CHILLPAK HOLLYWOOD HOUR

The holidays are rapidly approaching, so it's only appropriate your friends in podcasting gift you with one of their most heartfelt shows of the year as they welcome special guest Suli McCullough. Suli is an accomplished, talented and hilarious writer, producer, actor and stand-up comic who has written for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", acted in such films as Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and is currently producing a documentary about stand-up comedy featuring the biggest names in the business. Suli and Phil grew up together, so in addition to fascinating and irreverent stories of show business adventures, this week's episode will boast thoughtful and moving discussions about race, art, culture and communication. Even after more than 7 1/2 years of free, weekly podcasty goodness, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness keep coming up with new and ever-more nourishing helpings of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

Get the popcorn ready ... This week's show is all about the movies - past, present and future! Join Dean and Phil as they discuss both Ridley Scott AND Harrison Ford's participation in the soon-to-be-filming Blade Runner sequel, as they remember a prolific author, an international comedy icon and one of the greatest Hollywood executives of all time, as they analyze the first kudos given out during Hollywood's long award season, as they praise or pan 5 current releases (Interstellar, Cake, Nightcrawler, Black or White, Wild), and as they finally get down to the business of Blue is the Warmest Color (because so many of YOU wanted them to!).

John Alan Simon spent many years as a successful journalist and an esteemed film and music critic before becoming actively involved in the financing, selling and marketing of independent motion pictures. Recently, he wrote, produced and directed Radio Free Albemuth, a motion picture adaptation of the novel by Phillip K Dick. This week, he's the guest on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

The bad news? Your friends in podcasting don't get to half of what they wanted to discuss (including discussions of at least a half dozen movies), The good news? What Dean and Phil do discuss is free-wheeling, eclectic, hilarious and insightful ... Charles Manson finds love, Bill Cosby has problems, Betty White is looking for work, "Luther" is coming stateside, a lawsuit is settled, Ken Takakura and Mike Nichols are remembered, Gillian Anderson is back in "The Fall", Phil might be acting in a play, and we're all learning a little something about Christianity and baseball in Japan. It's Happy Birthday to Phil Leirness. It's Happy Thanksgiving to the USA. It's YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

This week's installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour features the return of special (recurring) guest and free-lance journalist Yoshi Kato! He has recently returned from the Tokyo International Music Market and he offers up a full report on a life-time achievement award for cinema icon "Beat" Takeshi Kitano and two hot bands from Japan: VAMPS and Sakanaction. Yoshi joins your friends in podcasting in a spirited discussion on HBO shows, the faults in The Fault in Our Stars, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game and a commemorative stamp of Dean Haglund?!

Back when YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour was just getting started (as "From the Heart of Hollywood"), it's quite likely that Erynn Petrulis was the youngest listener of the show, teen-ager, living in the UK, who had already acted on-stage with Dean Haglund (while he was touring the UK with his one-man "X-Files" improv). Now, 7 years later, Erynn is a college graduate and a budding actress, having appeared in dozens of plays and short films. More important, she becomes the youngest guest yet on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. So, join us poolside, high atop the historic core of downtown Los Angeles, as the delightful Miss Petrulis swaps stories with her two mentors, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness.

It's the return of Luke Y. Thompson! Whether as a film critic, the editor of Topless Robot, or as an actor who co-stars in an awesome sci-fi film released this week in the U.S.A., LYT Rules! If you love movies, if you love popular culture, if you love journalism, if you love spirited, insightful and irreverent conversation, you'll love episode 369 of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

Long time listeners of the show will remember that way back when, it was called "From the Heart of Hollywood" ... Well, this week's show really brings the "heart" back to YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. To learn more about our special guest, Fu-Ding Cheng, please visit Liquid Light Productions.

It's Dean Haglund's birthday and in honor of the occasion, he and Phil Leirness deliver one of their most free-wheeling, diverse shows yet ... Your friends in podcasting discuss autographs, Comic-Con, UFO cults, Asian airlines suing for slander, the 20th Anniversary of The X-Files, Leonard Maltin, Space Command, Femme Fatales, Cory Monteith, Dennis Farina, 56 Up, The Conjuring, Blue Jasmine and much, much more ... In fact, Paul Weller drops by with a musical birthday greeting for Dean and Phil surprises Dean with an audio snippet of the Comic-Con panel featuring Chris Carter and Gillian Anderson that Dean moderated! Wondering what to give Dean Haglund for his birthday? Why not help him produce his new film The Lady Killers? Every single donation makes a big difference. Now enjoy, a special birthday installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

Your friends in podcasting appeared at Paranoia Con this weekend, where they showed their film The Truth Is Out There and then recorded this show in front of a live audience. If you were hoping to hear about Comic-Con, that will have to wait til next week. Rest assured, though, you are in for a treat this week as Dean and Phil take questions from the audience, riff irreverently, explore and examine, inspire, bicker and just plain change the way people listen to the internet ... Enjoy!

Maybe it's because this show was recorded on Sunday, rather than Monday, but this is one of the most unusual episodes of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour in a while ... Hilarious ... And unusual. Consider that your friends in podcasting take on such a wide range of topics as the death of a "Glee" star, spooky Vancouver hotels, the price of heroin in Canada, the Trayvon Martin trial, the top ten most successful stand-up comics working today, San Diego Comic-Con, season ten of "The X-Files", the sanity of conspiracy theorists vs. the sanity of those who believe official versions of history, the intern revolt in the entertainment industry and the boycott against the film version of Ender's Game. All that, plus a special movie theme tune keeps finding its way into the mix. Finally, if you are going to be in San Diego this week, make sure to stop by ParanoiaCon to meet Dean and Phil and see their film THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. Now, sit back, relax and enjoy 64 minutes that will change the way you listen to the internet!

The 4th of July is past, but here at YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, the fireworks are just getting started. Dean Haglund talks about a wedding celebration he attended in Canada and a mayoral swearing in ceremony he attended in Los Angeles. Phil Leirness ruminates on Independence Day, health care and the future of the USA. Then, your friends in podcasting discuss Russell Brand, MSNBC's "Morning Joe", This is the End, The Lone Ranger, Monster's University, subversive cinema, runaway production, the best plays of the last 100 years, the creator of "Family Ties" and "Spin City", a martial arts legend, a classic Look Magazine photographer and a science-fiction legend. All in all, it's action-packed. And if you're going to be in San Diego on Sunday 21 July, why not come see Dean and Phil (and their film The Truth Is Out There) at ParanoiaCon? Right now, it's episode 3-2-1 ... Blastoff!

Happy Canada Day! Phil Leirness is back with health advice for the young people and with corrections for Dean Haglund after listening to last week's show ... Nothing less than an action-packed thrill ride, this week's installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour features your friends in podcasting discussing more than a dozen movies, the Supreme Court's recent rulings on DOMA and Proposition 8, the Jim Carrey Kick-Ass 2 controversy, Paula Deen's racism vs. Alec Baldwin's homophobia, and fairy tales!

No Phil Leirness? No problem. Dean Haglund carries on without his faithful co-host, who is laid up (and who we hope will get well soon), but with the help of a special guest co-host! Together, they discuss such a wide variety of topics as the death of James Gandolfini, the disappearance of women in film, the return of Breaking Bad, two great shows currently playing in New York, the discovery of Barbra Streisand, and how friend of the show Chris Bonno is getting along in his recovery from hip surgery. Also, the lovely and talented guest co-host comes equipped with news of an HBO pilot in which she appears and a list of ten classic films you just might want to check out! All that plus Christopher Walken drops by and Dean gives health advice and recipes for healing injuries! It's a can't miss show for the ladies and for anyone who likes the ladies! It's YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Happy Summer!

Think quick: What show covers such a wide range of topics as UFO disclosure, Bill Clinton, Fox Entertainment's internship problem, Star Trek Into Darkness, Vince Vaughn, Robert Redford, the future of movie ticket pricing, the disappearance of women on-screen in film, a speakeasy in Culver City and Paranoia Con? Here's a hint: You're reading about it right now! It's the latest installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Enjoy!