el L.A. with Jake & Lenny

The 10th annual Hollywood Fringe Festival runs June  13th - 30th and we have two world premieres Tattered Capes produced by Theatre Unleashed and Saving Cain playing at the Hudson Guild Theatre represented in this episode.   THEATRE UNLEASHED Artistic Director Jenn Crafts talks about their show Tattered Capes.  &  Actors Leah Verrill , Tiffany Walker , and Cindy Chavez...

Singer/Songwriter, Actress, & Dancer Tyannah is in the building this week promoting her latest single CLUELESS! We’ll ask this multi-talented performer how she juggles so many passions! We also get a little wild by going off script singing our favorite Disney movie songs! Which ones do we belt? Listen to find out!   Have questions or comments for el L.A. w/ Jake & Lenny? Email us: ella.dashradio@g...

Overall funnyman Jason Konopisos-Alverez brings the heat in this episode!  We’ll play around with making voices, because he’s a Voice Over Artist ( Click here to listen ), we’ll discuss pitching pilots (he’s a Writer/Producer), and for shits and giggles we’ll delve into one of our favorite topics...the world of conspiracies. This is easily one of our favorite episodes!  Have questions or...

Don’t get it twisted, Mercedez Ja'Miece aka reigning Ms. Black U.S.A. is more than a pretty face. She’s a spoken word artist, an on-the-rise actor, and a suicide prevention advocate. We ask her how an Indiana native got into pageants, what inspires her acting and spoken word, as well as what she's looking for out of life. We even convince her to perform her spoken word poetry that captured her Cro...

Filmmaker & Entrepreneur Kyle Waters Geller is in the studio this week! This 'Do It Yourself' filmmaker is gonna give us all the details about his El Primo Brand production company. This is an incredibly insightful interview for all of you filmmakers out there! This dude has done the work. Check out more of his work here: Vimeo Have questions or comments for el L.A. w/ Jake & Lenny ? Email...

What happens when you combine the humor of a quirky 5 ft. comedienne with a crude Eastern European douche?! You get another classic el L.A. episode! We have Ashley Fountain & Fanto Fruenze in the studio to discuss only the most philosophical & intellectual of topics.   Have questions or comments for el L.A. w/ Jake & Lenny ? Email us: ella.dashradio@gmail.com Hosts: Jak e & Le...

Actor Rachel Amanda Bryant has done it all! She once started a theatre company, will answer to the nickname the "notorious R.A.B.", and has even ridden in a hot air balloon. On this episode she tells us all about her time filming the hit thriller horror feature DEATHDAY as well as what it was like onset of The Lifetime Channel movie IN BED WITH A KILLER.   Rachel is an absolute gem!  &nb...

We ask up and coming Music Artist LIANA all about her latest single SUMMER LOVE produced by Skyler Lexx in this episode! What inspires this talented just turned 18 year old? She'll tell us.  Along for the ride, Stand up Comedian Mallory Fuccella helps co-host this week with Jake FH ! Don't you dare miss this!  Check out LIANA's 'Summer Love' music video HERE .  Music Videos courtesy...

Singer/Songwriter Frankee Razor will admit that he is not the same person he was when he was on Season 1 of American Idol. He has broken himself away from the cookie cutter mold to redefine himself into something very NEW and we get to talk to him all about it!!! We'll ask him about his latest EP Produced by Skyler Lexx slated to drop this summer, as well as hear an EXCLUSIVE, AIRED HERE FIRST, so...

Producer and Assistant Director Melissa Kyle speaks some truth in this episode with Guest Host Cecilia Tripp . From answering phones (at a Network execs office), to working art department, to directing, and producing Melissa has done a ton of things in the Movie Making World. Scope her RESUME! 👀  *BFA in Film & TV from Tisch (NYU)  *Art department (The Dictator; The Bourne Legacy)&n...

HAPPY 75th EPISODE!!!!!  Talented Actor/Producers Bret Porter (Westworld) & Jenna Skeva (Nasty Women) join our loaded panel (Lenny & Jake of course, WITH the creator of our show GUY GARNER ) for our 75th EPISODE! We ask them about their current projects but we are definitely interested in hearing their embarrassing "Actor" stories and boy are some of them crazy! Have you ever been Big...

Lenny sits down, 1 on 1, with Indonesian–American Rapper, Singer, Dancer, & Actress, the ONE AND ONLY Els ! This spunky 11 year old rose to international fame when she released her hit song SLIDE ft. Silento (Yes that Silento! WATCH ME the WHIP/NAE NAE song) which has over 1.1 million views on YouTube. This kid just oozes charisma as she tells us about her inspiration for her songs, her curren...

Actress & Activist AVA CANTRELL is an absolute delight! Check out her IMDB . She stars in the New Line Cinema's horror feature LIGHTS OUT and the indie sci-fi feature film ONE UNDER THE SUN where she won best actress honors and we will ask her all about it! What was it like to work along side Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) as Molly the stand out drama student in the CBS hit show YOUNG SHELDON...

Amber Patino is an up and coming Actress & Singer/Songwriter. She's also a Professional Face Painter and dedicated Philanthropist. Have we said yet that she still isn't of legal driving age!? Well she isn't! 😱 This multi-talented kid is in the studio to discuss her role on the Hulu Original Series THE FIRST, as well as give us a sneak peak into (2) of her unreleased unmastered tracks (Rebel Y...

What does Harmony McElligott have in common with Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Pee Wee Herman, Kaitlin Olson, Will Forte and Flo from Progressive? They are all alumni from the famous improvisation and sketch comedy troupe The GROUNDLINGS. When not teaching improv at The Groundlings,  you can find Harmony doing stand-up around L.A., writing sketches for Robot Chicken,  or...

Los Angeles Make Up Artist and 2017 IMATS (International Make-Up Artists Trade Show) competition winner Taylor Schulte brightens up the studio in our 70th episode. She tells us all about working for a company that builds the prosthetics for such blockbusters as Jurassic World, Aquaman, & Captain Marvel. What's her stance on the Oscars attempt to not air certain categories during the live broad...

Laurel Canyon Creative co-founder Cecilia Tripp and Actor Maggie Knoedelseder are on our 69th episode! We're going to discuss social media tips, strip clubs, babies and everything else you might need to know in making that next level jump.   Need help with growing your social media presence. Contact Cecilia Tripp at www.laurelcanyon.studio   Want to ask us questions? Email us: ella.dashr...

Singer/Songwriter Heather LaRose is in the house! She's played for HRC, has had her music on the show Teen Wolf as well as has an album on the way! If you haven't heard of her yet, trust us, you will soon. Her music is incredible and she serenades us with not just one but two of her hits live... Which two does she sing? Check out our episode now to find out! www.heatherlarose.com   Want to as...

Filmmaker & Veteran Thomas Hennessy explains the long process of writing a screenplay to getting your finished work distributed! We talk about funding/casting/directing the whole lot as well as geek out a bit about the last few blockbusters that have hit the big screen. His movie Another Time starring Justin Hartley (This is Us, Little, Smallville) is out now on iTunes, Hulu, Amazon Prime. Go...

Erica Boozer & Phillip Andre Botello the stars of the new thriller PLEDGE are in the fucking house! We ask these two great people what it was like spending over a month filming in upstate New York, how did they discover their love for acting, and most importantly what the HELL was in that soup they had to eat! You just might throw up. ' Pledge ' will get your heart pumping. Trust us, you're go...

One of our favorite interviews. Producer/Director Michael Kallio ("Hatred of a Minute" & "Mutant Swinger from Mars") and Special Effects Make-up Artist Taylor Schulte (Westworld, Aquaman, Insidious: The Last Key, Captain Marvel) discuss their love of practical effects, the process of transferring film to digital and the only thing missing from the Academy Award winning movie "The Shape of Wate...

If you have seen the Hulu Original comedy series ' Quick Draw ' you already know how hilarious Alexia Dox is. Now she stars in the new AwesomenessTV series ' Overthinking with Kat & June ' where a strange but beautiful friendship is formed between two new housemates. Was the vagina art her character takes selfies in front of made specifically for the show? She'll give us all of the juicy behin...

Jake & Lenny sit down with Simon Sorrells (writer, director, actor) and Daniel Mendoza (actor) of the impressive short film 'The Meridian Contact.' This plot twist thriller is making its way through the film festival circuit and we are here with the exclusive!

We have an amazing internet find on this episode of el L.A. with Jake & Lenny. Our Co-hosts interview Cassidy Davis and Mallory Fuccella, the Creators, Writers, and Lead Actors of 'Adulting' the Web Series! What is on Mallory's resume as a special skill? We asked her. Hint: It's called a "double or nothing" and it is wild! We learn so much more chatting up these two incredibly entertaining people....

If you don't know who Ally Dixon is yet you soon will! Actor/Singer/Voice Over Artist and summer wakeboarder, Ally Dixon schools us on how to break into the V.O. world. She also demonstrates how to properly master the use of our "sultry" voice, as well as her new go to phrase replacing "that's what she said."