Backstage With Gentry Thomas

On todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas we get to listen to a renowned actor, producer, Emmy award winner, and a Brooklyn Native Omar Epps. His newest film is titled The Devil You Know hitting theatres April 1st. The movie is a thriller about family, brotherhood, and justice. Omar also comments on the latest Oscar debacle between Will Smith and Chris Rock and how he feels the two wi...

On todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas we get to listen to an interview with a former sportscaster, model, journalist, and Playboy Bunny the beautiful Lisa Guerrero. She talks about the new docuseries which she's involved with called The Secrets of Playboy currently streaming on A&E. The series is an in depth look at Hugh Hefner and the early years of Playboy where the Bunnies...

This week we are joined by Jackass star and comedian Steve-O on todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas. Steve-O talks about his new Bucket List Comedy Tour which recently kicked off and is going all across the country. Gentry talks about his own personal experience with the new movie Jackass Forever and how seeing all the male genitals on the big screen has affected him. Steve-O speak...

On today's episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas we get an in depth interview with Steve Stifler from American Pie and Doug The Thug Glatt from Goon, Mr Seann William Scott. He talks about his new show on Fox called Welcome to Flatch a mockumentary where the native Minnesotan plays the local minister in a small town in Ohio. Seann also talks about his relationship with Eugene Levy and how h...

On today's episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas he talks with University of Florida legend, a BCS National Champion, Heisman Trophy winner, NFL quarterback, and an avid Christian, Tim Tebow. In this interview Gentry talks with Tebow about his new book 'Mission Possible' which is about finding your faith and finding your purpose in life. They reminisce on the dodgeball tournament Shaq held...

On todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomaswe get an in depth look at one of the biggest social media influencers of all time King Bach. The Vine star has a new upcoming comedy tour "Laugh Now, Laugh Later"which kicks off March 4th. King Bach aka Andrew Bachelor (the name his mama gave him) talks about his early comedy gigs and how much he has grown as an artist leading up to his new co...

On todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas he talks with one of the NBA's most legendary enforcers Charles Oakley. The NBA Hall of Famer has recently wrote a book 'The Last Enforcer'. Which goes in depth about his NBA career and the people he's met along the way. With Tom Brady's recent retirement the two talk about where he stacks up in the GOAT debate and if he has passed Michael Jor...

On todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas he is joined by famous member and front man of Jethro Tull 70s rock star Ian Anderson. The Scottish flautist talks about his new album 'The Zealot Gene' with Jethro Tull. it is quite amazing considering the last time they released a full length album George W. Bush was in office and the original Finding Nemo was topping the charts. The singer...

On todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas, Gentry converses with a well known actress, author, cook, football fan, and former wife to Rockstar Eddie Van Halen Mrs. Valerie Bertinelli. The two talk about the NFL playoffs, the best foods to serve at a super bowl party, and how exciting the recent games have been along with her brand new book called 'Enough Already'. Gentry gets all the...

On todays episode of Backstage with Gentry Thomas he interviews legendary musician Don McLean. Gentry reaches out to Don and thanks him on behalf of all DJs for making the well known eight minute - thirty six second classic American Pie. They also go in depth about McLean's relationship with Buddy Holly, how he had influenced his music, and how devastating his death was to him. They additionally w...

On todays episode of Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas we have an in depth and dirty conversation from the king of dirt Mike Rowe! Mike speaks upon his new hit Christmas song'Santa's Got a Dirty Job'  which is currently topping the charts and what's even better about the song is that all the money made from the tune is being donated to charity.  https://youtu.be/49dCobL213M Mike describes how he b...

Former star of M.A.S.H. and now podcaster Alan Alda stars in todays episode of Backstage with Gentry Thomas. Alan talks about his new podcast Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda and his recent guest who's an actor and an author Max Brooks. Alan and Gentry also talk about how todays warfare is fought over cyberspace and how much has changed since the former Golden Globe winners days at M.A.S.H.  The si...

Nowadays you can find former Head Coach Bill Snyder trying to keep up with his ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The legendary college football Hall of Famer joined Gentry to discuss his new book called My Football Life and The Rest of The Story. When Coach Snyder took over at Kansas State, not one of the kids on the team had ever won a college football game. What makes this story so...

Actor and four-time NAACP winner Wesley Snipes has been making a bit of a comeback as of recent. The star appears in the new Netflix limited series True Story where he plays the role of Carlton, the burdensome and seemingly jealous older brother to the show’s lead character, the Kid, played by Kevin Hart. Snipes brings the same level of intensity and awe aspiring ene...

His Mother called him Douglas, the hip-hop world calls him "The World's Greatest Entertainer," most know him as Doug E Fresh. The Human Beatbox joins Gentry Thomas on this episode of The Backstage Pass to talk about his new album and wanting to spread good vibes and energy. Fresh grew up in Harlem, N.Y. and says the best thing he did was get the permission to use the Inspector Gadget theme for his...

Dennis Quaid joined us on the Backstage Pass with Gentry Thomas to talk about his up coming music tour this Fall. Everyone has at least seen one of Dennis' movies right? Breaking Away (1979), The Right Stuff (1983),  The Big Easy (1986), Innerspace (1987), Great Balls of Fire! (1989), Dragonheart (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), ...

Television legend Ed Asner has won seven Emmy Awards for performing which is more than any other male actor. He is primarily known for his role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff series Lou Grant. Asner has had an extensive voice-acting career and starred as the voice of Carl Fredericksen in Pixar’s award-winning animated film Up (2009). O...

Pauly Shore has been around Stand Up Comedy since he was 4-years old when his Mother Mitzi Shore bought the famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. On this podcast our "Buddee"  Pauly talks about taking out the trash at the famous club on The Sunset Strip as a kid. He now has been working on his comedic chops while touring the comedy club circuit over the course of a 20-year-plus career. Many rem...

Marie Osmond told us she is channeling every diva she has ever worked with for her latest role in Lifetime's Christmas Edition. In this new holiday flick Marie plays a media tycoon, we asked how she felt about the new "Fake News" term, along with the media's responsibility to tell the American people the truth about the news. Osmond wanted to make it clear that she loved our country, and that the...

When it comes to long careers in television, few can rival the success of TODAY'sAl Roker. Hailing from Queens, a borough of New York City, the beloved weatherman has been one of NBC's most trusted voices for over 40 years. Now, he's out with his 13th book, "You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success," in which he shares the lessons he's learned over his distinguished...

Actress Lea Thompson reflects on her Back To The Future days playing Lorraine and working with Michael J. Fox. The 80s actress admits she has been spending a lot of time cooking and cleaning lately for her family due to covid-19. Lea recalls another virus that swept the planet in the 1980s when she was starring in blockbuster movies. That was the AIDS virus. Since the first cases were reporte...

Always great to catch up with Danny Tanner on this episode of Backstage he tells us that he and his wife have been sleeping in separate beds. Saget claims that Pets and Dirty Jokes can help everyone through this tough time. You will hear plenty of jokes when Bob Saget returns to host the 34th annual Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine fundraiser, benefiting the Scleroderma Research Foun...

Rob Reiner joins Gentry Thomas Backstage this week to get "The Band" back together. They discuss Trump and Archie Bunker similarities, along with heading down memory lane with Reiner's commentary on some of the iconic movie scenes that have made him one of Hollywood's most accomplished directors.  Listen to the podcast and hear the 73 year old Reiner recall the train and bridge scene from Sta...

In his new book "Disloyal" Michael Cohen describes the president as “a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man.” In our interview Cohen recalls the first time he met Donald Trump face to face calling it "a day he will never forget". On that same day he landed the role as Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization and special council. He admits to admiri...

The rapper turned actor has stayed hustling since breaking on the scene in the early 80s. His real name is Tracy Marrow but his friends call him Ice! When we sat down with him on this week's episode of Backstage he told us that when he recorded Cop Killer he felt like "people just looked at me as a rapper out of LA with palm trees and Hollywood limelight and thought police brutality didn't exist"....