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Jonathan Frakes, Captain William Riker from Star Trek Picard joins Dave and Nikki to talk about the Season 3 finale and an organization near and dear to his heart that is coming up. To support Jonathan Frakes PanCan Purplestride team visit purplestride.org/teamtrek See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director Cyrus Neshvad’s THE RED SUITCASE is a heartbreaking story of a 16-year-old Iranian girl who is visibly terrified after picking up her red suitcase at the airport. She is seen to be lost in thought and taking her time to leave the departure lounge. What awaits her on the other side of the automatic doors is even more daunting than we thought. THE RED SUITCASE is nominated for the 95th Academy® Awards after qualifying by winning the Oscar®-qualifying award at the Tirana International Film Festival. Luxembourg Airport. Late in the evening. A veiled 16-year-old Iranian girl is frightened to take her red suitcase on the automatic carpet. She keeps pushing back the moment to go through the arrival gate and seems more and more terrified. Cyrus Neshvad is a Luxembourg director of Iranian origin. He has directed several short films including THE ORCHID, ANTOINE, SON and PORTRAITIST which have all been produced by CYNEFILMS. Collectively these films have officially been selected in over 300 festivals, over 30 of them Oscar-qualifying. PORTRAITIST qualified for the Oscars in 2020 and won 55 awards including the Letzebuerger Filmpraïs 2021 in Luxembourg. Currently, Cyrus Neshvad is developing his first feature film "LE REFUGE / THE SHELTER" supported by the Film Fund Luxembourg. Director Cyrus Neshvad Shares: “Being nominated makes me proud to bring support to the Iranians fighting right now in the streets of Tehran for their freedom."Writer Guillaume Levil has written and directed several films including THE TROUSER ISSUE which was broadcasted on TV, he has also directed ARTHUR RAMBO and wrote PORTRAITIST which was also the winner of The Lëtzebuerger Filmprais. The beautiful composition which sets the sombre tone of the film was created by Kyan Bayani who was the composer of two-time Oscar-nominated COLLECTIVE directed by Alexander Nanau and BAD BANKS directed by Christian Schwochow and Christian Zübert on Netflix. This heart-breaking short film has been nominated for the 95th Academy® Awards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julian David Stone author of the book "It's Alive" a fictionalized history of the making of Frankenstein joins Nikki to talk about what readers will discover in the book. Family drama, Hollywood politics and professional rivalries make this book a fun page turner perfect for Halloween.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Felton "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard" is available wherever books are sold now. He shares magical moments on set as well as funny and enlightening behind the scenes stories as well as personal challenges growing up in the spotlight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror: Bigfoot Jack Osbourne Media Personality & Paranormal TV Host Searches for Evidence of Bigfoot with Actor Friend Jason Mewes in New Two-Hour Special on Discovery + which premieres June 26th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chef Andre Rush joins us to talk about his new book and his experience working under 4 Presidents and in the Pentagon on 9/11. Find out which President threw the best parties and which were the pickiest eaters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amy Ziering is a documentary film maker whose latest project is a four part docuseries on HBO Max called "Not So Pretty." The docuseries focuses on the beauty industry and how all of these products we're using to make us look better, feel better and just take care of ourselves are harming us.  Website: https://www.hbomax.com/a/grw-nsp?utm_id=sa%7c71700000093126383%7c58700007781015966%7cp70666920626&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgYSTBhDKARIsAB8KukuaDyatoY5fod4ENVdEzAlgBPkRqNPI3LYr8x9DgMdpLZ-ihFHGz5AaAv9_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Not So Pretty IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13142526/ Amy Ziering IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463039/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Wilson puts together the Razzies each year. When the good movies are winning awards at the Oscars the bad ones are given Golden Raspberry Awards. We talk to him about some of the worst films of the year and the actor that got his very own category.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grae Drake is the former senior editor of Rotten Tomatoes so she knows movies. She joins us to talk about the 2022 94th Annual Academy Award nominees. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wolfgang Puck is catering the Oscars and serving some dishes you might not expect for such a fancy event.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Frakes joins us to talk about everything from playing Comander William Riker on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to directing select episodes of "Star Trek: Picard" to raising money for PanCan-Purplestride 2022.  To donate to PanCan Purplestride 2022 visit purplestride.org PanCan Purplestride event in Milwaukee on April 30th, 2022   Star Trek: Picard is now streaming season two on Amazon Prime Video and Paramount + See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Roberts joins us to talk about The Righteous Gemstones and how this character is his favorite yet, who he modeled Junior Marsh after and what the best job in the world really is.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.