What's Your Name Again? - with Kurt Caceres
Summary: Kurt Caceres brings on celebrity Actors, Directors, Athletes, Casting Directors, Writers, Surgeons, Psychologists, Musicians and more............. to take us down a raw and truthful journey into the dark hallways of the Hollywood machine. As an actor, Kurt worked many years to get to the top of the game, leading major network television shows and finding great success. Then because of inexperience and the power of ego, he lost it all and hit rock bottom. Now after a decade of fighting to make a return from the ashes, he feels it's his time to give back and teach others through his mistakes. From casting couches to backdoor deals, he reveals stories few have ever experienced. It's about overcoming life's obstacles and transcending to one's true potential
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Acclaimed Hollywood Casting Director, Wendy O'Brien, joins host Kurt Caceres to break down the casting process in ways no one has ever heard. With such hits as Son's of Anarchy and Mayans MC, she takes us into the minds and behind the closed doors with Producers and Directors. Even the time she had a general meeting with multi-award winning actor and writer, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, before she exploded onto the world stage.
Jade rejoins host Kurt Caceres to discuss vultures like TMZ and the Paparazzi getting up all in your business. What her plans are for dealing with the coming fame, but also her personal life on parade through social media and the public eye. She often wonders why anyone would live in LaLa Land if they weren't here to chase "the dream". Always an agenda. She meets someone and introduces herself only to be met with a "So what do you do?" response. What can you do for me? Welcome to Los Angeles!!
Born in France, raised in Italy, but grew up in Australia. Jade joins host Kurt Caceres to talk about her start modeling in Europe as well as being featured on the cover of Maxim Magazine whilst being the runner-up on Big Brother Australia. How success in Hollywood doesn't happen overnight and how in her fourth year, she is about to be a household name. Don't ever go to an audition unprepared. As she says: "You are here to work, not to fuck spiders".
USC Graduates, director David Kronmiller and Yelena DeLeon, join host Kurt Caceres to discuss the daily grind and how to make it as an Independent Filmmaker. David opens up about his childhood growing up deep in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest to parents who were posing as missionaries as a front for his fathers real job, being an international spy for the state department in the middle of a South American coup d'état. This was the inspiration for "Boris and the Bomb", his most recent film.
A Special Lifetime Tribute Episode in Memoriam to the life of Kobe "Bean" Bryant, with special guest co-host, Carrie Ann Inaba. All Music and Sound Bytes used were only intended for educational, entertainment and emotional use only, in dedicating this segment to the late Kobe Bryant. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Virtutes Instrumenti" by Kevin MacLeod "Sincerely" by Kevin MacLeod "In Your Arms" by Kevin MacLeod "Night Vigil" by Kevin MacLeod
Episode: Dream Vultures Kurt Caceres is joined for Part II with Jason Charles Miller. They talk about what Jason calls, Dream Vultures. Like Lou Pearlman who went to prison for scamming young artists like the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. And how companies like Barbazon continue to prey on the naive and get away with it. His 2016 collaboration with Billy Ray Cyrus. His advice to having longevity in Hollywood, "It's feast or famine, what are you doing during the famine"?
Songwriter, Composer and multi Gold record winning Jason Charles Miller, sits with Kurt Caceres to break down the music industry. Jason wrote and produced the title track, Losing My Way, for the What's Your Name Again? podcast. His resume of collaborations include names like Marilyn Manson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Nine Inch Nails, Brian McKnight, Evanescence, Toby Keith, Erich Church, Alan Jackson, Bret Michaels, Papa Roach, Nate Dogg, Ozzy Osbourne, Disturbed, GWAR, Slipknot, Rammstein, Linkin Park and Korn.
Director Todd Robinson returns for Part II with host Kurt Caceres to discuss the life of his film, The Last Full Measure. It's not a war film, nor a religious or political film, it is a love story between men. It took 20 years to make. It is a true story of a man who saved hundreds of Americans during a brutal and bloody ambush in Vietnam. He finally received the Medal of Honor, 34 years after his death. An all-star cast with Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson, William Hurt, Ed Harris and Peter Fo
Director Todd Robinson joins host Kurt Caceres in a two-part series discussing everything from starting out as a director in Hollywood, to the 20 year undertaking to finally complete his film, The Last Full Measure. He won an Emmy for the documentary titled, The legend of Billy the Kid. The long process of rejections until Ridley Scott decided to green light and direct Todd's script, White Squall. The screenplay is the blueprint, but the editing room is where you really make the film.
Travis Aaron Wade joins Host Kurt Caceres to discuss none other than his decision to retire from acting. He has since fallen into producing and has a film titled, The Last Full Measure, releasing in January of 2020. A true story about a young hero who doesn't receive the Medal of Honor until 34 years after his death. Star-studded cast with Christopher Plummer, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Bradley Whitford, Ed Harris, Diane Ladd, William Hurt and the last film for Peter Fonda before his passing.
The Queen of Dungeons & Dragons, Satine Phoenix, joins host Kurt Caceres and special celebrity guest, Carrie Ann Inaba, for Part II of our Holiday Christmas Special. She talks about her new travel show, "Destination Fantastic", where on her trip to Iceland, she repelled into volcanoes, climbed glaciers, ate fermented shark and indulged in testicles. Finally, she opens up about her own child trauma being molested by her father for over 9 years and how D&D saved her life from that experience.
TIME Magazine featured her as "The Queen of Dungeons & Dragons". Satine Phoenix joins special guest cohost Carrie Ann Inaba to discuss the importance of Imagination for everyday real life. Storytelling and it's cross over potential for branding and business strategies. What is live streaming? How D&D was created by Gary Gygax in the 70's and spawned everything from Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones. And the time she tried to get into a fight with ex NBA superstar and Lakers great, Matt Barnes.
Jesse returns for Part II with host Kurt Caceres . He lays down a serious story of dedication and commitment to the craft when he was cast in the film, Walk Out, directed by Edward James Olmos. He talks about being in the Robert Rodiguez series, From Dusk till Dawn, and his experience working opposite Don Johnson. One of the new stars of Narcos:Mexico on Netflix, Jesse gives an insightful, yet inspirational education, for everyone considering a career in the Hollywood Machine.
Actor Jesse Garcia joins host Kurt Caceres. He is the star of the Robert Rodriguez series, From Dusk till Dawn and the upcoming new season of Narcos: Mexico, on Netflix. He talks about building tight relationships with casting directors, they will fight for you to get a part. The time he had to self tape from a hotel in Mexico for the Marvel Ghost Rider series. Popular casting director Laray Mayfield tells him what she looks for in a self tape, she just doesn't want to see a bed in the background.
The legendary Katherine Kelly Lang returns one last time to discuss with host Kurt Caceres, how she passed Susan Lucci and broke the record for most episodes of television by any actor in the history of Hollywood. Playing the sister to Patrick Swayze in one of his first films, Skate Town. How Robert Deniro became a fan of hers. What it's like at a typical Hollywood party. How she kept her role of Brooke Forrester from becoming monotonous after 33 years.
