Journey of a Frontman interview
DDP talks to Journey of a Frontman about DDP Yoga, Heath Slater and Shark Tank.
I thought it was awesome. I love the kid (Slater). He was having the time of his life because he was a fan of all of us. So he couldn’t wait for the Vader Bomb or the Diamond Cutter. I mean he loved it. And he’s a good kid, he’s a damn good worker. I hope at some point he actually gets the push. He could back it up because he can talk and he can work.
Time profile
Gouw and Fonstad’s launch of Aspect Ventures is featured in Time. Gouw:
There’s tons of data showing that diversity on boards, both public and private, and in management teams, leads to better financial returns. It helps to have a board room where people are looking at the same complicated problems from different angles. There is a growing understanding among entrepreneurs and executives that there are real customer and product advantages to having a more diverse group of people on your management team and in your board room. If you’re a consumer-facing service, half of your audience is going to be male and half of your audience is going to be female…We are venture capitalists. We are in the business of making money for our investors and our entrepreneurs. Diversity makes a difference for business and the bottom line.
Shakira interview
Seacrest interviews Shakira during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and asks her which The Voice co-host gets on her nerves the most.
Adam [gets on my nerves the most] because he’s so competitive! And Usher is like Switzerland, he’s a little more neutral. And Blake can get on my nerves too, but he’s too funny. But I think the chemistry is better than ever, it’s just great.
Seth Meyers interview
Seacrest interviews Meyers during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about why he’s not nervous to host Late Night With Seth Meyers.
I’m used to doing [“Weekend Update” on SNL] live, but I’m not used to doing this much of it. [With] ‘Weekend Update,’ you’re live at a desk 15 minutes a week and now it’s the bigger thing cause you know it’s live-ish in front of real people, but I think SNL is as good of training as possible.
Kevin Spacey interview
Seacrest interviews Spacey during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about why he is happy President Obama watches his show House Of Cards.
We did a spoof called House of Nerds so I knew he’d seen that. But I didn’t know if he watched the show, so I was quite delighted to find he does indeed watch it, and apparently he’s jealous of how much [my character] Frank Underwood gets done!
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje interview
Seacrest interviews Agbaje during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about his role in the film Pompeii.
I went to what we call Gladiator Boot Camp. Four hours of working out a day for six days a week for four weeks prior to the movie. two hours of fight training, an hour of weight training, an hour with cardio coupled with an 1,800-calorie diet to keep our muscles bulked up and basically cut down the body.
Jesse Williams interview
Williams is interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about what he did before he started his acting career and his help with the initiative to keep young men out of prison in California.
You got five and six year olds being put in handcuffs because they’re misbehaving in school. It’s pushing our children into the criminal justice system way too early.
LL Cool J interview
LL Cool J is interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about who is a significant artist and whose face he would put on ‘Hip Hop’s Mount Rushmore’ if he could.
Just because you made a lot of money doesn’t mean that you’re more significant in terms of what you’re art has given to the world.
David Arquette interview
Williams interviews Arquette about his career and family. When questioned about his Lifetime Network movie Happy Face Killer.
I play Kieth Jefferson the happy face killer. He’s a real guy he killed eight women and its insane, he’s in jail in Oregon. A tragedy, its hard playing something when you know that there are actual victim’s families out there. But as an actor it’s my job to entertain and just sort of explore aspects of that and hopefully bring something to it.
VOC Nation Radio interview
Kamala talks about working with Andre the Giant in WWE:
Andre wasn’t the friendly guy that he appeared to be. He was real temperamental and had a nasty attitude. When I first started working with him, he called me a (derogatory) name in the ring and I beat him up. After that, I never had another problem with him. A lot of (top guys had problems with Andre too). He would just go out and mop the floor with people. He treated (wrestlers) nasty, and the fans too. Andre would do it just about every night. Guys would watch through the curtain to see what he was going to do.
Baldwin: LaBeouf was fired
In a statement to Joe Hagan, Baldwin reveals the reason behind LaBeouf’s hasty exit from Orphans. The actor corroborates that the two had “creative differences,” but goes on to say that the younger actor was ultimately fired. Baldwin says he knew one of them had to go and even volunteered to leave the play rather than LaBeouf.
I said, ‘I’ll tell you what, I’ll go.’ I said don’t fire the kid, I’ll quit. They said no, no, no, no, and they fired him. And I think he was shocked.
Tavis Smiley interview
Perlman discusses her career and latest project, the TV Land sitcom, Kirstie, in this interview for PBS.
Really, really, I mean, like working with Kirstie Alley, you know, she’s just such a nut job which is my favorite thing. I mean, she is. If you’ve seen her on anything, she is just like she is. You know, she’s a wonderful person.
Talk is Jericho interview
Natalya is a guest on Talk is Jericho to discuss WWE, Total Divas and the Hart family.
I always try to be very guarded as far as talking about the family in interviews. Like, it was awesome it was cool and there was never a dull moment. We have so many unique characters in our family. Uncle Smith and Bruce, everyone knows Bret and Owen but if they only knew about the others.
Perrie Edwards interview
Seacrest interviews Edwards during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and asks her if she has gotten to know Demi Lovato while on her Neon Lights Tour.
We haven’t actually spent that much time with Demi at the minute but it’s because whenever we are getting ready, we have to go on and then when she’s getting ready, she goes on so we kind of miss each other a bit. But, hopefully, we’ll get together and we’ll hang out and she can give us advice and stuff because she’s been in the industry awhile now and she’s amazing.
20 Feet from Stardom interview
20 Feet from Stardom’s Merry Clayton, Tata Vega & Judith Hill are interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about how it feels to be nominated for an Oscar. They also perform You are so beautiful. Tata Vega comments:
I’ve gotten more confident. I’m learning to own the gift that god has given me and go forth and not be ashamed.
Ilyasah Shabazz interview
Shabazz is interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about her father’s legacy and who he was as a person.
He had such a reaction against injustice and that is a man of great compassion.
Anthony Anderson interview
Anderson is interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about the NAACP Image Awards, how Hall’s show is nominated and how he’s up against Oprah.
Man they tired of giving Oprah awards. I’m gonna come out and announce your award Arsenio and if you give me enough money, you may walk out with an image award yourself.
Phoenix New Times interview
Kingston talks to The Phoenix Times about CM Punk and the WWE Network.
Yeah, we were each other’s road wives. With Punk, I consider him to be like a brother to me. He’s one of the guys who took me under his wing when I first came. So we’ve been able to maintain a good relationship.
Digital Spy interview
Langston speaks to Digital Spy about Wrestlemania, CM Punk and Hulk Hogan.
I think it’d be great for us. Hulk Hogan still has that aura, even though he’s obviously older now, and probably not quite in his prime. But I think he’d be great for us because I know people in their 40s and 50s who remember watching Hulk Hogan as a kid.
Steve Austin Show interview
Colter is a guest on the Steve Austin Show to discuss Cesaro, WWE and his career in South America.
I got moved onto the creative side a little bit in Memphis. Then when Memphis began to explode, I said “Man I got nowhere to go!” At the time there was only really WWE and WCW, I think ya still had ECW. So I started booking Puerto Rico