THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST

Lorenzo Yearby can be seen as ‘Lucky’ in Vertical Entertainment’s newest film, The 24th, available to stream VOD on August 21st. The film tells the true story of the Houston Riot of 1924, and stars Trai Byers, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae and Thomas Haden Church. Producer Alexandra Milchan says Lorenzo is “the heart of the film” and this breakout role has been compared to that of Lupita Nyong’o’s in 12 Years A Slave.

Lorenzo is also a screenwriter and director. The Miami-born actor currently resides in Atlanta.

Gerald Isaac Waters began his career in acting first on the stage at Los Angeles City College’s theater academy. While working as a theater actor, he also appeared in roles for the NoHo Theatre and Fringe Festival. Gerald has also modeled in campaigns with Target, Zappos, Bank of America, and participated in the New York Fashion Week.  In 2018, Gerald made his television debut with a guest spot in the TBS comedy Angie Tribeca starring Rashida Jones and created by Steve and Nancy Carell. He portrays the character of Chad Fox in Netflix’s new film "All Together Now" based on Matthew Quick’s book Sorta Like a Rock Star, which premiered on August 28th. In this film, he was featured by Director Brett Haley (I'll See You In My Dreams, The Hero, Hearts Beat Loud) alongside well-known actors Auli'i Cravalho, Carol Burnett, Justina Machado, Judy Reyes, and Fred Armisen.

Next, Gerald will head to Seattle in 2021 to take the stage in the theatrical production of “The Cost of Living.”

Gerald is a Tennessee native who now resides in Los Angeles.

Patrick Dougall is a Los Angeles based freelance, Theme Park, Entertainment, Travel and Food Blogger. Although, he considers himself more of an interactive storyteller - combining his passion for Pop Culture & Entertainment with his various skills of writing, photography, & videography into an informative yet engaging format. Patrick has over 200,000 TikTok followers, over 53,000 Instagram followers, 85K YouTube subscribers with almost 20 million views across all of his videos, and 16,000 Twitter followers. You can follow Patrick's Disney content, movie reviews, and theme park updates at his social media handle at @PatrickADougall.

Ben Milliken executive produced and stars in Paramount’s "Mighty Oak", alongside Janel Parish, Raven-Symoné, Alexa PenaVega, and Carlos PenaVega. It was the first original film to hit theaters during the pandemic, and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Ben can also be seen in "Sonora: The Devil's Highway" which was recently nominated for 10 Ariel Awards (Mexico’s equivalent to the Academy Awards). The movie can be streamed on Pantya, and internationally on Netflix.

Ben is known for his role as ‘Carter’ in season 5 of Amazon Prime's “Bosch”and ‘Tim’ in "Blue Crush 2". He also directed the feature film "Lake Alice", which starred Brando Eaton and screened at Sundance in 2017. Ben was born in Manchester, England but grew up on Sydney’s Northern beaches. He was also an amateur boxer for ten years. Ben currently lives in Los Angeles.

Two-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner Caroline Aaron currently stars as Shirley Maisel in the Emmy-winning comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video). Before Mrs. Maisel, Caroline has appeared in over 100 films and television shows stretching over a nearly forty year-long career in the entertainment industry. She is best known for her performances in films such as Heartburn, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Alice, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepless in Seattle, Deconstructing Harry, Primary Colors, and 21 Jump Street as well as starring roles in television on shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Transparent, Madame Secretary, and The Good Fight .

Elex Michaelson co-anchors FOX 11 News weeknights at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. with Christine Devine. He co-hosts the "FOX 11 Special Report" on the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Drew Pinsky weeknights at 7 p.m.

He also hosts and produces the political talk show The Issue Is, which airs on stations throughout the state of California.

Elex is an Agoura Hills native and his first job in broadcasting was as a FOX 11 intern. He’s a self-described “political junkie” who has conducted one-on-one interviews with nearly every key political figure including Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Gavin Newsom, and more. He’s reported live from the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, multiple Presidential Inaugurations and debates.

Michaelson is the winner of 6 Emmy Awards and 13 nominations. From 2010-2017, he was a reporter and fill-in anchor at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he served as a weekend morning anchor and weeknight reporter at XETV in San Diego. He graduated first in his class from the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California. He earned Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors while picking up dual degrees in broadcast journalism and political science.

Our second episode features my guest co-host, fellow entertainment lover and best friend Ayesha Rahman! We discuss how film drew us together, some of our favorite movies, and offer our first take on this year's Primetime Emmy Awards!

For THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST's inaugural episode, Max interviews social media content creator Markian Benhamou. Markian is a third culture kid and aspiring entrepreneur. He’s the creator of the Smile Squad which brings together other talented young digital creators in putting on comedy sketch videos across social media platforms that highlight relatable scenarios centering on cultures, personality traits, relationships, body image, and college life among others. The goal of Smile Squad is to do just that - make people smile through their light-hearted, meaningful content whether that be comedic skits or uplifting vlogs. Markian has almost 6 million Facebook followers, nearly 900K Instagram followers, about 500K followers on TikTok (along with 3.8 million likes), and almost 750K YouTube Subscribers with three-quarters of a billion views across all of his videos.

Hosted and Produced by Max Geschwind