Talking, laughing, loving, breathing this week with none other than Laurel Holloman. You Might Know Her From The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, Boogie Nights, Prefontaine, Tumbleweeds, Angel, The Myth of Fingerprints, The L Word, and The L Word: Generation Q. We talked to Laurel about the challenges and rewards of taking a break from acting in order to pursue her visual art career, making a splash during the ‘90s indie cinema movement playing a young lesbian in The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, and, of course, her iconic role as Tina Kennard on the landmark series The L Word and how she got convinced to come out of retirement for it’s revival, Gen Q. This one was just a total trip! 

Chokeberries

Thimbleberries

Float trip 

Shark Tank, Damian’s new warm blanket tv

Barbara Corcoran (looks like Sandy Duncan) and Mark Cuban (Damian not into it)

“She’s Got the Look” the song / the tv show

Martin Short and Jan Hooks on a motorcycle and sidecar

Katie FInneran (episode 46)  told us about Ellen showing up to cameo on Broadway in Promises Promises

Laurel Holloman’s Bullet (which is hanging in Damian’s living room)

Laurel’s Tribeca series

Showed her work in Venice, Paris, Berlin Amsterdam

Laurel played Tina on original L Word, and reprises her role in the reboot, L Word: Generation Q

The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (1995, dir: Maria Maggenti) opposite Nicole Ari Parker

Was playing Mick Kelly in a stage adaptation of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter when she got the movie

Movie poster for ITATGL 

Now famous directors Jamie Babbit & Lisa Cholodenko worked on The Incredibly True Adventures 

Had a string of indie hits in the 90s: Boogie Nights, Loser Love (1999), Tumbleweeds (1999), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)

After Lush (2000) with Laura Linney and Campbell Scott, Laurel went to LA to try to get a series

Appeared on Joss Whedon’s Angel

The L Word (2004-2009) created by Ilene Chaiken

Cover of New York Magazine: “Not Your Mother’s Lesbians”

Dolly Hall produced movies: All Over Me (starring Leisha Hailey) and Incredibly True Adventures 

Bette and Tina (TiBette) are similar to Ross and Rachel (Tina is the Rachel) 

In reboot, Tina is engaged to Carrie (played by Rosie O’Donnell)

Lucy Liu and Anthony Hopkins also actors who paint

One guest told us that David Boreanz didn’t do coverage for Bones (Did he do it for Angel? Apparently.)

Jennifer Beals loves Angel

Was Jared Leto’s girlfriend in Prefontaine (he was nervous because her ex-bf was Billy Crudup who did another Prefontaine movie, Without Limits)

Was Janet McTeer’s friend who experimented with enemas in Tumbleweeds (1999)

Manuka honey

Loves Blythe Danner, her co-star 

Gwyneth was filming Hush (1998) with Jonathan Schaech and Jessica Lange and called Gwyneth to talk about her character

None of us have ever seen the unaired L Word spinoff, The Farm (2009) starring Melissa Leo and Laurie Metcalf 

Sex scenes in Chloe not good

Supermarket Sweep is a perfect game show