husband Guitarist Tony Drake, Master Violinist Mark Cargill and Musical Director Keyboardist/Arranger Greg Cook, that help launch “Lisa Gay, Tony Drake and The Gentlemen of Thrill Band”, on tour with their “Live” sonic “gumbo mix” of Classic Soul, Jazz and Contemporary Music into many venues, cruises, special events, concerts, political, and educational events.

In Las Vegas, Lisa has been honored in 2012 for “Excellence In Entertainment, Lounge Performer of The Year”. Along with her band, “Lisa Gay, Tony Drake and The Gentlemen of Thrill Band”, were also honored by Entertainer Consumers Exchange Award as Winner for 2014 Best Urban Jazz Lounge Band, and the “Sweet Louie Award” for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment.

Lisa is presenting My Favorite Things, showcasing “Christmas Joy” and  singing by fantastic Artists complimented by Exquisite Musicianship wrapped with Traditional, Soul, and Jazz! Wednesday, December 13th at 9pm.

www.lisagaysinger.com

www.modernvegas.com

www.modernvegas.com/show/lisa-gay-presents-my-favorite-things/

In today's episode we speak with Marko Grujic, a director, producer and writer, born in Zajecar, Serbia about his latest projects, the documentary Tribute to a Rockstar and the comedy The Valley.

He moved to United States in 2001, and while in high school, he discovered a passion for filmmaking and became a part of Gallery 37. He studied film directing and theater at Columbia College Chicago​. Marko's documentary Tacno u Centar (Bullseye 2012) has screened at numerous film festivals in Europe and was shown on RTS (Serbian National Television Station). Marko's short film She Be the One (2014) premiered at festivals in Los Angeles and New York City and is available on Amazon Prime. His short film Unaligned (2019) is available on YouTube and more than 3 million views.

www.markogrujic.com

@Markog51

Today we speak with Marco Ragozzino, a writer/director based in Los Angeles, CA. Originally from West Palm Beach, FL, Marco pursued filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Upon relocating to Hollywood, he founded the boutique production company Marc-o-Vision Studios and produced several award-winning short films. In 2017, Marco won the Genre Filmmaker of the Future Award and a development deal with Shout! Factory at the Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge for his short film "Misfortune".

Marco also worked in post-production and visual effects for companies such as 20th Century Fox, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Amblin Entertainment for numerous projects including Spider-Man: Homecoming, Captain Marvel, The Mandalorian, and Ready Player One.

www.marcovisionstudios.com

@marcovisionstudios

Today our guest is John Barbour, a legendary producer who is recognized as The Godfather of Reality TV", among many other things.

As we approach November 22nd, the 60th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s assassination, it might be a good time to speak with Multi-Emmy winner and godfather of Reality TV, who defined the rise of fake news with the critically acclaimed films he wrote, produced and directed, following the killing of JFK.

On Nov 22nd, The Town Center 5 Theater will be screening his third and final docu-presentation, John Barbour’s & William Shakespeare’s Last Word on The Murder of JFK

WHEN: Nov 22nd, 2023 at 1:00pm, 3:00pm and 7:30pm

WHERE: The Town Center 5 Theater  - 17200 Ventura Blvd, Encino, 91316, CA / Phone: (818) 981-9847

Before he became the multi Emmy winning Godfather of Reality TV by creating Real People John worked as a writer for Frank Sinatra, interviewed controversial guests like Mohammad Ali, Cesar Chavez, Ronald Reagan and Jane Fonda on his own award winning program. He also has worked with comic legends such as Lenny Bruce, Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, George Burns as well as shared the stage with Tim Conway in Knuckles and Nash in Vegas. 

From high school drop out to become the man who changed the face of American TV, John Barbour is recognized as TV legend who won the first of his five Emmys as the original host of AM LA, where he interviewed some of the most recognizable names in the world. He was the first in America to do film reviews on the news, winning three more consecutive Emmys as KNBC's Critic-At-Large.  He spent ten years as a critic at the Los Angeles Magazine's; he wrote and directed the award-winning The Garrison Tapes (which Director Oliver Stone heralded as "the perfect companion piece to my movie, JFK"). In 2017 he wrote and directed part two: The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which was applauded as "the definitive film on JFK and the rise of Fake News."

In his highly entertaining, hysterically funny, deeply informative best-selling autobiography, Your Mother's Not a Virgin, readers discovered what a multifaceted storyteller Barbour is.

www.johnbarboursworld.com/

This week we talk to Roman Molino Dunn, a film composer and Billboard-charting music producer, also known as Electroptoint.

His film and TV composing work includes Huracán (HBO), Snakehead (Samuel Goldwyn Films, Roadside Attractions), a #1 Netflix film Ai Love You (Netflix), Animals of America's National Parks (Disney+/NatGeo), Wild Babies of America's National Parks (Disney+/NatGeo) Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+), Red Rocket (A24), Kid Correspondent (Participant, Youtube Originals), and The Card Counter (Schrader / Scorsese / Focus Features).

TV networks that have used his work include HBO, E!TV, A&E, MTV, Oxygen, BET, Bravo, Netflix, Paramount+, VH1, Discovery, TLC, NBC, OutTV, and NASCAR. Major brands who have commissioned (not just synced) his music include Burger King, PayPal, Marriott, Michael Kors, NBC, The Ad Council, Clinique, Snapple, Globe and Mail, Honeywell, Maserati, Tom Ford, Kopari, and many more.

As a music producer, Electropoint, he has worked with major and indie labels and Grammy-winning artists, including GLAAD- nominated albums, particularly with reality TV stars (Love & Hip Hop, Dr. Miami, Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Howard Stern, Bad Girls Club). His productions and soundtracks have climbed both the Billboard and iTunes top 20 charts.

He is the co-owner of Mirrortone Studios in NYC, co-owner of Antares (makers of Auto- Tune), and as a music technologist, his composing software has been acquired by Avid for Pro Tools and Sibelius.

www.romanmolinodunn.com

@electropointmusic

Today we chat with Michael Gutenplan, a third-generation psychic!

Michael has over 23 years of professional experience in the world of entertainment. A world-class entertainer, he knows how to engage and captivate the most sophisticated and hardest to please audiences. He can be seen reading minds and performing his amazing feats of prestidigitation at private clubs and at corporate events, meetings, galas, and private events around the world.

Michael has been a featured performer at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, a residency at Six Flags Magic Mountain, advised film, TV, theater, and theme park productions as a magic and psychic consultant, and received rave reviews for his one-man Off-Broadway show "Extraordinary Deceptions." He is a proud member of the Psychic Entertainers Association and a performing member of The Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle.

Gutenplan has performed on Broadway, privately for many celebrities, politicians and royalty, as well as being banned from casinos when his predictions proved to be correct too many times. Gutenplan has also performed for many law-enforcement agencies including members of the Secret Service and even a tribe of Masia Warriors. Now, the internationally famous, Michael Gutenplan, is scheduled to make rare “free to the public” performance to film his full mentalism and mind-reading show at the world famous palace of illusion - The Magic Castle. 

www.mentalist.show/

@amazingmentalist

Today's guest is Kym Priess!

Originally from Austin Texas, Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist Kym Priess is a pure pioneerwoman, fierce frontwoman, adventurous musician, writer, live host and actor. Most recently, her immersive, interactive electro-rock project STUNTDRIVER opened for Peaches. The album “Saga” was co-produced by John Avila of Oingo Boingo. Recent acting credits include: an AppleTV comedy with reality star/Billboard musician, Adam Barta, playing rising country star Tony Martinez’s crazy girlfriend in his video “Why You Gotta be Crazy?” and being the fun, jaded aunt in an upcoming short with Carmelita Hughes.   Kym’s work pushes boundaries, forms and comfort levels yet maintains a fun-loving, absurd and curious tone and has been seen in music venues, galleries, theaters, non-traditional locations and federal prisons in New York, LA, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Honolulu and Austin since the 1990s. Priess has been described as “critical to the existence of the dragon in you” (ComeHereFloyd) and earned comparisons to Siouxsie Sioux and Joan Jett (LaBuzzBand’s Kevin Bronson). This discipline bender’s career took root in the NYU experimental theater world sparking theatrical, comedic, vivid works and a rock opera that was awarded “Best of the Fringe” (SF Fringe Festival). As a musician, Priess has written 300 songs (some on Vanderpump Rules, Siesta Key toured extensively , shared stages with Exene Cervenka and Fishbone and sings backup on William Shatner’s Spirit in the Sky. She plays bass, accordion, and keys but is mostly known for her dynamic vocal range. She also does her own stunts whenever she can. When not creating, traveling or performing, Kym prefers to be tubing down a river. 

linktr.ee/kympriess

instagram.com/hawkiskympriess

www.stuntdrivermusic.com/