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Steve Canal is an award-winning branding architect, author, and global motivational speaker. A self-proclaimed corporate-preneur, Steve serves as Principal and CEO of The Brand Executive and a National Community Affairs Lead for MillerCoors. Steve is not limited to immersing himself in solution-oriented ideas that only impact his clients, he desires to positively impact the lives of business professionals worldwide prompting his exploration into authorship. His debut book, “The Mind of a Winner”, takes a deep dive into personal growth with the intent to cut down the learning curve of success and inspire a winning mindset that will put readers on the path to achieving success with purpose. "The Mind of a Winner”, a #1 bestseller on Amazon, is filled with power moves and methodologies from the likes of Business Mogul/ Shark Daymond John, Real Estate Tycoon Barbara Corcoran, Sports Champions & T.V. Analysts Swin Cash, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, 2 Chainz & many more. Steve brings wisdom and practical advice

HBS 035 Interview w_ Robbie Kaplan -Then Comes Marriage_ United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA Roberta A. "Robbie" Kaplan is an American lawyer. She is the founding partner of Kaplan & Company, LLP, a law firm dedicated to commercial litigation and public interest matters, and an adjunct professor of law at Columbia University Law School. Until July 2017, she was a partner in the Litigation Department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of her client, Edith Windsor, in United States v. Windsor (2013). This resulted in a landmark decision that invalidated a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), thus requiring the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. Windsor led to the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which struck down all remaining state and federal laws against same-sex marriage across the United States. United States v. Windsor In 2009, Kaplan agreed to

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR- Garland McLaurin. Garland McLaurin is a Peabody-Award winning filmmaker; his love for storytelling comes from its power to artistically explore the complex and conflicting social and psychological layers of people and society. His web series POPS explores fatherhood for African American men and was funded by ITVS Digital and National Black Programming Consortium. He co-directed/produced the Peabody-winning documentary series, 180 Days a Year Inside an American High School and Hartsville that aired on PBS. He served as co-cinematographer on Wes Moore’s Coming Back documentary series, highlighting veterans, and for award-winning documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen's The New Black (Independent Lens), which explores the fight for marriage equality in the African American community. His other professional credits include field producing on CNN’s Black in America 4, producer/shooter for WAMU 88.5 American University/BET’s special Homecoming: The Killing of DJ Henry. Additional past digital media

Steven Peros is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and television writer. He is the author of both the stage play and screenplay for The Cat's Meow, which was made into the 2002 Lionsgate film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann, Carey Elwes, Jennifer Tilly, and Joanna Lumley. Additional Film Writing credits include his directorial debut, Footprints (2011), which was hailed as "One of the Ten Best Films So Far This Year" by Armond White, Chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle and was similarly praised by critics Kevin Thomas, F.X. Feeney, Mick LaSalle,and White during the film's initial release. He followed this with The Undying (2011), which he directed and co-wrote, and which starred Robin Weigert, Wes Studi, Jay O. Sanders, and Sybil Temtchine. As a playwright, The Cat's Meow had its world premiere in Los Angeles in 1997 and is published by Samuel French, Inc. It has been performed in four countries as of 2013. His earlier play, Karlab

Miriam A. Hyman (a Philadelphia native) is an actress/Hip Hop Recording Artist with the moniker Robyn Hood. Her latest EP “For Higher” was internationally released in Dec 2016. She’s a 2016 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship recipient for “Performing Arts”, a 2012 Yale School of Drama (MFA in acting) and a 2011 Princess Grace recipient of the George C. Wolfe Award in Theater. Theatre Credits: Vietgone/MTC, Cymbeline/Yale Rep, The Piano Lesson/McCarter Theatre,  Tempest/LaMaMa, Richard III/Public Theater, As You Like It/Two River. Film/TV: Most Beautiful Night(2017 Best Film/SXSW), Split, and The Congressman. Hyman currently plays the recurring role of M.E. Emile Cooper on CBS’s Blue Bloods and has appeared on the newest seasons of Odd Mom Out, Master of None, and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. She’s also appeared on Red Oaks, Unforgettable, Falling Water, The Blacklist, Hostages, 30 Rock, Law & Order, and The Wire. Next up: Catch Miriam as D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers at Classical Theatre of Harlem.http:/

  Sybil Darrow - Producer, Writer, "Audrey" and TNT Claws Writer's In-Room assistant! The Hit Show CLAWS on TNT on Sundays 9/8c.  The Claws TNT Show has renewed the series for a second season. CLAWS TNT American comedy series cast Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, Jenn Lyon, Jack Kesy, Kevin Rankin, Jason Anton, Harold Perrineau, and Dean Norris.  www.tntdrama.com/shows/claw At the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon in Central Florida, five diverse, hard-working manicurists try to make ends meet in a staid economy while managing perilous personal lives awash in drama. Amidst all the silk wraps, pedicures and polish treatments, salon owner Desna, who lives with and cares for her mentally ill twin brother, leads a staff that includes best friend Jennifer, now sober and raising two kids from a previous relationship; enigmatic Ann, who provides security for the salon; mild-mannered preppy and ex-convict Polly; and Virginia, who becomes easily bored and impatient with her job. Also hanging

Randy Wilkins is a three-time Emmy Award-winning director, cinematographer, and editor from the Bronx, NY. Shortly after receiving his B.A. in English from Franklin and Marshall College, Randy’s lifelong dream to play professional baseball was shattered after a significant injury. Under these tragic circumstances, he discovered a new passion: filmmaking. Befriending legendary filmmaker Spike Lee and by the director’s urging, Randy enrolled in NYU’s esteemed Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program where he earned a chair’s fellowship and a Masters of Fine Arts in 2009. As a finalist in the ABFF/HBO Short Film Contest, Randy’s NYU thesis film, “Osvaldo’s,” earned an exclusive license agreement with HBO for broadcast as well as numerous awards and festival screenings. Professionally, Randy has been raised through the legendary Forty Acres and A Mule Filmworks beginning as an editorial intern on “Inside Man.” Randy has recently served as Lead Editor on Lee's joints including "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus," “Jes

HBS 029 Interview with Sandi McCree | Actress  On BET - The New Edition Story, & HBO's The Wire (aka Delonda Brice)  Actress, youth advocate and educator, Sandi McCree, known for her edgy, street-tough performance as "Delonda Brice" on HBO's The Wire, has been on the front line of arts education and media literacy for over 21 years years. McCree began acting at age 4 growing up in Washington, D.C. where she gained love for storytelling. She went on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Film and Television from the University of Maryland and her Master's in acting from Case Western Reserve University. McCree furthered her dramatic studies at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York and the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England. It was during her time at Case Western where McCree developed her approach of Multimedia Arts Focused Prevention Education through the formation of her organization The Thought Provoking Arts Company (TPAC). TPAC was commissioned by Case Western Reserv

HBS 028 Film Hands of Stone | Robb Skyler Actor|  Actor Robb Skyler is a veteran of the industry, having worked with names like Tom Hanks, Jennifer Anniston, Ben Stiller, Alec Baldwin and Philip Seymour Hoffman in the last 20 years. Skyler will next be seen alongside Robert DeNiro and Edgar Ramirez in The Weinstein Company’s upcoming “Hands of Stone”, the story of legendary boxer Roberto Duran and his trainer Ray Arcel. The film will hold a special screening at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and was released in theaters August 26, 2016. Skyler plays Howard Cosell, the most iconic sports broadcaster in the history of television, who announced all the major boxing matches of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Cosell was also the one who informed the world, during the middle of a boxing match, that John Lennon had been killed. Skyler’s other film credits include “Along Came Polly”, “The Hot Chick”, “Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion” and “Forrest Gump”. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Skyler got his start in show business as a s

Born in England of Jamaican parents (her mother Vera an art historian and museologist and her father Charles an actor/broadcaster/comedian), Michael received her earliest education and what she considers her most formative years abroad. At the age of ten, she migrated to the United States with her mother and two siblings. Living in Maryland and later Washington, DC, Michael slowly adjusted to the American way of life. She went on to study acting at Howard University for her undergraduate degree and continued at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for her Masters. Before Michael's work in film and television, she enjoyed memorable performances on stages throughout the country, most notably is her experience on Broadway in the critically acclaimed Ragtime. Although Michael is automatically considered an African-American, because of her international background she eagerly acknowledges that she is more specifically an African/British/Jamaican/American and any attempt to exclude any part of that realit

Natalie is the author of Queen Sugar, soon to be adapted for television by writer/director Ava DuVernay of “Selma” fame, and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey for OWN, Oprah’s television network. Natalie has an M.A. in Afro-American Studies from UCLA  and is a graduate of Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers where she was a Holden Minority Scholar. An early version of Queen Sugar won the Hurston Wright College Writer’s Award, was a co-runner-up in the Faulkner Pirate’s Alley Novel-in-Progress competition, and excerpts were published in Cairn and ZYZZYVA. She has had residencies at the Ragdale Foundation where she was awarded the Sylvia Clare Brown fellowship, Virginia Center for the Arts, and Hedgebrook. Her non-fiction work has appeared in The Rumpus.net, Mission at Tenth, and in The Best Women’s Travel Writing Volume 9. She is a former fiction editor at The Cortland Review and is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Natalie grew up in Southern California and lives in San Francisco with her f

Dr. Sheril Antonio is an Associate Arts Professor in the department of Art and Public Policy and the Associate Dean of the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. From 2008/9, she served as the chair of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music and was that department'€™s inaugural chair in 2003/4. She also served as chair of the Graduate Film Program in 2001/2 and for two years from 2013/15 the interim chair of the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. Her courses include Anatomy of Difference: The Other in Film, The World Through Art, and Language of Film. She received Curricular Development Challenge Grants for two courses: Issues in Contemporary African-American Cinema (taught 1992-1995) and The Summer Film & Video Program for High School Students (designed in collaboration in 1995). She is an advisor and frequent lecturer whose presentations include: a live online debate about the movie Precious with Stanley Crouch; The Double Down Film Show, Future Filmmakers Workshop; Advisory Board of Ghe

Tina Mabry an American film writer and director from Tupelo, Mississippi. Following the release of her first feature film Mississippi Damned (2009), she was named one of '25 New Faces of Indie Film' by Filmmaker Magazine and among the 'Top Forty Under 40' by Advocate Magazine. Mabry was named a James Baldwin Fellow in Media by United States Artists. A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, Tina Mabry graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Production in 2005. While participating in Film Independent’s (FIND) Project: Involve, Tina finished developing and writing her short film, BROOKLYN’S BRIDGE TO JORDAN, which she went on to direct. The film screened at more than fifty film festivals worldwide and won multiple Jury and Audience Awards as well as an award for Best Director. BROOKLYN’S BRIDGE TO JORDAN aired on Showtime Networks, BET J (now Centric), and was voted the #1 film on the season finale of LOGO’s The Click List 2: Best in Short Film. Shortly after g

Pernell Walker hails from the South Bronx. Ms. Walker originated the role of Laura in writer/director Dee Rees' award-winning short film Pariah. Her other films include Kiandra Park's Riot; Karen Odyniec's So Over You; Talibah Newman's Busted on Brigham Lane and Rod Gailes Earl's Post Prison Playdate. Ms.Walker has worked with Lee Daniel's latest film, The Butler (starring Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whittaker). Money Monster ( Release 2016) Pernell Walker  Website: PernellWalker.com IMDb - Pernell Walker Films Films: Pariah, Lee Daniels & Oprah Winfrey film The Butler, Annie, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Money Monster ( Release 2016). Facebook - Pernell Walker's Facebook link   Thank You for checking out Hollywood Breakthrough Show! This podcast main purpose is to serve up positive information without shade. There are thousands of great Films & TV shows with, Staff Writers, Editors, Cinematographer, Actors, Set Designers, and Make-up Artist just to name a few. Join us at Hollywood Breakthrough Show, as

JEN GRISANTI – INTERNATIONAL STORY / CAREER CONSULTANT AT JEN GRISANTI CONSULTANCY INC., | BLOGGER FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST | AUTHOR Jen Grisanti is a Story Consultant, Independent Producer, Writing Instructor for NBC’s Writers on the Verge, Blogger for The Huffington Post and author of the books, Story Line: Finding the Gold In Your Life Story, TV Writing Tool Kit and Change Your Story, Change Your Life: A Path To Your Success. A former assistant to Aaron Spelling, Grisanti climbed the ranks and eventually ran Current Programs at Spelling Television Inc., covering all of Spelling’s shows including Beverly Hills, 90210, and Charmed. In 2004, Jen was promoted to Vice President of Current Programs at CBS/Paramount where she covered shows including Medium, Numb3rs, and NCIS. In 2008, she launched her own consultancy firm, and with her consultancy she helps talented writers break into the industry, she’s also a writing instructor for NBC’s Writers on the Verge. This year alone, she’s participating in The Big Islan

MISAN SAGAY SCREENWRITER OF BELLE; THEIR EYES WAS WATCHING GOD. Misan Sagay’s screenwriting credits include Secret Laughter of Women, a full-length screenplay written and produced by O.O. Sagay (Elba Films) with Handmade Films, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 1999, and Their Eyes Were Watching God, an adaptation for Harpo Films/HBO for ABC starring Halle Berry. She also has a number of films in development including Fela (Focus Features) and In the Shadow of a Saint.   Select Links Below: Huffington Post Article By Misan Sagay Films: "Belle – Bringing Slavery Into the Heart of Jane Austen" – Misan Sagay – Screenwriter Belle – Gugu Mbatha-Raw Their Eyes Were Watching God – Halle Berry The Secret Laughter of Woman – Nia Long Film Facts: Film: Belle Belle – Written by Misan Sagay, BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode). Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom

REGGIE ROCK BYTHEWOOD – PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER & ACTOR – BEYOND THE LIGHTS, NOTORIOUS AND GUN HILL Reggie Rock Bythewood – is an American film director, writer, actor, and producer.Producing credits: Beyond the Lights (2014) Writing credits:  A Different World (1992–1993);  Get on the Bus (1996);  New York Undercover (1994–1997); Players (1997); Dancing in September (2000);  Biker Boyz (2003);  Reflections (2007); Notorious (2009) Directing Credits:  Dancing in September (2000);  Biker Boyz (2003) Reggie Rock Bythewood grew up in the Bronx, New York where it was against the law not be a Yankee fan. Bythewood, a law-abiding Yank fan, boxed as a teenager and went to the High School of Performing Arts as a drama major. He received a BFA in theater from Marymount Manhattan College. After acting in a John Sayles film called, The Brother From Another Planet, he was inspired to write and direct. Bythewood formed a theater company with some friends called, The Tribe, which produced plays written and directed

STERLING ANDERSON - AUTHOR, DIRECTOR & TV WRITER | THE UNIT, MEDIUM, AND THE GABBY DOUGLAS STORY Sterling Norman Anderson has written for some of the most popular network television shows, such as 'The Unit' on CBS, as well as NBC's 'Medium' and 'Heist.' His teleplay The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn, written for CBS starring Sidney Poitier, garnered a 'Best Actress' Emmy nomination for Dianne Wiest and won an Image Award.Sterling's extensive resume also includes screenplays written for Lifetime, Lions Gate, Disney, HBO, TriStar Pictures and Columbia A graduate in English from St. Mary’s College, the accomplished writer also spent five years teaching screenwriting courses as an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.Sterling has written several books on writing. Beyond Screenwriting (available in paperback and ebook) and Writing Without Fear (available in ebook). Recent book GO TO SCRIPT ( available in paperback and ebook) Mr . Sterling Anderson, often guest lectures and panels on screenwrit

**Warning**: This Interview May Contains Explicit Language, Viewer discretion advised! JANE CLARK – DIRECTOR | FILMS CRAZY BITCHES, AND METH HEAD DVD – Available now to Buy DVD – with Extra Footage CRAZY BITCHES Film Available, now on iTunes & Amazon DemandBuy the DVD – Available Now! Also, Available on VOD platforms and digitally on Xbox, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu, Playstation, Amazon and oniTunes at Crazy Bitches"An A in my book…" Kim Hoffman, After Ellen"Filled with laughs, suspense and well-crafted gore…" – Travis Brown, Horror Movies Uncut"CRAZY BITCHES refreshes a genre that was getting tired and tiresome." ChicagoPride.com"It’s a fun romp that will make you laugh and cringe, often at the same time, but will definitely keep guessing until the last minute. It’s a film you don’t want to miss." – Marcus Thomas,This Is Infamous "kill scenes are fun, dialogue rich and a surprise ending that I totally enjoyed." Chad Armstrong, leglesscorpse.comLog-line: 7 women and 1 fab gay guy go to a remote ranch for

Zak Piper is an Emmy-winning Documentary Producer who previously served as Director of Production at Kartemquin Films for more than a decade. Most recently, Zak produced Saving Mes Aynak, which follows an Afghan archaeologist as he and his team race to save a 2,000-year-old Buddhist archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition by a Chinese copper mine. The film premiered at IDFA in 2014 and is being represented by Autlook Film Sales for international distribution. Zak also produced the critically acclaimed film Life Itself, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was an official selection of the 67th Cannes Film Festival. For this film, Zak received the Producers Guild of America award for Outstanding Producer of a Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture. The film was also nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary and 5 Cinema Eye Honors. The National Board of Review and Broadcast Film Critics Association awarded Life Itself their Best Documentary Awards while Entertainment