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David Rapaport is a prominent Casting Director in Los Angeles most known for his work in casting: Gossip Girl, Netflix's You and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Arrow, The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Titans, Doom Patrol, Riverdale, Katy Keene, The Tomorrow People, and more! David was also recently nominated for an Artios Award for his work on You. He got his start working for Casting Director Mali Finn (Titanic, Terminator 2). Together they collaborated on more than 50 films and television series, including 8 Mile, 61*, All The Real Girls, Last Days, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and Running with Scissors. At Mali Finn's, David learned from such distinguished directors as David Gordon Greene, James Cameron, Gus Van Sant, and Ryan Murphy. You can follow David on IG @davidrapaport and Twitter @RapaportCasting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guests on this episode of Spotlight On aren’t just writers, directors and producers, they are also brothers. Greg Schaffer (That 70’s Show, Lab Rats) and Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The League, Dave) Zoom in to share their thoughts about the TV shows of their youth, early artistic pursuits, attending Harvard, writing for the Harvard Lampoon, their comedic sensibilities, working with Larry David, their new show, Brews Brothers and why you should never play chess against series lead, Mike Castle. Brews Brothers is steaming now on Netflix. Frank Moran (@happygojackie) Follow us on http://www.Twitter.com/AfterBuzzTV "Like" Us on http://www.Facebook.com/AfterBuzzTV For more After Shows for your favorite TV shows and the latest news in TV, Film, and exclusive celebrity interviews, visit http://www.AfterBuzzTV.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanine Mason (January 14, 1991) is an actor and dancer born and raised in Miami, Florida. After winning Season 5 of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance and earning the title of America's Favorite Dancer, her acting career began. Mason recently recurred as Dr. Sam Bello on ABC's Grey's Anatomy. She will next play Liz Ortecho in the CW's new drama series Roswell, New Mexico. Other TV credits include Of Kings & Prophets, Bunheads, You're The Worst, Criminal Minds, NCIS: LA, Daytime Divas, CSI, Major Crimes, Big Time Rush, Awkward, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Hollywood Heights and The Fresh Beat Band. Recent films include Valerie Weiss' The Archer (SXSW 2017) and Simon Brand's Default opposite David Oyelowo. She was last seen on stage in Center Theatre Group's 2017 revival of Zoot Suit directed by playwright Luis Valdez opposite Demián Bichir. Jeanine resides in Los Angeles and is a proud Bruin who graduated cum laude from UCLA in 2014. Social Media Handles: Instagram- @itsjeaninemason Twitter- @itsjeaninemason Facebook- @officialjeaninemeason Show Handles: Twitter- @CWRoswellNM Instagram- @CWRoswellNM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chelsie Overocker sits down with Olivia Dudek to shine a spotlight on her career. Olivia Dudek makes her film debut as the leading lady in the upcoming drama ANA which will be released nationwide theatrically in early 2020. The story is about a young woman who is part of a tight-knit immigrant community whose mother is hospitalized and ANA has to go to extreme lengths to help her pay for her hospital stay. Aside from acting Dudek is a talented ballerina who studied dance professionally at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York. She spent many years working in national commercials including a Super Bowl spot for Budweiser and a campaign for Verizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eddie Martinez stars as Vic Soto in USA Network’s series, "The Sinner," as a former Marine and rising star detective who works alongside Ambrose (Bill Pullman) at the Dorchester Police Department. Eddie was originally born and raised in Colombia. Eddie’s family relocated to the US when was nine years old to New York City. Eddie began his acting career and he started acting in live theater. Eddie’s first break was getting a role on the iconic show “Law & Order.” Shortly after, Eddie moved to Los Angeles. Eddie has made appearances in “The Unit,” “Weeds,” and “Dark Blue.” His additional television credits include guest star roles on “Orange Is The New Black,” “Narcos: Mexico,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Major Crimes,” “NCIS Los Angeles,” and “Colony.” Martinez’s film credits include the critically acclaimed “A Better Life”, SXSW award-winning film “The Abduction of Eden,” “Powder & Gold,” “The Night Stalker” starring Lou Diamond Phillips, “Flavor Of Life” opposite veteran actor Pepe Serna, and “Bel Canto” starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. Recently, Eddie starred in feature films the “Kill Chain” and the 2019 Sundance Film Festival award-winning film “The Infiltrators” which was also the opening night film at the 2019 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival LALIFF. Follow us on http://www.Twitter.com/AfterBuzzTV "Like" Us on http://www.Facebook.com/AfterBuzzTV For more After Shows for your favorite TV shows and the latest news in TV, Film, and exclusive celebrity interviews, visit http://www.AfterBuzzTV.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, on American TV Icons, Alikona Bradford interviews, we feature longtime veteran Linda Lavin. Born in Portland, Maine to a musically-inclined family (her mother was once an opera singer) and on stage from the age of 5, singer/actress Linda Lavin graduated from The College of William and Mary with a theatre degree. She pounded the New York pavements in the early 1960s searching for work following some stock roles in New Jersey, and gradually made a dent within the New York musical comedy scene with roles in "Oh, Kay!" (1960), "A Family Affair," (1962), "It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman" (1966) (her standout number was "You've Got Possibilities") and "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever" (1966). She also won kudos for her straight acting roles in "Little Murders" (1969 Drama Desk award) and "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1969 Tony nomination). A one-time member of Paul Sills' Compass Players comedy troupe back in the late 1950s, she served as a replacement in Sills' "Story Theatre" Broadway production in 1971. Television beckoned in the 1970s and utilized her singing talents in a small-screen version of Damn Yankees! (1967) starring Phil Silvers and Lee Remick. After a one-season false start as Detective Janice Wentworth on the sitcom Barney Miller (1975), it did not take long for the talented lady to become a household name in another. As the titular waitress/mother in the sitcom Alice (1976), based on the award-winning film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) starring Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, Lavin won deserved stardom. During the nine seasons (1976-1985) the show was on the air, she nabbed two Golden Globe awards and an Emmy nomination. Ever the singer, she even warbled "There's a New Girl in Town" over the opening credits of the show to the delight of her fans. Following this success, Linda lavished her attentions once again on the stage. She earned renewed respect, in addition to several critic's awards, for her diversified Broadway work in "Broadway Bound" (1987 Tony award), "Death Defying Acts" (1995 Obie award), "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1998 Tony nomination: as the high-strung Mrs. Van Daan) and "Tales of the Allergist Wife" (2000 Tony nomination). More recently, she appeared in Carol Burnett's autobiographical play "Hollywood Arms" (2002) portraying Burnett's grandmother. The piece was co-written by Burnett's late daughter, Carrie Hamilton. Linda received excellent reviews the first time around for her stage work in "Collected Stories" (2000). She later appeared in a PBS-TV version of Collected Stories (2002) and in 2010 revived it on Broadway, earning a Tony nomination for her efforts. She has also occasionally directed for the stage. Linda was married and divorced twice to actors -- Ron Leibman and Kip Niven -- and in 2005 married her third husband, actor Steve Bakunas, who is also an artist and musician. Since her "Alice" heyday, the actress has again found series work, albeit the short-lived Room for Two (1992) and Conrad Bloom (1998). She has also been seen in penetrating guest parts on such established series as "The Sopranos", "Law & Order" and "The O.C." (recurring). Make sure to subscribe to AfterBuzz! - http://youtube.com/afterbuzztv HELPFUL LINKS: Website - http://afterbuzztv.com Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/afterbuzz-tv/id407139777?mt=2 Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/afterbuzztv Like us on Facebook - http://facebook.com/afterbuzztv See on us Instagram - http://instagram.com/afterbuzztv Merch - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/AfterbuzzTV/ ABOUT AFTERBUZZ TV: Created by Emmy winner Maria Menounos & producer Keven Undergaro, AfterBuzz TV is the digital broadcast network dedicated to producing live and on-demand after-shows, news and coverage for nearly every TV show featuring expert recaps & interviews with cast & crew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Jaime Callica is the hottest thing out of Canada since the two Ryan's (Gosling & Reynolds). Only acting for a mere three years he has fast become one of Hollywood's rising stars and will next be seen as a series regular in Tyler Perry's highly anticipated new drama for BET, "Ruthless" (a spin-off of fan favorite, "The Oval"), which premieres Thursday, March 19th. He will additionally be seen in the new Disney Channel original movie UPSIDE-DOWN MAGIC (Summer 2020) based on The New York Times bestselling fantasy fiction children's books of the same name. Audiences have just begun to get a taste for this multi-faceted, hard-working actor on his rise to the top while he curates an impressive resume alongside Hollywood elite. "Ruthless," the upcoming one-hour drama series by Tyler Perry for BET+, is a spinoff of "The Oval" and follows 'Ruth Truesdale' (Melissa L. Williams) as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter. Callica plays 'Agent Brian Rollins' a driven, dedicated worker that loves his wife, and loves his job. When he receives a call to action, he knows he has to step in. In UPSIDE-DOWN MAGIC, ten-year-old 'Nory Horace' discovers she has magical powers and can turn into animals but can't quite get it right. Nory attends a school for other kids with "upside-down magic," and her father, played by Callica, wants to keep her powers a secret. Viewers may also recognize Callica from some of his past TV and film roles including "UnREAL," "Lucifer," "Wayward Pines," Spike Lee's TALES OF HOOD, and most recently alongside Kelly Rowland in MERRY LIDDLE CHRISTMAS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tiege Dooley-Panko talks with Brandon Rogers! Brandon Rogers is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, and director. Rogers is commonly associated with his satirical videos on YouTube, in which he plays various intertwined and comedic characters. Rogers' first job was creating videos for a personal-injury law firm in Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bethanie Jean talks with Christine Elise! Christine Elise McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts - the daughter of artists. She has been acting professionally since 1988 and is recognized primarily for her roles as U4EA-popping bad girl, Emily Valentine, on Beverly Hills, 90210. She returned to the 90210 zip code in the Fox 2019 summer hit BH90210 playing a heightened version of herself in 5 of the 6 episodes. She is also known for Harper Tracy on ER, and as Kyle, the gal who killed Chucky in Child's Play 2. She returned as Kyle in the 7th installment of the franchise - Cult of Chucky and is rumored to be attached to the 2020 SYFY Chucky series, in development. She has also appeared in recurring roles on China Beach, In the Heat of the Night, and Tell Me You Love Me. Among her other film roles are Abel Ferrara's Body Snatchers and two films starring Viggo Mortensen: Vanishing Point and Boiling Point. She appeared in the TV movie Vanishing Point with Viggo Mortensen, who requested she play the role. They met on another project, Boiling Point, though her role was largely written out. She had a recurring role on In the Heat of the Night and also appeared in an episode of "Charmed". She was featured in the punk rock documentaries American Hardcore and All Ages: The Boston Hardcore Film. Bathing & the Single Girl, inspired by the short film, is her debut novel available in paperback on Amazon & digitally on Amazon and I-tunes. (www.bathingbook.com) . Her directorial debut, Bathing & the Single Girl, was accepted into over 100 film festivals and won 20 awards. It can be viewed from the book's site. She hosts a plant-based cooking channel on Youtube called - Delightful Delicious Delovely & Video Vegan (www.VideoVegan.com). She also maintains an irreverent food porn blog called WWW.DelightfulDeliciousDelovely.com for which she provides recipes, photographs and sometimes shares details of the triumphs and, more frequently, the humiliations of her own life. She has a great passion for photography (http://www.redbubble.com/people/jdempsey/portfolio) and has shown her pin-up and decaying Americana imagery in the United States & Paris. She was on the selection committee of Michigan's Waterfront Film Festival since its inception in 1999, she was co-director of the Victoria Texas Independent Film Festival, programmed for the Self-Medicated Film Festival and The Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, and consults & judges for many others. She made her directorial debut with an award winning short film she also wrote, produced, and starred in: Bathing and the Single Girl. Since December 2010, Bathing and the Single Girl has been screened at more than 100 festivals and has won 20 awards. Dystel & Goderich Literary Management represents her full-length novel of the same name, Bathing and the Single Girl, released in January 2014. As a producer, she has worked as a story producer on multiple reality shows including Hellevator with the Soska Twins, Cold Justice & Best Bars in America. As a writer, she has written three episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 as well as characters and story lines for the series, a pilot that was optioned by Aaron Spelling, and comical true-life essays that she performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade and Naked Angels theaters in LA. She has a large following on Instagram @ChristineEliseMcCarthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Ellis talks with Aleks Paunovic. Aleks stars in the acclaimed indie feature FREAKS (out in theatres Sept. 13th), as well as Julius in Syfy’s Van Helsing returning for its fourth season September 27th, and recurs in TNT’s anticipated “Snowpiercer” opposite Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs which will make its premiere in early 2020. Other credits include SIBERIA with Keanu Reeves, COLD PURSUIT with Liam Neeson, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, and numerous television series such as THE 100, iZOMBIE, SUPERNATURAL, ONCE UPON A TIME, and many others. Dubbed the king of the sci-fi space and former champion boxer, Aleks is no stranger to action-packed roles. With those roles requires the ability to remain in shape—something that Aleks has mastered with longevity. With health being at the forefront of his concerns, he’s become your go-to guy for all things wellness, and has a myriad of tips and tricks for those with limited time to devote to exercise. Often teased for his size, he has also been a long-time advocate for anti-bullying. Having been on both sides, he actively advocates for ways to alleviate situations that could lead to more detrimental ones. He is an active supporter of The Red Cross/Impact Anti-Bullying Campaign. #Interview #VanHelsing #Acting Make sure to subscribe to AfterBuzz! - http://youtube.com/afterbuzztv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nino Llanera talks with Garcia Sanchez! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Lott Jr. talks with Eden McCoy! Emmy-nominated actress Eden McCoy is best known for her portrayal of Josslyn Jacks on ABC's General Hospital. She has guest-starred on the Nickelodeon comedies The Thundermans, Game Shakers, and Disney's Walk the Prank, and has appeared in independent film, national commercials and print campaigns. Eden has also performed in two Los Angeles Opera productions. She lives in Los Angeles and attends The Marlborough School. She is verbally committed to play for the University of Southern California Women's Beach Volleyball Team class of 2025. Make sure to subscribe to AfterBuzz! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Christian Bladt to speak with Hamlet Sarkissian about the his novel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices