Entertainment(x)

Clayton Howe (IG:@inclaynation)(LI:@ClaytonHowe)(@Entertainment(x))AKA me, myself, and I get interviewed by the fantastic CorBen Williams (IG:@corben_w) on his show "How to Business In Show Business (YT:@HTBISB) We cover it all! From my beginning's through creating Entertainment(x) to ways of being and beyond. There's a little bit of everything in this episode for everyone and I hope you enjoy! Xx

David Bishop (davidbishopgroup.com)(LI:@thedavidbishopgroup) is a visionary and successful president who has led two, multi billion dollar, leading global media companies – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Worldwide Home Entertainment. He has served as a board chair and board director of several high-potential start-ups and media industry groups. David’s governance expertise and leadership has been sought after by boards. His strategic insight, analytical mindset, and knowledge of how to use technology as a game-changer (especially in the entertainment industry) have added real value to the boards on which he has served. He is an acknowledged expert in the media industry around the world and has been at the forefront of three major industry revolutions – DVD, Blu Ray, and Digital Distribution. David is a recognized authority in developing effective leaders. His passion for building high-performing teams and for coaching executives has helped create a cadre of effective leaders in companies like Net

David Bishop (davidbishopgroup.com)(LI:@thedavidbishopgroup) is a visionary and successful president who has led two, multi billion dollar, leading global media companies – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Worldwide Home Entertainment. He has served as a board chair and board director of several high-potential start-ups and media industry groups. David’s governance expertise and leadership has been sought after by boards. His strategic insight, analytical mindset, and knowledge of how to use technology as a game-changer (especially in the entertainment industry) have added real value to the boards on which he has served. He is an acknowledged expert in the media industry around the world and has been at the forefront of three major industry revolutions – DVD, Blu Ray, and Digital Distribution. David is a recognized authority in developing effective leaders. His passion for building high-performing teams and for coaching executives has helped create a cadre of effective leaders in companies like Net

Steve Douglas-Craig: Senior Executive Coordinator & Story Analyst with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition.(thenewscreenwriter.com)(LI:@stevedouglas-craig) Steve and I cover it all from his early life to present day and quite a lot in-between. Steve - After graduating from the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory with an MFA in Screenwriting, I had a big bag of tools I could use to conceptualize and craft original screenplays, but a deeper understanding of the industry and it's players was also needed. So, I successfully applied for a coveted story analyst and junior executive position with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, and  quickly acquired the knowledge necessary for packaging projects geared toward the commercial, high-concept desires of the industry. Working story on titles such as Faster, Attack The Block, The Raid, War Room, Looper, Evil Dead (2013), The Insidious Horror Franchise, Don’t Breathe, and many others was also part of my portfolio as was connecting with  top-tier network, s

Barry Avrich (barryavrich.com) has produced and directed over 30 documentary films and television productions that have been broadcast in over 100 countries, and won awards and critical acclaim. Barry has made a name for himself focusing on powerful moguls and captivating personalities including Universal Studios titan Lew Wasserman, Miramax founder Harvey Weinstein and Rolling Stones promoter Michael Cohl. Barry has also produced several television specials for PBS, HBO, Showtime and Bravo including the concert special BOWFIRE, The Tempest starring Oscar-winner Christopher Plummer and a charity awards gala ( One X One) starring Richard Gere, Matt Damon and Shakira. His reputation as provocative filmmaker was defined when he set his sights on the Holy Grail. Producing a biography on Lew Wasserman, the founder and reclusive powerful chairman of MCA Universal for six decades, was considered career suicide. Wasserman had told everyone that he would never participate in any kind of biography and threatened anyone

Andrew Goren (harmonyhelper.com)(IG:@harmonyhelper) is an experienced theatre performer with over 10 years of music and theatre education. My passion for the performing arts was integral in the creation of Harmony Helper, and on most days you can find me working diligently on the app. My interests include: theatre, entrepreneurship, singing, acting, technology, and theatre/music education. When I am not immersed in the world of Harmony Helper, you can find me playing pinball, spending time with my dogs, or reading up on the latest Disney theme park news and tech. Ultimately, my goal is to equip the performing arts community with tools that will help them learn and improve their craft. The theatre community has helped shape who I am, and I would love to be able to use this platform to give back to them.

T A Y L O R   D E N A P O L I  (taylordenapoli.com)(IG:@taylordenapoli) -Artist Storyteller Creator From Long Island, New York -Born into a musically inclined, artistic family -Grew up a competitive gymnast, cheerleader, dancer -Was heavily involved in the theater, music, dance and art programs throughout schooling ​-Attended Nassau Community College studying Studio Recording Technology & on the nationally ranked NCC Dance Team -At the age of eighteen opened a dance studio DeNapoli's Dance Center in Long Island for a dance season -Completed Broadway Dance Center's Training Program -Completed Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester -Completed multiple NYC workshops such as The Growing Studio, Partner Up, A1 Conference and Stage Door Connections -Studied acting with Bronwen Carson -Studied voice with Amy Stewart, William Waldrop and Bettina Sheppard -The Galen Hook's Method Alumni: Alumni Check In NY, Immersion in LA, Skeleton Crew of Creative NY, and Artist Development NY ​-Booked first

T A Y L O R   D E N A P O L I  (taylordenapoli.com)(IG:@taylordenapoli) -Artist Storyteller Creator From Long Island, New York -Born into a musically inclined, artistic family -Grew up a competitive gymnast, cheerleader, dancer -Was heavily involved in the theater, music, dance and art programs throughout schooling ​-Attended Nassau Community College studying Studio Recording Technology & on the nationally ranked NCC Dance Team -At the age of eighteen opened a dance studio DeNapoli's Dance Center in Long Island for a dance season -Completed Broadway Dance Center's Training Program -Completed Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester -Completed multiple NYC workshops such as The Growing Studio, Partner Up, A1 Conference and Stage Door Connections -Studied acting with Bronwen Carson -Studied voice with Amy Stewart, William Waldrop and Bettina Sheppard -The Galen Hook's Method Alumni: Alumni Check In NY, Immersion in LA, Skeleton Crew of Creative NY, and Artist Development NY ​-Booked first

Scott Patterson (IG:@scottgordonpatterson) is a businessman, investor, and an accomplished actor in film and television. He is well known to audiences globally as diner owner, Luke Danes, in the hit series Gilmore Girls. Scott was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Southern New Jersey. Growing up in the northeast, local diners played a big part in his life and from an early age he developed a love and passion for coffee. Fueled by passion (and lots of coffee), he has been working to develop a special line of coffee that resembles the many great tastes of the Northeast. He is thrilled to finally share his years of hard work with the world. Scotty P's Big Mug Coffee (scottyp.com) is a company focused on developing and sourcing high quality coffee blends from around the world. We believe coffee is oftentimes a medium that leads us to creating great, long lasting memories as we share a cup with loved ones. We strive to bring a wide range of blends and roasts that offer an amazing taste, and yet is reasonably pri

Scott Patterson (IG:@scottgordonpatterson) is a businessman, investor, and an accomplished actor in film and television. He is well known to audiences globally as diner owner, Luke Danes, in the hit series Gilmore Girls. Scott was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Southern New Jersey. Growing up in the northeast, local diners played a big part in his life and from an early age he developed a love and passion for coffee. Fueled by passion (and lots of coffee), he has been working to develop a special line of coffee that resembles the many great tastes of the Northeast. He is thrilled to finally share his years of hard work with the world. Scotty P's Big Mug Coffee (scottyp.com) is a company focused on developing and sourcing high quality coffee blends from around the world. We believe coffee is oftentimes a medium that leads us to creating great, long lasting memories as we share a cup with loved ones. We strive to bring a wide range of blends and roasts that offer an amazing taste, and yet is reasonably pri

Aaron Zigman (aaronzigman.com) is an award-winning composer who has scored more than 60 major Hollywood films and influenced other musicians and songwriters. In 2020, Grammy winner and top performing artist Billie Eilish listed Zigman’s work along with other notable musicians as inspiring songs on her recent platinum album. As a classically trained pianist, composer and conductor he has a degree of versatility rarely seen. His deep classical roots combined with his background in writing and producing songs for many of music's greatest performers (Aretha Franklin, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Phil Collins, Seal, Natalie Cole and more) has given him the ability to traverse all styles of music to develop some of the industry’s most memorable film scores across diverse genres, such as the iconic The Notebook—one of six collaborations with award-winning director Nick Cassavetes—which consistently ranks in the top ten of romantic classics and has sold a record number of soundtracks.  Zigman has scored other hit

Morgan James (morganjamesonline.com)(IG:@morganajames) Let’s start with the voice, an instrument through which she can communicate anything. A gift bestowed upon her that she has expertly trained, meticulously nurtured, and passionately galvanized into action by an urgency to make real music. Next, the stories, and she has them in spades. They are full of truth and beauty, heartache and thoughtfulness. They reveal colors we weren’t expecting to see. They make us close our eyes and relate. And finally, the soul – the emotional and intellectual energy through which these parts are fueled. That special something that prompted The Wall Street Journal to herald her as "the most promising young vocalist to come along so far this century." That young vocalist is Morgan James. And Morgan James is a soul singer. Armed with her dedication to create authentic soul music, James and her husband Doug Wamble, her producer, co-writer and arranger, spent months writing twelve new songs in New York City. “Doug and I have alwa

Morgan James (morganjamesonline.com)(IG:@morganajames) Let’s start with the voice, an instrument through which she can communicate anything. A gift bestowed upon her that she has expertly trained, meticulously nurtured, and passionately galvanized into action by an urgency to make real music. Next, the stories, and she has them in spades. They are full of truth and beauty, heartache and thoughtfulness. They reveal colors we weren’t expecting to see. They make us close our eyes and relate. And finally, the soul – the emotional and intellectual energy through which these parts are fueled. That special something that prompted The Wall Street Journal to herald her as "the most promising young vocalist to come along so far this century." That young vocalist is Morgan James. And Morgan James is a soul singer. Armed with her dedication to create authentic soul music, James and her husband Doug Wamble, her producer, co-writer and arranger, spent months writing twelve new songs in New York City. “Doug and I have alwa

Larry Turman has produced forty films, running from The Graduate to American History X. He also directed two films and executive produced many for television. Turman was voted into the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame, has been a juror at the Flanders Film Festival, guest lectured at La Femis in Paris, the Triangle Conference in Rome, Equinoxe in Bordeaux, the Polytechnic in Singapore, the UNIJAPAN Entertainment Forum at the Tokyo Film Festival, AFI, UCLA and NYU. His book, So You Want To Be A Producer, was published by Random House. Turman has served on the Board of the Producers' Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a graduate of UCLA.

This is a special re-air with Jonathan Groff (who has no social media!) and he shares a ton about his life! We talk about Spring Awakening, Hamilton, Frozen 1 and 2, Mindhunter, and his challenges with coming out (to name a few topics.) He has such a wonderful balance of "chill" yet "ready to work" and I feel many can learn from his work ethic! This was a very funny, enjoyable conversation with wonderful lessons learned. Enjoy!

This is a special re-air with Jonathan Groff (who has no social media!) and he shares a ton about his life! We talk about Spring Awakening, Hamilton, Frozen 1 and 2, Mindhunter, and his challenges with coming out (to name a few topics.) He has such a wonderful balance of "chill" yet "ready to work" and I feel many can learn from his work ethic! This was a very funny, enjoyable conversation with wonderful lessons learned. Enjoy!

Lorin Latarro (lorinlatarro.com) is currently choreographing Broadway’s MRS. DOUBTFIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS, The Public’s THE VISITOR and Broadway bound THE OUTSIDERS. Lorin also choreographed Broadway and London’s WAITRESS, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSEwith Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, and WAITING FOR GODOT with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. Lorin is the Associate Choreographer of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and AMERICAN IDIOT. Her additional choreography includes LA TRAVIATA at The Met Opera with Sara Mearns dancing 2020 season, Almost Famous and Huey Lewis’s Heart of Rock And Roll (Old Globe), Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), Chess (The Kennedy Center), Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street for “This American Life” (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Public Theater’s Twelfth Night and The Odyssey (Delacorte Theater), Queen of the Night which garnered a Drama Desk Award (Diamond Horseshoe), Assassins, Fanny, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (City Center Encores!), Between the Lines (Kansas

Lorin Latarro (lorinlatarro.com) is currently choreographing Broadway’s MRS. DOUBTFIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS, The Public’s THE VISITOR and Broadway bound THE OUTSIDERS. Lorin also choreographed Broadway and London’s WAITRESS, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSEwith Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, and WAITING FOR GODOT with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. Lorin is the Associate Choreographer of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and AMERICAN IDIOT. Her additional choreography includes LA TRAVIATA at The Met Opera with Sara Mearns dancing 2020 season, Almost Famous and Huey Lewis’s Heart of Rock And Roll (Old Globe), Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), Chess (The Kennedy Center), Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street for “This American Life” (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Public Theater’s Twelfth Night and The Odyssey (Delacorte Theater), Queen of the Night which garnered a Drama Desk Award (Diamond Horseshoe), Assassins, Fanny, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (City Center Encores!), Between the Lines (Kansas

Gerry McIntyre (gerrymcintyre.net) has been seen on Broadway in a number of shows including Anything Goes, Once On This Island, Chicago, Uptown It's Hot, and Joseph...Dreamcoat, a role for which he was one of three Americans chosen to be in the film starring Donny Osmond. Gerry is also a highly sought after director and choreographer. Major theatres he has worked at throughout the United States include the Lions Theatre (Off-Broadway), Virginia Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Connecticut Repertory, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, as well as television programs such as the Rosie O'Donnell Show. Broadway: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (original cast), ANYTHING GOES with Patti LuPone, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT with Michael Damien, UPTOWN...IT'S HOT with Maurice Hines, CHICAGO with everyone, A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Tim Curry. National tour of WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND and was Punjab in the ill-fated ANNIE 2. Off-Broadway: ENTER LAUGHING (Drama Desk nom—Outstanding Revival), THE AU

Gerry McIntyre (gerrymcintyre.net) has been seen on Broadway in a number of shows including Anything Goes, Once On This Island, Chicago, Uptown It's Hot, and Joseph...Dreamcoat, a role for which he was one of three Americans chosen to be in the film starring Donny Osmond. Gerry is also a highly sought after director and choreographer. Major theatres he has worked at throughout the United States include the Lions Theatre (Off-Broadway), Virginia Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Connecticut Repertory, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, as well as television programs such as the Rosie O'Donnell Show. Broadway: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (original cast), ANYTHING GOES with Patti LuPone, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT with Michael Damien, UPTOWN...IT'S HOT with Maurice Hines, CHICAGO with everyone, A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Tim Curry. National tour of WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND and was Punjab in the ill-fated ANNIE 2. Off-Broadway: ENTER LAUGHING (Drama Desk nom—Outstanding Revival), THE AU