James Lott Jr reunites with friend and Exec Producer and Actor Jasper Cole! His new dark comedy series Kombucha Cure debuts on PopstarTV on Tuesday Feb 21st! jaspercole.com Written by Cecilia Choi and Michael R. Snell with inspiration from their respective careers in medicine – Kombucha Cure is set in the fictional town of Verdigris Lake where doctors and their cancer patients’ have taken on the healthcare insurance industry in the spirit of Robin Hood. Two-time Emmy® winner Tamara Braun (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital), Denise Boutte (The Young &amp; The Restless, Bronx SIU), Jasper Cole (The Fall, Macgruber), multiple Emmy nominee® Jennifer Bassey (All My Children), Robert Craighead (Ruthless), Angie Kim (Extracurricular), and Jermel Nakia (This is Us) star in season one of the comedy series. Kombucha Cure season one is Executive Produced by Choi, Snell, Jonathan Chia (In the Dark), and Tarun Raj (Happy Prank Day) with Yorke G. Fryer (Extinct) and Jasper Cole (Miracle Before Christmas, Bronx SIU, Dunkleman) as co-Executive Producers. Season two is set to begin production this spring in Los Angeles with Choi, Snell, and Cole as showrunners. Kombucha Cure expands Popstar! TV’s programming library of award-winning shows including The Bay, Laura McKenzie’s Traveler, Killer Instinct, B-Sides, Purgatory, and The Agency. Download the Popstar! TV app on Roku, Firestick, or Apple TV, or find Popstar! TV on STIRR, PLEX TV, DISTRO TV and all LG and VIZIO Smart TVs.

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Starting with the Scott Adams (Dilbert) controversy, James Lott Jr and Jared Karol ( Author, A White Guy Confronts Racism) talk about consequence culture, cancel culture, and utopian ideas! jaredkarol.com

Extra Connections LIVE: Race Talk 2023 with Jared Karol

James Lott Jr sits down with his friend Dominic Albano to discuss his new underwear line! Taken from his website dominicalbanocollection.com:Launched in 2023 by Dominic Albano. After being discovered in New York City, Dominic has been modeling for over a decade, all over the world, and has been featured in magazines and campaigns, however his collaborations with world renowned photographers propelled him into social media stardom. Having modeled predominantly for underwear brands, Dominic brings both his experience and own vision to his new underwear line. The inspiration for Dominic's designs was to stay classic, focusing on traditional styles, neutral and subdued colors and prioritize simplicity, comfort and versatility. Lyocell, Dominic's choice for fabric, handpicked for its softness, stretch and lightweightness was thoughtfully and purposefully made for all body types. Despite wearing and modeling various brands, materials and designs, Dominic's own inspirations and influences have come from Queer culture and his bias in what makes men look and feel good.

The Dominic Albano Underwear Collection with Dominic Albano

James Lott Jr reunites with old friend Producer/Director/Writer/Actor Griff Furst!GRIFF FURST upcoming feature DEVIL'S PEAK starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright & Jackie Earl Haley opens in theaters on Feb. 17. They talk about the film and other projects!

Devil's Peak Producer Griff Furst

Comedian George Lopez is in the news for his stance on not helping other Latinos,James Lott Jr shares his thoughts!

Extra Connections Race Talk:Does Helping Your Own Race Hinder Their Growth

Tomorrow is a New Day Season 1 is out now on all audio platforms! Season 2 debuts January 18th! Follow on all socials at TAND podcast! Aaron D Wallis is the Creator/Producer/Writer/Director. Gregory Barbera plays Lewis Abernathy!

Extra Connections LIVE with Tomorrow Is A New Day's Aaron D Wallis & Gregory Barbera

Happy 2023! host James Lott Jr tells you whats in store for the show this year!

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James Lott jr is unboxing a box from Eastern Standard Provisions Co. and talk about a few other things!

Extra Connections LIVE: Unboxing on Christmas Day

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Actor, writer and producer Paul Sidhu is rapidly becoming a major force in independent cinema, having recently top-lined seven different films. He currently stars opposite Kristanna Loken, Gary Daniels and Corbin Bernsen in director R. Ellis Frazier’s action thriller, Repeater from Saban Films, in which his hitman character is hired to track down a hacker/whistleblower. The film opens in theaters on December 9 and on VOD, December 13. Sidhu also stars in Uppercut, director Robert Beaumont’s upcoming romantic drama about an awkward attorney whose life trajectory is changed by his female boxer client. He also takes the lead in Deep Stage, an action drama about a former professional drag racer and part time drug dealer who is recruited by the DEA to take down a dangerous kingpin. Sidhu stars in, produces and co-wrote another action drama – Escape from Black Water – about an attorney who travels to the other side of the world to find what happened to his missing fiancée, but winds up in a prison convicted of her murder. A native of New Delhi, India who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, Paul was more interested in clinical psychology than drama in high school. Following that path, he attended the University of Washington, where he determined that medicine was his career goal. He later received a Masters Degree in Public Health from Tulane University, where he also graduated from medical school and switched his discipline from psychology to dermatology. As a doctor, he served his residency at the University of Southern California, and soon opened his dermatology practice, which was very successful. It was in Los Angeles, while befriending many people in the local arts community – actors, writers, directors – that Paul achieved what he terms a personal renaissance, which revived a nascent fascination with films and filmmaking. His first film foray as a lead actor, writer and producer was Aakhari Decision, in which he portrays a reluctant assassin who is dragged back into his dangerous profession when he falls in love. Not only did the film get a major theatrical release in India, but it made a cool profit for its investors. Turning to science fiction, he starred in and wrote 2307: Winter’s Dream, a futuristic sci-fi action film, set in the 24th Century, in which he portrayed a retired special forces humanoid hunter who is pulled out of retirement to hunt down the leader of a humanoid rebellion.

Actor/Writer/Producer/Doctor Paul Sidhu

James Lott Jr and Jared Karol are back and talking about race AND other marginalized subjects. Cancel culture vs Consequence culture. WHere is the compassion? What is the problem?
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Extra Connections LIVE:  Race Talk With Jared Karol

Joshua and James are friends and they have an honest conversation about his mental health. **** Trigger warning*** some mature and serious talk! Follow Josh on IG @joal323

Extra Connections LIVE: Honestly Working ON Yourself with Joshua Alonzo

Erica Hubbard is an award-winning television, film, stage actress, writer and producer who has several projects that are streaming on Netflix, BET, Starz, Prime Video, HULU and more.
Her major producing credits include Perfectly Single, Black Coffee, Professor Mack and The Last Fall (which screened in South By Southwest Film Festival) Directed by Academy-Award Winner' Matthew Cherry. Erica Hubbard has starred in countless studio films such as Save The Last Dance, The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants with Blake Lively, Akeelah and The Bee with Keke Palmer, Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne and A Cinderella Story with Hillary Duff streaming on Netflix.
Hubbard has also appeared on hit television shows such as CSI: Miami, Cold Case, Everybody Hates Chris, ER and Chicago Med on NBC.
Erica Hubbard's most popular characters are from her series regular roles on the popular television series' Let's Stay Together streaming on BET and Lincoln Heights currently streaming on HULU.
Erica Hubbard is a member of the Producers Guild of America. Recently, she has written a holiday love-story' Holiday Mistletoe which is in production. In her spare time she promotes her children books: You, She, Her, Him (Volume 1 & 2) and oversees her 501(c)3 Non-profit' The Erica Hubbard Foundation as Executive Director mentoring at-risk youth and giving away scholarships to college students.
Hubbard is a graduate of Columbia College where she received a degree in Communications. Erica Hubbard can recently be seen as a leading-lady in the hit film' My Perfect Wedding streaming on BET Plus and Prime Video.
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Actress/Writer/Producer/Excellence Erica Hubbard

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Joey Marie Urbina is a Mexican-American, stage-trained actress and singer from Houston, Texas. She grew up with all brothers and a single mom bouncing around inner-city Houston where she developed an early love for singing and acting through school productions and church choir. While attaining her B.F.A. in Acting from Texas State University, Joey also studied abroad with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Joey starred as Maya in, "Masks"- Winner of 2018 NBC Universal Short Film Festival's Outstanding Drama Award, Critic's Choice Award, and Audience Award. Joey's most recent theatre credits include, "Antony and Cleopatra," "The Art of Dining," and as Veronica in "The Motherfu**ker with the Hat," directed by NAACP award-winning director Gloria Gifford. In 2020 just before the global pandemic hit, Joey landed a recurring role on FX's Crime Drama, "Snowfall." She has been recurring on the show since its fourth season and is now set to return for the show's final sixth season. James Lott Jr is the host! http://www.joeymarieurbina.com/

Actress Singer Joey Marie Urbina

Cameron Sean Ganis was born in New York on December 15, 1993, to John and Catalina Ganis at only three pounds. He has always been a fighter showing his relentlessness, passion, and a reason to keep going fourth towards his dream. He grew up in a bi-racial household along with two brothers. His father played the guitar since he was sixteen, and at the age of sixteen Cameron picked up a pen and pad and started creating his own sound. Today his biggest influencers are Drake, Lil Wayne, China Mac, Machine Gun Kelly, Joyner Lucas, Russ, Eminem, Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber to name a few. This up-and-coming vocalist, songwriter and rap artist had some major obstacles in his life. Both of his parents had a kidney transplant a few years ago, which took a toll on him, but because of his perseverance and love for music, he was able to overcome these obstacles. Cameron feels that he gets his drive from his mom, being that she overcame a few obstacles of her own. This thriving young artist also knew about the importance of getting an education, so he enrolled in the State University of New York at Fredonia near Canada. When his parents fell sick, he needed to be closer to home, so he enrolled at the University of Central Florida, the largest college in the United States earning a full scholarship.

Activist/Artist/Rapper Cameron Sean

Yes we talk about her time on All My Children (Livia) and her Broadway work (jellys Last jam, Caroline or Change), we also talk about her film Red Pill. Plus James Lott Jr and she talk about activism in and through art! Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Activist, Tonya does it all! redpillmovie2020.com

Tony Award Winner Tonya Pinkins

The youngest of five, Brett grew up in Laguna Beach, California. His interest in the arts was sparked early, after watching the film version of West Side Story. He graduated under a full scholarship from the nationally recognized Laguna Playhouse conservatory. After furthering his education, he relocated to Los Angeles where he has worked in countless film, theatre and television productions, including General Hospital and Grey's Anatomy. Film appearances include Hitchcock and Saw III. He also created, produced and hosted LA LA Land Talk, a nationally broadcast talk show focusing on Los Angeles entertainers and broadcast into over six million homes weekly. Guests included Spike Lee, Bill Pullman and George Wendt. Brett executive produced and co-hosted 200+ episodes over a four year period. Currently Brett is working on the Amazon TV premier of Mrs. American Pie starring Ricky Martin, Kirstin Whig and Allison Janney, set for release in 2023. James Lott jr is the host!

I Played Roger Barstow on GH with Actor Brett Chapin!

Jared Karol returns and joins James Lott jr to talk race! Follow awhiteguyconfrontsracism.com

Extra Connections: Race Talk: Indigenous Peoples Day vs Columbus Day

 Actor Martin Harris has a supporting role in writer/director David O. Russell’s star-studded 1930s murder mystery, Amsterdam from Fox starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Timothy Olyphant and Robert DeNiro among other opening in theaters everywhere October 7. He also recently portrayed a Czech police officer in Netflix’s edgy international thriller, The Gray Man; he co-starred opposite Colin Firth in The Staircase biographical crime series; he played a German bartender opposite Tony Dalton in the final season of Better Call Saul; and he’s one of actor David Harbour’s fellow prisoners in a Soviet gulag in the latest season of the acclaimed science fiction series Stranger Things. 
     A native of Wroclaw, Poland, Martin started his career as an international sportswriter, broadcaster and author, with a specialty in NBA basketball. Not only did he write a best-selling book about the Los Angeles Lakers, but he credits the late Kobe Bryant for giving him the salient advice to follow his dreams and become an actor. 
     Prior to Bryant’s advice, Martin got a quick dose of film history when he became fascinated with a DVD set of the twenty-five best movies of all time. That combined with a passion for James Bond movies and the cinema of Robert De Niro led him to become an actor in Hollywood.
     After studying intensely at the Stella Adler Theater and the Beverly Hills Playhouse, Martin began to land gradually larger roles in major television and film productions. These included the part of Lt. Nikolai Zybulski, a primary adversary in TNT’s The Last Ship post-apocalyptic series; a Croatian agent in the controversial feature The Hunt; and a prison tower sharpshooter in Red Notice.
     When he isn’t working in film and television, Martin loves rock music (he once headlined a heavy metal band called Army of Darkness back in Poland), and he also does significant voice work for computer and video games - one of those voices is fan-favorite “Krueger,” the beloved character on Call of Duty.

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Creator James Lott Jr talks about the future of this show that has no tbeen released yet! Meanhwile the theme song is being released Sept 19th, 2022! And he plays a snippet of the song! buymeacoffee.com/jameslottjr
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The Song and Show's Future!

General Hospital won for Best Directing Team Drama at the Daytime Emmys. We got to talk with two of its esteemed directors Allison and Phideaux!

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Joey King joins the show to discuss the third and final instalment of her global franchise hit “The Kissing Booth.” She reflects back on how the journey began, what it was like when the first film became a phenomenon, and how the trilogy has changed her life.King also talks about her trajectory from being a child actor to being nominated for an Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe for her extraordinary performance opposite Patricia Arquette in “The Act,” and her work as a producer. She also shares the pressures of social media, how she handles fear and self-doubt, and her advice for young creatives who might be struggling.

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Born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Maitreyi identifies as 'Tamil-Canadian' rather than 'Sri Lankan’. She began acting in school plays in Grade 10 and graduated from Meadowvale Secondary School. She made the decision to pursue an acting career in her last year at Meadowvale and landed the lead role of “Devi Vishwakumar” in the Netflix teen comedy series Never Have I Ever less than a year after. Ramakrishnan deferred her acceptance to the theatre program at York University in Toronto, which she had initially planned to attend the fall after she graduated high school, so she could shoot the series in Los Angeles. Janette caught up with her a Liquid Media’s Tiff party to discuss the series which first aired in July 2020 was renewed by Netflix for a second season August 2021 and deals with the coming-of-age of an Indian-American high school student coping with the sudden death of her father. This is Ramakrishnan’s first-ever acting role. She was selected by the show’s creator, Mindy Kalin (whose life the show is loosely based-on), out of 15,000 applicants who applied in an open casting call. Never Have I Ever has been described as a watershed moment for South Asian representation in Hollywood and has received praise for breaking South Asian stereotypes. A third season is in the making.
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Maitreyi Ramarkrishnan: From Mississauga to Hollywood to Mega NetflixStar with her First Role

"P-Valley" is the acclaimed Starz original series about the world of professional pole dancing. It follows the lives of the dancers, as well as the club's owner, Uncle Clifford. I spoke with Nicco Annan, who stars as Uncle Clifford, about the new season.I will also be interviewing Felicia Henderson, the show runner, head writer, and executive producer of the new Netflix show "First Kill", following teenage vampire Juliette and her relationship with a new girl in town named Calliope who is a vampire hunter.Topics Covered“P-Valley” tells a universal story of hustlers, dreamers, survivors, and striversThe series is created, and executive produced by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori HallSeason two takes audiences deeper into the lives of the Pynk’s beloved characters as darkness descends upon Chucalissa.“P-Valley” was filmed on location in Atlanta, GA, but is set against the Mississippi Delta.“First Kill” premieres on NetflixBalancing being Showrunner-Executive Producer and head writer of FIRST KILLWWII drama AVENGER FIELD for Peacock. The series stars Renée Zellweger as Jackie Cochran.More on Nicco AnnanNathaniel Nicco-Annan was born on an Army base in Germany to a black Southern woman born and a West African man from Ghana. Nicco, as he is affectionately known, was raised in Detroit, Michigan. Best described as talented and entertaining, Nicco is an impassioned spirit, who had a love for acting and dance from his earliest years. Ultimately that passion led him from Detroit to New York, where he trained under the iconic Director, Israel Hicks, at SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Acting, and earned his BFA. Shortly after that, Nicco accepted an opportunity to be a Choreographer in Residence at the Yale School of Drama. Nicco’s razor-sharp wit and emotional accessibility have driven a varied career in both Legit and Musical Theatre, as well as in Film and Television. His brand defies all of the traditional limitations. As a gay man he grew up in between the worlds of the “grand fantastical” gay scene and the rigid realities of being a big black man in America and the stigma that both can carry.More on Felicia HendersonWriter-Director-Producer Felicia D. Henderson is the creator of Showtime’s Emmy Award nominated series SOUL FOOD, television’s first multi-season African American drama. Currently, she is the Showrunner-Executive Producer and head writer of FIRST KILL, the new Y.A. genre drama soon premiering on Netflix, which pits a family of vampires against a family of monster hunters. She is also developing the WWII drama AVENGER FIELD for Peacock. The series stars Renée Zellweger as Jackie Cochran, who co-founded the U.S. Army’s first women’s pilot training program; and at the time of her death, in 1980, was the most accomplished American pilot, male or female, in American history.Felicia has written and co-executive produced a number of other high-profile shows such as FRINGE, GOSSIP GIRL, Marvel’s THE PUNISHER, EMPIRE, and EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS. She also co-created and executive produced THE QUAD, a one-hour drama set on the campus of an HBCU. Her career started with sitcoms such as FAMILY MATTERS, THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR, SISTER SISTER, and MOESHA.
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E935: Rushion Interviews "P Valley" Star Nicco Annan on His Groundbreaking Role, becoming Uncle Clifford & more! |Felicia Henderson, Executive Producer and Showrunner of Netflix's First Kill!

British actress Cush Jumbo is best known for her starring role in US TV dramas The Good Wife and spin-off The Good Fight. Now she’s aiming to set the London theatre scene alight, playing ‘a new kind of Hamlet’ at the Young Vic. Only a handful of women have ever taken on the role before, and Jumbo is the first woman of colour to play the troubled Danish prince in a major production in Britain. It hasn’t been plain sailing for Cush Jumbo, who worked a long list of jobs – including door to door sales and waitressing in a strip bar – to support herself as an aspiring actress, and came close to quitting altogether. But, as Mark Coles hears, she wrote her way out of the doldrums and became a star on both sides of the Atlantic.
Celebrity mates Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) and Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!) help tell her story, and spill some great anecdotes along the way. Presenter: Mark Coles
Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton
Researchers: Zoe Gelber, Soila Apparicio, Bethan Head
Production Coordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Penny Murphy
Mix: Neil Churchill

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