Back To Work

The day after the Oscars, I had to report to work to prep an episode of the long running series BONES. I would not have planned it that way, but when I booked the episode months ago, who knew I’d be a nominee?

They were kinda surprised I made it, and I wasn’t entirely there, but I was welcomed by a wonderful cast and crew. And I got to work with these lovely ladies.

BONES means there will be bones. Here is this weeks’ victim. 

We laughed and had a great time the entire shoot. Tamara Taylor and I got to reconnect, and made friends with David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel and Michaela Conlin, and the wonderful producing team. Special shout out to DP Gordon Lonsdale, the best dressed cinematographer I’ve ever worked with.

Thanks for the portrait, Gordon!

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Back On The Fantastic Voyage!

I love the Tom Joyner Cruise.  It’s a well run event that is drenched in blackness.  I hosted a screening of DJANGO and led a discussion, which went great but the highlights for me was a) the hang, and b) the great musical performances.

Jamie Foxx kicked it off with a variety show of a performance with music and comedy guest stars ranging from Jay Anthony Brown, Guy Torry and Kym Whitley to Tank, Little Kim, Biz Markie and Trey Songz.  He seamlessly weaves comedy and music together like no one else.

Jamie is a world class total entertainer and a great guy on top of it.  Afterwards, Tom Joyner told me he didn’t expect Jamie to do all that, and we didn’t know how any other act could follow him.
 
I also got to hang out with Mike Phillips, one of the stars of my man Steve McKeever’s Hidden Beach label.  Anyone who has toured with Prince AND Cirque de Soilel has to be a heck of a performer but man I still wasn’t ready for what he brought.
 
He was so good I came back the next night.  He straight up tore the house down.

Last Of The Django Interviews

I haven’t had a chance to post this Django interview until now, and while I liked the finished product, the whole interview should appear somewhere someday. It was good stuff. I got a few folks to laugh, cry, and rethink the whole black image question. Only a little of that is in this version.

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Enter The Dragon 40th Anniversary

The Academy had a special screening of ENTER THE DRAGON with key surviving cast and crew present.  They told great stories, then we watched the movie again…which I had not seen in its entirely since I was a kid.

Damn it holds up!  What a great time!  It is lean and mean as a mug!

Afterwards we enjoyed the amazing exhibit of classic kung fu movie posters donated to the Motion Picture Academy by Stephen Chin.

Here’s a picture of Selwyn Hines with John Singleton and his son, who is now a student at USC.

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John Singleton Tribute At The DGA

Speaking of John Singleton, John asked me to moderate a discussion with him about his work in a star studded tribute to his career.  As John said, it was like our conversations in the parking lot of Golden Apple Comics, but now with a audience of hundreds watching. 

I got a lot of great emails from people who enjoyed our comfort with each other along with our different styles. 

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Miles 20 Years Later

This is not from the LA show, but this gives a fraction of the feeling of the night.

Miles left the planet 20 years ago, but his music, his cultural affect continues.  Three of his alumni, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock (lot of alliteration there) and Wayne Shorter teamed up and did a series of concerts celebrating his music.  Since Miles didn’t look back, they turned the music inside out and arranged as the soundtrack to Miles’ dreams.

After going backstage, I was leaving with my man Steve McKeever and said I had never met Herbie Hancock.  Steve said he’s never taken a picture with him.  So we went back to fix both those mistakes.

Herbie was lovely and we got the dope picture with Herbie and Marcus in the shot.  Niiiice, real nice.

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Shut Your Pie Hole Dave Chappelle’s new job

That’s A Friend with Damien Wayans

Shut Your Pie Hole Diddy shows what to do with a lot of money

Learning Stuff with Caitlin Upton

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