Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan

A 2009 Monday Night Football clip opens the story—discussing the Saints, their mouthpieces, and players’ accounts of how they moved with them.

I share how that technology connects to today’s Merlins Mouth Guard, our F-Labs work with Dr. Anil Makkar, and the Merlins Sports mission: helping elite athletes pursue that little extra advantage.

Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan. The story continues tomorrow on Merlins Sports.

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Before Kitchen Table Talk had a name, Hollywood Khan was already sitting down with models, singers and actors for candid conversations beyond the spotlight.

From his experiences around the fashion world in New York, Paris and Shanghai, Khan had seen firsthand the pressure women faced to change their bodies—and the toll extreme dieting could take.

In this three-minute archive interview, filmed at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto before a Victoria’s Secret audition, Stockholm-born model and singer Josefine talks about food, modelling and her own approach to eating.

Josefine also occasionally lends her voice to Hollywood Khan’s music tracks, adding another connection between these early conversations and his work today.

As Victoria’s Secret returns to the spotlight, Hollywood opens his archive to revisit a conversation about the woman behind the runway.

An archive conversation recorded before the launch of Kitchen Table Talk.

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From Bowie to Formula One—and now the NFL.
Hollywood Khan, who shared his personal journey with David Bowie’s 1965 recordings in Seven-Year Journey, brings his Punjabi touch to Hair Flip Baby | NFL Mix.
Bowie’s The Shel Talmy Recordings reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Sales Chart and brought him to the milestone of 100 UK charting albums, joining Elvis Presley.
Now, the creator of the Formula One-inspired Gucci Varoom series goes full NFL with driving dance beats, fashion attitude and hair-flip energy.
With Shad Khan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Vinod Khosla of the Seattle Seahawks ownership family both sharing Punjabi roots, Hollywood Khan adds his own Punjabi rhythm to the celebration—connecting cultures through music, movement and American football.
Any given Sunday. A Punjabi beat. Hair flip, baby!

Music will be on all music platforms.

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As David Bowie’s estate launches Bowie80 celebrations on October 5, Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan joins the celebration with a personal story of the artist’s generosity—and a note that never reached its intended recipient.

After receiving guitars made by Phillip Jarrell, Bowie requested that they be gifted to Lewis Hamilton. Hollywood recalls Bowie’s admiration for Lewis’s extraordinary talent and his determination to claim his place in a sport with so little representation for people of colour.

At the time, those helping deliver the gift did not know of Bowie’s condition. His death seven months later gave the gesture an even deeper significance. For the first time, Hollywood reveals that a note from Bowie accompanied the guitars—but never made it to Lewis.

The story takes us inside Formula One and Hollywood’s relationship with its legendary impresario, Bernie Ecclestone—including selling Bernie his business partner Adnan Khashoggi’s building at Princes Gate. These are the connections behind “Stories from the Inside Man.”

Featuring never-before-seen photographs of Hamilton fans with the guitar before its delivery to Bernie, the episode captures the effort, excitement and personal moments behind bringing Bowie’s gift to Lewis.

The episode closes with Lewis Hamilton playing guitar alongside Canadian singer Savana, singing lyrics by Hollywood Khan mixed by Hollywood Khan over Lewis Hamilton test driving the guitar.

The journey continues throughout 2027 with The Bowie Table, Hollywood Khan’s musical reinterpretations of David Bowie’s recordings with producer Shel Talmy, and a silent dance film—an independent celebration of Bowie’s enduring inspiration.

A gift, a missing note, and an inside story of David Bowie’s generosity.

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Hollywood Khan begins with a photograph from 1993 and Black Tie White Noise — where his journey with David Bowie began.

More than three decades later, The Shel Talmy Recordings have reached No. 3 on the UK Official Albums Chart, while Bowie has reached the milestone of 100 charting titles — joining Elvis Presley.

For Hollywood Khan, it brings an extraordinary journey full circle: David Bowie, the avant-garde artist. Shel Talmy, the producer. Hollywood Khan, the dreamer.

From Black Tie White Noise to the lost early recordings, from a seven-year journey to their eventual release — and now, Bowie and Elvis connected by a remarkable chart milestone.

A deeply personal Kitchen Table Talk told slowly, imperfectly and from the heart.

No script. No polish. Just the story as it was remembered.

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avid Bowie | The Seven-Year Journey brings together the complete Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan series into one documentary.

A seven-year journey following Hollywood Khan’s involvement with the rare 1965 recordings made by a young David Jones with legendary producer Shel Talmy — recordings from the period in which Jones became David Bowie.

Through personal recollections, archival material, emails, agreements and documentation, Khan traces the journey from discovering the recordings and exploring new ways to bring them to the world, through changing technology and the rise and collapse of the NFT market, to his suggestion that the recordings find a home with Warner Music.

In 2026, the journey reaches its conclusion as the Shel Talmy recordings are released

In 2026, the seven-year journey reaches its conclusion as The Shel Talmy Recordings are released by Parlophone/Rhino on September 18. The collection debuted at No. 3 on the UK Official Albums Sales, Physical Albums and Vinyl Albums charts, and No. 17 on the Official Albums Chart. Forbes subsequently reported that the release brought David Bowie to 100 charting titles on the UK Official Albums Chart — a milestone shared with Elvis Presley.

Rare recordings. Real stories. A global journey.

Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan
Full Documentary | 2026

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What if your morning coffee was just the beginning?

Hollywood Khan is back on the streets of Toronto — this time outside the Ritz-Carlton during TIFF, inside the Merlins INEOS Grenadier that's become a mobile Kitchen Table.

Fresh off a conversation about Dominican Republic coffee with entrepreneur Franklyn and former Toronto Blue Jays star José Bautista, Hollywood is joined by Dr. Stephanie and Dr. Leah of Vagus Clinic founded by Dr. Stephanie a Toronto-based clinic helping shape the medical framework for Merlins F-Labs' emerging peptide initiative.

What starts as a shared love of coffee quickly opens into a candid conversation about health, recovery, longevity — and the rapidly expanding world of peptide therapeutics, a global market estimated at

164 billion in 2026 and projected to approach

300 billion by 2033.

Dr. Stephanie and Dr. Leah bring a clear message: individualized clinical evaluation matters, and the future of wellness is personal.

And the setting carries its own story. More than a decade ago, this exact spot was where Hollywood Khan created The Bowie Table during the Toronto opening of David Bowie Is at TIFF 2013. Now it's the proving ground for something new.

Kitchen Table Talk — Screen to Streets.

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hat happens when Kitchen Table Talk leaves the kitchen table?

At TIFF in Toronto, Hollywood Khan sits down inside an INEOS Grenadier at The Ritz-Carlton Toronto with Franklyn to talk coffee, entrepreneurship and the story behind Bella Aldea Specialty Coffee — from the growers and farmers to the cup.

Franklyn shares the journey behind the company and its connection with co-founder José Bautista, the former Toronto Blue Jays star.

Filmed during TIFF at The Ritz-Carlton Toronto, this conversation is part of Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan — Stories from the Inside Man, taking the table on the road and finding stories wherever they happen.

From farmers to creators. A bigger story in every cup.

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The long-awaited David Bowie and Shel Talmy recordings from London in 1965 are finally out in the world — and Hollywood Khan has a vision beyond the conventional release. In this Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan he reflects on the incredible journey that brought these hidden gems from Shel's vault to Bowie fans everywhere, shares a heartfelt message from Shel himself, and unveils an exciting idea: a worldwide listening party where you bring your instruments and play along live.

As a taste of what's possible, hear Italian saxophonist Gianni lay down a stunning live sax track over "I Do Believe" — proof that these recordings are just the beginning.

Stories from the Inside Man

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Stories from the Inside Man

Journey to September 18, 2026.

The NFT market has collapsed. But the mission to bring Shel Talmy’s early David Bowie recordings to the world continues.

In this episode, I share why news of the Bowie estate’s publishing catalogue deal with Warner Chappell looked like the opening we had been waiting for—and why I suggested approaching Warner about Shel’s recordings.

With discussions moving slowly and Shel growing impatient, another idea takes shape. I’m in Stockholm, the Rolling Stones are in town, and I see a possibility: could Mick Jagger help bring a fresh interpretation to these early recordings of his old friend?

An approach is made. But with the Stones busy working on their own album and strict COVID protocols surrounding the band, the answer comes back no. We keep moving.

Through personal recollections and correspondence, this chapter follows the ideas, introductions and setbacks along the road towards release.

The episode closes with a brief excerpt of “I Do Believe,” an early David Bowie demo produced by Shel Talmy.

Next: The Finish Line. The story takes a heartbreaking turn before Shel’s dream is finally realised.

Follow Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and watch the earlier chapters to follow the journey from the beginning.

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