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TODD GRODNICK - DGA/PGA INDIE PRODUCER Feb 16, 2015

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On this new episode, Hilliard does a one-on-one interview from The Hollywood LOT Studios! This time with close friend, Todd Grodnick DGA/PGA executive producer with Merrill Entertainment!

HIGHLIGHTS: USC Film School, you "cannot" write a perfect script, developing/managing writers, the role of the Assistant Director, putting yourself in the audience, page one rewrites, writing outside the box, types of projects Todd’s considering and so much more!

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WGA AWARD WINNING WRITER - MARGARET NAGLE - THE GOOD LIE Feb 09, 2015

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This week Hilliard goes IN with good friend, multi-award winning writer/producer, Margaret Nagle. Tune in and soak up some game y'all!

HIGHLIGHTS: The Queen of the WGA Awards, the white chick in an all black school, casting the best actors, fueling the work, learning the set, interpreting notes, developing HBO’s “WARM SPRINGS,” inside “THE GOOD LIE,” Code Switching, color blind characters, gays and women should unite, RED “BAND SOCIETY,” consuming media, “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” and end song this week by Kings & Hassani Kwess (Who Needs a Radio) “I Can Rap on Anything!”

With Sci-fi/Horror writer and author, Lisa Bolekaja.

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WILSON CRUZ - ACTOR "RED BAND SOCIETY!" Feb 02, 2015

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It’s another hilarious episode y’all!

Hilliard goes IN with old friend, Wilson Cruz (@WCruz73) on his amazing acting career, working with writers and journey into activism!

HIGHLIGHTS: A Queen always comes out, surviving Hollywood in your 40s, family life, becoming a child actor, the road to “MY SO CALLED LIFE,” the actors job, scene stealing, working for GLADD, inside “RED BAND SOCIETY,” activism for the LGBT, Transgender Characters, playing ‘Angel’ in Broadway’s “RENT,” collaborating with writers and a ton more game!

With award-winning Sci-fi/Horror writer and author, Lisa Bolekaja.

In the “Baby Writers Seat” actor/writer - Garry Guerrier.

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TV WRITERS - "GRIMM" & "SLEEPY HOLLOW" Jan 26, 2015

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This episode’s full of game y’all. With good friends, Spiro Skentzos, former Story Editor on GRIMM and Angela Allen, former Staff Writer on the hit SLEEPY HOLLOW!

HIGHLIGHTS: Staffing Season is always here, strong writing samples, general meetings, drawing on your truth, The Cosby Fellowship, The Fox Writers Intensive, Writers on the Verge, NHMC, persistence, Agents & Managers, a “Hot” room, writers rooms on GRIMM & SLEEPY HOLLOW, Paper Teaming, WGA contracts, wages & staffing fees, reinventing yourself and so much more!

With co-host, award-winning Sci-fi/Horror writer and author, Lisa Bolekaja.

Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 1,015”

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DEL AoF WESTON - "TOP 50 WRITERS IN THE WORLD" BOOK! Jan 19, 2015

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In this hilarious episode, we go IN with my big bro, writer/director/producer DEL WESTON of the very popular, Action On Film Film International Festival!

HIGHLIGHTS: Inside the new book “TOP 50 INDIE WRITERS IN THE WORLD,” Action On Film Festival, don’t discount people of color, “I hate Sundance,” never back down, from Martial Arts to Action Films, fuck the word “NO,” creating opportunities, recognizing greatness, “Victims” movie, Del Weston on Film, the “real” Oscar De La Hoya, a Joe Pesci lesson and so much more!

In the “Baby Writers Seat” today: actor/writer Garry Guerrier.

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JOHN WESLEY - "TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF" Jan 12, 2015

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In this “Part Deuce” extended episode, Hilliard goes in with big bro, veteran character actor, John Wesley. This one’s all about his acting career and the new book, TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF!

HIGHLIGHTS: Booking the hit show “Knight Rider,” the “right” talent agent, beware of the Type-cast, working with Duane Martin, landing The Jefferson’s, how to deal with writer/producers, “In the Heat of the Night” war stories, “The Atlanta Child Murders,” learning the business, why hire a publicist, don’t mess with Viola Davis, British actors are taking over and co-writing the book “Take a Loot at Yourself” with Icon, Robert Guillaume!

With co-host, award-winning Sci-fi/Horror writer and author, Lisa Bolekaja.

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DIGGER MESCH - "THE OTHER DEAD" & "AGENT 88" Jan 05, 2015

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It's the 2015 season premiere and we go IN deep y’all. This time with good friend Digger Mesch, a successful Comics/TV/Film multi-hyphenate who’s done it all!

HIGHLIGHTS: Growing up in New York, the rebel visual arts student, learning from the greats, animation & stop-motion, creating the very popular Art Asylum Toy Company, inside the series "Agent 88," working as an actor and art director in China, becoming a second unit/director, redefining Zombies in “The Other Dead” comic - now the first scripted series for The Animal Planet and a special treat from the new Rap Song “Nappy On Me” by my nephew, Joseph Julian, aka… LYSTEN! (@nowlysten)

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BEING FEARLESS! Dec 15, 2014

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Hilliard and Lisa go IN about “Being Fearless” in the TV/Film industry when it all seems to be going nowhere!

HIGHLIGHTS: Perfectionism, shit fades, positive script feedback, nervous material, so what - they think you’re a freak, embracing different sides of yourself, getting out of your funk, taking chances, film festival secrets, asking for help and the “Don’t Sleep on ‘Em” Segment (a scene by a kick ass writer) “9 Below Zero” a Suspense by our very own, Hilliard Guess!

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WHY WE WRITE! Dec 08, 2014

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In this episode, Hilliard and Lisa Bolekaja go IN on the Oral Traditions of Storytelling…who we are, where we come from and why we write!

HIGHLIGHTS: Listening to your voice, storytelling will save your life, Work Songs, Sea Shanties & Spirituals, the Dark Ages, self awareness, playing the Dozens, humor gets you over, cool shit comes from the street and Legends, Folktales, Fables & Myths -- a historic look behind why write!

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JOE SABATINO - ACTOR/WRITER/TV PRODUCER Dec 01, 2014

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This week Hilliard chats with big bro, Joe Sabatino and they go IN y’all! Tons of game in this Part I of two episodes for all you Rant Room Heads to enjoy!

HIGHLIGHTS: College life, theatre and football in Italy, “acting is bullshit,” a Bouncer at Sunset Clubs, booking Emmy-winning NYPD Blue, behind Soap Opera acting and so much more!

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