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28 Apr

More TV Squad Q&A fun

Here’s some of the Q&As I’ve been doing at TV Squad lately:

Chris Colfer from ‘Glee’ (4/27/10)

Barry Levinson, who directed ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ for HBO (4/23/10)

‘Chuck’ co-creator Chris Fedak (4/21/10)

Patrick Stewart (4/20/10)

David Cross
(4/7/10)

Andy Cohen of Bravo (3/18/10)

‘Breaking Bad’ creator Vince Gilligan (3/17/10)

Nick Offerman of ‘Parks and Recreation’
(2/11/10)

Brian Williams (12/17/09)

Tracy Morgan (10/26/09)

Matthew Weiner of ‘Mad Men’ (10/9/09)

28 Jun

I was a quizmaster for Parade.com

Parade logoEarlier this year, Parade.com asked me to write a couple of TV-related quizzes:

24 Quiz (4/7/09)

Scrubs quiz (4/9/09)

23 Feb

The Daily Beast - Celebrities galore

The Daily Beast logoI recently started doing interviews with various entertainment luminaries at The Daily Beast.

Here is a collection of my posts.

Amy Poehler: The Very Funny Interview - Amy Poehler jokes around and talks about Parks and Recreation. (4/9/09)

Denis Leary to the Rescue - Denis Leary (along with co-creator Peter Tolan) talk about the upcoming season of Rescue Me, and Leary talks about his autism controversy and the continuing comparisons to Bill Hicks. (4/7/09)

Josh Schwartz on Life After Gossip Girl - The prolific producer talks about his new web series, Gossip Girl spoilers, working on Chuck, and teenage angst. (3/23/09)

Bryan Cranston: Daddy Runs a Meth Lab - The Emmy winner talks about Breaking Bad, directing himself, and being the original re-gifter. (3/8/09)

What Holly Hunter Owes Tony Soprano - The Oscar-winning actress talks about Saving Grace, and how cable changed her career. (2/27/09)

What’s Eating Kevin Bacon? - the actor talks about his HBO movie Taking Chance, about getting past his Footloose image early on, and about finally putting Bernie Madoff to rest. (2/19/09)

Will TV Slay Joss Whedon? - The geek auteur talks about Dollhouse: the rewrites and reshoots, the Friday night slot, how he’s confident that this isn’t another Firefly, and if Dr. Horrible will get a sequel. (1/28/09)

23 Feb

TV Squad Fun

TV Squad logoIf you folks didn’t already know, I’m the Editor-in-Chief of the AOL-owned blog TV Squad. It’s been a heck of a lot of fun, and it’s given me a lot of chances to talk to the best and brightest in the world of TV… and spewing my opinions all over the place.

Here are my posts.

Most recent interviews:

Amy Ryan (6/9/09)

Doug Benson (4/20/09) (get it?)

Bobby Cannavale and Sarah Paulson (joint interview fun!) (3/30/09)

Megan Mullally (3/25/09)

Dylan Baker (3/13/09)

My favorite interviews:

Bob Newhart (12/4/08)

Eddie Izzard (11/2/08)

The guys from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (9/18/08)

Carter Bays of How I Met Your Mother (9/10/08)

Larry Willmore of The Daily Show (8/5/08)

Keith Olbermann (8/4/08)

Drew Carey (7/20/08)

Bill Lawrence of Scrubs (Warning: This one’s an epic… 3 pages! But it’s all great.) (5/22/08)

Penn Jillette (5/12/08)

Barry Williams (Greg Brady to you and me) (3/28/08)

Lewis Black (3/19/08)

23 Feb

New Jersey Monthly - Entertainment

NJ Monthly logoHere are some entertainment articles I’ve done for New Jersey Monthly:

Fare Gane - Profile of Ben Bailey from Cash Cab
March, 2008

Eight Nights of Hanukkah with Yo La Tengo
Slide and the Family - Profile of Robert Randolph
Spouting - profile of Fountains of Wayne
December, 2007

Funny Business - profile of Monk executive producer Andy Breckman
August, 2007

23 Feb

Entertainment Q&As

Howie Mandel: The TV Squad Interview
TV Squad, 04-04-2006

George Takei: The TV Squad Interview
TV Squad, 04-26-2006

Lisa Loeb: The TV Squad Interview, Part 1
Lisa Loeb: The TV Squad Interview, Part 2
TV Squad, 02-23-2006

Gene Simmons Interview (PDF)
Radar Online, 05-22-2007

Lisa Lampanelli Interview (PDF)
Radar Online, 02-28-2007

Rob Riggle interview (PDF)
Radar Online, 11-27-2006

Gay For a Day - An interview with John Stamos
New York Post, 12-07-2006

John Stamos: The TV Squad Interview
TV Squad, 12-08-2006

Matt Groening talks about Futurama’s comeback
TV Squad, 01-31-2007

Bill Lawrence of Scrubs: The TV Squad Interview
TV Squad, 01-17-2007

Q&A with Mitch Hurwitz of Arrested Development
TV Squad, 09-14-2006

Jimmy Kimmel: The TV Squad Interview
TV Squad, 09-07-2006

Carter Bays of How I Met Your Mother: The TV Squad Interview
TV Squad, 05-11-2007

23 Feb

Entertainment Profiles

Bench Marks - Profile of jazz pianist Bill Charlap (PDF)
North Jersey Media Group, April 2007

In Person: Mr. Breuer’s Neighborhood - Profile of comedian Jim Breuer
The New York Times, 10-16-2005

Hit Man - Profile of Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens
New Jersey Monthly, April 2006

Acting Like Your Mother - Profile of Barbara Krajkowski and her daughter Jane Krakowski of 30 Rock (PDF)
North Jersey Media Group, April 2007

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