Listen in as Writer/Director/Producer and Nightlife Impresario Brett Gursky talks with Hollywood’s finest- who also happen to be his close personal friends- to discover how they got “On The List”.
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Listen in as Writer/Director/Producer and Nightlife Impresario Brett Gursky talks with Hollywood’s finest- who also happen to be his close personal friends- to discover how they got “On The List”.
Presented by BetOnline
It’s the forty-seventh episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Edi Gathegi ("Pimp") talks all about his career as an actor. He discusses being born in Kenya and raised in California, before ultimately going to graduate school at NYU, where he majored in theater. He tells Brett about his very first roles, including “Crank” opposite Jason Statham and “Gone Baby Gone” for first-time director Ben Affleck. He also tells Brett about his guest arc on “House”, which was also the first time he started to get recognized. Edi then shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set of “Twilight”, which is currently celebrating its 10-year anniversary. He explains how he got the role and tells Brett what he remembers most about each of his castmates, including Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, and Kristen Stewart. He also talks about filming the sequel- “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”. Edi goes on to tell Brett how he got his role in “X-Men: First Class” and how it fulfilled his dream of being in an X-Men movie. He talks about his relationships with his cast members, including Kevin Bacon and Zoe Kravitz. He also gives the inside scoop about more of his television projects, like the shows “Justified” and “Proof”, and his experience working with director Cameron Crowe on the movie “Aloha” with Bradley Cooper. Edi goes on to discuss how he simultaneously worked on the NBC shows “The Blacklist” and its spin-off “The Blacklist: Redemption” at the same time as his series “Start-Up” on Crackle. He also talks about his time earlier this year starring in the off-Broadway play “Jesus Hopped the A-Train”, which won him the Drama Desk Award, as well as his 2018 films “Better Start Running” opposite Analeigh Tipton and “Pimp” opposite Keke Palmer. He talks about what’s next for him, including a reunion with Ben Affleck for the Dee Rees film “The Last Thing He Wanted”, where he stars alongside Affleck, Anne Hathaway, and Willem Dafoe. Look for that in theaters in 2019.
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It’s the forty-sixth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Sanaa Lathan (“Shots Fired”) talks all about her career as an actress. She discusses growing up in New York City with a TV director dad and a Broadway actress mom, then going to college at Berkeley and getting her masters in Drama at Yale. She tells Brett about her very first roles, including Steve Urkel’s love interest on “Family Matters”, which was followed by her first break in the movies with “Blade”, co-starring Wesley Snipes. She then shares behind-the-scenes stories from the sets of her films “Life” with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, “The Wood” with Omar Epps and Taye Diggs, and “The Best Man” with Taye, Regina Hall, and many more. Then Sanaa tells Brett all about how she got her fan-favorite role in the cult classic “Love & Basketball”- and how the director first wanted a female basketball player who could act, not the other way around. Sanaa gives the inside scoop on what it took for her to learn basketball and win the role. Sanaa and Brett discuss her roles in “Brown Sugar” with Taye and Queen Latifah, “Out of Time” with Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes, and “Alien vs Predator” which took her to Prague for six months. She then talks about her Tony-nominated role in the Broadway play “A Raisin In The Sun”, which was followed by a season-long guest arc on the hit Ryan Murphy show “Nip/Tuck”. Sanaa and Brett also cover her roles in Tyler Perry’s “The Family That Preys” and Steve Soderbergh’s “Contagion” with Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow. She also shares stories from her Starz series “Boss” with Kelsey Grammer, the long-awaited sequel “Best Man Holiday”, her hit movie “The Perfect Guy” with Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut, and the summer blockbuster “Now You See Me 2”. They also talk about what’s next: “American Assassin” in theaters September 15th. Sanaa currently stars in the FOX 10-episode event series “Shots Fired”, which airs every Wednesday night at 8pm. She leads a cast that includes Stephan James, Mack Wilds, Richard Dreyfus, and Helen Hunt. Be sure to tune in- or binge all 10 episodes OnDemand or on Hulu.
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It’s the forty-fifth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Geoff Stults (“Unforgettable”) talks all about his career as an actor. He was born in Michigan and raised in Colorado, before making the move to California to play college football. When his older brother George got discovered for acting, Geoff went along for the ride. His first role was on “Everybody Loves Raymond”, followed by a recurring role on MTV’s “Undressed”. From there, he joined the cast of the hit show “7th Heaven”, playing TV brothers with his real-life brother. Then his first leading role in a movie was “D.E.B.S.”, starring Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Megan Good, and Devon Aoki. He followed that up with memorable parts in two hit comedies: “Wedding Crashers” with Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, and Bradley Cooper and “The Break-Up” with Vaughn again and Jennifer Aniston. He then went back to his roots and played a football player in the movie “The Express”, a bio-pic about Ernie Davis. Soon he was starring on the ABC series “October Road” opposite Bryan Greenberg and Laura Prepon, which then led to his own series “Happy Town” from the same creators- Scott Rosenberg, Josh Applebaum, and Andre Nemec. Geoff next starred in the comedy feature “She’s Out Of My League” playing “Cam”, the boyfriend of Alice Eve’s “Molly”, who is the object of Jay Baruchel’s affection. He then worked for director Clint Eastwood in the film “J. Edgar” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, where Geoff played the role of real-life FBI agent Raymond Caffrey. He also played the character “Walter Sherman” (which is now the name of his dog) on the hit Fox series “Bones”, which led to his own spin-off for the character called “The Finder”. On his next show “Enlisted”, he starred opposite Parker Young and Chris Lowell as three brothers enlisted into the army. Now he appears on both “The Odd Couple” on CBS with Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon and “Grace and Frankie” and Netflix with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, playing husband to Brooklyn Decker. His new movie “Unforgettable”, Geoff is fought over by Katherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson. It hits theaters April 21st. And next up, Geoff stars in “Granite Mountain”, the true story of the crew of men who battled a wildfire in Arizona in 2013, with co-stars who include Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Taylor Kitsch, James Badge Dale, and Andie MacDowell. In January 2018, Geoff will star in “Horse Soldiers”, co-starring Chris Hemsworth, Austin Stowell, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, and Trevante Rhodes- another true story about CIA agents and special forces who go to Afghanistan right after September 11th to dismantle the Taliban. But first, check out “Unforgettable” when it hits a theater near you on April 21st.
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It’s the forty-fourth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Bryan Greenberg (“The Mindy Project”) talks all about his career as an actor. He was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska before moving to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 12. He caught the acting bug with a lead role in The Nutcracker for the Omaha Ballet. Bryan talks about moving to New York City to attend NYU and his first acting jobs on TV shows like “Law & Order” and “The Sopranos”. He shares how his first studio film “The Perfect Score”, where he starred opposite Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, led to his recurring role on the hit CW series “One Tree Hill”. Bryan also discusses his HBO show “Unscripted”, produced by George Clooney, and his Ben Younger-directed movie “Prime”, which co-starred Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman. Bryan’s next projects were the beloved ABC series “October Road”, with Laura Prepon and Geoff Stults, and the romantic comedy “Bride Wars” with Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, and Chris Pratt. He went on to star in the HBO series “How To Make It In America”, which became a cult hit and was a role he loved to play. Other movies included “Friends With Benefits” with Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis and “Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong” with his wife Jamie Chung. Bryan currently stars on the Hulu series “The Mindy Project” as Mindy Kaling’s love interest Nurse Ben. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from the sets of these projects about how he got the roles. He also offers advice to up-and-coming actors looking to get into the business. You can binge all of Season 5 of “The Mindy Project” now available on Hulu.
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It’s the forty-third episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Stuart Hazeldine (“The Shack”) talks all about his career as a writer and director. He was born and raised in the UK and sold his first screenplay “Underground” right out of college. After years of successfully screenwriting, Stuart directed his first feature “Exam” by financing it himself. Not only was the movie well received, but he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Director. His latest movie “The Shack” is based on the wildly best-selling book written by William P. Young. It stars Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw, & Radha Mitchell. Stuart shares behind-the-scenes stories about working with these actors and what it took to bring the beloved story to the big screen. The episode ends with Brett’s story about rescuing his dog Buddy one year ago today. Be sure to check out “The Shack” at a theater near you.
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It’s the forty-second episode of On The List with Brett Gursky and it’s our pre-Oscar special. Brett’s guest today is Pete Hammond from Deadline. Brett and Pete break down this year’s Oscar nominations, from who got nominated, to who got snubbed, and they make their predictions for who they think will win. (Spoiler alert: They are both huge LA LA LAND fans). First, listen to the podcast to learn everything you need to know. Then, tune in to the 89th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday February 26th on ABC. Be sure to check out Pete Hammond’s daily columns on Deadline.
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It’s the forty-first episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. For this week’s episode, Brett catches up with Glen Powell to talk about his favorite roles, celebrity game nights, becoming an uncle, and receiving dating advice from Kevin Costner. It all began in his hometown of Austin, Texas when Glen Powell scored roles in two major films: Fast Food Nation directed by Richard Linklater and The Great Debaters directed by Denzel Washington. Soon after, Washington teamed up with Powell’s agent, Ed Limato, to convince the actor to pack up and head to LA to pursue a full-time career in the industry. In 2012, Powell joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Two years later, he landed a part in Expendables 3 opposite Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson— a career-making role he scored by making a tape and drafting a personal letter to Stallone. Earlier this year, Glen joined forces with Linklater again for Everybody Wants Some—a critically-acclaimed performance that Variety called one of the “14 Best Performances of 2016 So Far”. And just this fall, Glen joined the cast of Fox’s Scream Queens where he got close with co-stars John Stamos and Alan Thicke, who unexpectedly passed away last week at 69. Powell’s latest work in Hidden Figures sees the actor opposite Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson as role of astronaut John Glenn—the first American to ever orbit the Earth in 1962. Glenn passed away last week at the age of 95, just days shy of the film’s premiere. That same week, Glen and the cast of Hidden Figures were nominated for Best Ensemble at the SAG Awards. Next up: Glen is co-writing the movie Captain Planet, which will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. Hidden Figures will be released in select theaters on Christmas Day and everywhere on January 6th.
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It’s the fortieth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Elisha Cuthbert (“One Big Happy”) talks all about her career as an actress, which began when she was a kid growing up in Canada. Her first jobs included hosting “Popular Mechanics For Kids”- with Jay Baruchel- and acting on “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” Elisha talks about her big move to Hollywood at the age of 18, when she lived at the Oakwood apartments and auditioned during pilot season. It was then that she scored the career-making role of Kim Bauer- daughter of Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer- on the hit television show “24”. She followed that up with memorable roles in the popular films “Old School” directed by Todd Phillips, “Love Actually” directed by Richard Curtis, and “The Girl Next Door” directed by Luke Greenfield. Elisha shares behind-the-scenes stories from each of those movies, as well as from the horror films “House of Wax”- with Jared Padalecki, Chad Michael Murray, & Paris Hilton- and “Captivity”. She also tells Brett all about her ABC comedy series “Happy Endings”- a cult hit that is also one of Brett’s favorite shows of all time. Now she returns to television as the star of NBC’s “One Big Happy”, which also stars Nick Zano and Kelly Brook and is executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres. Don’t miss “One Big Happy” when it premieres on March 17th.
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It’s the thirty-ninth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Ari Sandel (“The DUFF”) talks all about his career as a director, which began with the Academy Award-winning Live Action Short “West Bank Story”. His feature directorial debut hits theaters this weekend. Ari shares behind-the-scenes stories about how he landed the job directing the movie, which was produced by McG and stars Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Ken Jeong, and Allison Janney. DUFF stands for “Designated Ugly Fat Friend” and Ari discusses how this concept relates to every social circle, where even attractive people wind up in situations where they are “The DUFF”. Ari also discusses his big Oscar win, his experience going on the road to direct the Vince Vaughn documentary “Wild West Comedy Show”, and the film class he currently teaches at his alma mater USC. Be sure to check out “The DUFF” at a theater near you February 20th.
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It’s the thirty-eighth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Alex Beh (“Warren”) talks all about his career as a writer, a director, and an actor. His latest film “Warren” is a project that he wrote, directed, starred in, and also produced. What began as a script several years ago would later become his feature directorial debut, and he got to film it in his hometown of Chicago. Alex shares behind-the-scenes stories from the making of the movie, which also stars John Heard, Jean Smart, Sarah Habel, & Austin Stowell. Then he takes us back to the beginning, discussing how he got his start and the short films he created along the way. You can check out “Warren” on iTunes now.
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