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Mini Spotlights - AfterBuzz TV

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AfterBuzz TV’s Mini Spotlight is a short-form interview series featuring TV personalities, showrunners, producers, directors and musicians in a format designed to learn about their careers, inspirations and future projects.
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Interview w/ Jearnest Corchado

Host Jeff Graham sits down with Jearnest Corchado! “Little America” is an anthology series that consists of eight 30 minute episodes that focus on a different person overcoming some significant obstacle, whether it is deportation, visa problems, language gaps, or other cultural clashes. In episode 2 titled “The Jaguar”, Corchado plays ‘Marisol’ who is an undocumented teen that becomes a killer competitive squash player. Created by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon and Lee Eisenberg and was rel...

Mar 06, 202017 min

Interview w/ Ramon Reed

Host Julana Dizon sits down with Ramon Reed! A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Ramon Reed began acting at the age of five in community plays through his school, church and with Porch Productions. In 2015, his starring role as Donkey in a North Carolina Children's Theater summer camp production of "Shrek Jr." sparked a more serious desire and love for acting. In 2017, he decided to give acting a real shot and auditioned for Disney’s "The Lion King" musical. He landed the role as Young Simba ...

Feb 21, 202017 min

Interview w/ Camerone Parker

Host Julana Dizon sits down with Camerone Parker! Camerone Parker, who has emerged as the leading powerful celebrity voice in patient advocacy for MS and treatment. Today, she delights audiences nationwide as a highly in-demand speaker, sharing her unbelievable story of being diagnosed with MS and hiding the disease in a highly competitive world of international fashion so that she could earn money to pay for treatment. Having been featured throughout her storied modeling career in over 350 maga...

Feb 21, 202018 min

Interview w/ Gwen Hollander

Host Timothy Michael sits down with Gwen Hollander! Hollander is best known for her role as Sheryl on the hit Showtime series Kidding. The show chronicles the life of Jeff Piccirillo, the host of the popular children's television show Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time. Sheryl is a puppeteer on the series who brings life to the character of Astronotter, a transgender otter who is an astronaut. The cast also includes Jim Carrey, Catherine Keener, Frank Langella, and Judy Greer. Season 2 is set to premiere ...

Feb 14, 202024 min

Interview w/ Goya Robles

Host Jeff Graham interviews Goya Robles! I would like to introduce you to Goya Robles who plays the ruthless gangster drug dealer "Yago" in the EPIX series Get Shorty. Yago is the loose cannon nephew of drug lord Amara De Escalones. In season 3, audience will get to see how Yago takes over Amara's empire with her being on the run at the end of season 2. Throughout season 1 and 2, viewers saw the rise and fall of Yago and Goya is ready to talk about all of the amazing surprises, twists, and turns...

Feb 07, 202023 min

Interview w/ Abby Cain | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

17-year old fashion entrepreneur, Abby Cain is the CEO and founder of popular online fashion hub STATUS and paving the way for young women to be fearless and confident in the world of business. STATUS is all about creating your own type of status and transforming yourself through fashion at an affordable price ($25-$60). All customers can choose their status, whether it’s casual and comfy or dressy and bold. Our job is to make sure that you feel confident and comfortable in whatever you’re weari...

Jan 17, 202011 min

Interview w/ Rob Paulsen | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Rob is the voice of Pinky from “Pinky and the Brain,” Yakko from “Animaniacs” and Raphael (and Donatello) from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” He has an Emmy, Annie and Peabody Award. Rob is currently directing all new episodes of Nickelodeon’s “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (he also voices the new character Foot Lieutenant), and is on a national live tour of “Animaniacs in Concert!.” “Animaniacs” has been in the news lately because of Spielberg’s upcoming reboot. He also has great s...

Jan 17, 202033 min

Interview w/ Symera Jackson | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Symera Jackson is the 14-year-old rising star of the highly anticipated Netflix series “Team Kaylie.” The series follows a self-obsessed celebrity, played by Bryana Salaz, who is forced out of her comfort zone due to a community service order; she must then lead a wilderness club at an inner-city school. Symera can be seen playing ‘Jackie,’ a self-described “good girl” who doesn’t like to break any rules; a character that is not unlike Symera herself. Symera was also in the final scene in the ch...

Jan 10, 202019 min

Interview w/ Ethan William Childess | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

ETHAN WILLIAM CHILDRESS co-stars with Mark Paul Gosselaar and Tika Sumpter in the hit ABC spinoff series “mixed-ish” which airs Tuesday nights at 9PM and has gotten a full season pickup. Ethan plays Johan Johnson, younger brother to Rainbow (played by Tracee Ellis Ross in the original series “black-ish”) and their experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ‘80s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 03, 202014 min

Interview w/ Paxton Booth | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Young and daring actor Paxton Booth is making waves in the entertainment industry through his philanthropic pursuits and work as a series regular on Disney Channel’s Coop & Cami Ask The World. Paxton stars alongside castmates Ruby Rose Turner, Dakota Lotus, Albert Tsai, Olivia Sanabia and Rebecca Metz. The show follows a brother-sister duo who make almost all of their decisions — both mundane and madcap — by crowdsourcing opinions from the millions of followers on their online channel ‘Would...

Dec 13, 201917 min

Interview w/ Roman Mitichyan | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Actor Roman Mitichyan co-stars opposite Jennifer Aniston as a chauffeur/bodyguard in Apple’s new series, The Morning Show premiering on Friday, November 1. He also played a comic balloon vendor opposite Jim Carrey in the Kidding series and can next be seen in starring opposite Stephen Lang in Rogue Warfare from Saban Films opening in theaters this weekend and stars opposite Bruce Willis and Michael Chiklis in Lionsgate 10 Miles Gone now in theaters. He is also Bruce Willis’ detective partner in ...

Dec 06, 201917 min

Interview w/ Adam Rose | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

ADAM ROSE will next be seen on Netflix’s upcoming comedy series “Merry Happy Whenever” with Dennis Quaid and Ashley Tisdale as a series regular - the show will premiere this Fall (date being announced soon). Adam has previously recurred on many successful television shows including his role as Max on “Veronica Mars” (which he reprised in the show’s new season which just aired this July), Netflix’s “Santa Clarita Diet” and “Supernatural.” On the film side, he has appeared in many projects includi...

Dec 06, 201917 min

Interview w/ Will Buie Jr. | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Host Julana Dizon talks with Will Buie Jr. Will Buie, Jr. plays energetic and adventurous "Finn" in Disney Channel's comedy series "BUNK'D.” The fourth season just premiered last week. The show was nominated for a Kids Choice Award for Favorite Funny TV show this year. Later this year Will will be also be seen as a lead character in Stephen King’s “IN THE TALL GRASS” for Netflix opposite Patrick Wilson. Prior to landing the role of Finn, Buie was featured in a guest-starring role on "Modern Fami...

Nov 22, 201915 min

Interview w/ Nathan Lovejoy | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

I would love to talk to you about actor Nathan Lovejoy, who can next be seen starring in the Disney Channel’s series “Gabby Duran and the Unsittables”, for an upcoming interview. "Gabby Duran & the Unsittables" is a unique live action comedy series that follows Gabby (Kylie Cantrall), who is determined to be the best alien babysitter in the galaxy. Nathan plays Principle Swift, who is an eccentric and unpredictable educator with a big secret: he's actually a shape-shifting Gor-Mon alien who ...

Nov 22, 201919 min

Interview w/ James Moses Black | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Oliver Drennan talks with James Moses Black James Moses Black co-stars as rogue cop Deacon Brown, opposite Naomie Harris and Frank Grillo in director Deon Taylor’s upcoming crime drama, Black and Blue from Screen Gems. James also portrays a U.S. Army colonel developing mutant fighting machines in Amazon’s upcoming Operation 8888 series. James also recently recurred as Reverend Hawley, a neighborhood preacher/counselor who inspires Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) to continue his run for offic...

Nov 15, 201915 min

Interview w/ Michelle Danner | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

There aren’t many people who can point to a career full of success as a performer, teacher, storyteller, entrepreneur, and expert. But Michelle Danner can. The legendary acting teacher and co-founder of the Edgemar Center for the Arts and the Los Angeles Acting Conservatory, Danner’s also now well-established as a successful feature film director. Her latest completed film, “Bad Impulse,” is a psychological thriller about family secrets and modern technology, starring Sonya Walger, Grant Bowler,...

Nov 15, 201918 min

Interview w/ Brooke Lewis | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Lewis will star in the upcoming comedy ½ New Year, about a tight knit group of friends letting loose once a year at their annual Half New Year Party. Last year, things took an unexpected turn. Now, one year later, the group has not been the same. Unable to keep up the lies they’ve told and the relationships they may have outgrown, this family they chose may be on its last legs. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival and its distributed by Comedy Dynamics. I...

Nov 08, 201923 min

Eliza Pryor Interview | AfterBuzz TV Mini Spotlight

Actress | Singer Played Zelda in the film Spinning Man alongside Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver and Guy Pearce Has guest starred on popular shows including Raven’s Home and Alexa and Katie Set to guest star in new Apple TV+ series Truth be Told alongside Ron Cephas Jones Using motion capture, she most recently lent her talents to the popular video game Resident Evil 2. The blockbuster hit has received stellar reviews in the video game community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Oct 18, 201917 min

Chad Michael Collins Interview | AfterBuzz TV Mini Spotlight

Chad Michael Collins’ career and work ethic can be defined in two words: action packed. Chad is most recognized for his starring role as ‘Gunnery Sgt. Branden Beckett’ in Sony’s guerilla warfare film franchise “Sniper.” The series is set to film it’s fifth installment this Fall 2019. Additionally, Chad will star as one of the lead characters, ‘Alex,’ in Activision’s newest installment of their hugely popular military first-person-shooter franchise “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare.” Releasing Octobe...

Oct 18, 201918 min

Interview w/ Kayla Adams | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Actress Kayla Adams portrays Michelle the space flight attendant opposite Brad Pitt and Donald Sutherland in director James Gray’s adventure drama, Ad Astra. She also appears as a scholar opposite Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson in writer/director Mike Cahill’s science fiction drama, Bliss; she plays the lead skydiver in the upcoming horror thriller, Hex; and in Rogue Warfare, she’s a traumatized middle eastern mother whose entire family is wiped out in a terror attack that takes her life as well. A...

Oct 11, 201911 min

Interview w/ Katy Davis | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Davis is set to star in the upcoming Warner Bros. film Motherless Brooklyn alongside an all-star cast including Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, and Leslie Mann. The film is set in 1950’s New York City and Davis’ character plays a “fresh off the boat” young Irish girl. She works the front desk at an office where Edward Norton’s character encounters her on his journey to solve the mystery. The film is set to be released in theaters November 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Oct 04, 201917 min

Interview w/ Anjelika Washington | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Anjelika is fun, funky and hella real in Netflix’s Original film TALL GIRL she makes audiences fall in love with her as while befriending TALL GIRL and encourages her close friend Jodi (Ava Michelle) to be herself despite how the teens at her high school behave. Washington stars at Fareeda, best friend to Jodi, a teenager standing at 6'2 at just 16 years old. The two bond over not fitting in school and Jodi knows she count on Fareeda to hold her up and keep her sane among a set of bratty teens o...

Oct 04, 201920 min

Interview w/ Laura Niemi | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Laura recently co-starred opposite Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck in the Netflix feature, The Last Thing He Wanted, by Dee Rees (Mudbound) for release in December and just completed a supporting role in Those Who Wish Me Dead starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Taylor Sheridan and just booked a lead in an indie feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 20, 201917 min

Interview w/ James DuMont | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

DuMont can next be seen in the indie feature DESIGNED TO KILL and had a co-starring role opposite Edie Falco in the NBC mini-series LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS and a recurring role on the CW series STRANGER THINGS 2. DuMont was featured as the MEMA director in CBS Films PATRIOTS DAY starring Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon and John Goodman directed by Peter Berg and also portrayed Patrick in Lionsgate DEEPWATER HORIZON opposite Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson and John M...

Sep 20, 201922 min

Mini Spotlight On Interview w/ David Starzyk | AfterBuzzTV

Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts, Starzyk began acting while in college, at first as an exercise to overcome stammering, which, he discovered, magically disappeared while on stage. He had grown up in a very musical family. His father had a beautiful singing voice, and he taught young David to sing – an ability that helped him win one of his first stage roles in The Fantastiks. His broad television resume includes roles in such series as: The Nanny, Felicity, Pacific Blue (recurring ...

Sep 13, 201925 min

Mini Spotlight On Interview w/ Michael Nardelli | AfterBuzzTV

"Dark/Web” is about the evolution of the internet which has given way to a world in crisis; one where everyone's connected and no one is safe. Molly Solis (Noemi Gonzalez), a cyber securities analyst, understood these dangers better than anyone and was determined to find a way to keep people protected... until she vanished without a trace. Now, friends and foes from her past are in a race against time to decipher cryptic messages she's left behind; tales that paint a grim picture of technology r...

Aug 16, 201914 min

Mini Spotlight On Interview w/ Leslie Dinicola | AfterBuzzTV

LESLIE DINICOLA is a NY based singer-songwriter. Her commanding vocals and smoldering stage presence have enabled her to sell out solo shows and hold her own alongside renowned artists like John Waite, Lee DeWyze, Howie Day, Anna Nalick, Tyler Hilton, Jaymay and October Project. Leslie is also a highly in-demand artist singing the “National Anthem” at major league sporting events across the country. Her newest EP, Love and Destruction, is available now and is Leslie’s fourth project with produce...

Aug 16, 201915 min

Mini Spotlight On Interview w/ Benjamin Schnau | AfterBuzzTV

Benjamin Schnau is a German born actor from Berlin. He is an actor and singer/songwriter fluent in English and German and learned from different coaches in Germany, London and Los Angeles. He is best known for his role as George Westinghouse's secretary starring in the movie 'The current war' alongside Michael Shannon and as General Jupp Klein in the historical piece 'Megastructures' produced by National Geographic which is available on Netflix. At the age of 19 he joined the boy band 'Spectacoo...

Aug 02, 201943 min

Interview w/ Jason Stuart | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

You’ve seen Jason Stuart before, whether you recognize him from his roles on TV shows from “My Wife and Kids” to Judd Apatow’s “Love,” his decades of prominence as one of the first openly gay stand-up comedians (he came out on “Geraldo”), or from his masterful character work in dozens of feature films (including “Tangerine” and “The Birth of a Nation.”) He’s “that guy” – the one who can slip into any role, in any genre, and make his mark, with over 150 credits that are testament to his talent, p...

Jul 19, 201920 min

Interview w/ EBIE | AfterBuzzTV Mini Spotlight On

Host Jaimi Gray interviews Ebie. Reflecting on the shocking and tragic death of Nipsey Hussle, Eazy-E’s daughter, EBIE, has released a cover and visuals for “Double Up,” as an outlet to her grief and tribute to his life in Los Angeles. Having lost her father young, she’s constantly heard from his fans that listening to Eazy-E and NWA somehow keeps him alive in their hearts. She finally understood this as she dove deeper into Nipsey’s music and legacy; feeling deeply connected to his modern day s...

Jul 19, 201920 min
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