Recounting some of the best singers turned actors throughout Hollywood’s history with film critic Peter Rainer.

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Guest: Peter Rainer

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ABOUT POPCORN TALK:
Popcorn Talk Network is the online broadcast network with programming dedicated exclusively to movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary. Popcorn Talk Network is comprised of the leading members and personalities of the film press and community including E!’s Maria Menounos, Scott “Movie” Mantz, The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider, Screen Junkies and the Schmoes Know, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis who are the 1st and only YouTube reviewers to be certified by Rotten Tomatoes and accredited by the MPAA.

Current Roster or Shows:
-Disney Movie News
-The Unproduced Table Read
-I Could Never Be
-On The Fly Filmmaking
-Horror Movie News
-Anatomy of a Movie
-Box Office Breakdown
-Meet the Movie Press
-Guilty Movie Pleasures
-Marvel Movie News
-DC Movie News
-Action Movie Anatomy
-Watchalong Series!

Commercial, editorial, television, cinema, rock stars, and models. No matter the medium, Aaron Rapoport is prepared to photograph it.  The legendary photographer has shot everyone including Lady Gaga, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Tom Petty, Lil’ Wayne, and Tom Waits. He even shot the famous Star Wars bikini pin up of the late great Carrie Fisher. Join host, Joelle Smith, as she talks with Rapoport about his incredible career.

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Guest: Aaron Rapoport

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ABOUT POPCORN TALK:
Popcorn Talk Network is the online broadcast network with programming dedicated exclusively to movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary. Popcorn Talk Network is comprised of the leading members and personalities of the film press and community including E!’s Maria Menounos, Scott “Movie” Mantz, The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider, Screen Junkies and the Schmoes Know, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis who are the 1st and only YouTube reviewers to be certified by Rotten Tomatoes and accredited by the MPAA.

Current Roster or Shows:
-Disney Movie News
-The Unproduced Table Read
-I Could Never Be
-On The Fly Filmmaking
-Horror Movie News
-Anatomy of a Movie
-Box Office Breakdown
-Meet the Movie Press
-Guilty Movie Pleasures
-Marvel Movie News
-DC Movie News
-Action Movie Anatomy
-Watchalong Series!

Film Festival Liason, Crickett Rumley, sits with host Joelle Smith to discuss how filmmakers can improve their chances of being accepted to a film festival. What can be done on set to make application easier? Is there a perfect length for a short? How much money should be set aside in pre-production to get through applications? How many laurels is too many? Will answer all these questions and more.

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Guest: Crickett Rumley

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ABOUT POPCORN TALK:
Popcorn Talk Network is the online broadcast network with programming dedicated exclusively to movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary. Popcorn Talk Network is comprised of the leading members and personalities of the film press and community including E!’s Maria Menounos, Scott “Movie” Mantz, The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider, Screen Junkies and the Schmoes Know, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis who are the 1st and only YouTube reviewers to be certified by Rotten Tomatoes and accredited by the MPAA.

Current Roster or Shows:
-Disney Movie News
-The Unproduced Table Read
-I Could Never Be
-On The Fly Filmmaking
-Horror Movie News
-Anatomy of a Movie
-Box Office Breakdown
-Meet the Movie Press
-Guilty Movie Pleasures
-Marvel Movie News
-DC Movie News
-Action Movie Anatomy
-Watchalong Series!

Peter Rainer is back to discuss some of his favorite films of the year including Faces Places, 13 Billboards, Call Me By Your Name, The Post, The Shape of Water, The Big Sick, The Phantom Thread, The Last Jedi, Kedi, Ex Libris, The Breadwinner, The Florida Project, Get Out, and Mother.

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ABOUT POPCORN TALK:
Popcorn Talk Network is the online broadcast network with programming dedicated exclusively to movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary. Popcorn Talk Network is comprised of the leading members and personalities of the film press and community including E!’s Maria Menounos, Scott “Movie” Mantz, The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider, Screen Junkies and the Schmoes Know, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis who are the 1st and only YouTube reviewers to be certified by Rotten Tomatoes and accredited by the MPAA.

Current Roster or Shows:
-Disney Movie News
-The Unproduced Table Read
-I Could Never Be
-On The Fly Filmmaking
-Horror Movie News
-Anatomy of a Movie
-Box Office Breakdown
-Meet the Movie Press
-Guilty Movie Pleasures
-Marvel Movie News
-DC Movie News
-Action Movie Anatomy
-Watchalong Series!

Producer, Kim Ogletree, and Director, Twinkie Byrd, return to the New York Film Academy Hour to discuss the release of their latest project “The Counter: 1960”, a short film that depicts what a sit-in was like. They talk to Popcorn Talk host, Joelle Monique about the post-production process, applying to film festivals,
and how they’re getting their move in front of people.

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ABOUT POPCORN TALK:
Popcorn Talk Network is the online broadcast network with programming dedicated exclusively to movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary. Popcorn Talk Network is comprised of the leading members and personalities of the film press and community including E!’s Maria Menounos, Scott “Movie” Mantz, The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider, Screen Junkies and the Schmoes Know, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis who are the 1st and only YouTube reviewers to be certified by Rotten Tomatoes and accredited by the MPAA.

Current Roster or Shows:
-Disney Movie News
-The Unproduced Table Read
-I Could Never Be
-On The Fly Filmmaking
-Horror Movie News
-Anatomy of a Movie
-Box Office Breakdown
-Meet the Movie Press
-Guilty Movie Pleasures
-Marvel Movie News
-DC Movie News
-Action Movie Anatomy
-Watchalong Series!

Gabriela Egito is a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist based in Los Angeles. Three of the films she wrote and directed won coast to coast across America.

Her short film Stuffed won six awards and three nominations, including Best Foreign Short at the Las Vegas Film Festival. Synergy won the Platinum Remi Award at WorldFest Houston and the Merit Award at the Awareness Film Festival (LA). Taken for Granted won the Special Jury Remi Award in Houston and was nominated Best Foreign Project at Central Florida Film Festival.

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ABOUT POPCORN TALK:
Popcorn Talk Network is the online broadcast network with programming dedicated exclusively to movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary. Popcorn Talk Network is comprised of the leading members and personalities of the film press and community including E!’s Maria Menounos, Scott “Movie” Mantz, The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider, Screen Junkies and the Schmoes Know, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis who are the 1st and only YouTube reviewers to be certified by Rotten Tomatoes and accredited by the MPAA.

Current Roster or Shows:
-Disney Movie News
-Anatomy of a Movie
-Box Office Breakdown
-Meet the Movie Press
-Guilty Movie Pleasures
-Marvel Movie News
-DC Movie News
-On The Fly Filmmaking
-Horror Movie News
-Action Movie Anatomy
-Watchalong Series!

For 25 Years the New York Film Academy has been at the forefront of hands on training the next generation of filmmakers. Alumni like Issa Rae, Jessica Sharzer, and King Bach that legacy is forever cemented in global cinematic history. Today hosts Joelle and Pegah will recap great moments in NYFA history.

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Chris Devane discusses what it’s like being a casting director in modern Hollywood.

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New York Film Academy alumnus Denise Meyers is the only writer in the six year history of the Athena Film Festival to have two screenplays make it to the finals; LUCKY 13, an Athena Finalist, is about the first American women to fly military aircraft in wartime Lucky 13 is one of three winners of the 2017 Atlanta Film Festival screenplay competition. Meyers film, RIDE THE WIND: The Bessie
Stringfield Story is about the only African American woman to serve as a motorcycle dispatch rider in World War Two was an Athena List winner. Robin Wright directed her film, The Dark of Night, which stars Sam Rockwell and premired at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Film critic Peter Rainer is back this week to help us wrap up Pride Month with one of the earliest queer representation in cinema Some Like it Hot. Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe and directed by Billy Wilder, Some Like it Hot killed the Hayes Code and is listed in the top 100 films of all time by AFI. Join us as we explore the historical implications of this iconic film.

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In the past three years New York Film Academy alumnus Todd Lien has scored four films, written two films that he also produced. He’s acted in thirteen.

This is just the beginning. Mr. Lien. He’s here today to talk to us about his journey into film and his explosive film “You Have More Friends Than You Know”, a powerful love letter to the queer community and a friend who is gone too soon.

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Jenni Powell is a producer and casting director, known for The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012), The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy (2014) and Emma Approved (2013). She’s produced one successful TV show after another on one of the largest growing platforms in history, YouTube.

She’s a pioneer in using the platform and Executive Produced one of the first major web-series, Lonelygirl15. She’s here to tell us how to cultivate an audience, why YouTube better than TV, and how to create content people actually want to watch.

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Chair of the Acting Department Lynda Goodfriend cemented her role in history when she played Lori Beth Cunningham, Kim, AND Ginger on Happy Days. She’s also appeared in Pretty Woman and Beaches with Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. Goodfriend is in the studio tonight talking about acting techniques.

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Richard Freidman is a writer, director, and editor who have been working in the industry for over three decades. He’s worked on everything from television including Tales from the Darkside, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Baywatch Nights. He’s directed legend Billy Joel in his music video You’re Only Human (Second Wind). His 2000 film Can’t Be Heaven starred a young Michelle Trachtenberg and Ralph Macchio. Today, he talks to Joelle Monique about his latest film Christmas Eve and the enduring passion for the horror genre that runs through all cinephiles.

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