Podcast appearances and mentions of Alexis Bledel

 After three seasons, 'Somebody Somewhere' has wrapped up its run, but we're not done talking about it. Star Bridget Everett joins EW critic Kristen Baldwin for a fun and insightful conversation about the series and character. Plus, Kristen and Awardist host Gerrad Hall break down the lead and supporting drama actor categories, discuss Alexis Bledel withdrawing from the Emmy ballot for 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and Arnold Schwarzenegger talking about seeing his son Patrick's 'weenie' on 'The White Lotus.' And later, we advocate for the series 'Étoile' and discuss why it oughta get a nod, and reveal the results of our weekly poll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guys, we're back, and we brought some friends! Instead of comparing two shows, we joined forces with the hosts of another Buffy podcast, Boys Watching Buffy, to review a movie starring a Gilmore Girl: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. We chat all about the sometimes cringe, yet surprisingly emotional summer adventures of Carmen, Lena, Bridget, Tibby(!?), and their shared, dirty, pair of regular-looking, yet magical pants. Whether you've seen this movie or not, whether you liked it or didn't, we're pretty sure we can all agree that one dad really sucks. Enjoy!P.S. Our microphones missed us and are a little HOT in portions of the podcast. Sorry!Be sure to check out Boys Watching Buffy!Also get hyped for Étoile with us by watching this not super marketed trailer, and make sure you're subscribed to our YouTube channel for upcoming content!The show Stacey produces, Sketch Cram, is this Saturday night! You can buy a live stream ticket no matter where you live and watch for up to 7 days after the show. Want more content? Sing up for our Patreon! We've got 3 tiers of bonus content, including access to our Discord, early extended episode teasers, outtakes, watch parties, and of course, our Angel and Veronica Mars video reviews! patreon.com/bryanandstaceyDon't want to join Patreon? You can access our Veronica Mars content right here on our feed by subscribing for $5/month.Follow us on social media for more Buffy/Gilmore content, and to see what other projects we're up to!YouTube:Bryan & StaceyInstagram:@gilmoreslayer/@bryanandstaceyTikTok:@gilmoreslayer/@bryan.and.staceyTwitter:@gilmoreslayer/@bryanandstaceyFacebook:Buffy the Gilmore Slayer/Bryan & StaceyEmail us at: bryanandstaceyreviews@gmail.comWebsite: bryanandstacey.comTheme song written and performed by @louiearonowitzSend us a textSupport the show

ORIGINALLY AIRED DECEMBER 8TH 2021Should people who like each other kiss? Or is some ages old business rivalry worth not kissing? On today's bonus Authorized, we talk about Alexis  Bledel doing the lowest rent version of Romeo and Juliet possible while her "sisters" undergo emotional traumas. It's 2005's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! Come hear Overbye trip over Ken Kwapis' biography repeatedly before forcing everyone to talk about shitty friendships they've had. Is this what fun is? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorizedpod/

ORIGINALLY AIRED DECEMBER 8TH 2021Should people who like each other kiss? Or is some ages old business rivalry worth not kissing? On today's bonus Authorized, we talk about Alexis  Bledel doing the lowest rent version of Romeo and Juliet possible while her "sisters" undergo emotional traumas. It's 2005's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! Come hear Overbye trip over Ken Kwapis' biography repeatedly before forcing everyone to talk about shitty friendships they've had. Is this what fun is? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorizedpod/

In 1976, a military coup led to an authoritarian regime in Argentina. The military and its new leader, Lieutenant General Jorge Rafaél Videla, then launched a campaign to eradicate political dissidents. Thousands of Argentine citizens were kidnapped, illegally detained, tortured, and killed. Journalist Miriam Lewin survived. All these years later, she thinks she maybe has an explanation why. Miriam's story is the subject of the documentary audio series, Avenger. Directed by Fisher Stevens, executive produced by Steve Fishman, hosted by Andres Caballero, and featuring Alexis Bledel as a voice actor, Avenger is a production of Orbit Media. It's available on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Conspiracy Theories is on Instagram @theconspiracypod! Follow us to keep up with the show and get behind-the-scenes updates from Carter and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blake Lively's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costars — America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel — are speaking out in support of their longtime friend. Listen here and learn more at OKmagazine.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For Avenger, which takes place in Argentina, we recorded all interviews in Spanish, translated them into English and had them voiced by actors. Miriam, the "disappeared" who becomes a journalist and tracks down the pilots of the death flights, is voiced by Alexis Bledel, the Emmy-winning actor known for her role in Gilmore Girls and Handmaid's Tale. Her father is Argentine. Alexis is directed by Oscar-winner Fisher Stevens. Fisher has directed Al Pacino and Justin Timberlake, among others. In this bonus episode, we learn how a skilled director gets a great performance out of a talented actor. If you've ever wanted to see how a great performance comes together, this is a master class. An intimate peek into the process of acting and directing.  Avenger is a production of Orbit Media in association with Sonoro Media and Signal Co. No1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special episode, we sit down with the legendary Kelly Bishop, known to many as the sharp-witted and glamorous matriarch, Emily Gilmore, from The Gilmore Girls. Kelly takes us on an intimate journey through her life, as we dive into her new memoir, The Third Gilmore Girl. From her early days on Broadway—winning a Tony Award for A Chorus Line—to Dirty Dancing—to her iconic television roles (Bunheads, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel…), we discuss the stories behind the scenes with Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, the brilliance of Amy Sherman-Palladino's writing, and the reason she's Team Logan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow Connecticut is so beautiful, I wish it were real. Welcome to beautiful Stars Hollow, where we have another cardigan-clad, cappuccino slugging, friend of the pod joining, the wonderful Rosey Blair! You may remember Rosey from our NYC girlie pop episodes, ‘Girls' and ‘Sex & The City.' Check those out on your page if you're like us and cannot get enough of her. Rosey is back for another north easter US classic but now, we're in the burbs. We're demure, we're mindful, we're covered in leaves. This of course is in the introduction to Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, expertly crafted by Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. With an unforgettable fast-talking cast that will leave you dying for more Michel, more Sookie St. James and more Luke Danes! So come join this heavy hitting cast in the beautiful Connecticut suburbs, you're going to want Gil-more of it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pilotslicense/support

The episode starts with a confession about the show's number before we get into topics like: Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast, lightening, Twisters and the hottie that is Glen Powell, Eric's take on seeing Alien for the first time, the Blake Lively drama (Alexis Bledel is the “sister” I forgot), American artists, learning Japanese, crayons, colonoscopies, Burning Man, why we say our names so much, the longevity of Days of Our Lives, Smoke on the Water, and the SNL movie. And that's before we talk about time travel! DAMTT is on Facebook and Instagram @dontaskmetotalk Next time: Farm vs. Ranch

The girls are covering a nostalgic summer fave: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! They talk about the making of the movie, why they think it made such an impact on our childhoods, and whether it's really that crazy that a pair of jeans fits all four girls. They also discuss the personal lives (and real-life friendship!) of the main cast: America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn.  Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠@whatwerewatchingpod⁠  TikTok: @whatwerewatchingpod

Nella puntata di oggi la protagonista è Rory Gilmore, interpretata da Alexis Bledel. Passando del tempo sui social ho notato come Rory sia odiata da molte/i fan delle serie e mi sono chiesta perché tutte/i odiano Rory Gilmore?. La maggior parte delle critiche che circondano Rory derivano dal suo modo di essere perfetta e dal comportamento narcisistico. Rory è stata troppo dura con la ballerina? Come avrebbe dovuto reagire al "no" di Mitchum Huntzberger? Rory ha sempre vissuto in una bolla? Fatemi sapere che cosa ne pensate nell'ultimo post o nei DMs su Instagram. Account ufficiale del podcast: ⁠@unamammaperamicapodcast ⁠  Non perderti l'appuntamento settimanale della newsletter ⁠La posta delle Gilmore⁠. 

Gilmoren tytöt ovat Elinan iso obsessio, mutta Julia joutui heiluttamaan valkoista lippua kaikkien sarjan pitkien keskusteluiden edessä ja jättämään sarjan kesken. Jaksossa kaivaudumme silti sarjan toisen päähenkilön, Rory Gilmoren suhdekiemuroihin. Roryn suhdehistoriasta löytyy niin hyviä kuin pahoja poikia, ja Julian ja Elinan lisäksi myös lahjomaton anonyymi GG-raatimme antaa Roryn kumppaneille pisteitä. Mukana ovat ensimmäinen poikaystävä ja kultainennoutaja Dean, runoretku ja Roryn elämää kriittisesti muuttanut Jess sekä rich kid, elämyksiä janoava Logan. Myös Roryn näyttelijä Alexis Bledel löysi Gilmoren tyttöjen kulisseista jopa kolme kumppania, joista osa on vahvistettuja ja osa ei-niin-vahvistettuja. Alexis seurusteli kokonaiset neljä vuotta Jessin näyttelijän Milo Ventimiglian kanssa, vaan mitä Milo on puhunut suhteesta hiljattaisessa podcast-vierailussaan? Entä keitä olivat muut huhutut kumppanit, ja kuka tuotannosta paljasti näitä suhteita oikein olan takaa?

Our guest this week has worked in television, film, and theater. He's been nominated for two WGA Awards for Best Comedy Writing for his work on The Golden Girls and Roseanne, was a writer and producer on Gilmore Girls, co-wrote the Brady Bunch movies, and so much more. We welcome Stan Zimmerman to the show to talk about how he was running a television network from his bedroom at age 10, his experiences writing for both The Golden Girls and Roseanne, Gilmore Girls fandom, meeting Priscilla Presley and possibly the ghost of Elvis too! This was a great conversation with many great stories.  Stan's new book, The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore is the story of Stan Zimmerman, a gawky Jewish boy who dreamed of becoming a wildly successful actor, rich enough to build his own mansion in the Hollywood Hills. While the actor part didn't quite pan out, Stan found success as a writer, producer, director, and playwright, working on such shows as The Golden Girls, Roseanne, and Gilmore Girls. Accompanied by journal entries, The Girls details Stan's relationships with some of entertainment's most notable women, including Roseanne Barr, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, and, of course, all four Golden Girls. The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore is a candid, funny, and sometimes poignant testimony about how a young boy turned his dream into reality. The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore comes out February 13th, but is available for pre-order NOW! Be sure to grab your copy! @ZimmermanStan ZimmermanStan.com The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore PRE-ORDER: https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Golden-Gilmore-Stan-Zimmerman/dp/1954676603#:~:text=The%20Girls%3A%20From%20Golden%20to%20Gilmore%20is%20the%20story%20of,mansion%20in%20the%20Hollywood%20Hills. CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you'd like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In July 2003, Vanity Fair, whether intentionally or not, put together the most monumental photoshoot in history. A photoshoot like nothing that had ever been done before and, dare we say, could never be done again.  A photoshoot so deeply iconic, every pop culture loving person still knows 20 years later: "It's Totally Raining Teens."On that fateful day in 2003, Amanda Bynes, Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff, Alexis Bledel, Evan Rachel Wood, Raven, Lindsay Lohan, and our gals Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, wearing metallics and soft pinks, posed for in the same room together for this iconic cover. The inside of the magazine was bursting with even more teens (and shockingly some twenty-somethings) including Brittany Snow,  Solange Knowles, Christina Milian, Shia LaBeouf, Bow Wow, Aaron Carter, the Harry Potter kids, Milo Ventimiglia, Jared Padelecki, Kaley Cuoco, and even more teens I'm too tired to name! It was literally raining teens! Every teen was also asked what kind of cell phone they used, if they preferred Britney or Christina, and how many Juicy Couture outfits they owned. It was the most 2003 thing that has ever 2003'd, and we are obsessed with it.Why did this happen? We may never know. But what we do know is that this little time capsule is one of the most important documents in modern history. So we read through every profile, contemplate every photograph, and much like we did in 2003, try to decipher secrets of culture and girlhood that we know this magazine holds.If you, like us,  have tragically misplaced your original hard copy of this iconic issue, you can read it along with us this link from Simply Olsen (our Olsen media lord and savior).You can watch the video version of this ep by subscribing to our Patreon here.Some other links we talk about: Lindsay Lohan reflects on the cover Hilary Duff reflects on ‘anxiety-inducing' Vanity Fair cover Evan Rachel Wood, The Real Story Behind That Iconic 'Raining Teens' Vanity Fair CoverFind us on Social Media!Instagram: @theythoughtiwasyouTikTok: @theythoughtiwasyouBecca: @beccarothLani: @laniharmsDo you know if Juicy Couture sponsored the "It's Totally Raining Teens" issue? Do you know the correct way to pronounce "Ryan Phillippe?" Email us: theythoughtiwasyou@gmail.comSupport the show

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1054, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Abolitionism 1: Between 1830 and 1860, this system transported many runaway slaves to southern Ontario. the Underground Railroad. 2: Before the Harpers Ferry attack, he and his men killed 5 proslavers in Pottawatomie, Kansas. John Brown. 3: This 1787 ordinance included a fugitive slave clause. the Northwest Ordinance. 4: The first issue of this William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist paper was published January 1, 1831. The Liberator. 5: By means of the Missouri Compromise, this New England state was admitted as a free state. Maine. Round 2. Category: Historical Transports 1: The V-8 Ford in which this criminal couple were gunned down in 1934 became an instant attraction. Bonnie and Clyde. 2: Good grief! The Command Module and Lunar Module for Apollo 10 were named for these 2 characters. Snoopy and Charlie Brown. 3: It made its final flight in April 1928 when Charles Lindbergh presented it to the Smithsonian. the Spirit of St. Louis. 4: James Lawrence was referring to his frigate the Chesapeake when he gave this famous command in 1813. "Don't give up the ship". 5: When this "Express" train crashed in 1900, Casey Jones died with his hand still on the brake lever. the Cannonball Express. Round 3. Category: Divinity 1: Born from a golden egg, this multifaced god of creation in Hinduism mediates between Vishnu and Shiva. Brahma. 2: Shinto deities are called kami; Inari is the kami of this grain. rice. 3: The Mahdi is an anticipated messianic spiritual figure who will restore this faith to its rightful purity. Islam (or Muslim). 4: 1 John 4 says "God is" this and "perfect" this "casteth out fear". love. 5: When Christian Science refers to the supreme being, it uses the term "divine" this 4-letter word. mind. Round 4. Category: Driving Alexis 1: In 1912 someone must have driven Alexis Carrel to give his Nobel lecture on suturing these, arteries and veins. blood vessels. 2: If you're driving company founder Alexis Ohanian to Reddit's offices, head for the Tenderloin area of this city. San Francisco. 3: If you're driving this actress, it may be to the set of "The Handmaid's Tale". Alexis Bledel. 4: You'd want to drive the czarevich Alexis (born 1904) very carefully as he suffered from this condition. hemophilia. 5: Driving this author of "Democracy in America" may have been rough as he complained, "Trail infernal, carriage without springs". (Alexis) de Tocqueville. Round 5. Category: Genius: Picasso 1: Living in Barcelona in 1899, Picasso befriended fellow artists and dodged police looking for these radicals against all government. anarchists. 2: Young Picasso was influenced by bullfighting and the pageantry of this southern region that includes Malaga. Andalusia. 3: Many of Picasso's motivations are dramatized, like how the horrors of the Spanish Civil War inspired this masterpiece. Guernica. 4: As a young man, Picasso lived in Catalonia with a friend, painting and avoiding service in this 1898 conflict. the Spanish-American War. 5: The suicide of a close friend in 1901 stimulated the emotional expressiveness of this period of Picasso's work. the Blue Period. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Yale educator and TV writer/producer, Aaron Tracy, returns to chat with me about surviving the WGA writer's strike, finally teaching the podcast at Yale, and his latest audio thriller on Audible, Nowhere Man, starring Lee Pace and Zosia Mamet. Aaron Tracy also teaches “The Art and Craft of Television Drama” at Yale University, and his TV credits include Law & Order: SVU, Fairly Legal, The Tap, and Sequestered, a serialized thriller that ran two seasons, for which he was Creator and Executive Producer.  He is also a Creator, Director,  and Exec. Producer of scripted audio dramas for iHeartRadio, Audible, and Spotify, with various production partners including: Supreme: The Battle For Roe, his 9-part audio drama starring Eva Longoria (feat. Maya Hawke and William H. Macy); Murder in Bermuda (feat. Mary-Louise Parker); and many others. His most recent is Nowhere Man (exclusively from Audible, premieres Thursday, December 14, 2023), a noir political thriller Executive Produced by and starring Lee Pace, with co-stars Zosia Mamet, and Chazz Palminteri. “Set in the mid-1980s, Nowhere Man is a dark, paranoid thriller about temptation and obsession through the prism of a profession most people don't even know exists.” Aaron's debut audio drama, The Coldest Case, a detective thriller starring Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, and Alexis Bledel, premiered as the #1 download on Audible in 2021, and has since become the most downloaded show in Audible Plus history. [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Aaron Tracy and I discussed: Why he loves the ‘80s period pieces How his directing experience has shaped his writing Why he teaches the narrative podcast the same way he teaches Television Drama The two greatest innovations of the modern TV art form  What aspiring TV writers should be reading And a lot more! Show Notes: Yale University – Aaron Tracy Aaron Tracy Audible Page Amazon Author Page for William Goldman Story by Robert McKee [Amazon] Save the Cat by Blake Snyder [Amazon] Aaron Tracy on IMdB Aaron Tracy on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we discuss inspirational quotes about women living with wolves, Maddy's late night texts from Santa, getting catfished by Amazon, having a go-bag for Bill from MATEOTW, child's play true crime talk, how these characters are absolute husks, the era of wearing biz casual to the cloob, the horror of watching a camp director say "as I live and breathe", the epidemic of Brian Melo ass squared baseball caps in this flick, whether they wear crotch guards while in the pants, how much  Kostas sucks, how Carmen's mom has zero friends, the secret villain of this movie and SO MUCH MORE!!!

This latest episode is a perfect fit as Maura and Donny try on the 2001 Anne Brashares novel  “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” It was followed by the 2005 film adaptation starring Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

What's better than perfect romantic chemistry between your leads on a teen show? When they're dating in real life! In this episode we're listing our favorite off-screen romances between teen show cast members. Whether they were a fling or the real thing, these relationships helped make their characters even more iconic. We watched their shows. We read about them in magazines. Today we break it all down! SPOILER ALERT Our list includes: Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), Alexis Bledel and Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore Girls), Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody (The O.C.), Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill), Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries), Blake Lively and Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl), Lea Michele and Cory Monteith (Glee), Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse (Riverdale), Madelyn Cline and Chase Stokes (Outer Banks). Follow Previously On Teen TV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/previouslyon_teentv/?hl=en  Follow Previously On Teen TV on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@previouslyon_teentv 

Abbey is going to Europe ,and Jenny is going insane with getting to the bottom of a health scare. Both girls loved reliving their teenage years after watching this week's romcom "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" starring allstars, Blake Lively, America Ferrara, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel. Abbey was obsessed with the storylines with love interests, but Jenny brings her back down to Earth with a big red flag from Kostas. The girls want justice for Carmen and also wanted to be at the cantina in Mexico with Bridget. This one took them back! Take care of your love pants...er..ferns!  romcomedians@gmail.com @romcomedianspod @_jennyjennings @abbeyfinch

It turns out that not all divorces are trashy, and for Gilmore Girls actress Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore) her recent split from ex-husband Vincent Kartheiser was handled as discretely as all the other parts of their relationship. But sometimes on a long holiday weekend, you just have to dive into your Gilmore Girls fandom, which we do here with great abandon. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Visit Betterhelp.com/trashy and get 10% off your first month when you sign up at the link! Mau Pets. Get 5% off your cat's new favorite cat tree, cave, ledge, scratching post, and more, while also giving your room a glow up! Visit maupets.com/trashy. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yale educator and TV writer/producer, Aaron Tracy, spoke with me about what it takes to make it as a TV writer, breaking into the audio drama space, producing Audible's most successful original fiction series, and working on the upcoming “Supreme” with Eva Longoria. Aaron Tracy teaches “The Art and Craft of Television Drama” at Yale University, and his TV credits include Law & Order: SVU, Fairly Legal, The Tap, and Sequestered, a serialized thriller that ran two seasons, for which he was Creator and Executive Producer.  He is also the Creator, Head Writer, and Exec. Producer of scripted audio dramas for iHeartRadio, Audible, and Spotify, with various production partners. These include an underdog NBA story with Steve Nash, a legal thriller with James Patterson, a historical romance with Shonda Rhimes, and a courtroom drama with Eva Longoria. His first show to be released, The Coldest Case, a detective thriller starring Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, and Alexis Bledel, premiered as the #1 download on Audible in 2021, and has since become the most downloaded show in Audible Plus history. His audio entertainment company, Parallax, is the home for “prestige scripted audio thrillers and thought-provoking unscripted fare.” [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Aaron Tracy and I discussed: The two paths available to aspiring TV writers  Why you need to always be pitching ideas How audio dramas harken back to the golden days of radio Landing big stars for "TV shows without the visuals" Working with Rob Reiner How to write for the ear Why the journey is the destination for writers And a lot more! Show Notes: Yale University – Aaron Tracy Aaron Tracy Audible Page Aaron Tracy on IMdB Aaron Tracy on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DJ & Toppie discuss the trivia behind the 2000 WB Comedy, Drama tv series "Gilmore Girls" starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. Join us again Live on UniVoz Fri 2/03 at 9pm EST Write to DJ & Toppie at matineeminutiae@gmail.com Leave a comment on our page at matineeminutiae.com Follow the show on Twitter. View our our videos on YouTube. Friend DJ on Facebook This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Happy Noirvember everyone!Join Anders Holmes as he rides solo on this episode of Anders Reviews... where he sits down to review the 2005 film Sin City. A neo-noir graphic novel adaptation/translation of Frank Miller's Sin City yarns (stories) directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller with Quentin Tarantino as a Special Guest Director. It features a large ensemble cast that features Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Powers Boothe, Alexis Bledel, Michael Clarke Duncan and Nick Stahl.We hope you enjoy the episode!Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/holmesmoviespodFollow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we have been recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic: https://letterboxd.com/andersfholmes/list/holmes-movies-recommends/Check out Anders's Scary Movie Month 2022 list and see what horror movies he saw last month: https://letterboxd.com/andersfholmes/list/scary-movie-month-marathon-2022/Follow Anders on twitter: https://twitter.com/fabricius91Follow Adam on twitter: https://twitter.com/NorthamptonDaneAlso check us out on Letterboxd!Anders: https://letterboxd.com/AndersFHolmes/Adam: https://letterboxd.com/adamhfholmes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jede Preisverleihung hat auch ihre Gedenkminute an die verstorbenen und jedes Mal gibt es danach Ärger mit den Fans da diese der Meinung sind dass ihr Liebling da ebenfalls genannt werden müsste. So auch in der heutigen Folge in denen Britt ihren Unmut über die Emmy`s los werden muss. Des Weiteren haben wir eine berühmte Katze und ihr Interview, ein neues Kopf , Leondardi DiCaprio und seine Frauen und am Ende haben wir wieder eine Hochzeit und ein Baby. Also wie gewohnt Ende gut alle gut!

Grab a cup of coffee and a pop tart, because Laney and Kira are talking all about Gilmore Girls Season 1! Cozy up with us and come ready for some trivia questions. GNI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlsnightinthepod/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D GNI Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2X8lmI4ESRDpdpBbPMkme0?si=Q9OLiTmoSHSLr_XSv4Ia2Q&nd=1 

Madonna has called her marriages to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie a mistake & more!  Listen here and learn more at OKmagazine.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie and Bridget both share a pair of pants as they re-watch the movie: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! It's a movie all about friendship, growing up, getting stalked by older men, experiencing abuse and trauma, traveling the world, and of course - pants. Come along as we meet four friends Carmen, Tibby, Bridget, and Lena. Carmen gets to go stay with her absent father for the summer to get shunned, fat-shamed, and treated terribly, all ending with her wearing unwashed pants to his wedding... Cute? Tibby makes a great new friend Bailey who then IMMEDIATELY DIES OF A TERMINAL ILLNESS. WOW. Bridget is possibly in another country(?) at a "soccer camp" when she then sleeps with her older coach and it's just terrible. And Lena is also having an inappropriate relationship, just in Greece! There are no Mamma Mia songs in here unfortunately... Released in 2005, it stars America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, and Blake Lively.

Friend and industry insider Dennis Jacobs is back to break down the HBOMax/Discovery Plus merger and how it's impacting the content we watch. Plus we discuss the latest news on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Alexis Bledel, Gary Busey and What We're Watching!

onah Hill is no longer promoting projects due to anxiety attacks. With newly released FBI documents shedding light on the mid-air fight that led to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie divorcing, PEOPLE's Charlotte Triggs chronicles the alleged altercation. This week's Heart Monitor looks at relationships surrounding Alexis Bledel, Lee Pace, and Teresa Guidice. Bailee Madison opens up about filming Pretty Little Liars and what it was like growing up as a fan of the original show, to starring on the reboot. For these stories and more, head to PEOPLE.com.Follow on Instagram: Nigel Smith - @nigelmfs Charlotte Triggs - @charloshka Bailee Madison - @baileemadison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes are here to wax nostalgic about an early 2000s classic, featuring some magical denim and one life-changing summer, in THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS. Raise your hand if you also desperately wanted to be Alexis Bledel in this movie…! Lena + Kostos 4Eva

The Sisterhood Of The Travel(l)ing Pants 2! Don't worry if you haven't listened to the first episode, we haven't either! Oscar and Carl jump straight into this cult classic (sequel), and with no understanding of the concept, make judgements (and try and figure out who would watch this).

Skinny jeans, mom jeans, flares, low and high rise - the gang's all here! This week Ty and Rach delve into the coming of age classic, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ty reminisces on what it's like to grow up with your gal pals while sharing experiences and growing into your womanhood... or wait, maybe that's Rach. Stay until the end to find out what Ty takes issue with. You won't believe it.

This episode is a long time coming, an in-depth look at one of our favourite shows, the aesthetically cozy 'Gilmore Girls!'Cousin Mary is back as guest-host as we debate and revisit key elements throughout the series, exploring both the original run and four part 'A Year in the Life' revival on Netflix, the devoted fandom, and of course behind the scenes gossip; including potential cast drama and the much discussed exit of showrunner's Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino.Along the way we explore the love interests (a game of F, marry, kill for Dean/Jess/Logan was inevitable), talk problematic aspects of the show, the rumoured rift between Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson, and whether we'll get more episodes. And heads up, there is a special giveaway we announce!For a more dynamic experience, follow us on Instagram @haveyouheardpodcast. So many of our episodes, including this one, are shaped through discussions with listeners, which you can revisit through our IG highlights. We also post cool articles, tv/film recommendations, and generally love to break down notable cultural moments.Support the pod by sharing and subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider rating 5 stars and writing a review on Apple or Spotify, it goes a long way and is much appreciated! xo MahsaHelpful references and links  / pop culture homework:Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and Everything in Between (Lauren Graham)Gilmore Girls Has Never Been a Pro Choice Show (Cosmopolitan, Emma Dibdin)

This week we watched Jenny's Wedding (2015), directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue and starring Katherine Heigl and Alexis Bledel. Claire breaks out the tin foil hat to try and figure out who this movie is for and Haley laments on how hard writing is.

On today's What to Watch: Top Gun: Maverick is the biggest debut of Tom Cruise's career — find out how much it made. Is Stranger Things character Will gay? Executive producer Shawn Levy weighs in on the theories and lines that have fans wondering. Two stars leave The Blacklist, season 6 will be the last for The Good Fight, Matthew Morrison is out as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, and Alexis Bledel is departing The Handmaid's Tale. The Nancy Drew spin-off series Tom Swift debuts, with the playboy billionaire trying to find his missing father. Oscar-winner Danny Boyle directs the news series Pistol, about the famed punk rock band the Sex Pistols. And Superman & Lois returns from hiatus with the titular duo dealing with a suspicious Jordan and Jonathan. Plus, This Week in Entertainment History and trivia. More at ew.com, ew.com/wtw, and @EW. Host/Producer: Gerrad Hall (@gerradhall); Producer: Ashley Boucher (@ashleybreports); Editor/Producer: Joshua Heller (@joshuaheller); Writer: Calie Schepp; Executive Producer: Chanelle Johnson (@chanelleberlin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do, a troop of wilderness girls lead by a flamboyant den-mother, and a quartet of pants-swapping besties, have in common? This week on THE MOVIE CONNECTION: KC watched: "TROOP BEVERLY HILLS" (3:49) (Directed by, Jeff Kanew. Starring, Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas...) Jacob watched: "SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS" (24:21) (Directed by, Ken Kwapis. Starring, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, America Ferrera...) Talking points include: Girl Scout Cookie Time Divorce, 80's style Bailey and more!! Send us an email to let us know how we're doing: movieconnectionpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Check out more reviews from Jacob on Letterboxd Cover art by Austin Hillebrecht, Letters by KC Schwartz

Should people who like each other kiss? Or is some ages old business rivalry worth not kissing? On today's bonus Authorized, we talk about Alexis Bledel doing the lowest rent version of Romeo and Juliet possible while her "sisters" undergo emotional traumas. It's 2005's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! Come hear Overbye trip over Ken Kwapis' biography repeatedly before forcing everyone to talk about shitty friendships they've had. Is this what fun is? Authorized will return January 6th, 2022 with Batman and Robin by Michael Jan Friedman. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorizedpod/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/authorizedpod/support

In this stand-alone episode, we compare Natalie Babbitt's 1975 novel, Tuck Everlasting, to its 2002 film adaptation of the same name starring Alexis Bledel and Jonathan Jackson.  Email us: breakfastpeoplepodcast@gmail.com Find us somewhere on twitter. Based on Books theme song: "Pieces of You" by Keenan Flagg --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basedonbooks/support

Archie and Zara try to dig up dirt on Alexis Bledel. 

Chelsea & Donny may have hung up their trench coats, but they're always on the case when it comes to discussing early 2000s pop culture, and they couldn't have found a better guest for the job than Kelli, host of "Nostalgia and Now with Laguna Biotch." The three of them break down the iconic 2003 Vanity Fair cover that truly was our first Avengers team up. Who saw Mandy Moore and Alexis Bledel being the most successful out of the bunch? Certainly not the wardrobe department, who decided to dress Alexis as if she was reporting to duty for her first day as a bookkeeper. Then, Chelsea dives deeper into the article, sharing some of Mary-Kate & Ashley's deepest secrets, including how many Juicy Couture sweat suits they own.The vanity fair article in question: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/07/teens_portfolio200307Follow us on social media!Chelsea: @ohnobravoDonny: @realdonnywoodThe Dipp: @thedippKelli: @laguna_biotch

Speaking of global warming, how amazing is Mandy Moore!?  In this episode, Archie and Zara review the most significant moments of her career. Listen as they try to stay on topic despite many technical difficulties and distractions such as the failure to hit "Record", Zara's barking dog, and Archie's blood alcohol concentration.  Who will they talk about next week? Will it be Lindsey Lohan or Alexis Bledel? Raven Symone or Evan Rachel Wood? Find out next Thursday, August 19th!

Damian Pelliccione is the co-founder and CEO of Revry. We discuss saying no to his family cheese business, being an early expert in live video for car shows, launching the 1st Queer streamer network from his living room, how a delayed mortgage and the launch of QueerX festival almost bankrupt the company, the power of grassroots marketing during SF Pride, how diversity inclusion starts with ownership, and changing the narrative for the Queer community.Subscribe to our newsletter. We explore the intersection of media, technology, and commerce: sign-up linkLearn more about our market research and executive advisory: RockWater websiteFollow The Come Up on Twitter: @TCUpodEmail us: tcupod@wearerockwater.com---Chris Erwin:Hi, I'm Chris Erwin. Welcome to The Come Up, a podcast that interviews entrepreneurs and leaders. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to November, around Thanksgiving of 2015. I was playing a new Apple TV. You install it on your TV and you search for apps of apps that are of interest to you. I searched lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer. Nothing came up. I was like, ding. The light bulb went off. This is it. We're going to create the first LGBT streaming network. I had Alia, LaShawn, and Chris in my living. I said, "I have this idea. What do you guys think?" They were like, "Yeah, let's do it. We're all in." Chris Erwin:This week's episode features Damian Pelliccione, the co-founder and CEO of Revry. Damian was born in Canada, and since a young age had a passion for the creative arts. So he passed on taking over his family's large cheese and food distribution business, and moved to New York City to study acting and production. But after the tragic events of 9/11, Damian decided to move to LA and became an early mover and shaker in digital video. He did it all, from early web streaming and YouTube production, to producing live streams at car shows, and even running his own digital workshops. Chris Erwin:In 2015, Damian was sitting in his living room with three friends, frustrated by the fact that there wasn't any queer streamer apps on platforms like Apple TV or Amazon Prime, so he decided to change that and soon after launched the first 24/7 queer streamer network, Revry TV. Chris Erwin:Damian and I get into a lot of different things during our chat. Some highlights include how a delayed mortgage and the launch of the QueerX festival almost cost Damian the company, the wild success of grassroots marketing at San Francisco Pride, why Damian was such a standout at one of my executive dinners in LA, and changing the narrative for the queer community. Chris Erwin:All right, I'm pumped that we get to publish this episode during Pride month. Let's get to it. Chris Erwin:Damian, thanks for being on the podcast. Damian Pelliccione:Thanks so much, Chris, for having me. It's exciting to be here. Chris Erwin:Awesome. Let's rewind a bit. Why don't you tell me about where you grew up and what your household was like. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, so I grew up actually in Canada. I'm from Toronto, a suburb of Toronto actually called Unionville, which is a small town, colonial, turn of the century, Victorian home that I grew up that was built in the later 1800s. It was a wonderful place to grow up because it was extremely multicultural. There was definitely not one of anything in terms of race and culture. Ironically enough, even though my family is extremely Italian, my father was actually born in Italy and immigrated at six years old to escape World War II. He was the youngest of six. Both my nonna and nonno, which is Italian for grandmother and grandfather- Chris Erwin:Oh, I'm Italian as well. Damian Pelliccione:Really? Chris Erwin:My mother was born in Italy, in Trieste, on what used to be the Yugoslavian border. I know nonna and pop pop. That's my grandparents. Damian Pelliccione:Parli Italiano? Chris Erwin:No. My mom spoke Italian growing up, and spoke it with my grandmother, but never taught the children. To this day, we always give my mom crap about that. Damian Pelliccione:[inaudible 00:03:33]. This is where my talking with my hands, that is completely my Italian [crosstalk 00:03:39]. Chris Erwin:It's all coming together now. Damian Pelliccione:All coming together, yeah. My family, my dad, was from [inaudible 00:03:46], which is in the [inaudible 00:03:49] province of Abruzzo. Unfortunately it was ravaged by a massive earthquake in the early 2000s. Since recovered, but we still have family there. I have cousins actually there. My dad... cross section of Damian is my dad was the entrepreneur in the family. Him and my uncle started the family business, which is huge in Canada. We're, I think in the top five biggest Italian cheese distributors to Canada. Chris Erwin:Wow. Damian Pelliccione:They obviously distribute to the United States as well. They built that from scratch, my dad and my uncle, and now all my cousins run the company. I had no interest in selling cheese. Chris Erwin:Was the opportunity was available to you and you were just like, "Ah, pass"? Damian Pelliccione:Of course. In a big Italian family, the opportunity was given to me and my sister. Both of us past. My sister, Kelly, was definitely going into a different sector than sales and cheese distribution. It's ironic, because I'm in distribution, but I'm more on the film and TV side of distribution, not the food side of distribution. Definitely was very inspired by my father, who was a tremendous salesman, and an entrepreneur who ran his own businesses and obviously started the big family business with my uncle. Damian Pelliccione:Then, ironically enough, my mother is also Italian, but she is third generation. Her and her parents were born in Canada. Her grandparents were born in Italy, a different part of Italy, too. Calabria, which is the heel of Italy, just across from Sicily. It's a little bit different in terms of Italian traditions between the two families, but obviously my mom and my dad are wonderful people. My mother was a politician. She was chairman of the Catholic school board. So was my father, actually, before my mother was. She ran the race relations committee in our city where we grew up. You can see, my mother was a politician, and my father, the entrepreneur, and out comes Damian. Chris Erwin:Yeah, I was going to say, I was like, it makes total sense because I think about, you're the ultimate showmen. You have incredible charisma. I remember that from when we first met at one of our executive dinners. Then the entrepreneurial bend, now I know where that comes from. Yeah, totally get it now. Damian Pelliccione:One of the biggest things, you know Toronto. Most of my family lives in Woodbridge, or Vaughan, which is extremely Italian, predominantly Italian. My mother and my father were very much, this is instilled in me and my sister growing up, about being respectful and understanding and learning about all races, religions, and cultures and walks of life. They chose Unionville, which is a part of town where it was very eclectic. I had friends from all over the world, whose families were immigrants from all over the world. I had so many different cultural upbringings. My parents even made me and my sister, even though I was raised Catholic... I'm not very practicing myself. I consider myself Agnostic, but made us go to all the different: Hindu, Jewish, Islam, all the different sects to see what that religion could provide. Chris Erwin:Would you actually go to their places of worship? Damian Pelliccione:Yeah. I went once or twice to multiple places of worship my mother would take me and my sister to because she wanted us to experience everybody. I think that is where, at least for me, it was instilled at a very young age, were authenticity, diversity, and inclusion, before it was even a thing. This is the late 80s, early 90s. I'm 40 years old now. That was always a part of my upbringing. I think it's ironic where you have a mother politician, father, entrepreneur, and very inclusive family in terms of how we were raised and outcomes Damian and Revry. Chris Erwin:Your mother was super ahead of the times giving you exposure to these different religions and different cultures early on. I get that. I see that as a seed for what you're doing for the overall queer community, trying to drive awareness and inclusion and change the message around queer culture. I think that's brilliant. Chris Erwin:I think that you are involved in the dramatic arts and the school for film and TV at an early age as well. Was this something that came out in your teen years, or before then? When did that start to be? Damian Pelliccione:I was a scene stealer before I was even five years old. I think my performance started at family functions where I have some cousins, and we're all born the same year. I would direct and create the family productions. The kids would get together and we would put on some kind of a show, where it was a musical number, a comedy, or whatever. We would perform for the whole family in the living room. I did this growing up, I think until the time I was 10 or 12 years old. We made that a fun family activity. Of course that led me into being an actor, and I started with community theater, just like anyone else does in Unionville or Markham, Ontario, where I'm from. Damian Pelliccione:From there, I auditioned for the Arts York program, which is part of Unionville High School. Unionville High School ironically enough had this arts program that was to take kids from all over the region, so not just by town, but other surrounding townships who specialize in music or dance, or visual arts, or drama. I was accepted to the drama program and had the most amazing inspirational teachers. These folks are still family members of mine. They inspired me in so many ways to stay in the arts and stay in drama. My passion when I was a teenager and into my early 20s was to be an actor. That's what led me to New York City. I got into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and graduated from that program in 2001. Damian Pelliccione:Then 9/11 happened, and I had already booked a gig in Los Angeles. I was going to do this actor showcase for agents and managers and casting directors. I had a really good friend, one of my good friends from high school, is Hayden Christiansen, who is, as you know, Darth Vader. Hayden, like, come to LA, you should come to LA. I came to LA. Did the showcase, stayed on his couch I think for one or two nights and at a hotel and with other friends. Before the end of the week, I had been booked. I had been booked on a short. Got a commercial agent, got a theatrical agent. Chris Erwin:Okay, interjection. Along this journey, was your family supportive, or were they increasingly questioning, like, Damian, we have ae family cheese business, why are you not involved? Everyone else is here, what are you doing? Damian Pelliccione:No, they've been supportive the whole way through of my career. I am very lucky and blessed. They've been supportive of me, as a queer man, and they also have been supportive of Chris and I, my partner. They've been extremely supportive of my career. They knew, I think, what they were getting into at an early age, that this was pathway, was to be in entertainment. They helped my entire journey, both financially... I was very lucky, and I'm blessed that I had that opportunity. And even my immigration to the United States, because remember, I'm not an American citizen. I am now. I only became an American citizen three years ago now. They have been extremely supportive of my career the entire time, and supporting me early on and when I was in college, obviously financially, and then also with my move to Los Angeles. And then from there, I did what every other actor does. I waited tables for probably almost 10 years. Chris Erwin:You're at Hayden Christiansen's, on his couch, and then all of a sudden you start getting booked. You get an agent, so you're like, okay, this is happening for me. My career is taking off, right? Damian Pelliccione:Here's what's funny. After I finished school in New York, which is a two year program at ADA, I made a deal with my parents. I had been accepted to Concordia University in Montreal for philosophy, which ironically enough I had failed in high school. I'm like this is kind of funny that they accepted me for philosophy. I packed up my apartment in New York. This is, again, a month after 9/11. The decision was if I don't book an agent or manager or things don't start to feel like they're going to pick up in Los Angeles, then I'll go to Montreal, and I'll tell the movers to take my stuff to Montreal, or take my stuff to Los Angeles. Damian Pelliccione:I got lucky. They took my stuff to Los Angeles, and that was October of 2001. It was a crazy time to be in Hollywood. It was an exciting time to be 20 years old and moving to LA, and just hitting the ground running. I think one of the biggest things is that I've always had commitment to everything that I do, good or bad. I think that that has been my greatest life lesson. It was an exciting time. It was back when there was still pilot season, and you test for pilots. I tested for a bunch of pilots, and back when the casting process wasn't about your Instagram influence or your Facebook, or your YouTube. It was well before all those times. It was the old school... I think I even still have my black and white, 8 x 10 head shots that they had from that era. It was an exciting time. Damian Pelliccione:Look, when you're 20 years old, and I was also coming out at the time as gay and queer, it was a great place to be for me, both professionally and socially. Chris Erwin:In terms of pursuing your career, where do you start to hone in, which is like okay, of all the different types of acting or genre or projects that I can do, where were you starting to lean into more? Damian Pelliccione:Like I was saying, my early 20s was all about acting. I auditioned for a bunch of things, worked with agencies. My biggest booking to date was the Gilmore Girls. I actually had one pretty big scene with Alexis Bledel, and a character whose name was Lance. It was season five. I still have... well people and friends and family who watch it on Netflix, marathon watch it. They're like, "Oh my God." They'll screenshot it with their phone and send me a text. I still get residual checks from that show, because it's such a legacy project, right? It was wonderful to do that. I had done a bunch of independent. I had done a bunch of commercials. I had a pretty decent resume as an actor, but then the writer's strike happened in 2009, and it changed. Damian Pelliccione:That's when there was a dramatic shift. My roommate at the time, Deanna Nicole Baxter, who is a true inspiration of mine, had started to create a web series. This is 2006. Remember for context, YouTube launched in 2005, 2006. Chris Erwin:Is this like lonelygirl around that time, too? Damian Pelliccione:Before. Chris Erwin:Before, wow. Damian Pelliccione:This is [inaudible 00:13:44] 88, which won the first daytime technical Emmy for best broadband drama. I saw Deanna do it, and I was completely inspired by her commitment for work and the team that she had. I was like, oh, she can do it, I can do it. I'm always inspired by other people. I surrounded myself with amazing like-minded friends who I still have today, who have always been supportive. We've always supported each other's work along the way. This is my chosen family, as we say in the gay community. It's also, we need to inspire each other to push ourselves to do more. Deanna was one of those, and still today, is a big inspiration for how I lead. Seeing her win the first ever Emmy, was, hey, if she can do it, I'm going to do it. I created a web series vehicle for myself, called Homolebrity. Chris Erwin:Wait, hold on. Wait, hold on. Homolebrity? Damian Pelliccione:Homolebrity, yeah. It's not a very PC name for today, but the idea was to play off the reality boom at the time, and queer celebrity and the reality boom. I remember I was pitching it to Logo, which had just launched as well in 2007 in hopes that we'd get our own TV deal. Bright eyes, big hopes. The whole thing was, regardless of it just going to the web, we did it. We did another one. We did a superhero fantasy show called [inaudible 00:15:04]. We just, I kept producing and producing and producing, and eventually I wasn't putting myself in it, because people are like, "Oh, you're a great producer." Chris Erwin:Were you self distributing, or were you distributing through third-parties? Damian Pelliccione:Oh yeah. No, we were self distributing, just like everybody else. You would call it, I guess user generated content, but we were doing it on a bigger scale and a lot more scripted. It was a really exciting time, and I just got really good at producing. Here's where the transition happened, and I transitioned out of being an actor and being a producer. I produced for other people, and more projects. Damian Pelliccione:I started our own little production company. I remember my first office, which is right at 5th and Spring, because I had a loft in downtown. This is now, cut to 2007-2008. I had a couple of friends. One was an editor and a shooter. The other one was a producer as well. We had this office that was 150 square feet, one room, [inaudible 00:15:58], and three desks. We were like, we're going to be a production company. We just started producing stuff. We produced things for broadband TV and we produced things for YouTube. Some of them we got paid for, and some of them we didn't. We produced Illeana Douglas with Easy to Assemble. I think it was her second or third season. It was a lot of folks who were, they saw and recognized our skillset for user generated content and specifically the web. That was our first office. Chris Erwin:You transitioned from an actor to a producer. Then you're having more and more projects. Some you're getting paid for. Where do you think this is headed? In this moment when you're like, I'm on my way to be a film producer. Damian Pelliccione:That was literally what I was thinking. I'm like, I'm on my way to be a film producer, and I love the journey, and I love production. Even just now, I produced something in house for us last week and every time I get to be on set it reminds me about my passion for even just being a producer and how much fun it is. Then afterwards, we did this for awhile and produced a whole bunch of work, a lot of editorial content, broadband TV, when broadband had been around different areas and different cities. Damian Pelliccione:You could bid for different stories or pitch them stories, very much like a newsroom. That was really exciting. We did a bunch of different op ed pieces and exciting pieces. We even, I remember covering the... this is so funny. I was covering Prop 8 in the 2008 elections, the proposition for equality marriage. There was this big rally in downtown Los Angeles, and it was a lot of Yes on 8, and for context, Yes on 8 was you're anti gay marriage. No on 8 was you're pro gay marriage. I was at a Yes on 8 rally, and I thought I was undercover. I was with my friend, Logan, who produced a show called The Yellow Mic. I was interviewing people and asking them questions about why are you voting yes, and tell us your theories, and collecting the other side of the story, which is really interesting. Damian Pelliccione:Then all of a sudden, the police are like, "We're going to put up blockades in the No on 8 people." They stopped the intersection and there was Yes on 8, No on 8 people across the aisle yelling and screaming and holding up their signage and marching. All of a sudden, Sacha Baren Cohen shows up. He did a film where he was the gay character. He shows up. No one knows who he is, and we were the only who had cameras. I'm like, "Oh my God, that's Sacha Baren Cohen." We got him doing it. We were the only ones with cameras. I remember the next morning we sold it to the news and TMZ. That was my foray into being a paparazzi, which was kind of exciting. It ran on, I think KTLA even and TMZ the next day. Chris Erwin:Oh wow. Where does this lead you, Damian? You're being opportunistic. What's the next major step as you're working your way to eventually be the founder of Revry? Damian Pelliccione:The next step was I worked at Dogma Studios, [inaudible 00:18:41] who was my CEO there saw something in me. Started producing a lot of great content, did stuff with Taylor Dane, Taylor [inaudible 00:18:48] who has since passed, and some great comedians. Dogma, of course, happened during the recession in 2009. I only got to be there for a year, and Scott cut our department. But Scott's like, "Hey, we have this great space. Do something with it." The next thing that I created was with Deanna, which was web TV workshop, which was literally, we're like, hey, what do people do in a recession? They go back to learning new skills. We created our own, tried to produce content for the web with an Emmy award winning actress, writer, director, Deanna Nicole Baxter, and Damian Pelliccione, entrepreneur and web producer as well. Chris Erwin:Was it an early master class, like you sold these as tutorial videos? Damian Pelliccione:Not even videos. We did videos a year later, but we were doing it brick and mortar, where on Tuesday nights every week, or Tuesday/Thursday nights, and we had [inaudible 00:19:36] speak and then [inaudible 00:19:38] speak. [inaudible 00:19:38] we had speakers... like lonelygirl from [inaudible 00:19:41]. Everybody, they all come and speak in the class and we would have different topics ranging from production, all the way to the distribution and understanding the technology and YouTube. It was an eight week course. We were packed. We were full. We did that for a year, and then we created an online version, which now you can still on [inaudible 00:19:58], which was shot, I think in 2000, oh my God, '10 or '11. They still use it on their website. Yeah, it was an exciting time, and that took us into technology. Damian Pelliccione:From there, just to bridge the gap to Revry, Deanna and I were approached an Israeli casting startup called Audish, which was a self casting website, because now we're going into the world of not having to do self casting, which is now the norm, and shooting yourself and making sure it's all final. I was head of business development and user experience. Deanna was head of sales and marketing. Chris Erwin:Is this the first time that you're working for somebody else, or a startup? Because before it's like these are your own projects. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, Dogma was, they were more of a post house, and I worked for them. They were established. They were not a startup, but yes, this was the first time working for a startup. It was Audish. It was super fun. We'd work at the founder's house in West Hollywood in the Hills, and we were this small team. We just loved it. Then from there we got approached by another startup, which was kind of doing something similar, another Israeli casting startup called eTribez which still exists. Then from there, I got approached by Chevy and Cadillac to do auto shows, both domestic and abroad. In the auto shows I was doing, I was product present. They put me on stage on what those rotating stages to talk about the cars. Chris Erwin:How did they find you? How did Chevy and Cadillac say, "We think Damian's going to be a great showman to sell our cars?" How does that come to be? Damian Pelliccione:I had a friend who worked for the agency, and the agency saw some of my work and said, "Hey do you want to do this?" I'm like, "Hell yeah, I get to travel the country." It was good pay. Then through that work, I suggested, "Hey, you know what you should do? Put a camera up connected to your GM website." Then all of a sudden it became this whole big thing about streaming these presentations. I was the first one to suggest this. This is 2013. You got 250,000 people coming through the Chicago Auto Show or the Detroit Auto Show. Put a camera in front of it and show the rest of the world what's happening here. That was huge. Then from there, they sent me to Geneva. They're like, "Oh, can you go do this for Cadillac in Geneva?" I'm like, "Sure, yeah. Why not? I've never been to Switzerland." I did it for a year. It was really exciting. GM is super, super corporate. I'll leave it at that. Damian Pelliccione:Then I found myself back in startup. The startup that I ended up leaving GM and Cadillac for was a German streaming company called Make.TV. I promise, this is the last one before I get to Revry. I'm giving you my entire resume right now. Chris Erwin:No, it's a great story. Damian Pelliccione:Make.TV, which has since been acquired by LTM group, I was head of VD for North America. Then someone got pregnant in Germany and they get a four year option. They gave me Globe. During my time there, I created a partnership with YouTube Space LA in New York. I actually trained creators at Space LA and Space New York on how to use this proved technology. It was a proven vendor of YouTube on how to stream live, and using multi cam and all that great stuff. I really got my feet wet with SaaS, and SaaS tech ed. I knew everybody in the YouTube market, all the influencers, all the execs, all the players, all the Space people in New York and LA, even in Space Dubai and Space Japan. It was really cool. They sent me all over the world. I went to Dubai for [inaudible 00:23:08]. I went to Singapore for broadcast Asia. Of course I was always at IBC in Amsterdam. I always at NAB here in Vegas. I went to all the entertainment tech shows and met everybody, and really understood the technology in a way and where it was going. Damian Pelliccione:I did that with Make.TV up until 2016, so almost three years, two and a half years. Chris Erwin:Were you developing a relationship as, okay, Damian is one of the preeminent digital producers, also with a specialty in live streaming as well? That was the brand you were creating for yourself. Damian Pelliccione:And understanding the technology, first and foremost. Going to all these technical trade shows, you're in front of all the new SaaS tech players, which used to when you went to NAB, a small section of one of the convention room floors. Now it's multiple floors, because it's all software. It's no longer hardware. Software and SaaS obviously in streaming is so huge. We were very OG SaaS tech streaming technology. Definitely carved a space for my knowledge. I just love this stuff. It was combining my love of technology and producing and content and entertainment into distribution and understanding really the ins and outs of how technology effectuates the consumer experience, and how that was my vision of how that would shift. Of course all of the things I thought of back then are all now definitely coming true today, or are already at fruition. Chris Erwin:Hey, listeners. This is Chris Erwin, your host of The Come Up. I have a quick ask for you. If you dig what we're putting down, if you like the show, if you like our guests, it would really mean a lot if you can give us a rating wherever you listen to our show. It helps other people discover our work, and it also really supports what we do here. All right, that's it everybody. Let's get back to the interview. Chris Erwin:Damian, I think next up is that you found Revry with three other co-founders. Tell me about that. Damian Pelliccione:Ironically enough, I was in Germany prepping for IBC in Amsterdam. I only speak a few words in German, and there's nothing to watch. There's not that much English content on TV that was in my hotel room. I watched the Apple broadcast every September, and then even when it was... before I'd even watch it every September when they had the new product launches with Steve Jobs, who's a hero of mine. Damian Pelliccione:I saw the announcement of the Apple TV, and specifically TV OS, the new operating system. I was like, wow, this is going to be huge. This is going to change TV. I see something here. I want to build something. I was inspired to do something. Of course, I didn't know what right away, right? It hadn't dawned on me. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to November, around Thanksgiving of 2015. When Chris, my partner, broke his iPhone, the glass on the iPhone. You used to go to the Apple store and they'd fix it there for you. Apple Care. I was playing a new Apple TV, and Alia, who is now my co-founder and our COO, she had gotten it in October when it came out. She's like, "It's super cool. You should get it. You should get it." Damian Pelliccione:I bought it, and you install it on your TV at home, and you search for apps, just like when you get an iPhone that's blank, of apps that are of interest to you. I searched lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer. Nothing came up. I was like, ding. The light bulb went off. I was like, this is it. We're going to create the first LGBTQ streaming network. I had Alia, LaShawn and Chris in my living. I said, "I have this idea. What do you guys think?" They were like, "Yeah, let's do it. We're all in." Chris Erwin:That just sounds so easy, because many people will say, "Oh yeah, I was recruiting them and they had different jobs, and someone just had a baby. They have financial obligations." But you guys, you're sitting in a room. You tell them the idea, and they're like, "Yeah, let's do it." Damian Pelliccione:I think everyone, besides... I'm just an entrepreneur who's crazy and has all the ideas. One of out of ten works. This is the one that's worked the biggest, in the biggest way. Alia wanted to be in entertainment. She was an attorney, went to law school with Chris. Her background is more small business and startup and employment law. I think she was over working at the firm she was at. Damian Pelliccione:LaShawn, besides being an Army veteran, woman of color like Alia, she is a graduate of the American Film Institute for editorial. She knows all the editorial, and she's our Chief Product Officer, is amazing at what she does in terms of spinning up channels. She was working on a freelance project, editing a film at the time. She was ready for the next big challenge. Damian Pelliccione:Chris, who was I think the most interesting story, he was the attorney for Shark Tank, and even worked on People's Choice awards. That was his biggest legal job. Prior to that he was at Original Productions doing a lot of the reality TV production contractions. When you're on a studio like that, it's not necessarily the most exciting thing. Depending on who your bosses were at the time... that's all I'm going to say about that. They're not necessarily the nicest people to work for. He was ready for a change. He's like, "This wasn't what I thought it was going to be." Damian Pelliccione:It's also difficult when I'm the one that's all over the place doing a whole bunch of different jobs. I'm like, "Let's quit both of our jobs, make no money for five years, and start this startup." Chris will tell you, it's the greatest decision he's ever made his entire life, the same with Alia and LaShawn. What we have built and what we have accomplished in five years consumer basing, this June, when we first started marketing our product at San Francisco Pride in 2016, drove ourselves up to SF, because gay capital of the world. Bigger Pride than Los Angeles, of course. We had a lot of friends up there that were going, so we're like why not? It's going to be a fun weekend. Self printed pink tshirts with a horrible old Revry logo on it. Giant postcard size fliers. I don't know why we thought that was a good idea. We hit the streets handing out the fliers. Chris Erwin:What were you promoting? Damian Pelliccione:Download our app, download our app, download our app. Just download our app and watch some great content. For those who you know, San Francisco, everyone parties in Delores Park on the Saturday before the Sunday of the parade. We were just walking through Delores Park handing out fliers with these hideous pink tshirts, fuchsia tshirts on with the Revry logo, old school Revry logo. People are like, "Oh, what street marketing team do you work for?" I'm like, "No, that's the CBO, that's the CPO, that's the COO. I'm the CEO." They're like, "What?" They're like, "You must really believe in what you do." I'm like, "No, we totally do." We were positing it on the porta potty stalls. We were trying to stick them up to walls and on posts. Damian Pelliccione:By the end of the weekend, we ended up getting booked on Oakland News. Two days later, San Francisco News. Bay Area News. Chris Erwin:What was the reception as you were telling people in the streets in Delores Park about Revry? Did they immediately get it? Were they confused? Damian Pelliccione:They got it, and they downloaded it, and they were watching stuff. They were subscribing. Again, this is the easiest sell, because it's queer capital of the world and San Francisco, tech capital of the world. They totally were in it to win it. I think they were just more astounded by our commitment, and that we're doing it in a very nontraditional, grassroots way. Damian Pelliccione:By the end of that weekend, had a friend of a friend of a friend who introduced us to Mac World. He was queer. He was a writer for Mac World. He's like, "I got to do a story on you." He did the interview that weekend. It didn't come out until about a month later, but once it was published, it was instantaneous downloads that rippled into 10 different languages and 100 different media publications, because Mac World is such a major player that we were the first LGBTQ TV OS app ever created for Apple TV. Damian Pelliccione:Even today, I will say we are bound to be featured again on IOS this next month in June. Everyone at Apple are big fans of Revry, and they keep featuring us, which I'm very happy about. I said it in this interview. If Tim Cook is listening, my ultimate dream is to have lunch with him in Cupertino at the Spaceship. I would fly up there in a heartbeat if he said yes. We'll see. You never know. Dream. Dream big. Chris Erwin:I think that's something I've seen in tracking your business over the last couple years since I first met you at that dinner, was that your resilience, persistence, and passion just always pays off. You've gotten a lot of nose in raising money and pitching partnerships, but then you call me three, six months later, and you're like, "I ended up getting that partnership. Yeah, we just got a check. Yeah, we just closed that round." Feels like the Tim Cook lunch in Cupertino is coming up. I'm excited to get that call from you. Damian Pelliccione:You'll be the first one to know, for sure. Chris Erwin:You mentioned that you launched QueerX in 2016. I want to hear about that, and then there's a pretty crazy moment in 2018 when you were running out of money. You had to do some unique financing structures to figure it out. Tell us about that. Damian Pelliccione:We're crazy. We launched two things at the same time. The former name of it was Out Web Fest. Then we rebranded to QueerX in 2019. We launched our own festival, kind of playing off the LGBT film festival circuit, but more focused on the short form side. Digital content, shorts, music videos, things that are typically not as publicized as feature films in the LGBTQ film festival consumer markets. Damian Pelliccione:We wanted to carve out that space and really highlight these new up and coming emerging voices. The big caveat to this was this is a great way to connect, create, an experiential event, create community, and also find content for Revry. At the end of the day, this is how we even seeded our application at the early stages, because folks were excited not to play in the festival. I would say about 50-60% were also excited to license us their content. It became a tool to curate content for our platform. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to 2018, an investor didn't write a check when we thought they were going to. That was going to be a thing that was going to float the festival. I was two weeks out from the festival, freaking out trying to figure out how to raise $10,000. I ended up getting a creative mortgage. I say that because it was a hard money loan, and not that it has interest... not terrible. I think at the time it was only 6%, but definitely- Chris Erwin:That's pretty good for hard money. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, definitely on the high end, but because my credit wasn't the greatest, because when you start a business your finances drop a little bit. You're not making as much money. You're taking a pay cut. That was the only available loan to me, but I was able to close it quick enough to be able to float what we needed for the festival. I remember how stressful that was and tears and joy when it did all come through. That's I think the testament to our resilience. That's just one story. There's multiple stories on how... not to get too down in the weeds, but how anytime we were close, and this is any startup has this problem, running out of money or close to the end of your burn or your runway, and you're like, "Oh shit, when is the next check going to come in? Is that investor really going to come through the door and cross the line? Are we going to get the revenue we need?" These are the stressors of your first five years. Damian Pelliccione:Then eventually as time goes on and you sustain, you get... this becomes less and less of an issue. I can count at least two or three moments in time with Revry where I thought we were going to go bankrupt, or we weren't going to be able to pay our payroll, or whatever. There is always some saving grace, whether it was my home and our mortgage, that first time, or an investor that just came out of nowhere that then we would be able to get a check from to be able to sustain the difference in what we weren't making up in our burn for revenue. That's been kind of our mode, that and staying lean and really understanding how to run a business and scale a business with not a lot of money. We are four minorities. We represent veteran, LGBTQ, Latina, African American women, immigrant. I do consider myself non-binary. Chris Erwin:Just to be clear, these are the four co-founders of Revry. I think it's the most diverse founding team that I've ever worked with or been exposed to. Damian Pelliccione:That's our superhero strength. Because we represent so many different cultural, racial, sexual identities, gender identities and backgrounds, I think is a testament to our resilience, our skillset, and our ability to move at a really fast pace. We even got knocked in the beginning from being four co-founders. They're like, "It's never going to work. Someone's going to drop out. Something's not going to happen," whatever. It's like being in a rock band, I always say. It's like if you can get past your first few years, you probably can sustain. Damian Pelliccione:Alia, LaShawn, Chris, and I are very close. We even have founders night out once a month, just social time for the four of us. We support each other in every possible way of our business. I am saying, I proved all the nay sayers wrong that no, you can have four co-founders. You can diversity and inclusion. We believe that diversity and inclusion starts, authentic leadership starts from ownership. That's why we're four equal co-founders. No one owns any more equity than the next person. We leave from that pillar when I'm talking to a tech partner or a vendor, when I'm talking to a content creator, filmmaker, or distribution company. When we're talking to, even advertisers, like Lexus or [inaudible 00:35:53] who we work with, the main pillar and mission with our company is true reflection, authenticity, and diversity, and inclusion within our community. Damian Pelliccione:Because the great thing about being LGBTQ or queer, we like to add queer. We're adopting unapologetically queer, is that you're not one race. You're not one gender. You're not one sexual orientation. You're not one cultural background. You're not one language. Queer exists all over the world. This is a really exciting moment for us, and the rest of the world, and the entertainment business to be embracing what we're doing with Revry in such a big way where we've got some pretty big wins coming down the pipeline which we'll have announcements for in Pride month in June. Chris Erwin:Which leads to the next question of what is next for Revry? Now that you've been doing this, I think you said, for the past five years that you've now been officially consumer facing, right, with the product in the market, tell us how many different apps, how much programming do you have? Let's fast forward three to five years out. Where are you headed? Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, so right now Revry is available in over 280 million households and devices. That is our reach. This is our sweat equity over the last three years, and really understanding the market and the differential between... we call ourselves a trihybrid of fast, free, ad supported streaming TV, AVOD, ad video on demand, and SVOD, subscription video on demand. We started as a subscription video on demand platform when SVOD was not as big of a thing as it was today, and building that subscription audience. That was hard. Now today, it's super competitive and competing Disney+, Hulu, and Amazon, and Apple TV Plus, and all the ones that have way deeper pockets than I do. I think where we saw a major opportunity, which was in 2017, we started with Pluto TV, a fast channel. Revry was the first LGBTQ network on Pluto TV. Then a year later we launched on Xumo TV in 2018. We crushed it and we brought in advertisers like Lexus. They were the first advertiser. They actually unbounded us six months after we launched. Damian Pelliccione:So, launched in 2016. January 2017 I receive an email from our info at Revry.TV email from this agency that represents Lexus and asked if we did advertising. Of course we get that, we're like, "Yes, we do." You figure it out, because you don't want to say no to that opportunity. Luckily we have the Pluto TV channel to be able to figure that out on, which launched the next quarter. It was great, and they've increased their spend year over year and we're a major partner of Lexus, specifically in the LGBTQ space. We're very honored to have worked with them for so long now since 2017, but we saw just based on that one advertiser and that one channel, the opportunity for having free, linear TV. Damian Pelliccione:Today it's the cable killer. It's fast. It's going to overtake the market. I believe that the new cable networks are the smart TV manufacturers. The Samsung, the Vizios, the LGs, the Sonys even now are getting into this space. These are the ones that will lead the charge and why you won't need a subscription pairage package to your teleco broadcaster like Comcast or AT&T, and what Comcast bought Xumo, and why AT&T is mostly likely going to go into facet as well, to catch up to the market. Damian Pelliccione:Cut to day, we're on 35 fast platforms, more than half of which we are the exclusive and/or only LGBTQ provider. We are also on SVOD platforms, like Xfinity. We're about to launch on a few other big ones coming down the pipe this summer. Our distribution footprint is so massive, and it's not just US. We just launched May 12th with Samsung UK. We launched in a territory in March, which I can't talk about, because we're still in beta for that. We're launching with Australia this week. Actually in just a few days we launch TV across Australia. Next month we're launching in another Latin American territory. Then later on in North America, and hopefully Canada. Damian Pelliccione:It's just been this rolling explosion of opportunity with big partners like TV and Samsung and Vizio, and really embracing what we're doing in the content and how we're distributing. I think the next phase, to answer the question of the business, outside of continuing to spin up channels and build more connections for our networks so now we're not just one network, we have multiple networks... we have our North American English feed, our global English feed, our USA English feed, but we also have Revry News, the first ever LGBTQ 24/7 news network. We have OML under our Revry, which stands for Oe More Lesbian, the first ever queer women acts lesbian network, which has exploded. Revry LatinaX, the first LGBTQ Spanish language network. Damian Pelliccione:Then we have a few more announcements coming up later this year for specialty channels of language specific channels, because, again, we exist as people, LGBT people everywhere, and we're massive underserved in the market other than the few things you can watch on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, or whatever territory that you live in, or on YouTube. There's no global network like Revry for our community until now. Damian Pelliccione:Really, for us, it's taking over all those global markets and tapping into... even outside of just English speaking markets, the community in Brasil, the community in Mexico, the community in India, the community all over Europe, and very soon the community in Africa. That's exciting to me. What's more exciting from a social impact standpoint is we don't have a barrier to entry. Yes, we still have our subscription product. We call it Revry Premium. That's upgrade from our... just like Peacock, right? The idea there is that if you want greater access and no ads, you pay the subscription price. You don't need to register to our site. You can just go on and start watching. Download the app and start watching anywhere on any device. Damian Pelliccione:The social impact site is like no matter your socioeconomic background, or where you are in the world, you can access Revry content. You as a trans person in Saudi Arabia, as a lesbian in Russia, as a gay man in South Africa can watch great, free content that is ad supported to see your story, to see yourself reflected. Damian Pelliccione:We've had letters from all over the world. The letter was after the Mac World article. That was from a gay man in Saudi Arabia who wrote me a message on LinkedIn of all places, from an anonymous profile saying, "I'm a queer man from Saudi Arabia. I read your Mac World article. I didn't know really what gay meant. I'm closeted, and I now see that there are other people out there like me. Thank you for doing what you're doing. I love this film, so and so." That was powerful. That's not the first. I have that framed, by the way. That message is framed and sits next to my desk, a reminder for why I do what I do every morning. When you're creating something way bigger than yourself, it gives you so much more purpose and drive than any other job you could ever have. That, I equate to our success. Damian Pelliccione:The other opportunity that I had where I saw the impact that Revry is having as a platform was when I was in India in June of 2019. I went to Mumbai to speak at the queer film festival, KASHISH. At the opening night ceremony, they had all the guest speakers come in and just say hello and give a little insight into what their talk would be later on in the week. All these queer female filmmakers surrounded me at the after party. We had this one title called The Other Love Story by this great filmmaker, [inaudible 00:42:50] in London, about this lesbian relationship in Bangalore. It was a scripted show. We branded it as a Revry original distributed in 2017 and '18, and it exploded, like these numbers from India, which we never expected. Again, testament to massively underserved market, but big opportunity. No one's tapping that. Damian Pelliccione:These queer women were so excited to meet Revry, a representative from Revry, let alone the CEO. I was like, "Oh my God. I'm so excited to meet you, too. Tell me what your project is. Can I license something?" That's where my mind goes in distribution, licensing and acquisition. This one girl's like, "No, no, no. Damian, I want to show you something." She pulls out her phone and shows me her Tinder. I'm like, "Why are you showing me your Tinder?" She funnels for lesbian, right? All the images in the grid were images were from The Other Love Story, our acquisition original from that territory. Damian Pelliccione:For context, we're celebrating 50 years of Stonewall right now in the United States, but for context, they only have their stonewall moment in 2018 where they decriminalized being LGBTQ. This is a year later that I'm in that territory. For fear of discretion, for their friends, their families, their jobs, or their places that they live or worship, that's how they identify themselves. Queer women specifically, and I started crying. I took this girl to dinner. I woke up Alia, LaShawn, and Chris in the west and was like, "Hey you have to, have to hear this story. This is huge. Everyone was crying." Damian Pelliccione:Even when I tell this story, I still get a little emotional, but it shows the power of the impact that media and a platform like Revry can have for the greater good of our community on a global scale. I've been quoted saying this story and the Saudi Arabia story multiple times in the past, but I will continue to quote it on all the interviews that I do, because that is the impact that we're having. That is the most exciting and biggest reward that I can receive as a founder. Chris Erwin:Beautifully put. Look, before we move on to the rapid fire, Damian, in terms of reward, what are the exit opportunities as you think about Revry? Where does this go? Do you just continually raise funding, or is there an exit that you're targeting in the next two to three years? I know the common answer is heads down building, we have a lot more to do, but what are you really thinking there, you and the three other founders? Damian Pelliccione:Heads down building, we have a lot more to do for sure. A lot more that we want to do and where I'd like to take this company, and where the founders, collectively, Alia, LaShawn, Chris, and I would like to take this company. We always knew from inception that this was not an idea business. We were an acquisition. When you look at the consolidation that's happening right now, MGM being bought by Amazon, Disney buying Discovery, I don't think that my thesis of acquisition is going to have very much longer before we're sucked up into a bigger machine. I wouldn't hate that, to be honest. I don't think any of the founders... I think we're all excited for that opportunity once it presents itself with the right partner. Damian Pelliccione:Right now, what am I doing? We're raising our next round. Series day is next. We'll see where the future takes us, but there's other conversations happening in the background. I think we're a really hot ticket item. We are the market leader, clearly, hands down the market leader for LGBTQ end streaming. We would be a great acquisition for any of the major studios at this point. And for the right price, not just the right pice, the right upside, but more or less being able to be capitalized in a way with the powers of a bigger studio and keep running the business the way we want to, which is to focus now more into the original side of content, and to create our whole slate of content and market and distribute that. I think that is a big value proposition. Damian Pelliccione:When you look at the stuff that we're coming out with this Pride season, I'm very proud of our slate of originals and content and shows and specials that we are about to announce just in a few days. Chris Erwin:Awesome. Last thing before I move on to rapid fire, Damian. I want to give you and the team some kudos. I remember, I threw an executive event nearby when our office was in Culver City. I think this is in the summer 2019. I did not know you, nor Revry before this. I think one of the guests that was commenting was like, "Oh, I want to bring this guy, Damian. He's electrifying. Can I add him to the guest list?" I was like, "Sure. Let's see." I remember, I think there was three or four long tables. You ended up sitting directly across from me. I just remember from the moment that we sat down, you not only lit up the space between us, but the entire table. I had such a good time talking to you. I got so excited by your vision and your gumption and your energy. That kicked off us working together on a few different fronts. Chris Erwin:I remember, and I was like, this is just a show that existed for this couple hours together, or does this persist? As I have continuously gotten to know you and the team better, and going to your office for an offsite and meeting the other members of your team, like you said, I had hesitation. I'm like, four co-founders? How does that work? But you guys have something very special in what you're building in your product, very special between the four co-founders, and your mission is fantastic. I know without a doubt that you guys are going to be coming out in a very, very special place. Keep on doing what you're doing. It's been amazing to track your journey, and it's fun getting to know you. Damian Pelliccione:We love you, Chris. You've always been a big cheerleader since we've met, and we appreciate your support. Chris Erwin:Cool. With that, we're going to move into the rapid fire round. Six questions. The rules are as follows. The answers are to be very brief, at most one to two sentences, but could also be one or two words. Do you understand the rules? Damian Pelliccione:Yes. Chris Erwin:Great. Let's dive in. Proudest life moment? Damian Pelliccione:Mumbai, India. Chris Erwin:What do you want to do less of in 2021? Damian Pelliccione:Work. No, I'm kidding. Chris Erwin:That's totally fair. Damian Pelliccione:What do I want to do less of? I want to eat less. Chris Erwin:You want to eat less, okay. What do you want to do more of? Damian Pelliccione:Exercise. Chris Erwin:What one to two things drive your success? Damian Pelliccione:Passion, innovation, love. Chris Erwin:Final three. What advice do you give media execs going into the end of 2021? Damian Pelliccione:Fail fast, fail big, and learn. Chris Erwin:Any future startup ambitions? Damian Pelliccione:Cannabis. Chris Erwin:Huh. Okay, I have to ask, what are you thinking on the cannabis front? Damian Pelliccione:Don't know yet. I have a passion for it, too. I think there's a frontier and a gold rush. I think there's so many healing qualities to it and so many unlocked potential and scientific research on what this plant can do. I wanted to be a part of that in some way. It hasn't revealed itself exactly, like what sector of cannabis, but I just know that I definitely want to... if I were to start another startup, it would definitely be in the cannabis sector. Chris Erwin:That'll be a good reason to have you on the show a second time, about your new venture. Damian Pelliccione:Yeah, there you go. Chris Erwin:Last one, very easy. How can people get in contact with you? Damian Pelliccione:Easy. You can go to our website, Revry.TV. You can also find me on Instagram, Damian, D-A-M-I-A-N media, M-E-D-I-A, or Revry TV, R-E-V-R-Y T-V. Chris Erwin:Awesome. All right, Damian. Thanks for being on the show. This was a delight. Damian Pelliccione:Thank you so much for having me, Chris. Always a pleasure to talk to you. Chris Erwin:I got to say, I just love spending time with Damian. He is so positive. He is so effusive. He always brings a smile to my face. That interview was a real delight. All right, before wrapping up, we have an exciting announcement. Rock Water has launched our second podcast. It's called the Rock Water Roundup. In under 15 minutes, me and my colleague, Andrew Cohen, breakdown recent media and commerce news. We already have, I think around seven or eight episodes up, and we cover topics like live stream commerce and whatnot's $40 million capital raise, the growth of creator competition series, including the recent Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather fight, the rapid growth of the resale market, including Etsy's $1.6 billion acquisition of Depop, and so much more. Chris Erwin:You can get it wherever you listen to your podcast: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, you name it. And you can also go to Rounduppodcast.com. We're getting some really good feedback on the short, what we like to call micro cast format. Would love to have you check it out. All right, that's it everybody. Thanks for listening. Chris Erwin:The Come Up is written and hosted by me, Chris Erwin, and is a production of Rock Water Industries. Please rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts, and remember to subscribe wherever you listen to our show. If you really dig us, feel free to forward The Come Up to a friend. You can sign up for our company newsletter at wearerockwater.com/newsletter. You can follow us on Twitter at TCU Pod. The Come Up is engineered by Daniel Tureck, music is by Devon Bryant. Logo and branding is by Kevin Zazzali. Special thanks to Andrew Cohen and Mike Booth from the RockWater team. 

This week we revisit the highly successful, yet largely overlooked Disney Animated/Live-action movie, "ENCHANTED." Starring Amy Adams in the role that established her as a dynamic acting force to be reckoned with: Giseslle, who is basically all of your favorite classic Disney princesses rolled into one. She sings beautifully, she talks to animals and has a talent for dressmaking and falling from high places. This is also at the height of Patrick Dempsey's renowned role as Dr. McDreamy in Grey's Anatomy, in this he is playing a jaded New Yorker and pulling it off! We also have James Marsden as the Prince who seeks to woo Giselle and live happily ever after but they will have to contend with Prince Edward's evil queen step-mother, played by Susan Sarandon, truly an under appreciated Disney Villain. World's clash when the queen sends Giselle through a magic well that places her in the heart of modern day New York City. Adapting to her new surroundings proves to be treacherous and very overwhelming for this optimistic lady with an affinity for breaking into song, but not even Patrick Dempsey is immune to her charms and outlook. This movie seems to be Disney's first attempt at wrangling with it's Princess Legacy. It would do something similar with the animated films Tangled and Frozen, and speaking of Frozen, Elsa's voice appears in one of her first on-screen roles! There is a LOT of Disney back-patting and self-referential humor all over the place. And Jeff Bennet. But there is so much charm and fun and Amy Adams truly does embody a animated princess in physical form, for better or for worse. We hope you enjoy and hope you will vote on next week's episode: Should we watch: TUCK EVERLASTING - A lighter toned version of Twilight in which Alexis Bledel plays a young woman in the 1800's who befriends a family of immortals. THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE - Based on the hit 90's era Disney Channel Original Series starring Hilary Duff as a quirky, trend-setting teenager who travels to Rome with her friends and fellow classmates and goes on a whirl-wind adventure where she will be given the opportunity to take center stage as a pop sensation's singing partner. You can vote or send us an e-mail: disneychannelsurfers@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram Listen to us on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Stay tuned!

What would you do if you lived forever? Would you even want to? Disney found a way to make it look enticing - once again giving us unrealistic expectations about life. Check out our predictions of how we die and what we would do if we had all the time in the world. Alexis Bledel is perfect for this role, a wild Victor Garber appears and we remember our younger selves oogling a discount Jonathan Taylor Thomas.   Episode Drink:  The Fountain of Youth 2.5 oz of vodka .25 oz of simple syrup 2 sprigs of mint 4 slices of cucumber Instructions Combine vodka and simple syrup in a mixing glass along with sprigs of mint and three slices of cucumber. Muddle the mint and three slices of cucumber. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into martini glass and float the last cucumber slice on top of the drink as a garnish. Recipe From: CocktailBuilder.com   Our Drinking Game for this Story  Take a drink: Every time the man in the yellow suit is creepy Whenever you think about all the things you could do if you lived forever When you remember that it is a bad idea and this book is warning you away from that Knock back your drink when you realize life is fleeting. We all live; we all die; and we don't have enough time.    Fantastic Reads: Jordan: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang   Em: Shrill by Lindy West    A Novel Adaptation was created by Emily Eppley and Jordan Redwine. See more details at www.anoveladaptation.com and see what's coming up next to read along with us. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads to join the conversation. Our artwork is by Kit Bernal. Our music is “Harlequin” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

Terri is a Creator, Executive Producer and Showrunner. Watch her season finale of Take Two tonight on ABC. She was also the executive producer of the award-winning hit ABC series “Castle” for its first seven seasons.  Terri is an award-winning writer and director of numerous shorts and documentaries. Her films have appeared worldwide, including top Sundance and International Film Fest favorite “DysEnchanted,” starring Alexis Bledel, Sarah Winter and Jim Belushi. She has developed features and television pilots with DreamWorks, NBC, Disney and ABC. Miller serves on both the executive committee of the board of Young Storytellers and on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation. Miller and her producing partner, Andrew W. Marlowe, first met when they both won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Under the MilMar banner, the pair has developed projects for ABC, Endemol and CBS Studios. Their productions have garnered honors from the People's Choice Awards, Imagen Awards, ALMA Awards, PRISM Awards, TV Guide Magazine and the Primetime Emmys®. We had a great conversation about her journey as a writer, her thoughts about leadership, and the state of women in this moment.

Stepping up to full cast member status, Alexis Bledel's Emily shows us what life in the Colonies looks like as a member of the “unwomen”. Terrible. That's how it looks . Other Podcasts From This Series: 201 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | […] The post The Handmaid's Tale 202 Podcast – Unwomen appeared first on So Many Shows!.

*SPOILERS* for The Handmaid's Tale *TRIGGER WARNING* This week, we discuss both the book and the Emmy-nominated TV series, The Handmaid's Tale (book by Margaret Atwood) in a special extended episode. We review and analyze as much of this distopian novel-turned-series as possible, and still don't cover it all! From superb acting by the likes of Elizabeth Moss, Alexis Bledel, Samira Wiley, Madeline Brewer, and the rest of the cast to the lush and sweeping direction, especially by Reed Morano in Episodes 1-3, we wait for more twists and turns in Season 2.