This Week's Link

The Drew Carson Show Season 2 Episode 38: Zac Kara & Sarah Minnich Interviews

This Week's Guests Are Actress Sarah Minnich & Teen Chef Zac Kara

On the show this week we are back at it again with 2 guests. First up we have Masterchef Junior finalist, YouTube sensation teen chef Zac Kara. Zac is best known for appearing on season 4 of Masterchef Junior but he also has 2 very popular YouTube shows in the form of Cooking with Zac and Kickback With Zac. We talk Chef Gordon Ramsay, the Masterchef experience and his goals for the future.







You can find Zac@
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Photo credit Lesley Bryce
 

And we also have Better Call Saul actress Sarah Minnich on the show. Sarah talks about working on Better Call Saul, working with Gary Oldman, working with Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin on Sicario, her latest role in Priceless, amovie about human trafficking and so much more. I had a blast talking to Sarah and I am sure you guys and gals will enjoy this one too.

Some of Sarah's key roles have been:

Shot Caller                         2016
The Space Between Us      2016
Priceless                              2016
Better Call Saul                 2015-2016
The Ridiculous 6                2015
Sicario                                 2015






Photo credit Lesley Bryce

You can find Sarah@
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Imdb

This Week's Episode Link

The Drew Carson Show Season 2 Episode 35 Featuring Interviews With Stacy Ann Rose & Ria Schumacher

This Week's Guests Are Ballers Star Stacy Ann Rose & Model Ria Schumacher

First up this week in the virtual studio we have an interview with one of the stars of the hit HBO series "Ballers" actress Stacy Ann Rose. Stacy talks about filming the series, working closely with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and her new feature film "Break The Stage" which is released in theatres on the 1st October.




Some of Stacy's credits include:
Break The Stage 2016
Ballers 2015-???
Dolphin's Tale 2011
Ladies Night Out 2008
Burn Notice 2007


You can find Stacy at:
IMDB
Instagram
Twitter

Secondly we have an interview with Model Ria Schumacher who served 12 years of a 25 year prison sentence when she was wrongly convicted of murder. Ria is now ready to tell all in a new book series.

Bio:

KANSAS CITY, MO – If you lived in Illinois in the mid-nineties you would know the name Ria Schumacher. Ria was seventeen at the time and was asked to go with her mother’s boyfriend and brother for a drive. The trip turned out to be a drug deal and the deal went bad and ended in the murder of the man they were selling drugs to.
The homicide left Ria with a twenty five year prison sentence because she was tried as an adult. Ria’s life was taken from her and she was not expected be free again until her early-forties. But after twelve years and ten appeals, Ria Schumacher was finally released due to her “lack of involvement”. Now at the age of thirty-seven, Ria is finally ready to tell the entire story in a three part book series.

The books are going to be released in the beginning of 2017 starting with Where the Truth Lies, which will, for the first time, tell a completely candid account of the events from this high-profile case. Ria Schumacher did not hold back anything in this memoir. She is releasing every aspect of the case and trial and exposing the injustice she received from the Illinois state judicial system.
After her prison release, Ria has returned to her career in modeling that she began as a teenager, and has also been a regular motivational speaker in the same prison system that robbed her from the best years of her life. Ria was also on season eleven of the Dr. Phil show where she was given advice by Dr. Phil on how to cope with life after facing this life-altering tragedy.

You can find Ria at:

Website
Facebook

This Week's Guest Is Frank Trigg!!

On this week's episode I welcomed UFC Hall of Famer Mr. Frank 'Twinkle Toes' Trigg into the virtual studio. Frank is a former mixed martial arts fighter, Actor and Stunt performer for TV and Film, colour commentator, television personality, radio host, and MMA spokesman. He has been involved in the combat sports industry, in some capacity, for more than 15 years. As a fighter, Frank Trigg has fought for some of the most prestigious fight promotions in the world, including Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, Rumble on the Rock, Icon Sport and World Fighting Alliance.
Trigg began his fight career in 1996 fighting for various upstart promotions and got his big break in 1999 when he signed on to fight for PRIDE Fighting Championships. Trigg made his debut for the promotion at Pride 8, where he clinched an impressive TKO victory over Fabiano Iha. The Olympic trials wrestling finalist and second degree Judo Black Belt went on to claim numerous titles, including the World Fighting Alliance Welterweight World title and the Icon Middleweight Championship title.
Trigg Stopped fighting in 2011 to pursue acting and stunt work full-time. Frank Trigg is revered as much for his accolades in the cage as he is for his unpredictable humour, first-hand knowledge of the sport, and expert commentating. He is recognized worldwide as a colour commentator, popular radio and television personality, and MMA spokesperson. It is safe to say that the success of this American mixed martial artist extends well beyond the cage. As an Interviewer Trigg can be seen giving one of a kind interviews on MmaOddsBreaker.com with fighters from different promotions.
As a radio personality, Trigg is the former co-host of the MMAWeekly.com radio show and TAGG radio. On television, Trigg has appeared on the VH1 reality show ‘Kept” where he tried to win the affections of former supermodel Jerry Hall, and was also featured on an episode of the popular sitcom ‘King of Queens, Hawaii Five-0, Murder in the first, Houdini, The Bridge and NCIS LA just to name a few. A few of the films he has been in are Red Belt, Frank and Lola, Awakening, Street and is currently filming Any Which Way They Come.
When he is not busy acting and training for stunts, the dedicated father of four devotes his time to his family and to giving back to the community through youth mentoring, involvement with Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and motivational speaking. Trigg is also very active on social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.

You can find Frank here:
Website
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram


Music this week is provided by Mountains of The Moon.

Mountains of the Moon is an alternative folk band based in Stockholm, Sweden. After the release of the latest single How I Leapt From The Stratosphere, the band is looking to release their independent debut EP later this year.

You can find out more about this awesome band at these links:

Facebook
Spotify
Soundcloud
Instagram

This Week's Episode Link

This week has been my busiest yet with working on the documentary series The What? With Drew. I have been deep in the early editing stages and interviewing multiple people for the series, trying in vein on occasion to keep track of who is interviewing for what episode. This is why I have forgotten to put up the usual bio piece on this week's guest, actor Paulo Costanzo. So here is a quick little bio and the all important episode link.



Drew Carson Show Season 2 Episode 13 Paulo Costanzo Interview

Selected Credits:

Royal Pains (2009-2016)
The Expanse (2015)
Splinter (2008)
Joey (2004-2006)
40 Days, 40 Nights (2002)
Josie & The Pussycats (2001)
Road Trip (2000)

This Week's Guests Are Ruth Whippman & J.C. MacKenzie

On this week's episode we have two special guest interviews. First up we have the very talented and creative author and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman. Ruth talks about her new book "The Pursuit of Happiness and Why it's Making Us Anxious."  Ruth talks candidly about why the pursuit of happiness through self help books, meditation and social media falseness leads to a far more unfulfilled life.




 You can find Ruth at:
Twitter
Amazon

And our other interview this week is with one of the stars of the Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger produced hit HBO show Vinyl,  J. C. MacKenzie! 

J. C. has been a frequent collaborator with Scorsese appearing in such Scorsese films as The Aviator, The Departed and The Wolf of Wall Street. Along with these credits he has also appeared in popular series such as Hemlock Grove, House of Cards, Murder One, The Shield and 24.

 

Some of J. C. MacKenzie's credits include:

Vinyl (2016)

Hemlock Grove (2014-2015)

The Wolf Of Wall St (2013)

For the Love Of Money (2012)

Dexter (2009)

The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)

The Shield (2004-2008)

The Departed (2006)

The Aviator (2004)

Dark Angel (2000-2002)

The Practice (1998)

Murder One (1995-1997)

You can find J. C. At:

Imdb

Twitter

 

 

This Week's Guest Is Actor Rance Howard

This week I had the absolute pleasure of welcoming acting royalty into the virtual studio in the form of the Howard family Patriarch Mr. Rance Howard. Rance is known for his roles in such films as Nebraska, Cool Hand Luke, A Beautiful Mind, The Burbs, How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Chinatown and popular television shows such as the Andy Griffiths Show, Gentle Ben, Bonanza, The Waltons, Happy Days, Seinfeld, Bones and the X-Files. He is the father of  and Ron Howard and Clint Howard and the grandfather of Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard.

Here are but some of his incredible screen credits:

40 Nights (2016)

The X-Files (2016)

Broken Memories (2015)

The Lone Ranger (2013)

Nebraska (2013)

The Dilemma (2011)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Walk Hard: (2007)

The Dewey Cox Story

Cinderella Man (2005)

The Alamo (2004)

Toolbox Murders (2004)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Happy, Texas (1999)

Small Soldiers (1998)

Mars Attacks (1996)

Independence Day (1996)

Apollo 13 (1995)

Ed Wood (1994)

The Paper (1994)

Universal Soldier (1992)

Parenthood (1989)

The Burbs (1989)

Innerspace (1987)

Cocoon (1985)

Splash (1984)

Mork & Mindy (1981)

Happy Days (1976-1979)

The Waltons (1973-1975)

Chinatown (1974)

Gentle Ben (1967-1969)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

The Andy Griffith Show (1962-1964)

Frontier Woman (1956)

You can find out more of Rance's great screen credits by visiting his IMDB page.