Podcasts about confessions of a movie addict

Film critics and comedians roast host Betty Jo Tucker and her award-winning movie memoir, Confessions ofa Movie Addict. A book giveaway will also be included in this celebration of the memoir’s fourth anniversary as a Kindle E-book. Warren Epstein, Nancy Lombardo, Diana Saenger, James Colt Harrison and  A.J. Hakari join in the fun. Warren Epstein, a stand-up comic who now serves as Arts & Culture Editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette, and comedian Nancy Lombardo, host of the hilarious Comedy Concepts show on BlogTalkRadio, represent the world of comedy in this special episode. Movie critics sharing their reactions are film historian James Colt Harrison, entertainment journalist Diana Saenger, and Mad Movie Man A.J. Hakari. The paperback edition of Confessions of a Movie Addict won First Place in the memoir category at the 2012 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards competition. It  chronicles a love affair with the cinema that has lasted over half a century. Beginning with a 6-year-old’s fright and fascination while watching Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, the author reveals personal movie-related anecdotes and takes readers behind the scenes of the entertainment industry, sharing her favorite celebrity interviews and revealing a number of hilarious encounters with movie stars and filmmakers.  Author’s royalties for this book are donated to The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Martin Scorsese to help with film preservation.  

Critics and comedians roast host Betty Jo Tucker, author of the award-winning memoir Confessions of a Movie Addict.  A book giveaway will also be included, and Tucker plans to read selected excerpts -- with the help of actress/artist Judy Joy Jones -- from her amusing life-at-the-movies memoir which garnered a First Place win in the 2012 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest. Author's royalties for this book are donated to The Film Foundation, an organization founded by Martin Scorsese to help with film preservation.     Warren Epstein, a stand-up comic who now serves as Arts & Culture Editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette, and comedian Nancy Lombardo, host of the hilarious Comedy Concepts show on BlogTalkRadio, represent the world of comedy during this  episode. Movie critics sharing their reactions are film historian James Colt Harrison, entertainment journalist Diana Saenger, and horror expert A.J. Hakari.

Linda F. Radke, president of Five Star Publications, helps Movie Addict HQ celebrate the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards of 2012. Confessions of a Movie Addict earned First Place in the Memoir category this year, so an amusing “roast of the author” will be replayed for everyone’s listening pleasure. In addition to authoring her own books which earned prestigious accolades across the globe, Linda uses her publishing prowess to market and produce award-winning books for other authors. Named “Book Marketer of the Year” by Book Publishers of Southern California, she has won acclaim on TV’s 60 Minutes and in magazines such as Kiplinger’s, NEA Today, and many others.  

What do Cloris Leachman, Debbie Reynolds and Miss Piggy have in common? They are among the 18 nominees for "Favorite Female Star on Movie Addict HQ." Listeners will be  invited to vote for their favorites after hearing brief clips of the nominees -- or support statements -- during this special election episode. The name of each listener who sends in an e-mail vote by Friday, November 16, will be added to a random drawing for a free copy of CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT. The e-mail address for voting is reeltalk@comcast.net.  

FILM CRITIC | EDITOR | WRITER - This week our guest is BETTY JO TUCKER. Betty Jo currently serves as editor/lead critic for ReelTalk Movie Reviews and writes film commentary for the Colorado Senior Beacon, News First Online, Real Movie News, The Romance Club and the Omaha Family newspapers. During her career as an entertainment journalist, Betty Jo has interviewed such movie/television stars and filmmakers as: Susan Sarandon, Ian McKellen, Angelina Jolie, Aidan Quinn, Barry Bostwick, Tony Shalhoub, Fred Willard, Aaron Eckhart, M. Night Shyamalan, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Griffiths, Hector Elizondo, and Annette Bening. She belongs to the Online Film Critics Society and is a founding member of the San Diego Film Critics’ Society, is a published author of two books: "CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT" and "SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK" both of which received rave reviews from film fans and critics alike. These books are available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.

FILM CRITIC | EDITOR | WRITER - This week our guest is BETTY JO TUCKER. Betty Jo currently serves as editor/lead critic for ReelTalk Movie Reviews and writes film commentary for the Colorado Senior Beacon, News First Online, Real Movie News, The Romance Club and the Omaha Family newspapers. During her career as an entertainment journalist, Betty Jo has interviewed such movie/television stars and filmmakers as: Susan Sarandon, Ian McKellen, Angelina Jolie, Aidan Quinn, Barry Bostwick, Tony Shalhoub, Fred Willard, Aaron Eckhart, M. Night Shyamalan, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Griffiths, Hector Elizondo, and Annette Bening. She belongs to the Online Film Critics Society and is a founding member of the San Diego Film Critics’ Society, is a published author of two books: "CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT" and "SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK" both of which received rave reviews from film fans and critics alike.

Betty Jo Tucker serves as the editor/lead film critic for the ReelTalk Movie Reviews website and hosts a weekly radio show, "Movie Addict Headquarters," on BlogTalkradio. She teaches an online class, “The Reel Deal: Writing about Movies,” for the LSS School of Writing and is the author of CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT, an amusing memoir about her life at the movies, and SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK, an analysis of Sarandon's remarkable film career. Her film reviews also appear in the Colorado Senior Beacon and the Heal Yourself Talk Radio Magazine. Betty Jo and her husband co-wrote IT HAD TO BE US, an award-winning romantic memoir, under the pseudonyms of Harry & Elizabeth Lawrence. For more information, please go to www.BettyJoTucker.com