Mimosas With Michael

Jake and I were friends on Instagram first.  Then we got to work together when Troy Akin brought him in to act in the web series AD Out, which I directed. Since Jake is an athlete including tennis, it was an obvious fit. 

So Jake came on the show to talk about his career and his experience on the set of AD Out.

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Jake is an actor, musician, screenwriter, and producer. He has a PhD in Sport Psychology and specializes in mindfulness training for athletes, actors, and others. His experiences while attending graduate school in east Tennessee helped fuel the development of Marmousch, set in Nashville, which is about a southern evangelist, a retired uber-pious baseball player, and country music. And the Lord. Jake has many projects in development including one about sport psychologists and can’t wait to play Victor Lemmons in The Race 

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So Kara and I met on the set of Confessions of a Womanizer with Andrew Lawrence. She is the sister of my friend and producer Tim Schaaf. Now, Andrew is a good friend of mine and we have done three (3) films together - and he will be a guest on the podcast soon! But I wanted to bring on the lovely Kara to talk about her experience being in the film STALK I directed for Horror House.

You can watch STALK on YouTube here: STALK

BIO:

Kara Schaaf is an actress and producer, known for Confessions of a Womanizer (2014), Better Than Love and The Frightening (2002).

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Love me some Richard Trejo. He is my friend and sound engineer. Recorded this the other day when at his house recording podcast episodes!

I met Eileen about 4 years ago (around my 40th Birthday) on a film we did. I literally flew in from Costa Rica - celebrating my birthday - and she was an actress on the film Pale Horse. With our love of horror we bonded quickly and became fast friends. In fact, to this day we still talk and hang out. I am grateful to her as both an actress and a friend. BIO: Eileen Dietz was born in New York City along with a twin sister, named Marianne. While Eileen went on to be an actress Marianne lives in Florida and has 3 terrific children. Eileen has been lucky to be involved with many award-winning projects. She was in the original Tony winning Steambath with Tony Perkins and went on to portray the Demon who possesses Regan in The Exorcist, following that was the Emmy-winning General Hospital where she portrayed Sarah a patient in a mental hospital in Port Charles and also the Emmy-winning Helter-Skelter where she was one of the Manson Gang. While these are the award-winning projects, Eileen has been blessed to continue working on many other projects. her latest favorites being The Queen Of Screams, (Norma Desmond meets Carrie in a fiery finish) and Legend Of The Mountain Witch along with The Curse Of The Flesh. There are also scripts in development to which she is attached Lullaby by Edward Romero, Krampus by Amanda Carver, Deadly Rites, and Blood Lust to be shot in England. #actress #horror #movies #exorcist #eileendietz #scary #creepy #podcast #interview #friends #love #life

Jason has been a big supporter of me as a writer and a filmmaker. Now it is my turn to support him and give him a big shout out on this week's episode of Mimosas With Michael. BIO: Jason Mercado is an accomplished actor whose credits include television and theatre . Mr. Mercado is known to be a talented model whose credits include many print campaigns and runway modeling shows. Jason was raised between Argentina and New York and has a background on music and arts . He has been coached by some of the top mentors in the industry .. He study performing arts in New York City and also was a student at the prestigious New York Film Academy . He has booked modeling jobs in Europe , South America and the US and has often been featured in sports modeling ads. He has been cast in many commercials and independent films. #actor #model #italian #latin #latino #columbia #newyork #Narcos #netflix #coffee #JessicaAlba #instagram #hug

Vanessa Esperanza is an amazing actress. She is repped by my manager Matt Chassin as well, and I reached out to her when I was casting for my film LOVE ME NOT for Horror House. She is wonderfully kind and extremely talented and I am excited to have her on this week's episode. BIO: Vanessa Esperanza is an actress and writer, known for CSI: NY (2004), Roberto (2013) and Silent Cry Aloud (2016). Instagram Twitter #DannyTrejo #actress #Wisconsin #farmer #dairy #milk #hostess #cuban #latina #latin #classicalmusic #energy #superhero #HBO

I have had the pleasure to form an online friendship with Sally Kirkland - the joys of Facebook and social media - and she took some time out to be interviewed for our podcast. Growing up in the industry, and the daughter of a woman who was the editor of both Vogue and Life and a string of movies that have become more than classics, Sally Kirkland is a living legend. BIO Sally Kirkland, BEST Actress Oscar Nominee, Golden Globe winner, Independent Spirit Award winner, LA Film Critics Circle Award winner and veteran of over 200 films. Feisty, hard-working, famously liberal, with the trademark blonde hair, actress Sally Kirkland has certainly made an indelible mark on Hollywood history. Born in New York City, her mother was the fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazine. Sally began her career on the off-Broadway circuit and trained under 'Lee Strasberg'. Sally Kirkland is a film, TV, and theater veteran since the 1960's and is probably best known for the film "Anna," for which she garnered the Best Actress Oscar nomination and won the Best Actress Golden Globe, the Independent Spirit Award, and the LA Film Critic's Circle Award. Sally's first director in 1964 was Andy Warhol in "13 Most Beautiful Women." In 1968 she became the first nude actress in American history, "Sweet Eros" by Terrence McNally. Her 220 films also include: "The Sting," "The Way We Were," "Coming Apart," "Cold Feet," "Best of the Best," "Revenge," "JFK," "ED TV," "Bruce Almighty", "Coffee Date" and "Archaeology of a Woman". In the past couple of years she has starred in "Buddy Solitaire", "Gnaw" and "The Most Hated Woman in America" co-starring with Melissa Leo and Peter Fonda. And coming out soon, she has starred in "Sarah Q", "Cuck", "Invincible" and she's preparing to star in "The Talking Tree". She was nominated for Best Actress in a TV movie by the Hollywood Foreign Press for "The Haunted- A True Story." Her television credits include: guest starring on "Criminal Minds," recurring on "Head Case" and "the Simple Life." She guest starred on "Resurrection Blvd," and in the TV movie, "Another Woman's Husband." Sally had a recurring role on "Felicity". She starred on the NBC movie, "Brave New World." She starred in the TV movie, "Song of Songs" and was a series regular on the TV show "Valley of the Dolls." She also starred in the TV movie, "The Woman Who Loved Elvis." She had a recurring role as Barbara Healy in the original "Roseanne" series. She starred in the TV movie, "Heatwave" and recurred as Tracy on "Days of Our Lives." Sally is also an exhibited painter, poet, renowned acting coach and ordained minister. #Oscar #GoldenGlobe #Vogue #model #actress #AndyWarhol #LeeStrasberg #Picasso #YouTube #Studio54 #Chanel #ChristianDior #NewYork #AStarisBorn #Horror #LoveMeNot #BettyWhite #GoldenGirls

Adam Devenport and I met on the set of Boss Cheer and immediately bonded...and a year after the show is done we still keep in touch. He is very positive and uplifting and I enjoyed chatting with him. He is also extremely talented and athletic. He is someone I greatly admire. We talk often - one of the joys of social media! I recorded this on my phone and I sound like the guest on Adam sounds like he is in studio....gotta love it!  BIO: I'm Adam! I'm from and live in South Carolina and I'm 25 years old. I'm an entrepreneur, influencer, pro-tricker and free thinker. With over 44,800 followers on Instagram, my mission is to positively influence people that admire & respect me. My platform is to be genuinely me on and off social media, in front of or behind the camera. Follow Adam on Instagram Subscribe to Adam on YouTube