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Blair Underwood interview

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Hall interviews Underwood on The Arsenio Hall show. They talk about his mother’s crippled condition and how he was inspired to play the role of a disabled character that resembled his character.

My mom’s kinda bad ass. Mama don’t play. Yeah she’s tough, she’s tough and it really is that kind of independent spirit and she laughs a lot. She’s says all the time ‘Every day above ground is a good day’.

13 Oct, 2013

Jackie Chan interview

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Hall interviews Chan on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about the rumors that scared Chan’s friends back home that he had died.

You know Chinese so believe these kind of things, ‘Oh nothing nothing I said ‘ What?’. ‘ Nothing, bye bye where are you?’ I said ‘ok’ and hang up then phone ring again. They said ‘Jackie!’ I said ‘What?!’ they said ‘Oh my god’. I said ‘What’s going on?’.

11 Oct, 2013

Cedric the Entertainer interview

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Hall interviews Cedric the Entertainer on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about the origin of his name and why he decided to become a stand up comedian.

I didn’t have a lot of jokes when I first started so I would sing, I would dance. So when they wanted to introduce me as a comedian, I was like ‘No, call me entertainer, don’t call me a comedian!’

Tyra Banks interview

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Hall interviews Banks on The Arsenio Hall Show. They discuss’Smize’ or smiling with your eyes. She does a demonstration for the audience with Hall.

I talked with some of your friends that work with The Arsenio Hall Show and there’s a weakness that you have that I think if you think of that, not only think of it but it’s in front of you, you will ‘Smize’ correctly.

Bill Maher interview

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Hall interviews comedian Maher on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about being on the road again doing standup, racism when Obama took office, and the state of the government deficit.

I am the one who’s actually out in the country every weekend. I see this country. I know what’s going on in this country ’cause I’m out there. Ten seconds after Obama got into office they were like ‘ We want our country back’.

7 Oct, 2013

Mike Epps interview

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Hall interviews Epps on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about being a comedian and musician celebrating big girls, called Forget Lettuce. He performs the song for the audience.

I love the big girls you know what I’m saying, my mama’s a big girl, my sister’s a big girl, the world’s a big girl. I love the big girls. So I made a song about the big girls.

4 Oct, 2013

Gina Gershon interview

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Hall interviews Gershon on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about her role on as Donatella Versace in her new film and the reactions of the Versace family with her performance. Gershon talks about her research before she took the role.

I have so much respect for what she went through and what the family went through and how she came out of it and how she’s thriving and what’s she’s become. She’s really impressive I have to say.

Vivica Fox interview

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Hall interviews Fox on The Arsenio Hall Show. She talks about her single love life, her happiness being single, her free time and her opinion on who is her best on screen kisser.

Everyday when I wake up whatever Vivica wants to do, we do, if we want to go shopping, if we want to go buy diamonds, if we want to go to the spa, if we want to do nothing. If we want to hang out with our friends, if I want to hang out with my beautiful god son, Christian I can.

30 Sep, 2013

Giancarlo Esposito interview

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Hall interviews Esposito on The Arsenio Hall Show to talk about his role on the television show, Breaking Bad. They also talk about having a party in a cemetery in Hollywood, California for the season finale.

This show has become a cult classic for a good reason. It is a show that is designed for people who love the truth, who see entertainment as being something that should also inspire.

26 Sep, 2013

Orlando Jones interview

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Hall interviews Jones on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about Jones innovative multicultural emoticons for social networks, his inspiration to create the emoticons and they show some examples for the audience.

So I thought African Americans are such a seminal part, Latinos, Asians of pop culture why aren’t there multicultural emoticons? So my idea was I’m going to make multicultural emoticons.