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Vivica is talking with a charismatic, emotional powerhouse in Brandon Leake, the only spoken word poet ever to win America’s Got Talent. They discuss how he crafts his captivating spoken artworks, how he connects to people in such a profound and moving way, the critical changes that took him to the top and how he handles the demands on his personal life that come with supporting himself entirely through his art. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0by2xMr7370yimLXdwoytk?autoplay=true https://www.instagram.com/brandon_leake_ctm/ https://twitter.com/called_to_move https://www.calledtomovectm.org/brandon-leake/ https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are getting down to self-love and gratitude today with the beautiful and talented Actress Mishel Prada! You’ve seen her on “Fear the Walking Dead: Passage,” which was a spinoff of the popular series “The Walking Dead,” and starring as Emma Hernandez in the leading role on the drama series “Vida” on Starz.  She is currently joining us from Budapest on the set of “The Continental”, a prequel story to the Keanu Reeves' John Wick films. https://twitter.com/mishelprada https://www.instagram.com/mishelprada/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/MishelPrada https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are getting down to business with the beautiful and talented actress and producer Sonequa Martin-Green! Best known as Sasha Williams on “The Walking Dead”, where she hustled and kicked a whole lot of butt. You’ve also seen her on “The Good Wife” “Once Upon a Time and the film “Space Jam: A New Legacy” with Lebron James to name a few. Now she has made history as the FIRST Black, female captain in “Star Trek: Discovery” in its 55-year history. https://www.instagram.com/therealsonequa/ https://twitter.com/sonequamg https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have an “Unstoppable Force” in one hand and “Never Been Done” in the other, what do you have? Lee Daniels of course! The first African American to be nominated for a Director’s Guild Award, to this date the only African-American producer of an Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated film, he produced the film that resulted in the first African American woman winning a Best Actress Oscar, he’s a box office champ and he’s won more critical acclaim than most people read about.  He survived terrible childhood abuse, trauma, and personal loss growing up in Philadelphia, managed to rise above his circumstances, and used his experiences to help create some of the most powerful media ever made, and has helped countless people to attain their dreams.  Listen in and find out how Lee continues to inspire and stay true to himself and his vision. Check out Lee's projects: The Ms. Pat Show. https://www.bet.plus/shows/the-ms-pat-show ; Our Kind of People https://www.fox.com/our-kind-of-people/ and The Wonder Years https://abc.com/shows/the-wonder-years. https://www.instagram.com/leedaniels/ https://twitter.com/leedanielsent https://www.facebook.com/LeeDanielsEntertainment https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  http://stage29.tv/  https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts  https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vivica is joined by Damon Dash, legendary executive, producer, entrepreneur and musical visionary who ain’t afraid to get things done his way, even if some folks may not like it. But for all his groundbreaking accomplishments he really wants to be known for his love for his family. They discuss evolving morals in the entertainment industry, family life with Baby Dusko and “Wifey for Lifey” Raquel Horn, owning and operating a business, NFT’s, and how to stay on top while living a life of luxury. https://www.instagram.com/damedashstudios/ https://www.instagram.com/duskopoppington https://twitter.com/DashDamon https://www.instagram.com/dashnftgallery/ https://www.instagram.com/theprinceofdetroitfilm https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  http://stage29.tv/  https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts  https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A glamorous international television and movie star fluent in four languages, the actress and model Leonor Varela has enjoyed a career spanning decades working with the likes of Leonardo Di Caprio, Patrick Dempsey, Ashton Kutcher, Wesley Snipes, Timothy Dalton, Quentin Tarantino and Guillermo Del Toro. Perhaps it was being born in Chile during the brutal regime of ruthless dictator Augusto Pinochet and having to flee the country with her family as just a girl that helped her instinctively turn down infamous Hollywood sexual predator Harvey Weinstein's offer to audition for a movie role in his hotel room. Leonor and Vivica discuss the aftermath of that fateful decision, her becoming an influential activist working tirelessly to end whale hunting and to save our environment and suffering every parent’s nightmare in losing her beloved son Matteo to leukodystrophy at the age of 5. To help other parents struggling with loss, she wrote a powerful book about her experiences called Go to Heaven and Back: My Way with Matteo. Leonor believes we are never truly separated from the ones we love, and she's here with Vivica to share her secret to a long, successful career and deep and lasting relationships with our loved ones.  https://www.instagram.com/la_leovarela/ https://twitter.com/leonorvarela https://www.facebook.com/iam.leonor https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  http://stage29.tv/  https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts  https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traveling through this world “Unbothered” can be a challenge. Jemele Hill has taken that state of mind to the next level. The Emmy Award-winning journalist and Webby Award winner has helped to solidify a new path to success for women in sports and journalism: outspoken, courageous, and committed to what's right rather than “play along with the boys” and “don't rock the boat”. She has helped create a market for the truth! Vivica and Jamele discuss how her hustle and personal strength led to the notorious “baby momma” question, holding her own at ESPN, the life-changing tweet, and how she’s building a media empire. This magnificent woman is definitely on the right side of history. Hill is the Co-founder of Lodge Freeway Media and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. She has a new podcast on Spotify, called Jemele Hill is “Unbothered” that explores the news of the day and the intersectionality between the worlds of sports, politics, music, identity and culture. Jemele, along with Van Lathan, launched the podcast, “The Wire: way down in the hole” which breaks down every episode on the HBO classic series. Hill is also the co-host of a weekly nightly talk show with her longtime friend, former ESPN anchor, Cari Champion on the Vice Network called “Cari & Jemele: Stick To Sports”. https://twitter.com/jemelehill https://www.instagram.com/jemelehill/ https://open.spotify.com/show/1SXD1U55jqbK9HHoPvdbsw https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  http://stage29.tv/  https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts  https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to succeed in show biz you better have a hustle and you better have more than one! In this episode we are going to hear all about what it takes from the beautiful and multi-talented Michelle Mitchenor: she's an accomplished vocalist, she's danced alongside Beyonce, Rihanna, Cee-lo Green and Alicia Keys to name just a few, she lit up the big screen starring in Academy Award-Winning Director Spike Lee’s CHI-RAQ as 'Indigo' opposite Wesley Snipes, she dazzled as Detective Sonya Bailey in “Lethal Weapon” opposite Damon Wayans, and right now she's taking names and not taking any $#!^ as attorney ‘Jayla Wright' in BET+‘s hit series, “The First Wives Club." We are getting all kinds of real with the girl who does the deal, people! https://twitter.com/MMitchenor https://www.facebook.com/michellemitchenor https://www.instagram.com/michellemitchenor/ https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  https://stage29.tv/ https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts/  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vivica A. Fox is speaking with Da’Vinchi, the Haitian American actor with a magnetic charm. Da’Vinchi opens up about his audition experience for Marvel's “‘Jessica Jones”, playing Cash Mooney in ”Grown-ish” and what’s next for his character Darnell Hayes in “All American”. Vivica and Da’Vinchi share their admiration for Executive Producer Curtis “50 Cent” as a creator of “Black Mafia Family” and the excellent direction of Tasha Smith on the highly anticipated Starz series. Da’Vinchi is making his Broadway debut in “Thoughts of a Colored Man” directed by Steve H. Broadnax III and starring Luke James Keith David, Dyllón Burnside, Bryan Terrell Clark, Forrest McClendon, and Tristan “Mack” Wilds. "Thoughts of a Colored Man" is produced by Brian Moreland, Ron Simons, Diana DiMenna, Samira Wiley, Sheryl Lee Ralph, the Shubert Organization, and The Nederlander Organization. Da’Vinchi is an all-around sports enthusiast, loves to create music, and lives his life to the fullest going beyond fear and living his best life! https://www.instagram.com/davinchi https://twitter.com/davinchijuste https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  https://stage29.tv/ https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts/  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode’s raucous guests are actor, singer-producer Raven-Symoné Pearman Maday and her wife Miranda Pearman Maday, the sexiest, most hilarious, most fearless millennial lesbian married couple out there. They reveal their genuine love for each other, their “Lucy & Lucy” relationship, Raven’s knowledge of Miranda’s body, hearing weird “MARRY HER!” voices, finding the right ring, getting married at Debbie Allen’s house, subconscious judgment and their hysterical YouTube Series “8PM!” Listen in to Vivica, Raven and Miranda discuss living life way out in the open and some of the challenging, maybe not so glamorous but hilarious realities taking place behind the scenes.  https://www.instagram.com/ravensymone/ https://www.facebook.com/ravensymone https://twitter.com/ravensymone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H644_R8Pneo https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  https://stage29.tv/ https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts/  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vivica celebrates her friendship with “Eva The Diva”, the gorgeous and talented Eva Marcille, winner of “America's Next Top Model”, star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”, actress, TV/radio personality and entrepreneur. She’s rocked “Everybody Hates Chris”, Tyler Perry's “House of Payne”, and movies like “Crossover”, and “I Think I Love My Wife”, and you can see her leading the cast of “All The Queen’s Men” as “Marilyn ‘Madam’ Deville,” now on BET+. Vivica and her good friend share some of their funniest, wildest adventures and successes on and off-screen, and Eva takes us behind the scenes on “America’s Top Model” and tells us all about the real Tyra Banks and what she learned being “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”. She also opens up about her fantastic husband Michael Sterling, and her beautiful children. Vivica loves that Eva always brings a strong work ethic, grace, class, and honesty to everything she does. Listen in and see how a real Diva does it! https://www.instagram.com/evabyevamarcille/ https://evabyevamarcille.com/ https://twitter.com/evamarcille?lang=en https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  https://stage29.tv/ https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts/  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gorgeous and talented actress Dania Ramirez made her name from roles in Spike Lee’s movies “25th Hour” and “She Hates Me”, "The Sopranos," "Devious Maids", and “Jumanji: The Next Level”. She launched 'Cover Girl Cosmetics’, ‘Clean Makeup For Clean Water Campaign’ With Queen Latifah, and her latest project, a fantasy drama called "Sweet Tooth" is on Netflix. This woman is making it happen! Listeners are going to learn what makes Dania tick and find out how she's hustling to get things done! https://www.instagram.com/daniajramirez/ https://twitter.com/daniajramirez https://www.facebook.com/DaniaJRamirez https://www.vivicafox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/msvfox/  https://www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox https://twitter.com/msvivicafox  https://stage29.tv/ https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts/  https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices