FEBRUARY 2013 INTERVIEWS - PODCASTS
JUDDY TALT
Juddy Talt is an actor/writer who developed his craft at an early age mastering stage performance. Juddy attended the University of Southern California with a major in Theater and Film. At USC, he toned his acting skills and starting taking courses in screen writing. He began writing, Language of a Broken Heart, (click to view tralier) soon after he graduated. Juddy enjoys storytelling, particularly comedies centered around love and romance. After all, it’s the one thing we can all identify with. Juddy has a unique talent for storytelling, and creating imaginary circumstances and making them real. He hopes that Language of a Broken Heart depicts the language we all speak when we get beat up by love.
TERRA RISING RECORDS
Terra Rising Records combines music and film production to provide opportunities to promote music therapy and support music education programs. We partner with musicians and bands, community organizations and businesses to host fundraising events for music education and music therapy.
After winning a national championship and rewriting the athletic record books at Washington Adventist University as the head baseball coach, Michael wanted to refocus his passion for helping people back to music. In the summer of 2011, Michael founded Terra Rising Records after seeing a need to support music and/or arts programs whose funding had been cut, was insufficient or just didn't exist.
Michael is executive producer of Terra Rising's inaugural project, The Case for Music, a feature length documentary on the power of music to heal. Whether it's in a home, a concert hall, or a music therapy clinic, music has the incredible power to heal and connect individuals and communities. Michael aspires through his work with Terra Rising Records to show the value of music and build community awareness and support for independent musicians, music education, and music therapy. Elevating the perception of music "From The Ground Up!"
After winning a national championship and rewriting the athletic record books at Washington Adventist University as the head baseball coach, Michael wanted to refocus his passion for helping people back to music. In the summer of 2011, Michael founded Terra Rising Records after seeing a need to support music and/or arts programs whose funding had been cut, was insufficient or just didn't exist.
Michael is executive producer of Terra Rising's inaugural project, The Case for Music, a feature length documentary on the power of music to heal. Whether it's in a home, a concert hall, or a music therapy clinic, music has the incredible power to heal and connect individuals and communities. Michael aspires through his work with Terra Rising Records to show the value of music and build community awareness and support for independent musicians, music education, and music therapy. Elevating the perception of music "From The Ground Up!"
JOAN VAN ARK
Joan van Ark began 2013 by reprising her iconic character, Valene Ewing, on TNT’s smash Dallas reboot, a role she played for a combined 15 seasons on Dallas and Knots Landing. Also in January, the Tony nominated actress appeared as a celebrity judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, the PBS special on Prime Time Soap Icons and the indie feature Watercolor Postcards. She has earned six nominations and won two Soap Opera Digest Awards for Best Actress. She also appeared for a season on CBS’s The Young and the Restless creating the role of Gloria Fisher. Prior to her role on Knots Landing, van Ark was also a series regular on the TV sitcoms, Temperatures Rising and We’ve Got Each Other. As a director, she was nominated for the prestigious Humanitas Award for an ABC Afterschool Special in which she also co-starred.
IGNACIO SERRICCHIO
Ignacio Serricchio is a graduate of Syracuse University's drama department.
In October 2004, Serricchio joined the cast of the daytime serial General Hospital as troubled youth Diego Alcazar. He left the soap in November 2006. He returned as Diego on February 22, 2008 until his character was killed off on March 5, 2008. In 2005, Serricchio portrayed a streetwise Mormon missionary in the critically acclaimed film States of Grace.
In 2007, he appeared in 6 episodes of Ghost Whisperer, where he played the character Gabriel Lawrence. He was appeared in this program from April 27, 2008 - May 9, 2009. In 2008, he played as Luis in the CW's Privileged on E4 his first episode was "all about love actually" which aired on December 1, 2008. The show stopped filming on February 24, 2009. In the series, he found a love interest with character Sage Baker, Luis is a chef that works for the Baker family. In December 2012, he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as detective Alex Chavez.
In October 2004, Serricchio joined the cast of the daytime serial General Hospital as troubled youth Diego Alcazar. He left the soap in November 2006. He returned as Diego on February 22, 2008 until his character was killed off on March 5, 2008. In 2005, Serricchio portrayed a streetwise Mormon missionary in the critically acclaimed film States of Grace.
In 2007, he appeared in 6 episodes of Ghost Whisperer, where he played the character Gabriel Lawrence. He was appeared in this program from April 27, 2008 - May 9, 2009. In 2008, he played as Luis in the CW's Privileged on E4 his first episode was "all about love actually" which aired on December 1, 2008. The show stopped filming on February 24, 2009. In the series, he found a love interest with character Sage Baker, Luis is a chef that works for the Baker family. In December 2012, he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as detective Alex Chavez.
BILL AND SUSAN SEAFORTH HAYES
Bill & Susan Seaforth Hayes are one of daytime's super couples, having played the roles of Doug & Julie Williams on the NBC Daytime Drama, Days of Our Lives. This real-life couple met on the set & have been going strong ever since. They are indeed a fan favorite of all of daytime. They stopped by to share their experiences in love both on & off screen in a special airing on Valentine's Day, Thursday, February 14th.
ARIANNE ZUCKER
Emmy-nominated actress Arianne Zucker has played many roles, but she is best known for the character of Nicole Walker on NBC’s 45 year running daytime drama, Days of our Lives. She has portrayed this complicated, misunderstood character for over a decade. Arianne works in all areas of the entertainment industry, including traveling internationally as a model for nearly twenty years. In recent months, with her ever-growing passion for charity work and giving back, Arianne has become an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity in the San Fernando Valley, CA. She has traveled to major cities around the country leading teams in Habitat for Humanity builds. Her most recent trip in 2011 was to New Orleans, working hand in hand with the St. Bernard Project in the 9th ward. There, along side other Days of our Lives cast members, Arianne helped build homes and raise money for families who have been displaced from their homes due to Hurricane Katrina. She has also participated in numerous USO Tours, including visiting military bases in Southern California and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Arianne’s dedication to making a difference in the world has driven her to become a public voice for organizations she believes in. She has just recently launched a new project called LifeCHANGE. The mission of this passion project is to give people the opportunity to challenge themselves and each other to the highest possible degree, to test their inner soul and strength by working toward changing the lives of others, all while changing their own. The test, the challenge, the obstacle is to prove to the world that they are true leaders in the fight for a “LifeCHANGE.” Arianne will be working closely with L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. 1ST and the St. Bernard Project in New Orleans.
Most recently, Arianne has joined the Step Up Women’s Network. She has taken part in the effort to represent and support a year of after-school confidence, college prep and career-readiness programming for an underserved girl. In addition, Arianne has acquired relationships with other amazing organizations such as Miss World, Global Citizens, Global Volunteers, and Amigos de las Americas. All of these beautiful organizations and relationships have given Arianne the ability to give back to a world that has been so giving to her.
Arianne’s dedication to making a difference in the world has driven her to become a public voice for organizations she believes in. She has just recently launched a new project called LifeCHANGE. The mission of this passion project is to give people the opportunity to challenge themselves and each other to the highest possible degree, to test their inner soul and strength by working toward changing the lives of others, all while changing their own. The test, the challenge, the obstacle is to prove to the world that they are true leaders in the fight for a “LifeCHANGE.” Arianne will be working closely with L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. 1ST and the St. Bernard Project in New Orleans.
Most recently, Arianne has joined the Step Up Women’s Network. She has taken part in the effort to represent and support a year of after-school confidence, college prep and career-readiness programming for an underserved girl. In addition, Arianne has acquired relationships with other amazing organizations such as Miss World, Global Citizens, Global Volunteers, and Amigos de las Americas. All of these beautiful organizations and relationships have given Arianne the ability to give back to a world that has been so giving to her.
PAOS REVOLUTION
Paos Revolution was founded in response to the turn daytime television has taken in recent years. Whether as someone working behind the camera, a performer, or a fan, daytime is simply not what it used to be and its future is unknown. Rather than be at the mercy of the ever changing TV landscape, we decided to form a production company that would create high quality film, television and web content as well as interaction with daytime’s loyal fan base. It is our belief that Paos Revolution will indeed revolutionize this genre and our website will provide a new home for its professionals and fans.
"Our motto is “Flip the script.” Everyone at some point faces a negative situation. For us at Paos, it was the demise of daytime television. Rather than letting that break us, we decided to “flip the script,” and develop something new and exciting with the relationships we’d built over the years of working together. We wanted our name to reflect our ability to take a negative situation and turn it into a positive one. Paos uses the word Soap, from Soap Operas, and “flips” it backwards. This word, Paos,
next to Revolution, describes how we plan to take the rich history of daytime television and transform it into something that audiences are now craving in the 21st century."
Jordi Vilasuso is known and loved by daytime drama fans for his roles of Tony Santos on Guiding Light, in which he won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. He also is known for his role of Griffin Castillo on All My Children .
Dock was the on-set acting coach for the final year and a half of All My Children. Regarding this opportunity Dock says, "preparing 500 pages of script per week for 30 different characters ranging from 5-65 years of age was a mountainous task that has made me able to tackle any script in any situation and I could not have asked for a better way to master my skills as a storyteller." Dock is currently a private acting coach, writer, director, and founding partner of Paos Revolution.
John spent 18 years as the on-set acting coach for General Hospital. He currently leads acting classes, does private coaching, and is a founding partner of Paos Revolution.
The three founders have a deep understanding, appreciation, and love of the soap genre. They stopped by to share the exciting things that Paos Revolution has going on while also sharing some great soap stories with your audience.
"Our motto is “Flip the script.” Everyone at some point faces a negative situation. For us at Paos, it was the demise of daytime television. Rather than letting that break us, we decided to “flip the script,” and develop something new and exciting with the relationships we’d built over the years of working together. We wanted our name to reflect our ability to take a negative situation and turn it into a positive one. Paos uses the word Soap, from Soap Operas, and “flips” it backwards. This word, Paos,
next to Revolution, describes how we plan to take the rich history of daytime television and transform it into something that audiences are now craving in the 21st century."
Jordi Vilasuso is known and loved by daytime drama fans for his roles of Tony Santos on Guiding Light, in which he won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. He also is known for his role of Griffin Castillo on All My Children .
Dock was the on-set acting coach for the final year and a half of All My Children. Regarding this opportunity Dock says, "preparing 500 pages of script per week for 30 different characters ranging from 5-65 years of age was a mountainous task that has made me able to tackle any script in any situation and I could not have asked for a better way to master my skills as a storyteller." Dock is currently a private acting coach, writer, director, and founding partner of Paos Revolution.
John spent 18 years as the on-set acting coach for General Hospital. He currently leads acting classes, does private coaching, and is a founding partner of Paos Revolution.
The three founders have a deep understanding, appreciation, and love of the soap genre. They stopped by to share the exciting things that Paos Revolution has going on while also sharing some great soap stories with your audience.
ERIC "EZ" ZULEY
Orange County, California is known for money, celebrities, and great weather. However, the hottest commodity to come out of The O.C. is social media mogul Eric “EZ” Zuley. For the last ten years, EZ has been branding himself as “The Hollywood It Guy” through his celebrity friends, Red Carpet events, and YouTube image and interview saturation while he has been teaching Hollywood, “how to do it the EZ way.”
After mixing it up with the A-listers in the Hollywood scene, “The Hardest Working Man in Hollywood” has returned to his roots in Orange County to focus on his social media empire which grows by the minute as he watches his 500,000 plus Twitter followers hang on his every tweet and his Facebook friends click the “like” button. In 2012, EZ’s sales and entrepreneurial skills extended beyond his You Tube channel “What You Need TV” with over 15,000,000 viewers and his WTV Networks to start EZ Way Entertainment for film, television, and music production. Under that company, he created EZ Way Broadcasting for radio production. His radio network on Blog Talk Radio blasts the airwaves with its seven-day-a-week schedule of celebrity hosts who interview their celebrity friends to find out what is happening in the world of entertainment. EZ also broadens his social media reach through ownership and affiliation with four editorial publications.
In the second quarter of 2013, the world of reality television and Eric Zuley meet in It’s Not About Me, a show that brings EZ’s style, business savvy, and celebrity friends to homes across America. Even after receiving being Congressionally recognized; receiving an award in his name, The EZ Achievement Award, from the Multicultural Motion Picture Association signed by the mayor of Los Angeles and the council members; and receiving the Robert Novak Award, Eric still remains humble and refuses to boast about the hours he devotes to working with nine charities and helping to inspire students.
After mixing it up with the A-listers in the Hollywood scene, “The Hardest Working Man in Hollywood” has returned to his roots in Orange County to focus on his social media empire which grows by the minute as he watches his 500,000 plus Twitter followers hang on his every tweet and his Facebook friends click the “like” button. In 2012, EZ’s sales and entrepreneurial skills extended beyond his You Tube channel “What You Need TV” with over 15,000,000 viewers and his WTV Networks to start EZ Way Entertainment for film, television, and music production. Under that company, he created EZ Way Broadcasting for radio production. His radio network on Blog Talk Radio blasts the airwaves with its seven-day-a-week schedule of celebrity hosts who interview their celebrity friends to find out what is happening in the world of entertainment. EZ also broadens his social media reach through ownership and affiliation with four editorial publications.
In the second quarter of 2013, the world of reality television and Eric Zuley meet in It’s Not About Me, a show that brings EZ’s style, business savvy, and celebrity friends to homes across America. Even after receiving being Congressionally recognized; receiving an award in his name, The EZ Achievement Award, from the Multicultural Motion Picture Association signed by the mayor of Los Angeles and the council members; and receiving the Robert Novak Award, Eric still remains humble and refuses to boast about the hours he devotes to working with nine charities and helping to inspire students.
LOUISE GOFFIN
Louise Lynn Goffin, producer of Carole King’s Grammy Nominated Album “A Holiday Carole”, is a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and a recording artist herself. More recently, Louise has found herself on stage performing live once again.
Louise grew up in an A-class University with a virtual PhD in Popular Music in the making, as the first-born daughter of two teenagers, Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Born in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1960s, she was brought to Laurel Canyon, when her east coast parents were part of pop culture’s migration to the West Coast, California. Louise had her childhood during one of the most exciting times in early popular music, absorbing influences that have shaped what we know of music today.
Her musical talent provides the right color of instrumentation while her lyrics and top-line vocal phrasing often brings an emotional vibrancy to the music she helps create.
On Carole King’s holiday record, she chose William Bell & Booker T Jones’ Stax classic “Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday” and Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas”. As a producer, she brought out the best in King’s vocals, which puts her own indelible stamp on the music, lending a special seasonal flair.
She now enjoys a hands-on approach to her musical and visual self-expression, directing & editing videos on her laptop when she has time between developing new artists, recording her own singles, performing live, and raising her two boys.
Louise grew up in an A-class University with a virtual PhD in Popular Music in the making, as the first-born daughter of two teenagers, Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Born in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1960s, she was brought to Laurel Canyon, when her east coast parents were part of pop culture’s migration to the West Coast, California. Louise had her childhood during one of the most exciting times in early popular music, absorbing influences that have shaped what we know of music today.
Her musical talent provides the right color of instrumentation while her lyrics and top-line vocal phrasing often brings an emotional vibrancy to the music she helps create.
On Carole King’s holiday record, she chose William Bell & Booker T Jones’ Stax classic “Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday” and Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas”. As a producer, she brought out the best in King’s vocals, which puts her own indelible stamp on the music, lending a special seasonal flair.
She now enjoys a hands-on approach to her musical and visual self-expression, directing & editing videos on her laptop when she has time between developing new artists, recording her own singles, performing live, and raising her two boys.
RICKY PAULL GOLDIN
RICKY PAULL GOLDIN's entertainment career took off at the age of 3. As a youngster, he starred in Romper Room, Alf, Kate & Allie, 21 Jump Street and by the age of 15 he had made it to BROADWAY, starring in ON GOLDEN POND. By age 18, he had appeared in over 150 television commercials, winning four CLIOs. Ricky's list of achievements is impressive: movies, TV comedy, drama, and theater (straight plays & musicals) with command performances for 4 US Presidents. In addition, his quick wit makes hosting easy for him. He has hosted everything from ESPN auto races in Dubai, to 5 Live from the Red Carpet Emmy events for Disney/ABC.
Ricky has enjoyed great success in musical theater, from Rock to Gilbert & Sullivan. He was handpicked by Tommy Tune and Jeff Calhoun from 3000 performers to Star as Danny Zuko in the Broadway Revival of 'Grease' opposite Rosie O’Donnell and Brooke Shields. Ricky later starred in the 'The Pirates of Penzance' in London and at the Olympic Theater, the Broadway of Dublin, Ireland.
Ricky and daytime proved to be a wonderful partnership. He was a series regular on Another World, Guiding Light, All My Children, and in Daytime's #1 series The Young and the Restless. Along the way Ricky picked up 4 Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Actor - a nomination at each Network - finally winning at the Emmys for Best Couple in Daytime. To these and other accolades, Ricky can add a feat rarely seen: the unique distinction of being one of very few actors to successfully cross over all three Major Networks in Daytime Television. He proved to be a fan favorite on each iconic drama. Shortly after Ricky ended his run on All My Children, Disney Family.com picked him to Star in their collaboration with Kellogg's for a new brand of on-line advertising. 'CeReality' is Disney Family's cutting edge mini web series, and it debuted in late September 2011. The first of the series-'The Young and the Breakfast'- took an affectionate tongue-in-cheek poke at the soap opera genre and gave Ricky the perfect vehicle to showcase his natural comedic timing.
Ricky has produced shows for ABC TV and ESPN Sports, created & sold original content to TLC and is currently developing a new show at The STYLE Network, as well as HGTV/DIY Networks. The Spring 2013 season marks Ricky's return to National TV when he hosts HGTV's ground breaking new prime time series Spontaneous Construction.
Ricky has enjoyed great success in musical theater, from Rock to Gilbert & Sullivan. He was handpicked by Tommy Tune and Jeff Calhoun from 3000 performers to Star as Danny Zuko in the Broadway Revival of 'Grease' opposite Rosie O’Donnell and Brooke Shields. Ricky later starred in the 'The Pirates of Penzance' in London and at the Olympic Theater, the Broadway of Dublin, Ireland.
Ricky and daytime proved to be a wonderful partnership. He was a series regular on Another World, Guiding Light, All My Children, and in Daytime's #1 series The Young and the Restless. Along the way Ricky picked up 4 Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Actor - a nomination at each Network - finally winning at the Emmys for Best Couple in Daytime. To these and other accolades, Ricky can add a feat rarely seen: the unique distinction of being one of very few actors to successfully cross over all three Major Networks in Daytime Television. He proved to be a fan favorite on each iconic drama. Shortly after Ricky ended his run on All My Children, Disney Family.com picked him to Star in their collaboration with Kellogg's for a new brand of on-line advertising. 'CeReality' is Disney Family's cutting edge mini web series, and it debuted in late September 2011. The first of the series-'The Young and the Breakfast'- took an affectionate tongue-in-cheek poke at the soap opera genre and gave Ricky the perfect vehicle to showcase his natural comedic timing.
Ricky has produced shows for ABC TV and ESPN Sports, created & sold original content to TLC and is currently developing a new show at The STYLE Network, as well as HGTV/DIY Networks. The Spring 2013 season marks Ricky's return to National TV when he hosts HGTV's ground breaking new prime time series Spontaneous Construction.
LE REVERIE
Le Reverie means "The Dream” in French (with a few spelling changes); and this Female Fronted Gothic Metal band has just released their debut CD titled "Dark Symphony". The long awaited 12 Song CD is a combination of Symphony, Goth Rock, Metal and Progressive Rock and will take you on an amazing journey from the symphonic musical elegance of “La Naissance” to the dark, heavy/progressive title track, “Dark Symphony” to the tender ballad “Ghost of You” and the haunting tribute to Edgar Allan Poe himself, “Raven”. Le Reverie is a combination of Evanescence and Dream Theater.
ELLEE VEN
ellee ven’s experience is a perfect example to those interested in paving their own way. Born Jessica Lazaro Kunin, this Spanish, Greek, Italian, Russian and German songstress confesses, “It’s a tough business, but in the interest of creating something unique, I keep creating.”
ellee ven’s writing is an admitted indulgence, fusing dance jams and ballads created with veteran and up-and-coming producers, such as Reggie Dozier (Outkast, Joss Stone & Justin Timberlake), DJ Swamp, Antony Lee, DJ Solange, Trypsin & Prodéje. There has been no attempt at being “genre specific” as an artist, but instead a conscious attempt to stretch out and try different ideas without yielding to commercial pressures or trends . With this formula, she has managed to hone in on a genre all her own called “groovetonics”.
ellee ven’s writing is an admitted indulgence, fusing dance jams and ballads created with veteran and up-and-coming producers, such as Reggie Dozier (Outkast, Joss Stone & Justin Timberlake), DJ Swamp, Antony Lee, DJ Solange, Trypsin & Prodéje. There has been no attempt at being “genre specific” as an artist, but instead a conscious attempt to stretch out and try different ideas without yielding to commercial pressures or trends . With this formula, she has managed to hone in on a genre all her own called “groovetonics”.
ALANA STEWART
Alana Stewart is an actress, host, author and spokesperson. She began her career by leaving her home state of Texas and heading to New York City to become a Ford model. Soon, she began her acting career appearing on such popular television series as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Bionic Woman, Hart to Hart, The Fall Guy, Masquerade and the mini-series Small Sacrifices and Lonesome Dove. Film roles include: Allan Carr’s Where the Boys Are, Jonathan Demme’s Swing Shift, The Ravagers with Richard Harris, the independent film Between which debuted at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, American Intellectuals, Dangerous Company, Medusa, Wasted in Babylon, Mom Can I keep Her and Delivered, which recently premiered at WorldFest-Houston, an international film festival. It received the special Grand Jury Prize and Alana was awarded Best Supporting Actress.In 2007, Alana began working with her dear friend, Farrah Fawcett on Farrah’s Story, a documentary of Farrah’s courageous struggle with cancer which Alana filmed and produced. In 2009, Farrah’s Story debuted on NBC to record-breaking viewers and was nominated for an Emmy Award as an Outstanding Nonfiction Special.
Alana also released her first book in 2009, the New York Times bestseller, My Journey With Farrah- A Story of Life, Love and Friendship. In her second book, Alana reveals her compelling personal story in Rearview Mirror: A Memoir (Published by Vanguard Press, September 2012). Alana serves as president of The Farrah Fawcett Foundation which funds cancer research and supports those fighting cancer. She stopped by (Farrah Fawcett's birthday) to chat about her foundation & her book memorializing her close friend.
Alana also released her first book in 2009, the New York Times bestseller, My Journey With Farrah- A Story of Life, Love and Friendship. In her second book, Alana reveals her compelling personal story in Rearview Mirror: A Memoir (Published by Vanguard Press, September 2012). Alana serves as president of The Farrah Fawcett Foundation which funds cancer research and supports those fighting cancer. She stopped by (Farrah Fawcett's birthday) to chat about her foundation & her book memorializing her close friend.
KIM ZIMMER AND ROBERT NEWMAN
Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman stopped by to kick off our "Love is In the Air" month! Fans of Guiding Light know them as Josh and Reva; one of daytime dramas, super couples. They are loved by millions worldwide. We'll stroll down memory lane and catch up with them to find out what they've been up to of late.