Podcast appearances and mentions of Dana L Davis

Dana L. Davis joins me for this episode of the Written in Melanin Podcast. She is an author, actress, and voice-over artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. She has starred in Heroes, Coach Carter, Franklin & Bash, Veronica Mars, and countless other film and TV productions. A few of her animation credits include Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Craig of the Creek, and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.Dana is a classically trained violist and the founder of the LA-based nonprofit Culture for Kids, LA, which provides inner-city children with free tickets and transportation to attend performing arts shows around LA County.She's joining me today to discuss her upcoming release, Fake Famous, and share with us some of her experience writing Young Adult fiction, and being a creative with multiple talents.https://melaninlibrary.com/books/8082http://www.danaldavis.com/Support the show-Purchase We Are the Origin: https://amzn.to/3YEODQIPreorder We Are Dying Gods: https://shop.writteninmelanin.com/b/wadgphSupport the podcast: https://Patreon.com/WrittenInMelaninMelanin Library: https://MelaninLibrary.comMentoring Services: https://www.writteninmelanin.com/mentoring Editing & Formatting: https://www.writteninmelanin.com/services Music by Akia DaGreatRequest We Are the Origin and We Are Dying Gods at your local bookstore or library!

Welcome back to OTS! Today I have a VERY special interview to share today... a release day special for Fake Famous, Dana L. Davis' fifth novel! This book is all about Red, a farm girl from Iowa that after a joke video is pulled into the world of her celebrity look alike Zay Zay Waters and asks herself 'is the grass really greener on the other side?' Follow Dana Follow OTS Fake Famous is available now! Consider purchasing through one of these fine retailers. Odyssey Books Quail Ridge Amazon (also on Kindle Unlimited!!)

Ever found yourself caught up in the whirlwind of celebrity gossip and pop culture trends? Well, strap in for this episode of Wine Thirty, where we delve into the latest scoop from Britney Spears' divorce to Josh Seiter's fake death. We also zoom in on the newest influencer hotspot in Charleston and share our personal takes on these dramatic events.  Andrew, chats about his exhilarating encounter with Metallica in LA, while I put your taste buds to test with my review of a delightful Blue Shell Rose wine, your perfect companion for a light meal.Do you love a good conspiracy theory? Hold your breath as we unscramble the mysteries around the Hawaii Maui fire – from Biden's 'build back better' speech to allegations of government sabotage. We switch gears to discuss effective ways of enhancing your child's mental development, with engaging picture books and discussions topping our list. The conversation heats up as we explore these topics and offer our unique insights, promising you an episode that's both entertaining and thought-provoking.Finally, we unwind by sharing what's been keeping us hooked in the world of entertainment. From my guilty pleasure The Challenge USA to Andrew's eagerness to revisit The Wire, we bring you a candid chat about our latest fascinations. My reading list includes Page Boy by Elliot Page and an exclusive preview of Fake Famous by Dana L Davis, offering you a glimpse into my literary world. So, pour yourself a glass of wine and get ready to be entertained, educated, and maybe even a little surprised, on this episode of Wine Thirty.

In this episode of the podcast Joe welcomes author and actor Dana L. Davis to the podcast! Joe and Dana discuss life, representation in the media, and the art of storytelling. They also get into an in-depth conversation about her latest book "Somebody That I Used To Know". Enjoy! About Dana L. Davis Dana L. Davis is a novelist and Hollywood actress with previous series regular roles as: Carmen Phillips on TNT's Franklin and Bash and modern day mimic Monica Dawson on NBC's cult series Heroes. She currently stars on the animated series Star Vs. the Forces of Evil, Craig of the Creek, and She-Ra. Dana has guest-starred in over 20 prestigious primetime series, including 911, Scorpion, Code Black, Grey's Anatomy, and CSI. She made her film debut in Coach Carter with Samuel Jackson. In addition to her work on screen, Dana has become a motivational speaker for teens. Her stirring assemblies empower and encourage youth, helping them to redefine what it means to win and lose. About Somebody That I Used To Know Make sure to check out the NEW Dtalkspodcast.com website! Thanks to Empire Toys for this episode of the podcast! Nostalgia is something everyone loves and Empire Toys in Keller Texas is on nostalgia overload.   With toys and action figures from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today, Empire Toys is a one-stop-shop for a trip down memory lane and a chance to reclaim what was once yours (but likely sold at a garage sale)   Check out Empire Toys on Facebook, Instagram, or at TheEmpireToys.com The DTALKS Podcast has also been ranked #9 in the "Top 40 Detox Podcast You Must Follow in 2020" according to Feedspot.com for our work in the Cultural Detox space. Thank you so much to the Feedspot team!  https://blog.feedspot.com/detox_podcasts/

Melody Thomas Scott is best known for her Emmy-nominated work in the iconic role of Nikki Reed, aka Nikki Newman, a character she's played for forty years and counting on America's number-one daytime television drama The Young and the Restless. She's also appeared in feature films with the likes of Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, and worked with esteemed directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Don Siegel and Brian De Palma. Her new memoir “Always Young and Restless,” from Diversion Books, and written with one of OUR favorite StoryBeat guests, Dana L. Davis, is now widely available at fine booksellers everywhere. I've had the opportunity to read “Always Young and Restless,”  and I can tell you it's wonderfully heartfelt and thoroughly entertaining. I highly recommend it.Melody is also known for her charitable efforts with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Television Cares and the Save the Earth Foundation. She lives with her husband, Producer Edward Scott, and beloved rescue terrier, Reilly, in Beverly Hills, California 

My opinion on the latest Dana L Davis book and my opinion on my new audiobook of the week entitled The housekeepers wife ( which will talk about in-depth on Monday) my text of the week entitled you know I'm no good by Jessie Ann Foley and my opinion about it, as well as my visit to the ratchet cheek Corner aka the venting corner oh, and a visit to the vernacular Circle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nikki-fletcher9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nikki-fletcher9/support

A discussion of the written text of the week by Dana L Davis Roman and Jewel and also a discussion about the audiobook of the week entitled what if it's us by Becky albertalli and co-author as well as the ending of season 1 and how I missed all of y'all West and why. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nikki-fletcher9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nikki-fletcher9/support

A detailed description of smash it buy Francia Simone and what I felt about it and how I feel her riding resonates with me and my current text by Dana L Davis entitled Roman and Jewell, as well as the upcoming yallwest reading conference next week and my attendance and how I believe it is valuable for all of us Who Loved Words to attend at least one book conference within our lives especially within the melanated community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nikki-fletcher9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nikki-fletcher9/support

Few things scarier than working for rich, high-powered narcissists! (Recorded November 2020)THR’s article on Hollywood assistants in the pandemic Personal anecdotes on being assistants in entertainment Luddite bosses, boomers, narcs - the works. Catholic, Jewish and Southern Baptist guilt. Hollywood is dead from Thanksgiving through New Years Day - just accept it! Vaccines! A new administration! The hope of 2021!“No one wants to be first in Hollywood - they want to be second!”Game of Thrones, the spinoff series, et all. What GOT houses do you think we are in? All will be revealed! (Take the quiz here.)Roman and Jewel (2021 book by Dana L. Davis) - a YA novel that’s pitched as Romeo + Juliet meets Hamilton. Kiss Me Kate - Cole Porter’s 1948 musical and Shakespeare’s Taming of the ShrewWhat a showmance?MTV’s 2001 adaptation of Georges Bizet’s opera - “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” starring Beyonce KnowlesAlison Leiby’s Tweet - @AlisonLeiby “I'll say it: watching a movie on tv with commercials is GOOD.” and the ensuing discourse. AMC Network, The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Forrest Gump (1994)Our shared, favorite national pastime: Mob Week also on AMCPBS, Rick Steves and his pro-marijuana stance. *You might hear Caitlin frantically typing notes on her computer in the background - sorry!*

Welcome to our second podcast episode of 2021 and the first after an attempted coup! I'm mentioning that so if you think "Hey, they seem a little rattled," you'll know why. Today, in a departure from our usual format, we're discussing books we aren't reading. One of us slightly misunderstood the assignment and ended up with a bunch MORE books on her TBR list instead of fewer.  (NOTE: This doesn't mean that anyone who likes these books or genres is wrong to do so. This is just our respective opinions and, as you'll see, we don't agree on all of them, either.)Also, good news! We came up with a nickname for you, our listeners. Feel free to weigh in or propose a new name for yourselves. (Just kidding Should Heads! It's too late.) Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their January selections: https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books  Book news: Josh Hawley Loses His Book Deal https://www.teenvogue.com/story/josh-hawley-lost-book-deal-isnt-orwellian-op-ed Bachelor Nation reading challenge:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link  Currently reading: Julia: Roman and Jewel (Dana L. Davis)Kelly: When You Look Like Us (Pamela N. Harris), just finished Happily Ever Afters (Elise Bryant)Rachael: The Midnight Library (Matt Haig) and Serpent & Dove (Shelby Mahurin) You Know What You Should Read? (each fits a Bachelor Nation prompt)Julia: Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes ("I'm Not Here to Make Friends")Kelly: One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite (Tayshia Adams) Rachael: Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson (First Impression Rose) You Know What We Won't Read?We first heard of this prompt from Nicole and Her Books https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfatiovNuLoBTjojCncpKvQ  Julia: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera), A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess), Elin Hilderbrand, southern gothic/horror/comic books, Middlegame, Elena Ferrante, Midnight Sun (Stephenie Meyer)Kelly: Anxious People (Fredrik Backman), James Baldwin, Kathleen Hale, JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike novels, Kinsey and Me and Y Is For Yesterday (Sue Grafton)Rachael: Normal People (Sally Rooney), The Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger), Elin Hilderbrand, Cassandra Clare, deep space sci-fi, The Secret History (Donna Tartt), Sarah J. Maas and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Suzanne Collins) Follow What You Should Read:Twitter:    @wysr_podcastInstagram:    @wysr_podcastGoodreads:    https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115539912-what-you-should-read-podcastYouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfNtid_b0R14otSPRZTkmQwww.whatyoushouldread.comDon't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest! 

This week, Liberty and Kim discuss Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered, Other Words for Home, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and the audiobook of Birthday by Meredith Russo. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper Ask Again, Yes: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder What we're reading: The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Cari Mora: A Novel by Thomas Harris More books out this week: Rebel (Women Who Dare) by Beverly Jenkins The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos The Ghost in the House by Sara O’Leary The Voice in My Head by Dana L. Davis I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein The Learning Curve: A Novel by Mandy Berman Last Day: A Novel by Domenica Ruta Hope for the Best (Chronicles of St Mary's) by Jodi Taylor  The Dinner Guest by Gabriela Ybarra, Natasha Wimmer Unexpected by Kelly Rimmer Crushed by Kate Hamer Her Secret Son by Hannah Mary McKinnon The Helicopter Heist: A Novel Based on True Events by Jonas Bonnier Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild by Thomas D. Seeley The Earl Next Door by Amelia Grey I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn Longer by Michael Blumlein The Flatshare: A Novel by Beth O'Leary The Red Ribbon: A Memoir of Lightning and Rebuilding After Loss by Nancy Freund Bills Small Kingdoms and Other Stories by Charlaine Harris Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann (Author), Philip Boehm All the Ways Home by Elsie Chapman Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way by David Barrie Ernesto: The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba by Andrew Feldman Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever by Nick de Semlyen The Book Case (Emily Lime Mystery) by Dave Shelton Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World by Shannon Watts Queen Bee: A Novel by Dorothea Benton Frank Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea Anthony Bourdain Remembered by CNN Lent by Jo Walton  

Dana L. Davis is a published novelist and an accomplished actress who made her film debut in Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson. She’s appeared as a series regular on such TV shows as: TNT’s Franklin and Bash, on which she played Carmen Phillips, and NBC’s cult series, Heroes, on which she played modern day mimic, Monica Dawson. Dana currently stars on the animated TV series Star Vs. the Forces of Evil, Craig of the Creek, and She-Ra. She’s also guest-starred in over twenty primetime series, including 911, Scorpion, Code Black, Grey’s Anatomy, and CSI. The post Dana L. Davis appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Author Dana L. Davis talks about the her early influences and her debut novel TIFFANY SLY LIVES HERE NOW. Episode Mentions: Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews Langston Hughes Maya Angelou Shel Silverstein Bye Bye Birdie Damn Yankees Joseph and … Continue reading →

Author Dana L. Davis talks about the her early influences and her debut novel TIFFANY SLY LIVES HERE NOW. Episode Mentions: * Flowers in the Attic * V.C. Andrews * Langston Hughes * Maya Angelou * Shel Silverstein * Bye Bye Birdie * Damn Yankees * Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat * TriadaUS * Dr. Uwe Stender * Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now * John Green * The Fault in Our Stars * Charlie and the Chocolate Factory * Outlander * Conversations with God * Chicken Soup for the Soul