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    NewFest Pride 2022: LGBTQ+ Films and Programs that Entertain, Educate, and Empower

    Our exclusive interview with NewFest programmer Nick McCarthy, and Executive Director David Hatkoff

    NewFest is arguably the best LGBTQ+ film festival in the United States. In over three decades of its history (founded in 1988), NewFest has become the largest showcase for LGBTQ+-themed stories and has shown progress and growth with the times. Year, after year, its film and media lineup of gay, lesbian, trans and gender-nonconforming, pan, [...]
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    MOTHERLAND: Vic Gerami is on a Mission

    Los Angeles based filmmaker and activist, Vic Gerami has made a documentary film blowing the lid off war crimes ignored by the peace-loving western world

    Vic Gerami is an award-winning journalist and the editor and publisher of The Blunt Post. Gerami is also the host and co-producer of the national headline news + politics program, THE BLUNT POST with VIC on KPFK 90.7 FM (Pacifica Network). Vic Gerami is the director of the MOTHERLAND documentary film and the host of [...]
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    JEFF KITCHEN is for Scriptwriters what Stanislavski was for Actors | Our Q&A

    From Broadway to Hollywood, Jeff Kitchen has developed the tools for screenwriting mastery.

    Jeff Kitchen has taught thousands of students from Broadway to Hollywood. He was classically trained as a playwright, worked as a dramaturg in New York theater, and taught playwriting on Broadway. A top-rated teacher, he taught for thirty years and wrote the book, Writing a Great Movie: Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting. For the past three [...]
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    Hollywood Holland Releases COVID-19 Inspired New Single, ‘JOURNEY ALONE’

    A midwest girl at heart, Hollywood Holland sees music as a way to release emotion and process feelings

    Even with two back to back hit singles, ‘Ladies Night’ and ‘Countdown,’ Hollywood Holland is still a midwestern girl in a big city. Holland earned the nickname "Hollywood Holland" after packing up everything she owned in her Mercury Cougar and road-tripping to California to chase her dreams. Holland is inspired by cinema and how music [...]
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    The Making of HIGH MOON with Filmmaker Josh Ridgway | Interview

    Texan filmmaker, Josh Ridgway is the man behind HIGH MOON, the 2019 indie film that blends Western, Horror, and Action film genres together into a stylish, beautifully shot, and playful ride, with nods to John Carpenter and Grindhouse flicks. In HIGH MOON, An old west gunslinger, played by Chad Michal Collins (SNIPER: Ultimate Kill)) returns […] More

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    Inside Michal Aviad’s WORKING WOMAN and Film Feminism Post #MeToo | BNH Interview

    From feminist filmmaker Michal Aviad, known for her numerous documentary films, comes her second feature film, WORKING WOMAN, focusing on the lasting effects and the destructiveness of sexual harassment at the workplace. This moving, effective film which takes an honest, mature look at the subject without preaching to its audience is a timely piece now […] More

  • Rising star, Chad Michael Collins, best known for his role as Brandon Beckett in Sony Pictures' SNIPER franchise, talks about his upcoming films and TV projects.
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    Catching Up with Chad Michael Collins: From Hunting Werewolves to Shooting Shirtless Photos

    New York native and longtime BNH fave, Chad Michael Collins, is one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood.  Probably best known for his SNIPER (Sony Pictures) series, Collins has recently been upping his social media game, posting some very hot photos that are not only making for thirsty tweets from fans, but also signaling […] More

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    Almost Holy Documentary: Vigilante Priest Saves Young Drug Addicts – (Video)

    Almost Holy, a new documentary by Steve Hoover (Blood Brother) follows vigilante Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko as he takes homeless, drug-addicted children off the streets of Mariupol, Ukraine and rehabilitates them through “tough love” methods while many forces push back against him. As a self-appointed savior in poverty stricken Ukraine, after the collapse of the Soviet […] More

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    Our Little Q & A with Jonny Gray

    Last week, Brave New Hollywood caught up with teen heartthrob Jonny Gray who plays Max, on the Nickelodeon hit show, Max and Shred. Here is what he had to tell us about acting, life in Canada and favorite hobbies when he is not working. BNH: How long have you been acting? JG: I have been acting for […] More

  • Canadian actor Michael Lomenda holds his own in the 'Jersey Boys' movie
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    Summer Lovin’: Michael Lomenda Breaks Out

    You might think you’re enjoying one helluva summer, but chances are, Michael Lomenda is having an even better one. That’s because this past June, the talented 6 foot 2 triple threat kicked off the season with a starring role in Clint Eastwood’s big screen adaptation of the Tony-Award-Winning blockbuster musical, Jersey Boys. No, he’s not […] More

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    Talking DRUID PEAK with Actor Spencer Treat Clark

    Our exclusive interview with actor Spencer Treat Clark, at Dances With Films Festival 2014, discussing his new indie film, “Druid Peak,” written and directed by Marni Zelnick. The young actor talks about working with real wolves, his co-star Andrew Wilson. Spencer Treat Clark has been seen in movies such as: Gladiator (2000), Mystic River (2003), […] More

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    “Blood Brother” – Exclusive Interview with Filmmaker Steve Hoover

    Our Exclusive, Brave New Hollywood interview with filmmaker Steve Hoover about his documentary film “Blood Brother,” following a young American, Rocky (Hoover’s friend) who dedicates his life to orphans in India living with HIV and AIDS. Film’s official website: http://www.bloodbrotherfilm.com Rocky (a friend of filmmaker Steve Hoover) travels to India as a tourist and meets a […] More

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    Talking ‘LOOPER’ With Actress Summer Qing

    EXCLUSIVE: Internationally renowned Actress Summer Qing (aka: Qing Xu) is a native of Beijing (China), and a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, performance division. As the female lead in Chen Kaige’s LIFE ON A STRING (1990) about a pair of blind musicians in a rural village, Summer gained the attention of Cannes Film Festival attendees where […] More