Interviews with big names and up-and-coming talent from the movie, television, music, and comedy worlds.
Canadian comedy Less Than Kind returns tonight for a second season on a new network
Posted by: Paul Little • February 19, 2010 @ 6:21am
From the opening strums of the guitar on The Weakerthan's "One Great City", the entire feel of Less Than Kind is set. The characters aren't really pleasant, happy people. They're like most Winnipeggers (the setting for the show and the subject of its theme song): they complain, they're generally miserable, and they refuse to admit how good they have it.
Interview: Canadian folk duo Dala (Sheila Carabine & Amanda Walther)
Posted by: Paul Little • January 21, 2010 @ 1:10pm
Dala had quite the year in 2009! Besides playing the Winnipeg Folk Festival (where ShowbizMonkeys.com got the chance to talk with them), they played seemingly ever other folk and bluegrass festival in Canada and the United States last year, steadily growing their fanbase on the way.
Interview: Celtic folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Loreena McKennitt
Posted by: Paul Little • October 17, 2009 @ 8:37pm
At this past summer's Winnipeg Folk Festival, I got the chance to see some incredibly amazing performers, both young folk acts just coming into their own, as well as some classic names in folk and roots music. Between Loudon Wainwright III, Arlo Guthrie, Elvis Costello, and Loreena McKennitt, there was no shortage of legends hitting the stage.
Folk Fest Interview: Loudon Wainwright III talks about music, his famous offspring, and his role in the blockbuster kids' movie G-Force
Posted by: Paul Little • August 12, 2009 @ 7:07am
It's not every day you get to meet and speak with a bona fide legend. Sure, I've met and talked to a lot of amazingly talented comedians, actors, and comedians over the last 2 years I've been doing interviews for ShowbizMonkeys.com.
Interview: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen special effects guru Scott Farrar of ILM
Posted by: Mark McLeod • June 22, 2009 @ 6:39pm
Special effects are an important part of the movie business. From May to September each year, movie studios big and small try to blow audiences with their biggest budget releases of the year, and the majority of these are centered on the special effects.
Interview: Tonight Show blogger Aaron Bleyaert answers your questions on the eve of Conan taking over the late night institution
Posted by: Paul Little • June 1, 2009 @ 7:57am
Later tonight, this June 1st of 2009, The Tonight Show -- a late night institution that has been around for more than 50 years -- will welcome its 5th host. Conan O'Brien officially takes over for the departed Jay Leno (who's getting a new 5-nights-a-week primetime show in the fall) at 11:35pm.
Interview: Grand Analog's Odario Williams talks about the group and new album Metropolis is Burning
Posted by: Paul Little • May 27, 2009 @ 6:02pm
Grand Analog can't be pigeon-holed into one musical genre. Incorperating elements of hip-hop, rock 'n roll, reggae, dub, blues, and even a bit of punk rock, there's a lot of musical flavour to experience.
Interview: Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser closing out the third annual Los Angeles United Film Festival
Posted by: Mark McLeod • April 30, 2009 @ 1:28am
The Los Angeles United Film Festival -- part of a series of United film festivals that also takes place in San Francisco, Tulsa, Chicago, New York, and London -- calls itself "a film festival for everyone, a place where art and community converge." After founding the Tulsa United Film Festival seven years ago, filmmaker Jason Connell began the Los Angeles fe
Interview: Vik Sahay, star of NBC's Chuck and the Genie-nominated film Amal (VIDEO)
Posted by: Paul Little • April 2, 2009 @ 9:27pm
If you're not watching Chuck on NBC every Monday, you should rectify that. We know, we know -- there's lots of great television on at 8 on Mondays. House is on. The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother are on.
Interview: Trevor Moore of Miss March and The Whitest Kids U Know
Posted by: Mark McLeod • March 30, 2009 @ 4:29am
Trevor Moore started the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U Know back in 2000 after trasferring to New York's School of Visual Arts.
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