Episode 116 - Pasadena Comic Con w/ Jim Hillin & Margaret Kerry

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON ITUNES HERE

[NSFW WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT]

On today's episode of the podcast, we are coming to you LIVE from Pasadena Comic Con!

Austin Grant and I went to the Pasadena Convention Center to check out this one day convention and we had such a great time! On this episode we also had a chance to talk with Jim Hillin about his new comic book, "Zombie Bunnies", as well as Margaret Kerry who was the original model/actress for Tinkerbell.


Austin and Tim arrive at the convention


He told me I was too fat to float...


Tim and the TMNT Van

Both Jim and Margaret had great stories to tell, and incredible back grounds as well! Aside from Tinkerbell, Margaret was in over 100 of the 3 Stooges episodes, as well as episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. We later found out Jim has worked on films such as Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, I Am Legend, Suicide Squad, and the upcoming Mary Poppins film, just to name a few.


Tim and Austin with Margaret Kerry


Tim and Jim Hillin


Star Wars Pinball

After leaving to convention, Austin and I took a short walk through Pasadena to check out Pasadena City Hall, which was used as Pawnee City Hall in Parks and Rec. We also stopped at a small antiques mall where we found Party Deer and had a dainty tea party.


Introducing Party Deer


Tim's dainty tea party


Austin's dainty tea party


Pasadena City Hall aka Pawnee City Hall on Parks and Rec

A huge Thanks to Pasadena Comic Con for allowing us to come to the convention. We had such a great time and look forward to coming back next year. Also a big thank you Jim Hillin and Margaret Kerry for talking with us on this episode. They were so kind and so fascinating to talk to. 

Enjoy the episode! 

CHECK OUT ZOMBIE BUNNIES OFFICIAL SITE HERE

ORDER MARGARET KERRY'S BOOK, "TINKER BELL TALKS" HERE

VISIT THE OFFICIAL PASADENA COMIC CON SITE HERE

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON ITUNES HERE

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON PODBEAN HERE

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON STITCHER RADIO HERE

Episode 115 - Zack Bornstein

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON ITUNES HERE

[NSFW WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT]

On today's episode I have Emmy nominated writer and comedian, Zack Bornstein!

Zack is best known for his work on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Saturday Night Live. I first met Zack at a Meltdown show several years ago and was thrilled to finally have him join me on the show. Zack had an interesting path into comedy and it was great to learn his story.


Zack performing stand up at the Nerdist Showroom

On the episode I talked with Zack about how he got involved with comedy, attending Brown University, being a Rhodes Scholarship Finalist, working with Jimmy Kimmel, writing on SNL, dealing with our utilities, and so much more.


Tim and Zack following the episode

A huge Thanks to Zack for letting me come by his house to record this episode. It was great to talk with him and get to know him better. Make sure to follow Zack on all of the links below. 

Thanks, Zack!

Enjoy the episode. 

FOLLOW ZACK ON TWITTER HERE

FOLLOW ZACK ON INSTAGRAM HERE

VISIT ZACK'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE HERE

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON ITUNES HERE

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON PODBEAN HERE

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON STITCHER RADIO HERE

90th Annual Oscar Nominees [Complete List]

The 90th Oscar Nominees have been announced and we have your complete list of the nominees.

This year's nominees didn't have too many suprises. "The Shape Of Water" led the way with 13 nominations, with "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri" close behind with 9 nominations. I'm really excited to see Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon get their first Oscar Nominations for "The Big Sick", as well as Jordan Peele with 2 Nominations for "Get Out". Jordan Peele's Directing nomination for "Get Out" makes him only the 5th black director to get the nomination. However, no black director has ever won the award. I think it's time to make some history! 

Congrats to all of this years nominees! 

 Here is the complete list of this year's nominees:

Best Picture

“Call Me by Your Name”

“Darkest Hour”

“Dunkirk”

“Get Out”

“Lady Bird”

“Phantom Thread”

“The Post”

“The Shape of Water”

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Lead Actor

Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”

Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”

Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”

Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”

Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”

Lead Actress

Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”

Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”

Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”

Meryl Streep, “The Post”

Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”

Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”

Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”

Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Supporting Actress

Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”

Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”

Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”

Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”

Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”

Director

“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan

“Get Out,” Jordan Peele

“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig

“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson

“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro

Animated Feature

“The Boss Baby,” Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito

“The Breadwinner,” Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo

“Coco,” Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson

“Ferdinand,” Carlos Saldanha

“Loving Vincent,” Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman

Animated Short

“Dear Basketball,” Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant

“Garden Party,” Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon

“Lou,” Dave Mullins, Dana Murray

“Negative Space,” Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata

“Revolting Rhymes,” Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

Adapted Screenplay

“Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory

“The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

“Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green

“Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin

“Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Original Screenplay

“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani

“Get Out,” Jordan Peele

“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig

“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh

Cinematography

“Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins

“Darkest Hour,” Bruno Delbonnel

“Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema

“Mudbound,” Rachel Morrison

“The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen

Best Documentary Feature

“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman

“Faces Places,” JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda

“Icarus,” Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan

“Last Men in Aleppo,” Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen

“Strong Island,” Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes

Best Documentary Short Subject

“Edith+Eddie,” Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright

“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Frank Stiefel

“Heroin(e),” Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon

“Knife Skills,” Thomas Lennon

“Traffic Stop,” Kate Davis, David Heilbroner

Best Live Action Short Film

“DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk

“The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, Josh Lawson

“My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr.

“The Silent Child,” Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton

“Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen

Best Foreign Language Film

“A Fantastic Woman” (Chile)

“The Insult” (Lebanon)

“Loveless” (Russia)

“On Body and Soul (Hungary)

“The Square” (Sweden) 

Film Editing

“Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss

“Dunkirk,” Lee Smith

“I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel

“The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory

Sound Editing

“Baby Driver,” Julian Slater

“Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini, Theo Green

“Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King

“The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood

Sound Mixing

“Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin

“Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill

“Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo

“The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick

Production Design

“Beauty and the Beast,” Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer

“Blade Runner 2049,” Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola

“Darkest Hour,” Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

“Dunkirk,” Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

“The Shape of Water,” Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau

Original Score

“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer

“Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood

“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell

Original Song

“Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige

“Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens

“Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez

“Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common

“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Makeup and Hair

“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick

“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard

“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten

Costume Design

“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran

“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran

“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges

“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira

“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle

Visual Effects

“Blade Runner 2049,” John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick

“Kong: Skull Island,” Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,”  Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlon

“War for the Planet of the Apes,” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist

The Oscars will air LIVE Sunday, March 4th on ABC from the Dolby Theater. This years Awards will again be hosted by one of our favorite late night hosts, Jimmy Kimmel. 

Stream the 90th Academy Award nominations here!

The 90th Academy Awards are right around the corner and the nominations start at starting at 5:22 AM PST from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

At 5:22 a.m. PST, the nominees will be announced in the following categories (listed here in no particular order): Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. 

At 5:38:30 a.m. PST, the nominees will be announced in the following categories (listed here in no particular order): Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Animated Feature Film, Directing, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Original Song, Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay.

We will also post the complete list of nominations following the announcements. 

Enjoy the nominations! 

Tim's 24th Annual SAG Awards Picks

Awards Season rolls on tonight at the Shrine Auditorium as the 24th Annual SAG Awards kick off!

The Golden Globes gave us a good look at how the awards season may be shapping up. With only a few surprises, the SAG Awards should give us another good look at how the Oscars should shape up. Looking at so many of these great actors now lumped into one category really shows how tight the awards race is about to get. 

Tonights SAG Awards are hosted by one of our personal favorites, Kristen Bell. I'm really looking forward to see what Kristen as instore for us. With that being said, let's get to my picks of who I think will take home the Actor tonight. 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:

Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”

While James Franco took home the Golden Globe, he wasn't competing against Chalamet at the time. I would be suprised if we saw Franco take this again. 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”

With all of these actors in one category this makes it really tough. I could see this still going to Frances McDormand, and I could really see it going to Margot Robbie, but Saoirse Ronan has been going strong and I expect that to continue. 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”

The only other person I expect to take this is Sam Rockwell, but Dafoe was incredible in the Florida Project. I think this will change the pace tonight. 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”

The stage will be set tonight for Allison Janney to become the Oscar favorite. 

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:

“The Big Sick”

I expect 'Lady Bird' to take this home, but I have to pick for 'The Big Sick" for this. They deserve this and they were incredible, but I think the politics of award season will hand this to 'Lady Bird'

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
Alexander Skarsgard, “Big Little Lies”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:
Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”

Oh how I would love to see Marc Maron take this, but I think Aziz will carry on strong. 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:

“The Handmaid’s Tale”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:

"Veep"

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series:

“GLOW”

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:

“Baby Driver”

The awards take place TONIGHT on TBS starting at 5PM PST. 

Tune in! 

Episode 114 - The Cleanse

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON ITUNES HERE

[NSFW WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT]

On today's episode, Austin Grant and I take some time to catch up since he's finally joined me here in Los Angeles!

Austin and I talked about the new cleanse that he's started, the upcoming Oscar's, exploring Los Angeles, coffee, hiking, and so much more. We also announced the new sketch show that we will be putting on March 1st at the Nerdist Showroom! Details still to come on that, but mark your calendars now. 

Austin will also be more of a regular on the podcast now that he is living here and we both have a little more free time as we're building our careers in LA. We have a lot of great guests coming up, but if we don't have a guest on for the week, you can expect an episode of Austin and I talking about our week and what events we have coming up. 

Enjoy the episode!

FOLLOW TIM ON TWITTER HERE

FOLLOW TIM ON INSTAGRAM HERE

FOLLOW AUSTIN ON TWITTER HERE

FOLLOW AUSTIN ON INSTAGRAM HERE

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON ITUNES HERE

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON PODBEAN HERE

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ON STITCHER RADIO HERE

New HBO comedy 'BARRY' starring Bill Hader premiers March 25th

HBO announced today that their new comedy, 'BARRY', starring SNL alumn Bill Hader will premier March 25, 2018.

Accoring to HBO, 'BARRY' is a dark comedy starring Bill Hader as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he reluctantly travels to Los Angeles to execute a hit on an aspiring actor. Barry follows his “mark” into an acting class and ends up finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the LA theater scene. He wants to start a new life as an actor, but his criminal past won’t let him walk away – can he find a way to balance both worlds? 

The eight-episode series also stars Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Glenn Fleshler, Anthony Carrigan and Henry Winkler. The series was created, executive produced and written by Alec Berg and Bill Hader.

Check out the trailer below!

We can't wait for 'BARRY' on March 25th. Will you be watching?