THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST

Producer Trent is nominated for Best Live Action Short for his film I’M NOT A ROBOT. The film is about music producer Lara who, after repeatedly failing those CAPTCHA tests on the internet, becomes obsessed with a disturbing question about whether she could be a robot.

The writer/director duo of David Cutler-Kreutz and Sam Cutler-Kreutz are nominated for Best Live Action Short for their film A LIEN. The film showcases a young couple confronting the immigration process on the day of their green card interview.

Writer/director Loïc Espuche is nominated for Best Animated Short at this year's Oscars for his film "Yuck!". The film is about a 7 year old boy Leon who initially finds couples kissing as gross and laughs at them, but later learns that he wants to give kissing a try, particularly with a girl at the summer camp that he’s in.

Eric Barba is an Oscar-winning visual effects artist. His past film credits include Zodiac, The Fifth Element, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (for which he earned his Oscar for), Tron: Legacy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Oblivion, Gone Girl, Terminator: Dark Fate and The Killer. He’s now nominated for his second Oscar for his work in Alien: Romulus directed by Fede Alvarez.

Emmy & Oscar-winning producer Mark Nielsen (Toy Story 4)  and newly-minted Oscar nominated director Kelsey Mann (Pixar short Party Central) are both nominated this year for Best Animated Feature Film for Pixar’s INSIDE OUT 2.

Erik Winquist is an Academy Award- and BAFTA Award-nominated  visual effects supervisor. His film credits include The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers & Return of the King, King Kong, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Avatar, Rampage, and the Planet of the Apes trilogy. His contribution to “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (2014) was recognized with an Academy Award® nomination for best achievement in visual effects and a BAFTA nomination for best special visual effects. He is now nominated for his second Oscar for Best Visual Effects for his stunning work in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Michael & Bre are currently starring in the national touring production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN. The show will be stopping at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on Feb 14 at 8pm, Feb 15 at 2p & 8p, and Feb 16 at 2p.

For tickets, please visit the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts' website athttps://ccpa.cerritos.gov/

Calvin Leon Smith is currently on Broadway as Clifford Bradshaw in the hit musical revival Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club now playing at the August Wilson Theater in New York.

He previously co-starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fat Ham on Broadway, following an acclaimed run at the Public Theater. Television credits include Barry Jenkins’ award-winning Amazon series “The Underground Railroad,” HBO’s “The Deuce,” and the acclaimed anthology series “High Maintenance.”